Yu-Gi-Oh! GX | |
Screenshot of the logo from the English dub
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遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズGX (Yū-Gi-ō Dyueru Monsutāzu Jī Ekkusu) |
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Genre | Action, adventure, fantasy, comedy |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hatsuki Tsuji |
Produced by | Nihon Ad Systems |
Written by | Shin Yoshida, Jun Maekawa, Akemi Omode, Yasuyuki Suzuki |
Music by | Yutaka Minobe |
Studio | Gallop |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
English network | |
Original run | October 6, 2004 – March 26, 2008 |
Episodes | 180 |
Manga | |
Written by | Naoyuki Kageyama |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | V-Jump |
English magazine | |
Original run | December 17, 2005 – March 19, 2011 |
Volumes | 9 |
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズGX Hepburn: Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu Jī Ekkusu?), is an anime spin-off and sequel of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime. It aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between October 6, 2004 and March 26, 2008, and was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows the exploits of Judai Yuki (Jaden Yuki in the 4Kids version) and his companions as he attends Duel Academy. It was later dubbed in English by 4Kids Entertainment and a manga spinoff was created by Naoyuki Kageyama.
Taking place ten years after the events of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows a young boy named Jaden Yuki who attends Duel Academy, a special institute founded by Seto Kaiba which teaches young duelists all about the game of Duel Monsters. Using his Elemental Hero deck and a Winged Kuriboh card given to him by Yugi Mutou, Jaden makes various new friends and rivals and takes on many challenges in his quest to become the next King of Games.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is produced by Nihon Ad Systems, Inc., and directed by Hatsuki Tsuji. Scripts are prepared by an alternating lineup of writers–Shin Yoshida, Jun Maekawa, Akemi Omode, Yasuyuki Suzuki–with music arrangements by Yutaka Minobe. Takuya Hiramitsu is in charge of sound direction, supervised by Yūji Mitsuya. Character and monster designs are overseen by Kenichi Hara, while Duel layout is overseen by Masahiro Hikokubo. The "GX" in the series' title is short for the term "Generation neXt". "GENEX" was conceived as the series' original title, as can be evidenced in early promotional artwork. It also refers to the GX tournament that takes place between episodes 84 and 104.