Thread: Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Special

This is the card news section, so I'll move this to the 5Ds forum. We probably should have a proper discussion thread for this.

BUT! IT IS NOT, I REPEAT, NOT ENTITLED 'BATTLE ROYAL! YUGI VS JUDAI VS YUSEI; DEJA VU ACCELLERATION'!
THIS WAS A JOKE TITLE THAT HAS BEEN FALSELY SPREAD AROUND THE INTERNET.
NOW PLEASE, NO MORE TALK OF IT.

Originally Posted by DarkYami

This is the card news section, so I'll move this to the 5Ds forum. We probably should have a proper discussion thread for this.

BUT! IT IS NOT, I REPEAT, NOT ENTITLED 'BATTLE ROYAL! YUGI VS JUDAI VS YUSEI; DEJA VU ACCELLERATION'!
THIS WAS A JOKE TITLE THAT HAS BEEN FALSELY SPREAD AROUND THE INTERNET.
NOW PLEASE, NO MORE TALK OF IT.

Also anyone who continues to believe of it gets negged automatically.

Heres hoping we get at least a new story with DM characters. Or hell, a NAS HQ remake of the original 7 volumes of the manga.

I just hope that it won't be another booster commercial OVA like he last one.

Hm, I don't want to sound stupid or anything, but what is an anime short?
Maybe this 10th anniversary will reveal Yu-Gi-Oh! R being adapted into anime?

Originally Posted by Truesdale09

Hm, I don't want to sound stupid or anything, but what is an anime short?
Maybe this 10th anniversary will reveal Yu-Gi-Oh! R being adapted into anime?

It means a single, one off episode, likely with no baring on the plot. So this OVA isn't likely to be R. However, who knows what will come in the future. Yay, false hope!

Originally Posted by DarkYami

It means a single, one off episode, likely with no baring on the plot. So this OVA isn't likely to be R. However, who knows what will come in the future. Yay, false hope!

Oh, okay. I'm still confused about this Yu-Gi-Oh premiere. Maybe it won't be another season with the original cast because everyone left to pursue their own goals. (Anzu leaving to study dance??) IDK hopefully there will be more news about this.

Found some new info on a japanese blog!
Here's the translation:

The King Returns! Yugi Vs. ...?!
Yugi, who tracked down Judai in some desert and whopped his ass there, returns to Domino City, just to find out that it's now called Neo Domino City and Riding Duels are supposed to heat you up. Angry at this madness, he finds the culprit behind this bike craze, Fudo Yusei, who he quickly disposes of with a first turn kill. Just then, out of nowhere, a real challenger appears, Ushio. As they're about to start their duel, Crow intervenes and tries to do what he can do best, hog screentime. Kaiba, who just returned from saving a kidnapped Mokuba again, immediately summons Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and wipes Crow out of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Meanwhile, Yugi vs. Ushio starts and...

...

Originally Posted by Professor Farnsworth

A man can dream, though. A man can dream...

Seriously though, this better contains DM characters. It's the 10th anniversary. Those characters made YGO. The less GX and 5D's stuff we'll get, the better.

Originally Posted by Teh_Gunder

Found some new info on a japanese blog!
Here's the translation:

The King Returns! Yugi Vs. ...?!
Yugi, who tracked down Judai in some desert and whopped his ass there, returns to Domino City, just to find out that it's now called Neo Domino City and Riding Duels are supposed to heat you up. Angry at this madness, he finds the culprit behind this bike craze, Fudo Yusei, who he quickly disposes of with a first turn kill. Just then, out of nowhere, a real challenger appears, Ushio. As they about to start their duel, Crow intervenes and tries to do what he can do best, hog screentime. Kaiba, who just returned from saving a kidnapped Mokuba again, immediately summons Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and wipes Crow out of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Meanwhile, Yugi vs. Ushio starts and...

...



Seriously though, this better contains DM characters. It's the 10th anniversary. Those characters made YGO. The less GX and 5D's stuff we'll get, the better.

QFT.

If they actually did something for GX and 5D's, I'd find that pretty disrespectful towards Takahashi-sensei. Maybe this'll be like that Dragon Ball OVA-OH! I forgot, this is NAS we're talking about, not TOEI. What was I thinking? We probably ARE going to get a nonsense no-plot duel with Yugi vs Kaiba or something with new cards.

Originally Posted by NeoKING

We probably ARE going to get a nonsense no-plot duel with Yugi vs Kaiba or something with new cards.

That'd still be better than another Yusei vs. Jack duel with their new "Savior Star Dragon/Buster" and "Savior Demon Dragon/Buster" monsters. I'd take anything with DM over GX and 5D's.

