Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000 TV series)

Yu-Gi-Oh!
Cover of the first DVD volume, featuring the protagonist Yugi Mutou and the Duelist Kingdom arc's antagonist, Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford).
遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ (Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu)
Genre	Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Produced by	Hidetaka Ikuta Naoki Sasada Noriko Kobayashi
Written by	Junki Takegami (#001-097) Atsushi Maekawa (#098-144) Shin Yoshida (#145-184) Akemi Omode (#185-224)
Music by	Shinkichi Mitsumune
Studio	Studio Gallop
Licensed by	List AUS Magna Pacific NA 4Kids Entertainment (2001–2012) 4K Media Inc. (2012–present) SG Odex UK Manga Entertainment
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	List AU Network Ten (2002–2005) GO! (2014–) Nickelodeon CA YTV IE RTÉ Two Nickelodeon Sky1 PH Cartoon Network (2003-2004) ABS-CBN (2003; re-aired 2014) Studio 23 Hero (TV channel) RPN (2007) C/S 9 (2009) UK Nickelodeon Sky1 Nicktoons ITV1 (CITV) US The WB (Kids WB) (2001–2006) Cartoon Network (2002–2005) Fox (4Kids TV) (2006-2007) The CW (The CW4Kids) (2009–2010) The CW (Toonzai) (2010–2012) The CW (Vortexx) (2012–2014) Nicktoons (2013–2014)
Original run	April 18, 2000 – September 29, 2004
Episodes	224 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Directed by	Eric Stuart
Produced by	Katia Milani Lloyd Goldfine
Written by	Michael Pecerlello Norman J. Grossfeld
Music by	Gil Talmi
Studio	4Kids Entertainment
Original network	Fox (4Kids TV)
Original run	September 9, 2006 – November 25, 2006
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Yu-Gi-Oh!, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ, Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu^?), is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop, based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series written by Kazuki Takahashi. It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the 1998 TV anime series produced by Toei Animation, and begins from the Duelist Kingdom arc. Like the manga and the first anime series, this series revolves around a boy named Yugi Mutou who battles opponents in various games; in this version, the main game played is the Duel Monsters card game. The series originally aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 2000 to September 2004, running for 224 episodes. A remastered version, highlighting certain duels, began airing in Japan in February 2015. An English-language adaptation of the series by 4Kids Entertainment aired in North America from September 29, 2001 to June 10, 2006 on Kids WB, and was also released in other countries. The English version of the series was retitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Rulers of the Duel for the second season, Yu-Gi-Oh! Noah's Arc for the first 24 episodes of the third, Yu-Gi-Oh! Enter the Shadow Realm for the remainder of the third, Yu-Gi-Oh! Waking the Dragons for the fourth, Yu-Gi-Oh! Grand Championship for the first 14 episodes of the fifth, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of the Duel for the remainder of the fifth. The series spawned a spinoff miniseries entitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters, set between Grand Championship and Dawn of the Duel and only released in the English version, as well as four other spinoff series: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. Based on the success of the series, 4Kids also commissioned three animated films: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time and Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions.