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

Originally Posted by Arynis

Hmm... I've been wondering about Producers S and J for a while now. The fact that they are kept secret and everything... At first I assumed they are Shin Yoshida and Junki Takegami, but "series composition" =/= producer, so there goes my theory.

There's something which I have been confused about for a long time. The Staff list lists "Original Story: Kazuki Takahashi (Shueisha, Shonen Jump)". I recall the early articles about the movie (back when it was only known as an OVA) saying that "the three characters shall come to life in Takahashi-sensei's original story". Does this mean Takahashi is overseeing the movie's story, or he's simply being credited for his series?

Maybe Takahashi somehow participates in creating the story of the movie, but I'm not sure how significant his role actually is.

I didn't surprise If Yoshida Shin had worked on the film. Maybe I do an mistake. I believe I have seen the name of Yoshida Shin mentionned somewhere in the topic. But I forget where and who mentionned him. .

I think it's referring to his original story meaning the Yu-Gi-Oh universe as a whole, but I don't think he has zero imput on the movie. He probably is shown it, okays it, ect. I wouldn't be surprised if he designed Paradox, and maybe any new cards premiering.

Just like how he doesn't draw all the card art, yet his name are the only ones on them...which is kind of odd that none of the other artists get any recognition. But pretty sure Takahashi gets royalties and cash from all the media, regardless if he has much imput.

Originally Posted by NeoKING

Dunno if we can really trust their claims that Takahashi is behind it, because he himself admitted that he doesn't really do much on the GX manga and 5D's story. Maybe they're just using his name here? Hope not.

Originally Posted by lia

Maybe Takahashi somehow participates in creating the story of the movie, but I'm not sure how significant his role actually is.

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

I think it's referring to his original story meaning the Yu-Gi-Oh universe as a whole, but I don't think he has zero imput on the movie. He probably is shown it, okays it, ect. I wouldn't be surprised if he designed Paradox, and maybe any new cards premiering.

Just like how he doesn't draw all the card art, yet his name are the only ones on them...which is kind of odd that none of the other artists get any recognition. But pretty sure Takahashi gets royalties and cash from all the media, regardless if he has much imput.

Ah, I see. Thanks for the help, everyone! :] I'd be even happier if Takahashi was the one who designed Paradox, heh.

Originally Posted by Allana

I didn't surprise If Yoshida Shin had worked on the film. Maybe I do an mistake. I believe I have seen the name of Yoshida Shin mentionned somewhere in the topic. But I forget where and who mentionned him. .

I did a quick search, and you mentioned it here. So his name was already specified in the Staff list... oops. This is what I get for not checking that list carefully enough. *theory is further fried*

Originally Posted by Arynis

Ah, I see. Thanks for the help, everyone! :] I'd be even happier if Takahashi was the one who designed Paradox, heh.

I heard that Takahashi had done the characters's design for GX and 5d's. If the film is his original story, It must be him who had done Paradox's design.

Originally Posted by Arynis

I did a quick search, and you mentioned it here. So his name was already specified in the Staff list... oops. This is what I get for not checking that list carefully enough. *theory is further fried*

I believed it was another person who had talked of Yoshida Shin, not myself. I should have done the research. Thanks to have done the reasearch Arynis.

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

*JSAT 2009!!

"Yu-Gi-Oh" had a clipshow last week, but the anime tour had a clipshow of its own, lol. It was sort of a series introduction video based around 5D's. They cut and pasted scenes from episode 64 while the characters talked.

Spoiler: ***

At the scene where Yusei, Jack and Crow are admiring the Neo Daedalus Bridge, Crow said, "Looks like saved this city!" Yusei even said something about "Accel Synchro," lol. And when the twins and Aki are sitting with each other at the cafe, they start recapping legendary duelists other than Yusei and the others for some reason, lol.

Twins: "Who could it be? Who could it be? First is this person!"

Oh, wow! They're using the twins' long-absent "What could it be?" this way!?

In the introduction movie detailed below, the twins and Aki-san narrate while they introduce the series' protagonists and their rivals.

