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[Crossing Eden]

The sheer fact that this was a world that took a card game this seriously is hilarious to me. They had a fucking school dedicated to teaching people how to play a card game. Even the Egyptians were in on this shit. The only thing funnier in retrospect imho is Yamcha

 

[Owari]

That anime about Pokemon cards? Never got into it.

 

[Crossing Eden]

That anime about Pokemon cards? Never got into it.

It was a Saturday morning cartoon and I was too young to comprehend wtf the I was watching and by the time I was it was even more stupid. But in retrospect this shit is hilarious. I'm pretty sure a dude had a heart attack because he lost a match to a teenager.

 

[Hoo-doo]

You heard of Beyblades, fam?

 

[Joni]

Scarier is that the card game can kill, mindwipe, ...

 

[Stinkles]

There are Japanese and Chinese live action ACTION films about Go masters. As in the tedious black and white chess thing.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

How does Yugi not have serious neck problems wearing that bulky thing attached to a literal chain around his neck?

 

[Sibersk Esto]

that gif is incredible

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

Yuhioh Abridged is probably one of the funniest things are YouTube for this very reason.

 

[M.D]

I'm not sure if I remember this right, but did they have really long dialogues on the show before each battle? for some reason I remember them talking forver about what they're going to do before doing it

 

[Stuart444]

Children card games are very important! There is nothing more important than the card games! Everything must be decided with one.

Except when it comes to Joey where his fate must be decided via Dungeon Dice Monsters! A Children dice game!

 

[BocoDragon]

There are Japanese and Chinese live action ACTION films about Go masters. As in the tedious black and white chess thing.

That's a great game though.

 

[Dryk]

Did they ever say whether or not beating people at cards before steal their soul was a requirement or just a courtesy?

 

[Chariot]

Yugioh takes the cake, but I am very amused by Detective Conan/Case Closed since he is STILL in the first class of grade school, after hundreds of murders, fights with the FBI, the japanese police and secret service against the black organisation and others. Conan stumbles at least twice a day over some murder. Probably more given that they sometimes take two days for a case.

 

[FStubbs]

Baking bread is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

For what it's worth, it was awhile before the card games were meaningful. In the beginning, Yugi would play shadow games against bullies and torture their souls when they lost. Major genre shift indeed.

 

[The Technomancer]

Dueling culture in Yu-Gi-Oh only got more ridiculous as time went on, yeah. Like, the first series (up until the point where its ancient Egyptians with duel discs anyway) was sort of believable in a heightened, Pokemon like way. GX is where it really goes off the rails

 

[neptunes]

Dude's deep ass voice didn't match him AT ALL

 

[Chariot]

that gif is incredible

This is why US-americans could never win in a power struggle against the glorious empire of Nippon. Never. Neverrrr!

 

[Crossing Eden]

There are Japanese and Chinese live action ACTION films about Go masters. As in the tedious black and white chess thing.

How in the world? Link.

Children card games are very important! There is nothing more important than the card games! Everyone must be decided with one.

Except when it comes to Joey where his fate must be decided via Dungeon Dice Monsters! A Children dice game!

I like how a dude figures that his life is suddenly valid if he defeats a dude in a dice game that he came up with. Isn't that how they introduced Dice?

 

[enanogrande]

"in retrospect" he says

 

[The Technomancer]

Yugioh takes the cake, but I am very amused by Detective Conan/Case Closed since he is STILL in the first class of grade school, after hundreds of murders, fights with the FBI, the japanese police and secret service against the black organisation and others. Conan stumbles at least twice a day over some murder. Probably more given that they sometimes take two days for a case.

Detective Conan is ridiculous because they have the framing device for why they keep solving murders built in to the Detective Mouri character and instead they just keep having the cast just stumble upon murders happening around them at which point "oh well good thing we have a detective (or two) handy". Like jesus, they could make a fortune charging people to stay away from them since everyone they visit ends up dead

 

[ag-my001]

How in the world? Link.

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Think I saw one on Netflix called "The Divine Move". Not bad, but the ending did surprise me.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I had fun playing the actual game for awhile until the bullshit rules caught up. Shit is so broken that there's no reason not to play with the flavor of the month build.

 

[MrBadger]

Dueling culture in Yu-Gi-Oh only got more ridiculous as time went on, yeah. Like, the first series (up until the point where its ancient Egyptians with duel discs anyway) was sort of believable in a heightened, Pokemon like way. GX is where it really goes off the rails

Yeah, it got crazy. In the very early ones, the characters just play cards as a hobby. Fast forward to GX, there are prestigious card game academies. Fast forward to the crossover movie, the world has been destroyed by card games

 

[Slayven]

They had a school that taught nothing but how to play the game. No Algebra, no English, no science, just dueling.

And there was hundreds of students.

