Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Movie ~Super Fusion! Bonds That Transcend Time~

[Arynis]

Wow. That sounds really cool. Got the URL for that?

There are not too many fanarts, but here's the Pixiv tag for Sin Yubel.

You and I could collaborate on a fanfic. Some of the stuff I've written is pretty similar to the theories here, others based on my own lunacy.

Crossovers, eh? Personally when it comes to me and crossovers, I prefer crossing series together, like Yugioh with Evangelion or Chrono Trigger, but purely because of coincidental or totally obscure similarities. XD

And looking at your avatar, I see Judai's Super Fusion misfired. Big time. (I'm just fooling around, it looks pretty good!)

Toward the movie, you're right: he dies in recongnizing his mistakes. Toward 5d's anime, the first seems me more probable.

The B possibility seems me more logical. Paradox knows Judai's powers so Judai is an obstacle on his path.

I thought again at Placido's theory and there a problem: the way to act. Placido is someone impatient like his line show it "I want do thing of my own way" which mean Ghost army to accelerate the Circuit's completion. Paradox is the opposite: It's someone quiet, who think, reflets and foresee things. It can't correspond. When someone tries to hide his way to acts,- Here the impatient nature of Placido - there always which betray it: a word, a gesture or even simply a look. Or, Paradox seems never show impatientce during the duel or before. Pus, I imagine Paradox like a solitary man. Placido seems not correspond even there some similiraties with Paradox's har - similarities who can be the goal of the designers to do us suppose that Paradox is Placido to better surprise us when Paradox's true identity will ba reavealed.

@ Dark_Dust Dragon: Interesting montage on your avatar !

While Paradox indeed doesn't seem like an impatient person, I'd say Paradox is doing things his way, too. That was shown when he blatantly disagreed on Yusei's views of people changing for the hope of a better future. Although we'd need to see the way Paradox actually acts to fully see what he is like. We can only draw so much from a rough summary and some clips.

As for Neos, I'd say Rainbow Dragon must have exhausted him somewhat as well. We are talking about a dragon who saved an entire school with its powers, after all.

[magicneos]

Why didn't neos block stardust dragon's attack?Was stardust dragon stonger than neos or did neos get tired because of rainbow dragon's and cyber end dragon's attacks?

No logical explanation. The possibility exists that Paradox increases the power of the monsters to use them, but even so ,Neos could stop the Rainbow Dragon�s attack , should be able to stop the Stardust Dragon attack.

It is simply a movie of 5D and 5D characters and letters would be noted on the rest

[Starry]

It is simply a movie of 5D and 5D characters and letters would be noted on the rest

Dude then why does the final battle take place in Yugi's time? Or why does Yugi and Judai even appear at all?

Also you have to remember that it kind of makes sense why it would be more 5D's centered. 5D's is an ongoing series while DM/GX concluded years ago. Why promote a dead series when you have an ongoing series that could use a ratings boost? Same reason why Paradox has been confirmed to appear later in 5D's.

[Makoeyes987]

One could reasonably say because its a TENTH ANNIVERSARY MOVIE that it should give all series equal exposure, considering it's an expenditure to celebrate the totality of the franchise. Past, present and future.

Honestly, such unimportant details such as Neos getting overwhelmed by Stardust Dragon don't bug me at all. I mean, that's just fanwank. Why did Neos get beaten by Stardust? Because he was obviously in defense mode, zing.

What bugs me is the utter lack of music from the GX and especially YGO series. We get 4 tracks from GX, and 1 crappy rendition from DM. I have no idea what the director was thinking in that regard. Pretty lame if you ask me.

[Arynis]

One could reasonably say because its a TENTH ANNIVERSARY MOVIE that it should give all series equal exposure, considering it's an expenditure to celebrate the totality of the franchise. Past, present and future.

Honestly, such unimportant details such as Neos getting overwhelmed by Stardust Dragon don't bug me at all. I mean, that's just fanwank. Why did Neos get beaten by Stardust? Because he was obviously in defense mode, zing.

What bugs me is the utter lack of music from the GX and especially YGO series. We get 4 tracks from GX, and 1 crappy rendition from DM. I have no idea what the director was thinking in that regard. Pretty lame if you ask me.

"Because he was obviously in defense mode" I lol'd. XD

To help shed light on the DM music somewhat, I noticed that Yutaka Minobe worked on both GX's and 5D's soundtracks (5D's with Wall 5 Project), while DM's soundtrack was composed by Shinkichi Mitsumune, meaning that in a sense he is the "odd" one out of the music composers. It should be noted that the Animation Book did not list anyone in particular for the music composition, that bit is unofficially noted on the Janime Wiki by putting Minobe's and Wall 5 Project's names in brackets. Perhaps something happened similarly to Yugi's Duel Terminal voice which resulted in his music not being used at all? Or there may have been some ruckus? It might explain why they had to rely on the GX version of Passionate Duelists even for Yugi...