Yugi Mutou
They focus on clips from Battle City. I think there was even scene that boomed (?) in a certain area was shown briefly, lol.
In the scene against Kaiba (Obelisk) in the Battle City Semi-Finals,
Kaiba: "The one who will rule at the apex of the Gods will be youuu!!"
His voice really got hoarse at this point...lol. They didn't have to bother with that scene, you know!

And against Dark Malik (Ra) in the Battle City Finals, the twins touched on the "Sangenshin," the Three Mythic Gods.

"He fought for his own memories." "He fought to reclaim his other heart," and such, the twins talked a lot about why Yugi and Dark Yugi were fighting. To a level to it's like, "How would they know?" lol. They tell us, "By winning Battle City, he became the first Duel King." And the title of King would continue from here on, wouldn't it? Most definitely.

Judai Yuki
Since Aki-san tells us something like, "An alumni of Duel Academia and our sempai," come to think of it, I knew she would, lol. After footage of Judai, there was a little footage of Manjoume in his cool "Ichi, juu, hyaku, sen, Manjoume Thunder!" scene, but are they dropping to us that he'll make an appearance?

After his duel with Misawa and Kaiser (Graduation Duel) from season one, we get the Yubel fight, which makes you say, "You're bringing that part up?" Jumping a little far ahead, aren't we? lol Introducing her as "Judai's greatest and most evil rival" is a little severe, don't you think?

Yubel: "And after I loved you so much!"
Judai: "Make Yubel and my hearts one!"

Don't bring up this scene...! lol. Well, you see, they may be scenes that are absolutely vital to Judai's character, but I'm guessing people seeing it for the first time will have no idea what's going on...lol. One of the twins says, "(Judai) fused with Yubel and gained the power to control spirits"...announced inhumanely, without hesitation. Oh well, he's got Yubel's eyes, so he'll be invincible, after all, lol.

Yusei Fudo
They give us a record of familiar Yusei battles, focused on Yusei vs Jack from episode 26.
Rua: "There it is! A Synchro Summon!"
Aki: "They duel by turning speed into Magic."
...'Turning speed into such and such' is such a nostalgic phrase, huh? lol
The next recap is of episode 64 against Buffwin!
Buffwin: "Why? Didn't the Crimson Dragon choose the Godlike figure that is me!?"
Yusei: "No! It chose bonds!"
Yay! Congratulations on your screen debut, Buffwin!
But, by extracting just that one scene, it seems as though Godwin was just a bad guy all around...And shirtless, lol.
Aki sums up by saying, "Yusei will continue to protect this city"...and follows by saying, "I sure would like to see Yusei, Yugi-san and Judai-san all the same place!" and then, addressed to the people who have been waiting for it,
Twins: "We have special footage for people just like that ready! Enjoy!"
(The 64 Version of the "What could it be" closing pose! The twins are so cute!)

Just a little question:
This OVA already came out with Jump Super Anime Tour and many people saw it, but is this OVA on DVD, or it aired on TV ???
Just asking cuz it's quite strange that nobody have yet uploaded it on the internet.
Or, as always, I've misunderstood something.

Originally Posted by Allana

I heard that Takahashi had done the characters's design for GX and 5d's. If the film is his original story, It must be him who had done Paradox's design.

I believed it was another person who had talked of Yoshida Shin, not myself. I should have done the research. Thanks to have done the reasearch Arynis.

Yeah, you've got a point there. :]

Don't worry about it.

I've been checking that Newswise BBS thread. There are no news or updates, of course, but the members seem to be speculating about Paradox. I looked the posts up with a friend of mine to see what they say. I'll share them here in case anyone is interested in speculating or just reading more speculation.

The translation isn't 100% accurate, but here it is:

Spoiler: Speculations at Newswise BBS

People have been discussing GX's season 4 in relation with "Sin World", as well as speculating about Paradox.

One of the speculations about Sin World is how it relates to the Seven Deadly Sins.

For Darkness, there was a question if Darkness was a puppet. Is the demon (darkness?) within the card real?

