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[Lagamorph]

At least 'Shadow Realm' sounds scarier than 'Home for Infinite Losers'

 

[RELAYER]

At least 'Shadow Realm' sounds scarier than 'Home for Infinite Losers'

Disagree.

 

[Lagamorph]

Disagree.

Quiet, before I blast you to another dimension.

 

[anotherVegan]

The anime is ridiculous but the Abridged series makes it even better.

In America.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

The Furby Boom was ridiculous in general, but the reason they were banned was top shelf ridiculous. Oh yes, NSA. Furbies are the spies.

Security concerns
On January 13, 1999, it was reported the National Security Agency of the United States identified what was believed to be a spy that may have infiltrated its inner sanctums, describing it as "being less than a foot high, covered with red and orange fur, with watchful eyes and big ears". The description matched Tiger Electronics' Furby, which managed to beguile some of the NSA's employees that they brought it to work to ease stress. Shortly afterwards, the establishment banned Furbies from entering NSA's property due to concerns that they may be used to record and repeat classified information, advising those that see any on NSA property to "contact their Staff Security Officer for guidance."[19][20][21]

Roger Shiffman, the owner of Tiger Electronics, stated that "Furby has absolutely no ability to do any recording whatsoever," and would have gladly told the NSA this if he was asked from anyone from the spy agency.[22] Additionally, Dave Hampton demonstrated that Furby's microphone can't record any sound at all, and can only hear a single monotonous beep if a loud sound is produced around Furby, and no words or waveforms can be made out at all. He too was never questioned by the NSA, and he could have answered both questions easily. The ban was eventually withdrawn.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

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.

Yeah this.

 

[CloudyTuba]

I had no idea that the transformation sequence was edited in the English dub. This is "Shadow Realm is actually Hell" levels of mind-blowing.

My memory is fuzzy but if I remember correctly, I think it legitimately happened once in the japanese version in the very first episode. Just to be flashy and impressive because it was the very first time. And then never again.

While the dub cut and pasted it every single time from then on. Every. Damn. Time.

And most (but not all) of the time, "shadow realm" was actually just a dub cover story for plain old "dead." Not even banished to hell, just dead and rotting. My monster murdered you. Or made you fall 30 stories from the roof of a building. Or you just got fucking stabbed. I don't think Malik's Millenium Stabby ever made its true debut in the dub, even though he stabbed his dad to death with it.

I think my favorite dub mistake is "My name is Yami. I mean, no it's not, because that's the entire plot of the final season. Um..shit. Let's just not bring it up."

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Lol he isn't even looking at the cards as he draws them.

Heart of the cards, breh.

 

[SpiralZilla]

This is actually addressed at the end of story (anime version) where you discover Yami Yugi's puzzle's ability is to draw whatever card in the deck he wants, Basically he actually cheats in-universe, as in straight up cheating.

O.O

So the "heart of the cards" was actually him cheating all along? Mind blown.

There are so many messed up things in this series I didn't know about before reading through this thread. I really need to watch that Season 0 abridged.

 

[Crossing Eden]

This is actually addressed at the end of story (anime version) where you discover Yami Yugi's puzzle's ability is to draw whatever card in the deck he wants, Basically he actually cheats in-universe, as in straight up cheating.

He called that shit the heart of the cards.

 

[Vice]

Since we're on the subject, of Yu-gi-oh, I always wondered, by the time the lead cast went to the island (this was the first season), were none of Yugi's friends aware of his alter ego? I remember watching the dub and while I don't remember exactly who Yugi was dueling, they were pretty far in, and Yugi transformed into Dark Yugi multiple times already in front of his friends, and the the girl suddenly notices that Yugi acts differently and is taller some times. I wasn't sure if it was a dumb dub mistake or what.


Also, the manga is infinitely better than what we got in the anime (either dub or the original). When did it turn into a shitty card game?

In the manga they found out fairly early on. There were a few chapters early on about his alter ego and the millenium items in general.

The card game came around in the original manga like 20-30 chapters in. It was very popular and by chapter 70 or so it was all cards all the time.

 

[psynergylover]

god that Yamcha thread was too hilarious, I so wanted my account to be approved that day just to post in it.