[Makoeyes987]

LOL well if you think about it, he was *defending* Judai's "life points" and the trailer showed Judai putting him in defense mode on his Duel Disk. XD

But how could Konami, NAS, or whoever not have the rights to use the original Duel Monster tracks? That's all under their copyright and protection. Surely the composure didn't keep exclusive rights to a franchise that's so much bigger than him.

It just screams laziness to me. I honestly don't have any real beef in terms of "exposure" of the other franchises, save for that. I think considering the nature of the movie, and direction of the plot, all was executed rather well. Actually...it would've been nice had Yugi busted out with a new monster XD But that's all, really.

I just think GX and DM especially should've gotten some more music love. Heck, why the hell was a GX track used to show the actual card tournament/give away going on in Yugi's time? LOL whut?

[Arynis]

LOL well if you think about it, he was *defending* Judai's "life points" and the trailer showed Judai putting him in defense mode on his Duel Disk. XD

...For a moment, I took that in an entirely different context. =D *is shot*

But how could Konami, NAS, or whoever not have the rights to use the original Duel Monster tracks? That's all under their copyright and protection. Surely the composure didn't keep exclusive rights to a franchise that's so much bigger than him.

It just screams laziness to me. I honestly don't have any real beef in terms of "exposure" of the other franchises, save for that. I think considering the nature of the movie, and direction of the plot, all was executed rather well. Actually...it would've been nice had Yugi busted out with a new monster XD But that's all, really.

Good point. It was just a possibility, but yeah, that works too. Or maybe they were like "We have Minobe, so why use someone else's music?". *shrug*

I just think GX and DM especially should've gotten some more music love. Heck, why the hell was a GX track used to show the actual card tournament/give away going on in Yugi's time? LOL whut?

Hmm. Maybe they needed a "cute" song for that scene since majority of the attendants were children? Although Fun Friends from Sound Duel II, Scenery of Plain City from Sound Duel 1, Slapstick Trio from Sound Duel 2, Deep Breathing from Sound Duel 3 (I never got that title, I might be in the need of a soundtrack title update... o_o *gets over to Horoko's Sound Duel thread*) are also fairly upbeat songs.

Or perhaps the director had different opinions and tastes with the music usage in terms of conveying the mood and feel of the scenes, regardless of the series it was used in... Ah well.

[Makoeyes987]

Well their tastes are bad, and they should feel bad.

Actually, I'm lying, the music choices they did bring in for the movie are good. Just is stupid not to include any from DM.

LOL what context were you thinking of? XD

[Arynis]

LOL what context were you thinking of? XD

Well, you know what men refer to as their "life points"... XD Literally. If they are unable to "spend it" or they are "all out" of Life Points... I'm a horrible, horrible person. =D

[Makoeyes987]

LOL, XDD

Perv!! Paradox..is cruel, but I don't think he's that cruel!

[Allana]

There are not too many fanarts, but here's the Pixiv tag for Sin Yubel.



Crossovers, eh? Personally when it comes to me and crossovers, I prefer crossing series together, like Yugioh with Evangelion or Chrono Trigger, but purely because of coincidental or totally obscure similarities. XD

And looking at your avatar, I see Judai's Super Fusion misfired. Big time. (I'm just fooling around, it looks pretty good!)


While Paradox indeed doesn't seem like an impatient person, I'd say Paradox is doing things his way, too. That was shown when he blatantly disagreed on Yusei's views of people changing for the hope of a better future. Although we'd need to see the way Paradox actually acts to fully see what he is like. We can only draw so much from a rough summary and some clips.

As for Neos, I'd say Rainbow Dragon must have exhausted him somewhat as well. We are talking about a dragon who saved an entire school with its powers, after all.

"Because he was obviously in defense mode" I lol'd. XD

To help shed light on the DM music somewhat, I noticed that Yutaka Minobe worked on both GX's and 5D's soundtracks (5D's with Wall 5 Project), while DM's soundtrack was composed by Shinkichi Mitsumune, meaning that in a sense he is the "odd" one out of the music composers. It should be noted that the Animation Book did not list anyone in particular for the music composition, that bit is unofficially noted on the Janime Wiki by putting Minobe's and Wall 5 Project's names in brackets. Perhaps something happened similarly to Yugi's Duel Terminal voice which resulted in his music not being used at all? Or there may have been some ruckus? It might explain why they had to rely on the GX version of Passionate Duelists even for Yugi...

That's true Paradox acts by his own way. Toward Placido, I heard "the own way" as a way to show his impatience, he wants acts for things goes quickly like with Ghosts army to complete the Circuit.

About the soundtrack, it seems Yukata Minobe and Wall 5 Project are taken some BGM to redone them like Passionate Duelist or even Legend, very similar to a soundtrack of DM. It's weird that Shinkichi Mitsumune hasn't participate even NAS and Konami own the rights of BGMs. Maybe NAS wasn't satisfied of his work on DM.

[DarkDust_Dragon]

Crossovers, eh? Personally when it comes to me and crossovers, I prefer crossing series together, like Yugioh with Evangelion or Chrono Trigger, but purely because of coincidental or totally obscure similarities. XD And looking at your avatar, I see Judai's Super Fusion misfired. Big time. (I'm just fooling around, it looks pretty good!)

If given the right information, I can and will make a story out of anything. And thank you for the complement.

While Paradox indeed doesn't seem like an impatient person, I'd say Paradox is doing things his way, too. That was shown when he blatantly disagreed on Yusei's views of people changing for the hope of a better future. Although we'd need to see the way Paradox actually acts to fully see what he is like. We can only draw so much from a rough summary and some clips.

As for Neos, I'd say Rainbow Dragon must have exhausted him somewhat as well. We are talking about a dragon who saved an entire school with its powers, after all.

Think about this: by manifesting Neos, Neos must draw power from Judai, and Paradox's Dragons from him. It takes more energy to block attacks than to make them, especially attacks like those.

Well their tastes are bad, and they should feel bad. Actually, I'm lying, the music choices they did bring in for the movie are good. Just is stupid not to include any from DM.

With of course the exception of sacking Passionate Duelists in favour of its Excited Counterpart.

That's true Paradox acts by his own way. Toward Placido, I heard "the own way" as a way to show his impatience, he wants acts for things goes quickly like with Ghosts army to complete the Circuit.

Placido's impatience is actually something he has IN COMMON with Paradox, indirectly. Impatience is a form of rashness, acting on impulse. Paradox's actions are arguably rather impulsive.

"My world was destroyed, so by all means I'll go back in time, kill the creator of a card game and anyone else who gets in my way, and fix it."

To do something like that is to disregard the possibility of negative consequences. If one of the people he killed was his ancestor, for example...

[Digitalgirl]

Why didn't neos block stardust dragon's attack?Was stardust dragon stonger than neos or did neos get tired because of rainbow dragon's and cyber end dragon's attacks?

Neos does block Stardust Dragon's attack, but the attack is so powerful it heavily injures Judai and Neos. Also, almost immediately afterwards Stardust attacks again. It is very likely that if Yusei had not intervened, Judai and Neos would have been destroyed.

[Arynis]

LOL, XDD

Perv!! Paradox..is cruel, but I don't think he's that cruel!

XD XD

Well, what did you expect? After reading so much about Freudian psychology and his psychoanalysis... Besides, Paradox runs around in an outfit with chest spikes. CHEST SPIKES. That dude totally has preferences for cruel acts, I assure you.

...I'm just kidding, of course! XD Although Japan definitely enjoys following that design clue...

If given the right information, I can and will make a story out of anything. And thank you for the complement.

Heh, just like I'm willing to make a theory/analysis out of anything. And you're welcome~

Placido's impatience is actually something he has IN COMMON with Paradox, indirectly. Impatience is a form of rashness, acting on impulse. Paradox's actions are arguably rather impulsive.

"My world was destroyed, so by all means I'll go back in time, kill the creator of a card game and anyone else who gets in my way, and fix it."

To do something like that is to disregard the possibility of negative consequences. If one of the people he killed was his ancestor, for example...

That's a good point... whoops?

I did wonder about Paradox's nationality before. I'm aware that one's ancestry could branch all over the world potentially, which means anyone in theory could be his ancestor, the father he goes back in time.

We don't know his real name, although punny or odd names are not unknown in the YGOverse (Eg. Dinosaur Ryuzaki and Insector Haga, unless those were nicknames. Or there's Pegasus J. Crawford. I mean, who would name his son Pegasus? XD). Blonde hair is relatively rare in Japan, although LeArk did note the issue of immigrants in the case of Jack Atlas. While he does speak Japanese, that does not necessarily mean his mother tongue is Japanese. If we go by the anime, his diary from episode 40 is written in complete English, requiring Anzu to translate it. Pegasus speaks Japanese with English thrown in here and there. This could mean two things:

• Pegasus, obviously, is American, but learned Japanese in order to be able to keep contact with Kaiba Corporation and the Japanese children. However, his Japanese is not perfect, which explains the Engrish speech.
  
• Yu-Gi-Oh, similarly to Monster, has Japanese to substitute for all languages in the anime. That would mean everyone speaks their respective languages, but that brings up a bit of a Fridge Logic.

Which is sufficient to confuse the matter further. It doesn't help that Japanese people on the show don't really look Japanese... (See the Mukokuseki Trope.)

[DarkDust_Dragon]

XD XD
Well, what did you expect? After reading so much about Freudian psychology and his psychoanalysis... Besides, Paradox runs around in an outfit with chest spikes. CHEST SPIKES. That dude totally has preferences for cruel acts, I assure you.

...I'm just kidding, of course! XD Although Japan definitely enjoys following that design clue...

I was originally getting the impression that they were supposed to be something else and that they were screwed up... but yeah, it's true.

That's a good point... whoops?

I did wonder about Paradox's nationality before. I'm aware that one's ancestry could branch all over the world potentially, which means anyone in theory could be his ancestor, the father he goes back in time.

We don't know his real name, although punny or odd names are not unknown in the YGOverse (Eg. Dinosaur Ryuzaki and Insector Haga, unless those were nicknames. Or there's Pegasus J. Crawford. I mean, who would name his son Pegasus? XD). Blonde hair is relatively rare in Japan, although LeArk did note the issue of immigrants in the case of Jack Atlas. While he does speak Japanese, that does not necessarily mean his mother tongue is Japanese. If we go by the anime, his diary from episode 40 is written in complete English, requiring Anzu to translate it. Pegasus speaks Japanese with English thrown in here and there. This could mean two things:

• Pegasus, obviously, is American, but learned Japanese in order to be able to keep contact with Kaiba Corporation and the Japanese children. However, his Japanese is not perfect, which explains the Engrish speech.
• Yu-Gi-Oh, similarly to Monster, has Japanese to substitute for all languages in the anime. That would mean everyone speaks their respective languages, but that brings up a bit of a Fridge Logic.

Which is sufficient to confuse the matter further. It doesn't help that Japanese people on the show don't really look Japanese... (See the Mukokuseki Trope.)

To me, think that Paradox might be European, specifically Anglo-Saxon. He has gold hair and matching eyes, just like the Elric Brothers (who exist in a world parallel to Germany); and he appears in Europe, in a place that was allied with Germany in WWII.

[remaner]

Or there's Pegasus J. Crawford. I mean, who would name his son Pegasus? XD). Blonde hair is relatively rare in Japan, although LeArk did note the issue of immigrants in the case of Jack Atlas. While he does speak Japanese, that does not necessarily mean his mother tongue is Japanese. If we go by the anime, his diary from episode 40 is written in complete English, requiring Anzu to translate it. Pegasus speaks Japanese with English thrown in here and there. This could mean two things:

• Pegasus, obviously, is American, but learned Japanese in order to be able to keep contact with Kaiba Corporation and the Japanese children. However, his Japanese is not perfect, which explains the Engrish speech.
• Yu-Gi-Oh, similarly to Monster, has Japanese to substitute for all languages in the anime. That would mean everyone speaks their respective languages, but that brings up a bit of a Fridge Logic.

Which is sufficient to confuse the matter further. It doesn't help that Japanese people on the show don't really look Japanese... (See the Mukokuseki Trope.)

The Common Language thing makes me think of how in Cowboy Bebop there are everywhere signs in every possible language (Chinese, Korean, Hindi, German, English... Name a language and there's a good chance it was used) and having a foreign (or just totally strange) name is common (the typical example is Ed's father's name, which means 'excuse me, check please' in Turkish), but people understand each other without any problem. Without making any weird comparisons with the two series - in CB the multilinguistic signs can be there just to make the environment even more weird, given the nature of the show, or that the multicultural future in which the series takes place is such that languages themselves don't have another use than being 'decorative' ways to write down the same things. On the YGO side (and that of more 'mainstream' animes too), I guess having the characters talk in the same language without misunderstandings is a mean to make things more clear.

Also, for the 'they don't look Japanese' part, it reminds me of a thing Osamu Tezuka once said when asked why he gave that peculiar look to his characters (with huge shiny eyes, no facial features, crazy hair and all) 'Because in the future, when races will be all mixed together, people will look like that'.

[Arynis]

Ah, interesting. Thanks for the explanation, Rem.

To me, think that Paradox might be European, specifically Anglo-Saxon. He has gold hair and matching eyes, just like the Elric Brothers (who exist in a world parallel to Germany); and he appears in Europe, in a place that was allied with Germany in WWII.

Anglo-Saxon, hmm? The Europe thing is just an assumption, since all we know is that Judai went to Italy to investigate a local issue, and ran into Paradox. It wasn't in Paradox's time period, either. Seeing how he is a time traveler, he could theoretically go anywhere in any point in time. Just because he appeared in Europe doesn't necessarily mean he is one. And his time period is beyond recognition to draw conclusions based on location.

I updated the first post of the thread to resemble more like a FAQ, and moved the summaries to another post. If anyone has an issue (eg. not being able to open spoiler tags), noticed an incorrect info or has more questions, shoot away.

[Lia]

I updated the first post of the thread to resemble more like a FAQ, and moved the summaries to another post. If anyone has an issue (eg. not being able to open spoiler tags), noticed an incorrect info or has more questions, shoot away.

Nice.....it indeed looks better now. The new "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" and "ATTENTION" parts will be very, very useful. I was getting tired of all these stupid questions by people who don't want to read the posts above or at least the main post before asking when the DVD will come out. xD

[Allana]

Very good idea Arynis !

I thought two questions: Kazuki Takahashi had participate in movie's creation ?

[A]: He had participated in movie, drawing himself several scenes and also on the climax on the movie.

[Q]It is just commercial ? A way for Konami and NAS to get more money ??

For commercial issue, what do you think ? I would say yes: A movie is a way more simple to each fan or no fan know a crossover exists. It's an occasion to do meet each protagonists but It would have also possible in a OVA... A little money somewhere... It's like boosters... And there THE argument to do come people to see it: the card ! My brother brought GX Volume 4 only to E-HERO Absolute Zero... He has brought 3 others volumes in same times just to know a little what manga talking about. The manga is good, really good, but at the beginning, he hasn't brought the manga for the manga. Just for the card...

[Lia]

[A]: He had participated in movie, drawing himself several scenes and also on the climax on the movie.

Takahashi participated by drawing this one and only scene:



He takes no other part in this movie.

[Arynis]

Very good idea Arynis !

I thought two questions: Kazuki Takahashi had participate in movie's creation ?

[A]: He had participated in movie, drawing himself several scenes and also on the climax on the movie.

[Q]It is just commercial ?

For commercial issue, what do you think ? I would say yes and no: It's an occasion to do meet each protagonists but It would have also possible in a OVA... A little money somewhere... It's like boosters... But a movie is a way more simple to each fan or no fan know a crossover exists.

Ah, yeah. Lia answered that question of yours, though.

What do you mean with the commercial question? Technically, every Yu-Gi-Oh! episode is a commercial somewhat. Although the movie has an ad for Gold Series 2010 seen in a newspaper by the cast, and Pegasus says at the end of the movie that he has a special card for today and asks everyone to take one. Considering how the Sin Red-Eyes Black Dragon was a special promotional card for the movie, he could be referring to that, but obviously that's not what he is handing out in-universe, lol.

[Allana]

Ah, yeah. Lia answered that question of yours, though.

What do you mean with the commercial question? Technically, every Yu-Gi-Oh! episode is a commercial somewhat. Although the movie has an ad for Gold Series 2010 seen in a newspaper by the cast, and Pegasus says at the end of the movie that he has a special card for today and asks everyone to take one. Considering how the Sin Red-Eyes Black Dragon was a special promotional card for the movie, he could be referring to that, but obviously that's not what he is handing out in-universe, lol.

Thanks Lia for the pictures !

I thought my question in the sense: why the movie ? To get more money or not ? Only supositions are possible but It could be a question. GOLD 2010 ? I didn't know ! I know someone who will be very interesting by this for his collection !

[Arynis]

Thanks Lia for the pictures !

I thought my question in the sense: why the movie ? To get more money or not ? Only supositions are possible but It could be a question. GOLD 2010 ? I didn't know ! I know someone who will be very interesting by this for his collection !

Well, obviously. But how else could an anime series celebrate its 10th anniversary? It's not like they could build a giant Gundam Duel Monsters statue or something...

[Allana]

Well, obviously. But how else could an anime series celebrate its 10th anniversary? It's not like they could build a giant Gundam Duel Monsters statue or something...

Yes, that's true. In fact, I wanted to say If It's Takahashi who got idea to the movie ? He had cancelled the first movie, after all, the one he mentionned in bunkoban vol 8. But the answer stays the same.

[Arynis]

Yes, that's true. In fact, I wanted to say If It's Takahashi who got idea to the movie ? He had cancelled the first movie, after all, the one he mentionned in bunkoban vol 8. But the answer stays the same.

Ah! Well, we only know so far that Takahashi worked on those scenes Lia linked. He may have said something about the movie in his interview in the Animation Book, unfortunately the Book is yet to be translated, still. =/

When the movie was first announced, however, I believe Horoko translated it as "...comes to life through Takahashi-sensei's original work!", but there were some debate over the exact meaning of the line. Did it refer to Takahashi actually working on the story, or just how DM, GX and 5D's is Takahashi's original work? (That's how he's credited as in the series staff lists, too.)

[Lia]

Thanks Lia for the pictures !

No worries. You're welcome...although the sourse as always is the main 10th anniversary website. http://www.yugioh10th.com/diary/ And the info about Takahashi's participation in the movie is very old - from 2010.02.03

[Allana]

Ah! Well, we only know so far that Takahashi worked on those scenes Lia linked. He may have said something about the movie in his interview in the Animation Book, unfortunately the Book is yet to be translated, still. =/

When the movie was first announced, however, I believe Horoko translated it as "...comes to life through Takahashi-sensei's original work!", but there were some debate over the exact meaning of the line. Did it refer to Takahashi actually working on the story, or just how DM, GX and 5D's is Takahashi's original work? (That's how he's credited as in the series staff lists, too.)

Good question! I never ask me about theses lines, for me they refers to the movie as his "original work". Without changes, just like he imagined it.

Thanks again Lia !

[Arynis]

Good question! I never ask me about theses lines, for me they refers to the movie as his "original work". Without changes, just like he imagined it.

I finally found the line Horoko posted.

http://www.janime.eu/showthread.php/...=1#post1870861

Second Scan
Three protagonists in one movie!!
The fusion of the "Yu-Gi-Oh" series, none the likes you've ever seen before, finally comes to life through Kazuki Takahashi-sensei's original work!! What kind of tale will it be...!?

But looking at the old thread...

Not really, but it does give us a bit more hope, although I think "...comes to life through Kazuki Takahashi's original work" could simply just mean that they're celebrating the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise as a whole, which is Kazuki Takahashi's creation.

...So yeah.

I'll try to take a look at Takahashi's interview, then. At most, I could try typing down the entire thing and run it through a machine translator. =X

[DarkDust_Dragon]

Anglo-Saxon, hmm? The Europe thing is just an assumption, since all we know is that Judai went to Italy to investigate a local issue, and ran into Paradox. It wasn't in Paradox's time period, either. Seeing how he is a time traveler, he could theoretically go anywhere in any point in time. Just because he appeared in Europe doesn't necessarily mean he is one. And his time period is beyond recognition to draw conclusions based on location.

I updated the first post of the thread to resemble more like a FAQ, and moved the summaries to another post. If anyone has an issue (eg. not being able to open spoiler tags), noticed an incorrect info or has more questions, shoot away.

IIt wasnt so much about it being a city in Eurpoe as questioning the creators on why they picked that city. Out of all the cities that were already relevant, why go it Venice? Unless Paradox and Judai were going to a Sarah Brightman concert and confused Venice with Vienna. Plus, as I mentioned, his hair is blond, which is distinctly Anglo-Saxon in origin.

[Arynis]

IIt wasnt so much about it being a city in Eurpoe as questioning the creators on why they picked that city. Out of all the cities that were already relevant, why go it Venice? Unless Paradox and Judai were going to a Sarah Brightman concert and confused Venice with Vienna. Plus, as I mentioned, his hair is blond, which is distinctly Anglo-Saxon in origin.

Well, Paradox is wearing a mask. He was obviously going to go for the Venice Carnivals, but got rejected, so he burned down the entire city. XD

Well, you could ask why the Pokemon creators base their movie locations on certain real life cities, too...

Also, by Horoko from the other thread:

Inside sources (sorry, can't reveal who,) have said that the movie will not be released this year in hope for an international release.

...So much for waiting for the DVD. As Pegasus would say it, "GODDAMN". But if by international, they mean every country Yugioh ever aired in, I'd be extremely happy. I want to see the movie in SCREEN POPPING SREE DEE. In Hungary. B| (Even if it means going deaf from the horrible horrible translations. orz)

[DarkDust_Dragon]

Well, Paradox is wearing a mask. He was obviously going to go for the Venice Carnivals, but got rejected, so he burned down the entire city. XD

Well, you could ask why the Pokemon creators base their movie locations on certain real life cities, too...

I suppose that could be so; I'm just looking for any sort of allusions.

...So much for waiting for the DVD. As Pegasus would say it, "GODDAMN". But if by international, they mean every country Yugioh ever aired in, I'd be extremely happy. I want to see the movie in SCREEN POPPING SREE DEE. In Hungary. B| (Even if it means going deaf from the horrible horrible translations. orz)

Quickly, to the big white D-Wheel!

[Arynis]

I suppose that could be so; I'm just looking for any sort of allusions.

Yeah, it's understandable. Personally, I'm happy to see a location outside Japan, seeing that's where Yu-Gi-Oh (mainly) takes place in.

Quickly, to the big white D-Wheel!

Yeah! Let's smuggle some DVD releases from the future and make everyone happy! =D I can bring my self-made Paradox mask, too.

I can see why they might do this... if they released the Japanese DVD before the dub release, the success of the dub movie would greatly drop. So to avoid that happening and get the biggest amount of viewers possible, they made this move.

But yeah... this is lame. And the countries where Yugioh isn't as popular would be incredibly ripped off by this move were they not to bring the movie to those countries. Just great.

[cookie]

Couldn't it also be possible Paradox can go somewhere by mistake or travel back at a limited amount at a time (time travel could've been a new thing at the time)? Maybe he just happened to stop by Domino City after Judai's graduation period and tried to make use of this time period by going to Europe (and probably knew Judai and his friends? were there) and stealing some cards there?

[Prismamaster]

It's just a 49 min movie damn it.I want the movie now!I can't wait a year.

[DarkDust_Dragon]

I can see why they might do this... if they released the Japanese DVD before the dub release, the success of the dub movie would greatly drop. So to avoid that happening and get the biggest amount of viewers possible, they made this move.

But yeah... this is lame. And the countries where Yugioh isn't as popular would be incredibly ripped off by this move were they not to bring the movie to those countries. Just great.[/FONT]

It's ridiculous. There's no need to do that, because I know few non-Japanese people who would buy the Japanese DVD with the S&H charges (unless it came with Junk Gardna, Sin CED or Sin Rainbow, which would be awesome); and even if you go with the ******* logic, fans of the Japanese version would end up doing that anyway.

[Makoeyes987]

LOL 4kids knows fan subs and raws of original Japanese episodes eat up the sales of their dub product.

It's not ridiculous, it's just the honest truth.

Let's hope that they'll actually do some good with this, and make it something worth owning and buying, and not slamming our heads against a wall. I want to have hope that maybe they'll do the right thing and make this an actual anime DVD/Blu-Ray movie the likes that are standard in the industry. Namely, dual audio tracks, subtitles, original Japanese music, and no edits.

It's possible. Maybe 4kids learned something doing all those subtitled release episodes of YGO on youtube.

I want to believe.

Someone should shop Paradox on his D-Wheel into the UFO picture poster where it has those same words in bold, "I want to believe."

[63cohen]

LOL 4kids knows fan subs and raws of original Japanese episodes eat up the sales of their dub product.

It's not ridiculous, it's just the honest truth.

Let's hope that they'll actually do some good with this, and make it something worth owning and buying, and not slamming our heads against a wall. I want to have hope that maybe they'll do the right thing and make this an actual anime DVD/Blu-Ray movie the likes that are standard in the industry. Namely, dual audio tracks, subtitles, original Japanese music, and no edits.

It's possible. Maybe 4kids learned something doing all those subtitled release episodes of YGO on youtube.

I want to believe.

Someone should shop Paradox on his D-Wheel into the UFO picture poster where it has those same words in bold, "I want to believe."

I really do not think 4kids or Konami care about those willing to buy the Japanese version, because that number is so minute it is irrelevent. They are probably releasing them around the same time so it could be international 100%.

[Arynis]

Couldn't it also be possible Paradox can go somewhere by mistake or travel back at a limited amount at a time (time travel could've been a new thing at the time)? Maybe he just happened to stop by Domino City after Judai's graduation period and tried to make use of this time period by going to Europe (and probably knew Judai and his friends? were there) and stealing some cards there?

That could be a possibility. I remember bringing up the "limited time travel" in one of my old theories, regarding Paradox's need for Stardust Dragon (using it as fuel, somewhat). Or Paradox just happened to catch Johan and Ryou in Italy (maybe during a pro tournament?).

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In the meantime, here's the text form of Takahashi's interview from the 10th Anniversary Animation Book. Remaner helped me out with typing it all down.

Scan link: http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/908...nterviewhq.jpg (Warning: Huge image!)

漫画家
高橋和希

プロフィール

爆発的な人気を誇る原作「遊☆戯☆王」の生みの親り、アニメ制作にも深く関わってきた!

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(On the side of the page)

高橋和希先生インタビュー

10周年への思い

10年以上もの長い間、多くのファンに支持されている「遊☆戯☆王」!その魅力に迫るぞ!!
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(Caption under Yugi's, Judai's and Yusei's picture: )

10周年を迎えたアニメ「遊☆戯☆王」シリーズの主人公が揃い踏みだ!!
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10周年を振り返る

放送開始からこれまで振り返って。

高橋: アニメ「遊☆戯☆王」という作品は、「DM」の武藤遊戯が主人公の時代から「GX」の遊城十代 。 そして「5D's」の不動遊星という橋渡しがあって、10年という長い時間をかけて、いくつもの世代や時代 を越えてきた作品です。

そして同時に、制作関係者を含めていろいろな人が集結し、みんなが力を会わせて自分が創り出した原作「遊☆ 戯☆王」をだんだんと大きくしてくれました。

自分の力だけではなくて、本当に数え切れないまど大勢のスタッフが関わっているので、そういう人達のおがけ で10年という長い間放送が續けられたな、と思います。

3人の主人公

主人公たちはどのように生れたのでしょうか?

高橋: 最初の 「DM」は、そもそも重たい話なんですよ。　最終的にもうにもう一人の遊戯はこの世の者じゃないっていう。 そういう流れからから 「GX」は明るい雰囲気で行こうと決め以降ました。その中で十代に大きな試練を与えて、最後には遊戯と闘え るほど成長しました。　

「5D's」では新しいデュエルの見せ方にことだわりました。普通のデュエルは過去二作でたくさんやれたの で、次はライディングデュエルという新しいデュエルの見せ方に挑戦したかったんです。あと、実は遊戯の髪型 って自分の朝の寝癖から来てるんです　(笑)。

「遊☆戯☆王」の主人公はどれも特徴的な髪型だからそれに負けないようにしなくちゃ!

ファンへの一言「遊戯王」
「これは「遊☆戯☆王」の始まりに過ぎません」

ファンにメッセージをお願いします。

高橋: 3Dという革新的な技術を使って「遊☆戯☆王」を再現するチャレンジは、とても面白いことだと思い ます。

もともと「遊☆戯☆王」は、モンスター召喚などの演出が3D映像に一番ふさわらしい作品なんですよね。　だ から"劇場版「遊☆戯☆王」"を見た人は、絶対にビックリすると思いますよ!僕自身もビックリしちゃったぐ らいですから　(笑)。

でもこれは「遊☆戯☆王」の始まりに過ぎません。今度はこれまどは表現できなかった「家族愛」なんでデーマ も、アニメを通して伝えられたらなって思っています。

これからも、まだまだ「遊☆戯☆王」世界は広がっていきますよ!!

高橋先生の描く魅力あるキャラクターが「時き」を越えて1つの舞台に集結!!

[Allana]

Well, Paradox is wearing a mask. He was obviously going to go for the Venice Carnivals, but got rejected, so he burned down the entire city. XD

Well, you could ask why the Pokemon creators base their movie locations on certain real life cities, too...

Also, by Horoko from the other thread:




...So much for waiting for the DVD. As Pegasus would say it, "GODDAMN". But if by international, they mean every country Yugioh ever aired in, I'd be extremely happy. I want to see the movie in SCREEN POPPING SREE DEE. In Hungary. B| (Even if it means going deaf from the horrible horrible translations. orz)

Yeah ! Good new ! I hope It's soon ! Just change Judai's voice in my contry and take back the first voice actor and the dub movie will be good. I wonder me how will be Paradox's voice... Something correct I think. Divine, Aki and Lua's voices was really good dubbed. And please, keep the original soundtrack.

The interview seems interesting ! Thanks a lot Arynis and remaner !

[Arynis]

http://www.yugioh10th.com/theater.html

劇場での上映は終了いたしました

The movie has finally ended its run in the Japanese theaters. No other information has been updated on the official site.

[tori_yugio4ever]

Thanks for the info Arynis. Now that the movie's theater run has ended, hopefully some videogames or other products will come out soon now.

[Allana]

It is officially ended. Maybe some informations will be udpate in some day like for example how maoney NAS had won. Thanks for the info Arynis !

[Lia]

http://www.yugioh10th.com/theater.html

劇場での上映は終了いたしました

The movie has finally ended its run in the Japanese theaters. No other information has been updated on the official site.

Now I want some cool stuff update. x)

[63cohen]

We just gotta get a box office on this. I mean, usually we get them for American based movies in weekly intervals, but since this is overseas, I take my chances. Exactly how much did this make? 20 Million? More?

[YaminoRPG]

If rumours of a paradox series in sep is true then they may show it on TV before a DVD release on grounds people who didnt see the show wouldnt have a clue as to whats going on. So lets keep are chins up.

[DarkDust_Dragon]

LOL 4kids knows fan subs and raws of original Japanese episodes eat up the sales of their dub product.

It's not ridiculous, it's just the honest truth.

Let's hope that they'll actually do some good with this, and make it something worth owning and buying, and not slamming our heads against a wall. I want to have hope that maybe they'll do the right thing and make this an actual anime DVD/Blu-Ray movie the likes that are standard in the industry. Namely, dual audio tracks, subtitles, original Japanese music, and no edits.

It's possible. Maybe 4kids learned something doing all those subtitled release episodes of YGO on youtube.

I want to believe.

Someone should shop Paradox on his D-Wheel into the UFO picture poster where it has those same words in bold, "I want to believe."

I certainly hope that's what they do, or at least that they don't completely change the lines.

[YaminoRPG]

4Kids share price is at an all time low and they have had to change the group they are register on the stock market with as a result. Aware of a growing demand for the Japanese audio (because 1. people want it and 2. the fans have grown up so they need a way to entice them) I can see 4kids doing this ot of necessity. It costs A LOT to have a film at the cinema and to distribute it on DVD so they are bound to make some form of package to optimise sales. The only reason the uncuts flopped was because by then we all had fan subs. This is a chance for 4kids to actually beat the subbers and do someting which will increase optimism in future releases and will hopefully make their shares rise.

[63cohen]

4Kids share price is at an all time low and they have had to change the group they are register on the stock market with as a result. Aware of a growing demand for the Japanese audio (because 1. people want it and 2. the fans have grown up so they need a way to entice them) I can see 4kids doing this ot of necessity. It costs A LOT to have a film at the cinema and to distribute it on DVD so they are bound to make some form of package to optimise sales. The only reason the uncuts flopped was because by then we all had fan subs. This is a chance for 4kids to actually beat the subbers and do someting which will increase optimism in future releases and will hopefully make their shares rise.

Actually, 4kids stock price is at the all time high for the month, $1.11. While that is very low, many reasons contribute to this, but it has since stabalized since NYSE warned them.

[HikariPachirisu]

Even if 4Kids does gets their hands on the movie, I wouldn't look forward to it because they can never resist to put some cheesy dialogue or some type of lame joke and ruin a good anime.

[Arynis]

We just gotta get a box office on this. I mean, usually we get them for American based movies in weekly intervals, but since this is overseas, I take my chances. Exactly how much did this make? 20 Million? More?

The movie was on the box office list the week it debuted, then it got kicked off the top 10. We know it earned a million over the first week. Then there was that report from TV Tokyo, in which they expected the viewers' numbers to reach over 300000.

From boxofficemojo.com, I found the movie's box office up to the February 5-7 weekend:

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl...IOHMOVIESUPE01

2010Weekend
(click for breakdown) Weekend
Gross Territories
Tracked*
Jan. 22–24 $1,115,785 2
Jan. 29–31 $671,137 3
Feb. 5–7 $5,646 2

If rumours of a paradox series in sep is true then they may show it on TV before a DVD release on grounds people who didnt see the show wouldnt have a clue as to whats going on. So lets keep are chins up.

Paradox series? Wha? If you mean that "Paradox spin-off" that was mentioned here and there, that was just Tamura jokingly talking about the idea.