As for Paradox, they speculate that he's the savior, the last hope of the "people of the end/Judgment Day (the character could be read as both)", basically the hero of humanity facing the end of the world. He is so strong that the three protagonists are needed to stop him. They are wondering if Paradox is indeed a bad guy or not, it is hard to figure out. Another poster said the three protagonists should not be allowed to go against Paradox, because he is "the good guy".

Originally Posted by lia

Just a little question:
This OVA already came out with Jump Super Anime Tour and many people saw it, but is this OVA on DVD, or it aired on TV ???
Just asking cuz it's quite strange that nobody have yet uploaded it on the internet.
Or, as always, I've misunderstood something.

I recall it being stated that this "trailer" was aired in a closed room, where everyone was observed carefully to avoid camrips and such.

Originally Posted by Arynis

I recall it being stated that this "trailer" was aired in a closed room, where everyone was observed carefully to avoid camrips and such.

Oh, why can't I live in Japan ???
And will this OVA air on DVD after all ??? ( I think it should, but this will mean that we'll see it on the internet after a month or two. :/ )
Oh, anyway, just "great" !!! :/
Thanks Arynis after all.

To reiterate, it was not an OVA. It was a trailer coupled with a mini 'introduction to the series.'

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

To reiterate, it was not an OVA. It was a trailer coupled with a mini 'introduction to the series.'

Yeah, I forgot. ^^ Just a habit to call it OVA. ^^
Anyway, I guess it'll take time to see it.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Yeah, you've got a point there. :]

Don't worry about it.

I've been checking that Newswise BBS thread. There are no news or updates, of course, but the members seem to be speculating about Paradox. I looked the posts up with a friend of mine to see what they say. I'll share them here in case anyone is interested in speculating or just reading more speculation.

The translation isn't 100% accurate, but here it is:

Spoiler: Speculations at Newswise BBS

People have been discussing GX's season 4 in relation with "Sin World", as well as speculating about Paradox.

One of the speculations about Sin World is how it relates to the Seven Deadly Sins.

For Darkness, there was a question if Darkness was a puppet. Is the demon (darkness?) within the card real?

As for Paradox, they speculate that he's the savior, the last hope of the "people of the end/Judgment Day (the character could be read as both)", basically the hero of humanity facing the end of the world. He is so strong that the three protagonists are needed to stop him. They are wondering if Paradox is indeed a bad guy or not, it is hard to figure out. Another poster said the three protagonists should not be allowed to go against Paradox, because he is "the good guy".

I recall it being stated that this "trailer" was aired in a closed room, where everyone was observed carefully to avoid camrips and such.

Theories of the posters are interesting. I think also Paradox isn't really a "vilian" like Anubis. I think Paradox believe in his mission and don't imagine one second act bad. For me, Paradox thinks he is a good person, he act for save everyone.

I hope Paradox is a villain. The "People from the future on a mission" thing is too cliche and used. A time-travelling villain, that's some originality, instead of a time-travelling ally who gets the help of the people from the past to fight a big bad in the future.

Originally Posted by NeoKING

I hope Paradox is a villain. The "People from the future on a mission" thing is too cliche and used. A time-travelling villain, that's some originality

Like Anubis ? ;p

Originally Posted by Kyosei

Like Anubis ? ;p

Anubis was a revived whatchumicallit. How is Paradox anything like him if he's a time-traveler from the future?

Originally Posted by Kyosei

Like Anubis ? ;p

Lawl.

Anubis didn't technically travel in time, he was more like a Sealed Evil In A Can.

And as I said earlier, Paradox could be a Well Intentioned Extremist. He might want to do a good thing, but his methods would be nowhere near as pure.

Yeah, I can definately see Paradox ending up being the cause of the great calamity or whatever parodoxically by trying to prevent it. That's been done before in other shows, but I don't think Yu-Gi-Oh has ever had a villain who was trying to do good.

Like I said earlier, I'm guessing he causes a world-threatening paradox by traveling through time and stealing Stardust Dragon in the first place. Time travel will do that sometimes. If you don't have a stable time loop or find yourself immune from the changes you create to the timeline, then crazy stuff can happen. Of course, that's assuming the writers think the whole time travel thing through, rather than just say, "He's in his past now, it's our present, so deal with it."