Originally Posted by Teh_Gunder

Found some new info on a japanese blog!
Here's the translation:

The King Returns! Yugi Vs. ...?!
Yugi, who tracked down Judai in some desert and whopped his ass there, returns to Domino City, just to find out that it's now called Neo Domino City and Riding Duels are supposed to heat you up. Angry at this madness, he finds the culprit behind this bike craze, Fudo Yusei, who he quickly disposes of with a first turn kill. Just then, out of nowhere, a real challenger appears, Ushio. As they about to start their duel, Crow intervenes and tries to do what he can do best, hog screentime. Kaiba, who just returned from saving a kidnapped Mokuba again, immediately summons Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and wipes Crow out of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Meanwhile, Yugi vs. Ushio starts and...

LoL that sounds....crazy....

I know its not much ,but I found a youtube video for it. I'm guessing its only going to be an OVA about Yami......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssv9J23WflM

How would including GX and 5D's be disrespectful?

This is the 10th Anniversary, and like it or not those are a part of the series. Takahashi himself helped supply character designs for them and likely is involved somewhat in their creation as well.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

How would including GX and 5D's be disrespectful?

This is the 10th Anniversary, and like it or not those are a part of the series. Takahashi himself helped supply character designs for them and likely is involved somewhat in their creation as well.

Because GX and 5D's were not what he himself wanted to do, from my knowledge anyway. NAS or Konami just wanted something else to use to sell new cards. Another case in point would be Akira Toriyama, who now wants nothing to do with the DB series.

Wouldn't you feel disrespected/pretty stupid if you made a series, and then on YOUR 10th anniversary, instead of being some sort of celebration for the series you YOURSELF originally made, theres a celebration for a SPIN OFF made by a TV company that you barely even helped/worked with/on?

Put yourself in your shoes if it was going to be a GX or 5D's special. You'd probably want to bomb NAS.

Also, GX and 5D's haven't even been around for 10 years, so wtf would be the point of something so stupid?

I imagined Atemu, Yusei and Judai involved in a riding duel against some freaky evil guy.
But anyway, I have a headache from so much guessing and thinking.
We'll wait and see.
After all the OVA is about the 10th aniversary and I know, it would be memorable event for all YGO series!

No.

I think it's just whiny fans who act like if they don't like part of the series no one can.

Because GX and 5D's were not what he himself wanted to do, from my knowledge anyway. NAS or Konami just wanted something else to use to sell new cards. Another case in point would be Akira Toriyama, who now wants nothing to do with the DB series.

You've never talked to Takahashi, and he's never said anything in interviews about not wanting GX or 5D's to exist. Especially as he likely gets royalties and all that from them, I doubt he harbors any vendetta against them or anything like that.

Seriously, some people like GX and 5D's, and some even were introduced to the series because of them. They're part of the Yu-Gi-Oh Franchise and are just as legitimate as any other thing in the series. There is no reason why a 10th Anniversary can't pay homage to all three series. The end.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

No.

I think it's just whiny fans who act like if they don't like part of the series no one can.

Well if you won't feel crappy if someone put a spin off over your original work, and I'm sorry to say this, but either you have the backbone of a jellyfish or you don't appreciate your original work. And honestly, it makes no damn sense to do an OVA on 5D's or GX seeing how, gee, I dunno..They haven't even been around for 10 years.

And I never said I hated GX or 5D's. I'm just using common sense. So the "whiny fans" theory s'gone out the window. Try again.

Originally Posted by Teh_Gunder

The King Returns! Yugi Vs. ...?!
Yugi, who tracked down Judai in some desert and whopped his ass there, returns to Domino City, just to find out that it's now called Neo Domino City and Riding Duels are supposed to heat you up. Angry at this madness, he finds the culprit behind this bike craze, Fudo Yusei, who he quickly disposes of with a first turn kill. Just then, out of nowhere, a real challenger appears, Ushio. As they're about to start their duel, Crow intervenes and tries to do what he can do best, hog screentime. Kaiba, who just returned from saving a kidnapped Mokuba again, immediately summons Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and wipes Crow out of the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Meanwhile, Yugi vs. Ushio starts and...

Wasn't the reason Judai in a desert to start with was because of Yugi?
Then again...meh...Ushio for the win. xD

So what are you guys hoping to see in this anniversary special? Maybe they might show couple pairings? Or am I getting the wrong idea????? The suspense is killing me lol!!!!!!

Well, you know, a 10 Year Anniversary usually celebrates everything that happened in the 10 years. :/

I didn't say to put 5D's and GX infront of DM. I said each series is part of the Yu-Gi-OH franchise, which this anniversary is commemorating, and shouldn't be blown off because some fans don't like them.

Originally Posted by Geno

Wasn't the reason Judai in a desert to start with was because of Yugi?

No, no, no, you got that wrong. Judai knew he'd lose badly, so he ran (beamed or whatever) away into the desert. Yugi, furious at this coward act (that and Judai didn't gave him Winged Kuriboh back, that damn thief), tracked him down in that desert after years and gave him the beating of his life. And this where the OVA starts. XD

Originally Posted by Geno

Then again...meh...Ushio for the win. xD

And Kaiba isn't? D:
Or is that too obvious to even mention it? XD

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

Well, you know, a 10 Year Anniversary usually celebrates everything that happened in the 10 years. :/

I didn't say to put 5D's and GX infront of DM. I said each series is part of the Yu-Gi-OH franchise, which this anniversary is commemorating, and shouldn't be blown off because some fans don't like them.

Originally Posted by NeoKING

And I never said I hated GX or 5D's. I'm just using common sense.

That.

And by the way, this isn't any ordinary anniversary, this is an OVA, so even if they were going to include all series, it's probably gonna be in some kinda "Recap documentary", and I highly doubt that.

DM is going to come first, whether you, me, or anyone else likes it or not. It's what started it all(in terms of the NAS anime series anyways). It's most likely going to be DM because of nostalgic value, not something they see every week on TV.

Originally Posted by Truesdale09

So what are you guys hoping to see in this anniversary special?

Cards. Lots of them.

-shot-

Seriously though, no idea. I'm just waiting for ore info on it before I start doing any guessing.

Originally Posted by Teh_Gunder

No, no, no, you got that wrong. Judai knew he'd lose badly, so he ran (beamed or whatever) away into the desert. Yugi, furious at this coward act (that and Judai didn't gave him Winged Kuriboh back, that damn thief), tracked him down in that desert after years and gave him the beating of his life. And this where the OVA starts. XD

Sounds like Yugi went a little 'trigger happy' with Berserk Soul again.

Originally Posted by Teh_Gunder

And Kaiba isn't? D:
Or is that too obvious to even mention it? XD

Yeah, kind of is. xD

Originally Posted by Truesdale09

I know its not much ,but I found a youtube video for it. I'm guessing its only going to be an OVA about Yami......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssv9J23WflM

Thanks for that.
The animation of this commercial looked very nice.
Though how the monsters looked they reminded me of the animation and how they looked in the Pyramid DM movie.

LOL this one is muchbetter in slow motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxuhB6J2YoI
Black Magician XD just lol.

They really have put much work on Dark Yugi here. He never looked better animated.

Originally Posted by Teh_Gunder

No, no, no, you got that wrong. Judai knew he'd lose badly, so he ran (beamed or whatever) away into the desert. Yugi, furious at this coward act (that and Judai didn't gave him Winged Kuriboh back, that damn thief), tracked him down in that desert after years and gave him the beating of his life. And this where the OVA starts.

OMG, what a...crazy and....out of senses start.
Ooooh I won't try to guess what the plot would be, because everything becomes really confusing. We'll have to wait some other information to come up. That's not enough for our "hungry eyes". XD

Originally Posted by Truesdale09

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...orts-announced

I really don't know what to say about this..... When they said the "10th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! television premiere", does that mean we'll see the original YuGiOh characters returning again for another season? Or is this going to be another YuGiOh with different characters?

By the way, I apologize if this was already posted or if this is in the wrong section.

LOL How many of these threads...

If Yugi really duels Ushio is like a dream come true, I always imagined and would be cool seeing the main chara of all YGO series dueling the 1st villain of YGO series x)
and would be a nice touch if would be Yusei in adult already xD somethin like 23-30 xDD, since GX never given the work to show his face >=(
I actually like this whole crazyness xDD, sounds fun xDDDD

I hope it goes to DVD ;_;

Originally Posted by Geno

Sounds like Yugi when a little 'trigger happy' with Berserk Soul again.

But this time, there was no Anzu to stop him. ;D

Yugi vs Ushio would be completely and fully awesome.

I'm half-way expecting(dreading) a generic crossover OVA dimension/time-warping villain that brings all of the main characters together and they then team up to defeat him. >.>

Personally, I think somehting like Yugi vs. that guy with 100 decks from that R special would be a great OVA.

If it has to be a GX throw-back, I'd like an animated version of lil Judai vs. Koyo.

As far as the OVA story goes, I really don't care how they do it just as long as the duel is good and is ideal for these three. I mean we're talking about a guy whose deck is outdated compared to a overhyped teen with a generic stereotype hero deck, and an emo kid who plays with cards that come from garbage. It has to be epic for these three to be playing against each other. Not to mention, two of the characters have magic powers from secondary characters. Yugi with Atem, Judai with Yubel. Yusei just has some glowing mark on his arm. So, the match-up would have to be...

Yugi/Atem vs Season 4 Judai vs Yusei

That is all I want. OVA story, don't care. Just make the duel look epic at least.

Originally Posted by JACK_ATLUS

I'm half-way expecting(dreading) a generic crossover OVA dimension/time-warping villain that brings all of the main characters together and they then team up to defeat him. >.>

Personally, I think somehting like Yugi vs. that guy with 100 decks from that R special would be a great OVA.

If it has to be a GX throw-back, I'd like an animated version of lil Judai vs. Koyo.

Your probably right. My one hope for this OVA is that they won't include minor characters from any series like shizuka/serenity, or whomever. Now would this be consider "canon" or no?

I dunno, Yugi x Judai x Yusei falls under the whole RULE OF COOl.

It may be stupid and random to have them all team up...but...I mean, it would be pretty awesome to see Dark Magician, NEOS, and Stardust team up since they're the 2500 Attackers of each player.

Who knows, maybe they'll end up having Yugi and Judai pull out a Synchro Dark Magician/E-Hero variant?

Now would this be consider "canon" or no?

No. But that's what makes it nice. They can do anything they want and it won't hurt the timeline or anything. It'll just be a rousing good time.

If they're gonna combine series, I wanna see Yugi vs. Yusei.

Judai already got his ass handed to him by God. He knew he was going to lose so he chicken'd out and ran off into the desert with his teacher and some fat cat Garfield knockoff so they could all have sexual relations.

Yusei at least provides a challenge. He's not as "Draw lucky" as Judai, even though their both experts in their respective fields, Fusion and Synchro.

That also increases the chance of seeing a new Synchro Spellcaster.

Pretty much all the characters are draw lucky though. I mean, Yami basically could predict any move no matter how bizarre it was with a perfect combo. The characters draw what the plot wants.

"I predicted you'd fuse Worm Drake into Humanoid Slime and Fusion Summon that monster I've never heard about!"

I never really thought it was a problem exclusive to Judai. I think it's more of a problem with the cards he draws rather than drawing itself.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

Well, you know, a 10 Year Anniversary usually celebrates everything that happened in the 10 years. :/

This

They're celebrating the ANIME FRANCHISE'S 10th anniversary and DM only ran for 4 of the ten years. It would incredibly selfish to exclude any section of the franchise in my opinion and a crossover is the only thing I can see that's appropriate for this celebration. Besides, I don't want to see anything thats purely DM. With the all fanbois and nostalgia ***s parading around it I can't watch an episode or read a manga chapter without feeling disgusted.

Well, Yugi's ass-pulls happen a lot less often in the manga-based arcs, and a lot of the cards that were used in this fashion had other uses and where actually used more than once.

Judai, well, we have a thread for this, so I won't get into this. I'll just say that Judai's deck is so horrible, that it's almost impossible to write him into a point where he's in trouble, and then wite him out of it without a "this card is totaly useless anywhere else" scenario.

Yusei can get pretty bad at doing this too. His win over Murkuro was pretty, bleh, and his win over Bommer was only made acceptable by how awesome the Arms Aid/Junk Warrior combination looked.

What happens if there was no story, but just the duel?? Like they would be in a stadium and they just dueled.

Originally Posted by JACK_ATLUS

Well, Yugi's ass-pulls happen a lot less often in the manga-based arcs, and a lot of the cards that were used in this fashion had other uses and where actually used more than once.

Judai, well, we have a thread for this, so I won't get into this. I'll just say that Judai's deck is so horrible, that it's almost impossible to write him into a point where he's in trouble, and then wite him out of it without a "this card is totaly useless anywhere else" scenario.

Yusei can get pretty bad at doing this too. His win over Murkuro was pretty, bleh, and his win over Bommer was only made acceptable by how awesome the Arms Aid/Junk Warrior combination looked.

No matter what you say about yugi and ass-pulls is illeget. Atem near the end of the series was able to use the puzzle to draw the right cards, so I am sure Atem could do it earlier on too.

Well, Yugi's ass-pulls happen a lot less often in the manga-based arcs, and a lot of the cards that were used in this fashion had other uses and where actually used more than once.

I dunno...is there really any difference between Yugi pulling out the unheard of Dark Magician Girl during a fight that happens to involve a duelist with Dark Magician, despite being never heard of before, and Judai pulling out a card for Bubble Man?

Sure, Dark Magician Girl had appearances later on (probably due to...other reasons), but is it really that different? They're both cards that rely on specific support of a particular "named" card, and both had no lead up to that point anywhere. Sure Dark Magician Girl later on got backstory that explained her, but at that moment Yugi used her she was just as much of an "ass-pull".

Then of course you have to consider when it comes to any game in written format, luck and skill are manipulated to fufill the plot. If Yugi needs to win, he'll pull out a card to win. If Judai needs to win, he'll pull out a card to win.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

Pretty much all the characters are draw lucky though. I mean, Yami basically could predict any move no matter how bizarre it was with a perfect combo. The characters draw what the plot wants.

"I predicted you'd fuse Worm Drake into Humanoid Slime and Fusion Summon that monster I've never heard about!"

I never really thought it was a problem exclusive to Judai. I think it's more of a problem with the cards he draws rather than drawing itself.

Oh, yeah, thats what I meant. Didn't mean to confuse.

Originally Posted by badmand

This

They're celebrating the ANIME FRANCHISE'S 10th anniversary and DM only ran for 4 of the ten years. It would incredibly selfish to exclude any section of the franchise in my opinion and a crossover is the only thing I can see that's appropriate for this celebration. Besides, I don't want to see anything thats purely DM. With the all fanbois and nostalgia ***s parading around it I can't watch an episode or read a manga chapter without feeling disgusted.

I dunno if its just me, but I personally feel that DM tops GX and 5Ds. Why you can't read an episode or read manga of the original is beyond me, but I can honestly say that the original is better than any of its spin offs. Oh btw, R tops GX and 5D's too. Stick to these spin offs if you feel you should, but I gotta say, the original pwns.

Btw: The same thing you said about the DM fanboys...Well, thats exactly how I feel about GX XD

I think he was saying people saying DM is flawless and perfect (and this applies to any fanboy) can get obnoxious and ruin the object of the praise in question.

Which isn't exactly fair, but it's human nature it seems. :/

I have to say I like about all three series equal. Okay, I admit I like GX the most, but every series had its strength and weaknesses imo.

XD This is like the 3rd thread for this OVA.......

I just can't wait tell it broadcasts !!

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

I think he was saying people saying DM is flawless and perfect (and this applies to any fanboy) can get obnoxious and ruin the object of the praise in question.

Which isn't exactly fair, but it's human nature it seems. :/

I have to say I like about all three series equal. Okay, I admit I like GX the most, but every series had its strength and weaknesses imo.

IMO the only thing wrong with GX, and the reason why none of it should be in this OVA, is because the characters or plot for that matter, wasn't really "fully carried out", if you catch my drift.

I don't get why that means it should be discluded. :/
Or heck, what exactly that means.

It had Yu-Gi-Oh in the title. This is the 10 Year Anniversary of NAS' Yu-Gi-Oh Anime.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

I don't get why that means it should be discluded. :/
Or heck, what exactly that means.

It had Yu-Gi-Oh in the title. This is the 10 Year Anniversary of NAS' Yu-Gi-Oh Anime.

Its pretty self explanatory so I'm not going to get into what it means.

But its okay, lets all see Judai and Yugi and Yusei all duel each other! Oh fun fun fun fun fun fun Happy happy!

Thats the perfect anniversary gift for the series.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

I dunno...is there really any difference between Yugi pulling out the unheard of Dark Magician Girl during a fight that happens to involve a duelist with Dark Magician, despite being never heard of before, and Judai pulling out a card for Bubble Man?

Sure, Dark Magician Girl had appearances later on (probably due to...other reasons), but is it really that different? They're both cards that rely on specific support of a particular "named" card, and both had no lead up to that point anywhere. Sure Dark Magician Girl later on got backstory that explained her, but at that moment Yugi used her she was just as much of an "ass-pull".

Then of course you have to consider when it comes to any game in written format, luck and skill are manipulated to fufill the plot. If Yugi needs to win, he'll pull out a card to win. If Judai needs to win, he'll pull out a card to win.

No, there isn't. I won't pretend there is. The thing is, Judai did things like that OVER and OVER again.

Every duel does flow the way the writers want it to. We all know this. It never hurts to give the wins a sense of realism, though.

people, you need to realize that this is not yet confirmed to be a Yugi VS Yusei VS Judai duel, no reason to get your hopes up

Um, we know that. The discussion is now "What can/should it be," and a crossover on the 10th aniversary of the anime is still a VERY big candidate.

I hope the old DM characters like Anzu, Bakura, Marik, or Kaiba are in it.