I always thought beyblade was even more ridiculous; somehow spinning top could cause the huge amount of damage was just as ridiculous as yu-gi-oh

 

[Einchy]

I liked the episode where Mai and the gang got stuck in a desert since they ran out of gas. While they were trying to figure out how to get out of there, a gang (with guns) tried to kidnap. Lucky for them, Mai remembered to bring her cards so she beat them up with MOTHEFUCKIGN CARDS WHAT THE FU CK YUGIOFSJHHS

 

[Altazor]

Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him... in America.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him... in America.

My favorite Shakespeare quote! (and my favorite character).

 

[nocturnalis]

Make fun of Yu-Gi-Oh! all you want, but the endgame still holds up. When comparing to my second favorite anime (Yu-Gi-Oh!'s my first) Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh!'s filler arcs are better than whatever the fuck is going on in this shitty war. The defeating of Bakura/Zorc made sense and made callbacks to earlier in the show/manga.

Besides, I'd rather live in a universe controlled by card games than one fueled by dogfighting.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

Lol. But it was amazing when i was a kid... i remember even making dual disks with cardboard to play with my friends like if it was the anime hahaha

 

[chrisPjelly]

Yugioh looks like it got stupidly and amazingly convoluted in the later series. But not gonna, lie... I would have probably loved 5ds if it came out when I was younger, holy shit that is a good OST.

 

[Ganzlinger]

I liked the episode where Mai and the gang got stuck in a desert since they ran out of gas. While they were trying to figure out how to get out of there, a gang (with guns) tried to kidnap. Lucky for them, Mai remembered to bring her cards so she beat them up with MOTHEFUCKIGN CARDS WHAT THE FU CK YUGIOFSJHHS

It's always DUEL TIME.

Even bandits follow the card code.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Remember when Tristan got stuck in a monkey toy

I remember

 

[sixteen-bit]

 

[Boss Doggie]

Always suprised Chaotic didn't take off. It's also one the very few shows that I saw go from Flash animation to traditional.

It's one of those things where the show is better than the merchandise. Sorta.

They were supposed to wrap up the show since the card lore was finished but 4kids got shut down.

 

[Dr. Buni]

Epic xDDD

 

[Fj0823]

That reminds me, Konami finally released a completely assembled Exodia card.

I wanted that shit for years.

 

[Linkark07]

Time to re-watch Season 0 abridged

Kaiba believing in the power of friendship and playing for fun. Couldn't stop laughing.

 

[Lagamorph]

Exodia? But no one has ever been able to summon him before!

 

[Fj0823]

Exodia? But no one has ever been able to summon him before!

Summoned Lord Exodia
Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing 1 "Forbidden One" monster, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card gains 1000 ATK for each "Forbidden One" monster in your Graveyard. Unaffected by other cards' effects. Once per turn, during your End Phase: Add 1 "Forbidden One" monster from your Graveyard to your hand. When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can reveal any number of "Forbidden One" monsters in your hand, and if you do, draw that many cards.

Seems pretty easy to me
Then you combine it with this:

Obliterate!
You can target 1 monster on the field; send 1 "Forbidden One" monster or 1 "Exodia" card from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, return that target to the hand. If this card is sent from the Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard: You can target 1 "Forbidden One" monster or 1 "Exodia" card in your Graveyard; add it to your hand. You can only use 1 "Obliterate!" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

And GG.

 

[Dad]

The manga predates the TCG? Fuck me, are you serious? I thought all the adaptions were about pushing the product. My world view has been shattered. I don't even know who I am anymore

 

[yanipheonu]

http://youtu.be/PHMEW_hbjsA

There is a disturbing lack of YUGIOH Abriged in this thread. This must be corrected.

Man it was so funny, I basically watched it non stop for a good portion of my life.

 

[Boss Doggie]

The manga predates the TCG? Fuck me, are you serious? I thought all the adaptions were about pushing the product. My world view has been shattered. I don't even know who I am anymore

The manga wasn't even about card games and it was mostly focused on the aspect of game being life-or-death itself.

 

[Crash Station]

Yeah, as already said, the manga was just a shounen Kaiji before it got massive with the card game.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Arc V SPOILERS
http://gfycat.com/IllegalLastingBluet

Spoiler

she's fine in her next appearance

 

[RomanticHeroX]

The art and layout and everything about the cards looks so awful. Everything about Yugioh ever being a thing that people liked is an absolute mystery to me.