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

Yeah, I can definately see Paradox ending up being the cause of the great calamity or whatever parodoxically by trying to prevent it. That's been done before in other shows, but I don't think Yu-Gi-Oh has ever had a villain who was trying to do good.

Originally Posted by Eliteslayer

Like I said earlier, I'm guessing he causes a world-threatening paradox by traveling through time and stealing Stardust Dragon in the first place. Time travel will do that sometimes. If you don't have a stable time loop or find yourself immune from the changes you create to the timeline, then crazy stuff can happen. Of course, that's assuming the writers think the whole time travel thing through, rather than just say, "He's in his past now, it's our present, so deal with it."

Hmm, like the Predestination Paradox and the Ontological Paradox?

As for how time loops and immunity is handled seems to depend on the series in question. In Chrono Trigger for example, the characters have immunity to the Grandfather Paradox.

If I remember correctly, Darkness' goal was "good", he wanted to end humanity's suffering by inviting them in his world.

It would be great if the writers didn't mess the time travel issue up. It would make things much sweeter and confusing.

http://bigbdawg001.deviantart.com/ga...Potter-Duelist

Allow me to present something I worked on for some time, guys. It's called Harry Potter: Duelist, and combines the Harry Potter universe with a "children's card game". LOL! XD

Anyhow, I've still got a few others in mind with this project, but some gotta be scanned, others gotta be drawn. I hope you guys enjoy them. I know I still got some work to do with things like shading and whatnot, but I still think my style is pretty good, even if it lacks some things. XD

Bryon

EDIT: My bad, guys!! ^_^;;; I mistook this for the Fanart Showcase! My bad, my bad, my bad! Did I mention I was sorry??

Originally Posted by Bryon_Youngblood

http://bigbdawg001.deviantart.com/ga...Potter-Duelist

Allow me to present something I worked on for some time, guys. It's called Harry Potter: Duelist, and combines the Harry Potter universe with a "children's card game". LOL! XD

Anyhow, I've still got a few others in mind with this project, but some gotta be scanned, others gotta be drawn. I hope you guys enjoy them. I know I still got some work to do with things like shading and whatnot, but I still think my style is pretty good, even if it lacks some things. XD

Bryon

Wrong thread bud.

IF we do end up getting cards from the movie, chances are that they'll be stuff that first make their first and/or only appearances in the movie itself which would count out Miracle Contact, Tuning, and other stuff people may want that was already used in the anime/manga.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Hmm, like the Predestination Paradox and the Ontological Paradox?

As for how time loops and immunity is handled seems to depend on the series in question. In Chrono Trigger for example, the characters have immunity to the Grandfather Paradox.

If I remember correctly, Darkness' goal was "good", he wanted to end humanity's suffering by inviting them in his world.

It would be great if the writers didn't mess the time travel issue up. It would make things much sweeter and confusing.

Yeah, those sorts of paradoxes. Tho' in this case at the most simple it'll be an "I traveled back in time to stop a disaster, and now that the disaster never happened, I never had to travel back in time to stop it" sort of thing.

(Tho' in Chrono Trigger, they don't have full immunity; Marle disappeared when she accidentally replaced her own ancestor, requiring the party to save said ancestor to bring back Marle. And on the other end we have a stable time loop that Magus made, but that's an entirely different discussion.)

At any rate, we'll see how the writers handle time travel. At the most optimistic, they'll take all the paradoxes into account and have consequences for them. At the most pessimistic, they'll ignore any potential paradoxes altogether and just say "It's time travel, it works, live with it."

Originally Posted by Eliteslayer

Yeah, those sorts of paradoxes. Tho' in this case at the most simple it'll be an "I traveled back in time to stop a disaster, and now that the disaster never happened, I never had to travel back in time to stop it" sort of thing.

(Tho' in Chrono Trigger, they don't have full immunity; Marle disappeared when she accidentally replaced her own ancestor, requiring the party to save said ancestor to bring back Marle. And on the other end we have a stable time loop that Magus made, but that's an entirely different discussion.)