 

[Chariot]

Detective Conan is ridiculous because they have the framing device for why they keep solving murders built in to the Detective Mouri character and instead they just keep having the cast just stumble upon murders happening around them at which point "oh well good thing we have a detective (or two) handy". Like jesus, they could make a fortune charging people to stay away from them since everyone they visit ends up dead

We're long past the point where the series itself lampshaded it, with the police already being ready for a murder when they see Mouri or Conan around.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Yeah, it got crazy. In the very early ones, the characters just play cards as a hobby. Fast forward to GX, there are prestigious card game academies. Fast forward to the crossover movie, the world has been destroyed by card games

Lol are you serious?

 

[Hellwarden]

Didn't they start dueling while riding motorcycles in one series?

You see, that's why Pokemon stayed somewhat socially acceptable. You can wear a Bulbasaur t-shirt, and it's okay.

 

[LurkerPrime]

They call it D-sports.

 

[ZeronosVega]

The sheer fact that this was a world that took a card game this seriously is hilarious to me. They had a fucking school dedicated to teaching people how to play a card game. Even the Egyptians were in on this shit. The only thing funnier in retrospect imho is Yamcha

That's really the case with any anime designed to market a product, be it a card game (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Duel Masters, etc.) or toy (Beyblade, Transformers). It makes the product an exciting thing to keep people watching and want to get the newest product because it did something cool in the show.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Lol are you serious?

In the 4kids edit of 5ds (the one where they duel on motorcycles) the final villain came from a future that had (somehow) been destroyed by synchro fusions (the series gimmick).

The protagonists have no trouble beating him so bad that he catches on fire and screams to his death as he careens into the ocean, with the protagonists all cheering that they won. This is how the series ends.

 

[DanteGhost]

Fuck, poor Yamcha.

 

[Stuart444]

the world has been destroyed by card games

"Well I was not actually there but I heard that somebody played a card game and then boom, end of the world."

<3 YGOTAS

 

[mrjohill]

Y'all should read the yugioh stuff that happened before the cards. Yami is crazy

 

[Crossing Eden]

This dude is literally so mad with power that his hair is perpetually spiked up, more so than usual, and he constantly has veins popping out on his neck and face, his plan is to spread pain and suffering, with a card game.

In the 4kids edit of 5ds (the one where they duel on motorcycles) the final villain came from a future that had (somehow) been destroyed by synchro fusions (the series gimmick).

The protagonists have no trouble beating him so bad that he catches on fire and screams to his death as he careens into the ocean, with the protagonists all cheering that they won. This is how the series ends.

Lol holy shit.

 

[patapuf]

How in the world? Link.

A live action series about GO is not that crazy, it's like a live action series about Chess or Shogi.

 

[The Technomancer]

Y'all should read the yugioh stuff that happened before the cards. Yami is crazy

Oh yeah its fucking great. I wish the manga had spent more time there, or gone back to revisit it. Originally the Yami-Yugi alter-ego is basically Jigsaw, the whole thing is just him setting up sadistic and ironic games with bullies. He sets a guy on fire, blinds one guy, deafens another, splashes hot frying oil over a dude...

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

They put Yu-gi-oh on Netflix (Canada) recently. You guys should at least rewatch the first episode, you'll lose your shit.

 

[Crossing Eden]

A live action series about GO is not that crazy, it's like a live action series about Chess or Shogi.

That part where it's an action series is why i'm curious.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Beyblade is an anime about competitive tops. And unleashing the spirit within said tops because you believe and are one with the Beyblade...

Beyblade is the saddest thing ever.

 

[Massive_Edge]

lets be real though....if they somehow were able to make those huge holograms real while playing the game..everyone would be playing it

 

[The Technomancer]

There are Japanese and Chinese live action ACTION films about Go masters. As in the tedious black and white chess thing.

I read Hikaru no Go for like two years in high school and really liked it. Granted I was in high school and didn't exactly have taste yet, but it was enjoyable

 

[patapuf]

That part where it's an action series is why i'm curious.

I missed the second "action" for some reason.

Now i want to see the plot to that.

I read Hikaru no Go for like two years in high school and really liked it. Granted I was in high school and didn't exactly have taste yet, but it was enjoyable

for a shounen series, i thought it was pretty decent. It's not super deep or anything, but it goes somewhere.

 

[Kickz]

that gif is incredible

 

[Jazzy Network]

You salty cause you can't win with unlimited Kuribohs irl.

 

[Frog-fu]

You heard of Beyblades, fam?

Tread carefully, brah.

 

[Corpekata]

I'd nominate Animorphs, which got really fucking weird as they went on. It's especially amusing because like if you create a thread about it a ton of people are going to take it very seriously.

 

[Sleight of Jam]

Dunno about you guys, but whenever I have problems in life I always settle things with a children's card game. Standard.

My favourite card is Slifer the executive producer.

 

[The Technomancer]

I'd nominate Animorphs. It's especially amusing because like if you create a thread about it a ton of people are going to take it very seriously.

Hey man Animorphs wasn't just for kids it was for adults too it had swearing and blood and partial nud...oh god

 

[Crossing Eden]

lets be real though....if they somehow were able to make those huge holograms real while playing the game..everyone would be playing it

Would the end result be the end of the world tho? Or this?