 

[Banzai]

Damn, now I'm kinda in the mood to watch the first series, never followed it very closely as a kid.

 

[Mendrox]

Just dropping by to say that the 2 series featuring motorcycles are the best in the franchise and put the original to extreme shame.

Wow sorry, but 5Ds is not Yu-Gi-Oh! at all. Extreme shame? Fillers aside (god are there many fillers in Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters) the original is much better. Crunchyroll has Duel Monsters in the original version online for streaming. But I also see that you have a Yusei avatar and 5Ds is fine if you see Yu-Gi-Oh only as a card game. It is a shame how it got cannabilized by Shounen Jump and Konami. :-/

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Is it ever explained in the cartoon how a card game physically injures people? Apart from the whole shadow realm, shadow items thing?

 

[shadowsdarknes]

I remember when that guy who had like 5 sets of exodia is in deck shit his pants when he was called out on his strategy.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Is it ever explained in the cartoon how a card game physically injures people? Apart from the whole shadow realm, shadow items thing?

People take it too seriously.

 

[Fj0823]

Is it ever explained in the cartoon how a card game physically injures people? Apart from the whole shadow realm, shadow items thing?

In the latest series the holo vision system now can simulate mass and weight.

Before that, magic.

 

[Mendrox]

Is it ever explained in the cartoon how a card game physically injures people? Apart from the whole shadow realm, shadow items thing?

From reddit and the explainaton that I also know of:

The duel decks they wear launch hovering holographic emitters and use a sophisticated AI to simulate the card game's actions. How real physical people take damage is through the decks physical reaction simulation that send electric shocks through it to it's wearers.

Except for YuGiOh GX season 3(?) where they are in a different dimension where everything is real. There were also people that didn't act like that they get hurt and there were was even one point in a episode where somebody was surprised that he didn't act like he gets hurt. sadly I cannot remember which episode from which series it was...

Edit: Also of course if they play a "shadow game" they get hurt physically or will lose body parts in another way. Best example was the magician duel in the battle city arc. In the 4Kids version Yugi or the magician (Arcana was his name?) get send to the shadow realm by the glowing "discs" which were really rotating saws in the original version.

Edit 2: Also yes in YuGiOh Arc-V it is explained a bit more

 

[Nastrodamous]

it probably is but i use im going to vanquish you to the shadow realm atleast twice a week

 

[Red Fire]

and there were was even one point in a episode where somebody was surprised that he didn't act like he gets hurt. sadly I cannot remember which episode from which series it was...

Haha I remember this. It was definitely in GX. I don't remember where exactly, but I think it was Jaden when dueling with Zane for the first time and he went like 'aww come on you could at least pretend that it hurt!' or something like that. Found that pretty funny haha

 

[superNESjoe]

I watched the first episode of this when it aired in the US. I think I was ten. I loved Pokemon and Digimon and was obsessed with the card games. I was into Dragonball Z and whatever other anime I could find. I was the prime target for Yugioh.

Yet I think it was the first thing in my life that I ever facepalmed at and found funny simply because of how stupid I thought it was. When I saw the main character infuse himself with some Egyptian spirit to transform himself just to play a card game I pulled my first lolwut and went outside to play. Never watched it again.

I saw other kids getting into it and I just never understood why.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Having just rewatched a couple of the episodes of the anime for the first time since it came out, yeah pretty hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9NBvsmQ2Ik

lol

 

[Staccat0]

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.

I'm trying to gauge what this might be worth and it's cracking me up.

 

[Eidan]

"in retrospect" he says

Seriously. Shit was dumb when it came out.

 

[cntr]

That Pot of Greed video was amazing.

 

[wildfire]

Seriously. Shit was dumb when it came out.

But we now have over a decade of things to compare to and Yugioh holds up as the pinnacle of whatever it is.

 

[PSqueak]

You heard of Beyblades, fam?

GAF epic thread jokes aside, that shit was ridiculous, i recall there was a point where a character was infiltrating some facility and there was a mounted security camera gun which SHOOTS BEYBLADES AT INTRUDERS.

 

[cntr]

I remember some Beyblade anime where the big twist was that a kid found out that he was the robot replacement for a human kid who died, and that his entire life was fake