At any rate, we'll see how the writers handle time travel. At the most optimistic, they'll take all the paradoxes into account and have consequences for them. At the most pessimistic, they'll ignore any potential paradoxes altogether and just say "It's time travel, it works, live with it."

Ahh, Grandfather Paradox then.

Oh yeah, that part. I kind of forgot about that one.

Indeed. I really hope it's not a case of Rule of Cool. It would be really disappointing if such a cool plot point got wasted like that.

It will be very funny/disappointing when the writes don't take into consideration these paradoxes stuff of time traveling, specially when their main antagonist and completely new charater IS NAMED Paradox AND IS a time traveler.

Originally Posted by DARKMASTER

It will be very funny/disappointing when the writes don't take into consideration these paradoxes stuff of time traveling, specially when their main antagonist and completely new charater IS NAMED Paradox AND IS a time traveler.

Yeah "a character named Paradox and is a Time Traveler" seems so predictable. The writers could have done better.

Originally Posted by DARKMASTER

It will be very funny/disappointing when the writes don't take into consideration these paradoxes stuff of time traveling, specially when their main antagonist and completely new charater IS NAMED Paradox AND IS a time traveler.

Ehh... Oops. I was having a momentary brain lapse due to sleepiness, sorry.

Anyway, I don't expect much updates until the next V-Jump, at least. But you may never know...

So what causes Paradox to think that Duel Monsters is evil? Could it be that in his future, they have become out of control?

Originally Posted by slayerx999

So what causes Paradox to think that Duel Monsters is evil? Could it be that in his future, they have become out of control?

Maybe he realizes that Konami can't maintain the game because they ran out of archetype ideas and created every BEWD boss monster possible to break the game? Or maybe his time's metagame's average win time is 10 sec. after the duel starts...

Originally Posted by slayerx999

So what causes Paradox to think that Duel Monsters is evil? Could it be that in his future, they have become out of control?

He wants to got back and tell Konami to keep the name "Magic and Wizards" because "Duel Monsters" sounds evil....

Originally Posted by slayerx999

So what causes Paradox to think that Duel Monsters is evil? Could it be that in his future, they have become out of control?

That's one possible theory, yes.

If we take a look at Darkness' and Judai's dialogue in episode 177...

Originally Posted by Episode 177

Darkness:
To say, if we compare the world you live with a card face, my world is a shadow or darkness. If light keeps residing in a heart of duelists who manipulate Duel Monsters, the repose of the front world may be an agreement, who knows?...But many hearts of duelists were dyed by darkness and flew into our world.

Judai:
Stop joking! So What? Are you saying that duelists' hearts were dirtied, so you were appeared?

Darkness:
That's right. We don't have ambition. Power that included a lot of darkness woke us up. To change our world to this world, it's like a nature that water flows from a high place to a lower place....If you wanna say, we are the savior.

And if we take into consideration the vision Darkness shows to Judai...

Originally Posted by Episode 178

Darkness says that it's the truth even though Judai tries to deny it. His true identity is the future of human beings. Darkness tells Judai to take a look at the world and thinks carefully what is going to happen. The black sphere behind Darkness is now reflecting the pictures of the earth. Deep to the atmosphere is the ground and sea level. Darkness describes that unusual weather, an extraordinary natural occurrence, terrorism, and dispute have never stopped. There are large numbers of abnormal incident caused by broken humans.

Darkness moves his hand closer to Judai, making him scared and close his eyes. The hand of Darkness begins to glow. When Judai opens his eyes, he finds himself in the world of ruins. Even Teacher Daitokuji and Pharaoh are also brought into this vision. Teacher Daitokuji understands that here is the future world that Darkness is talking about. The world is full of destruction and ruins. There is no sign of any life form.

Darkness explains that here is their future and unavoidable destiny. Human beings have already become exhausted to seek for possibility in their invisible or unpredictable future. Through the dept of their hearts, the students of Duel Academia get scared of appearing in the dangerous world. They neither believe in their power nor desire to confront the dangerous world. Judai keeps listening and understands that Darkness also refers to his friends, Asuka, Sho, Fubuki, and Manjoume, who have lost hope after seeing their hopeless futures. This kind of thought dyes cards black and gives power to Darkness.

As well as Darkness stating his true identity is darkness, which can be called back to this world again. Judai responds that as long as people as a duelist believe in their possibilities, he won't come back.

We know of the "Forbidden Duel World - Sin World". The name could refer to the future Darkness spoke of. People's hearts were tainted by sin, which in turn tainted their cards (remember, the cards could also represent a person's character and personality according to Takahashi), leading to destruction. Perhaps duelists failed to believe in themselves and possibilities, which led to the appearance of Darkness again.

It could be possible that Paradox may have either survived the catastrophe somehow or he's about to face the impending doom in his time. He is then probably ordered by someone to destroy the source of Duel Monsters (although he could make up his mind about this himself, but in that case, what about that "order"?).

Interesting theories, Arynis. If this was supposed to be GX's season 4, as some people have suggested, then that may be the reason this is more of Yusei's and Judai's movie than Yugi's.

Originally Posted by Mimey

Interesting theories, Arynis. If this was supposed to be GX's season 4, as some people have suggested, then that may be the reason this is more of Yusei's and Judai's movie than Yugi's.

The villan Paradox sure does look like a GX villan.

Originally Posted by tingfung

The villan Paradox sure does look like a GX villan.

Now that you mention it...

Spoiler: For image size

o.0

I threw in the Eye of Wdjat there just for the heck of it.

Someone suggested it to me that Paradox might have a split personality. Maybe one part of his has been possessed by Darkness in the future? But there's his other personality, despite having no method to stop Darkness, willing to prevent his victory over mankind at all costs?

Interestingly enough, GX's episode 178's title is "Last Hope! Yuki Judai". There were theories about Paradox being the hope of the people of the end. Hmm...

Originally Posted by Arynis

Now that you mention it...

Spoiler: For image size

o.0

I threw in the Eye of Wdjat there just for the heck of it.

Yeah, really.
When you look hard at the pic, there definitely are many similarities with Paradox's clothing.
Maybe he does have some connection with the GX timeline, which actually won't surprise me. After all he is a time traveller.
More surprising and truly more interesting to me, would be if Paradox has some connection with Anciant Egypt and happen to know more about Dark Yugi's past.
At the time when the 3 protagonists will duel with Paradox, Dark Yugi still won't know anything about his past. And we know that's very morbid subject, specially for the Pharaoh. Paradox's knowledge about him and the time when he was a pharaoh, could be of great importance for the development of their duel.
Specially if Paradox uses this knowledge against Yugi/Dark Yugi. After all the duel will be 3 VS 1. If one of the 3 is weakened, distracted or hesitant this would be fatal for the duel and for the other 2 main characters. It won't work in their advantage.

Originally Posted by Arynis

Now that you mention it...

Spoiler: For image size

o.0

I threw in the Eye of Wdjat there just for the heck of it.

Someone suggested it to me that Paradox might have a split personality. Maybe one part of his has been possessed by Darkness in the future? But there's his other personality, despite having no method to stop Darkness, willing to prevent his victory over mankind at all costs?

Interestingly enough, GX's episode 178's title is "Last Hope! Yuki Judai". There were theories about Paradox being the hope of the people of the end. Hmm...

Very good eye Arynis ! Lia, your idea is very interesting.

Originally Posted by Allana

Lia, your idea is very interesting.

It's not so interesting. I just haven't realized how much Paradox's belt look like the Eye of Wdjat. This can't be accidentally.
(Or it can be, but putting a little imagination won't be that bad, untill the next V-Jump comes out. xD)

Originally Posted by lia

It's not so interesting. I just haven't realized how much Paradox's belt look like the Eye of Wdjat. This can't be accidentally.
(Or it can be, but putting a little imagination won't be that bad, untill the next V-Jump comes out. xD)

I think yes for Wedjat's eye and the link with Atem. Also for the tag duel: like you said, a mistae can be fatal. And each own a diff�rent deck. A mistake can arrive quikly...

Originally Posted by lia

Yeah, really.
When you look hard at the pic, there definitely are many similarities with Paradox's clothing.
Maybe he does have some connection with the GX timeline, which actually won't surprise me. After all he is a time traveller.
More surprising and truly more interesting to me, would be if Paradox has some connection with Anciant Egypt and happen to know more about Dark Yugi's past.
At the time when the 3 protagonists will duel with Paradox, Dark Yugi still won't know anything about his past. And we know that's very morbid subject, specially for the Pharaoh. Paradox's knowledge about him and the time when he was a pharaoh, could be of great importance for the development of their duel.
Specially if Paradox uses this knowledge against Yugi/Dark Yugi. After all the duel will be 3 VS 1. If one of the 3 is weakened, distracted or hesitant this would be fatal for the duel and for the other 2 main characters. It won't work in their advantage.

Hmm. It reminds me of one of my friends' crack theories - Paradox is Lavos from Chrono Trigger (Sort of): He came to the world way before the present time, he was already around in Ancient Egypt. He was weak and powerless, but grew over the ages. Then in the future, he was powerful enough in order to travel in time.

The above isn't meant to be taken seriously, he was just joking around. :B

But manipulating Dark Yugi with knowledge from Ancient Egypt could be a powerful advantage, indeed.

I just can't see what he would be doing in the distant past, though. But the Eye of Wdjat reappearing in the future is rather odd as well.

Man, I actually liked Yusuke Fujiwara (well, I guess it was the fake one), especially how he literally came out of nowhere to the audience, as it slowly revealed he was inserting himself into people's memories. Definately a pretty cool villain, although then again I liked Trueman and Darkness as well.

Hmm...Yusuke Fujiwara...Yusei Fudo...SOUND SIMMILAR!

Originally Posted by Groun_Mole

Man, I actually liked Yusuke Fujiwara (well, I guess it was the fake one), especially how he literally came out of nowhere to the audience, as it slowly revealed he was inserting himself into people's memories. Definately a pretty cool villain, although then again I liked Trueman and Darkness as well.

Hmm...Yusuke Fujiwara...Yusei Fudo...SOUND SIMMILAR!

GX failed in alot of areas (mainly developing certain underused characters). But I give them some serious credit for all the awesome characters created, especially the villains that were on par with the original ones overall. 7 Stars was alright, but I enjoyed Saiou, Yubel and Darkness. Fujiwara was agreeably a good villain and would have been good if he lasted longer.

I have a feeling this villain will somehow be linked to all the major events from all three series, meaning Ancient Egypt, Darkness and the Signors.

I liked Fujiwara. I personally found him to be the best major villain GX was able to throw out. It was kind of odd how he was supposed to be a duelist even greater than (or was it on par with?) Ryo, yet, we never even got the slightest hint of him. Still, he was cool, and I kind of wished he'd have been the final antagonist instead of a physical manifestation of Darkness.

So where can I find all that pics of the movie that include Arnyis' avatar?

Originally Posted by JACK_ATLUS

I liked Fujiwara. I personally found him to be the best major villain GX was able to throw out. It was kind of odd how he was supposed to be a duelist even greater than (or was it on par with?) Ryo, yet, we never even got the slightest hint of him. Still, he was cool, and I kind of wished he'd have been the final antagonist instead of a physical manifestation of Darkness.

Having rewatched episode 174, didn't Fubuki mention Fujiwara was a genius? (Hence he didn't understand why he gave in to Darkness.)

Originally Posted by Arcadia

So where can I find all that pics of the movie that include Arnyis' avatar?

http://bbs.newwise.com/thread-447686-1-1.html They are in the very first post, just scroll down and you will see them. They were also linked on several news sites posted on the last few pages. (Of this thread, not the BBS)

I take that most everyone has probably seen this by now, right?

Those pictures made it look pretty awesome, but I have a feeling that it'll be a let down. >_> Sure, it's awesome seeing all three of them together, but if the whole thing is just those three dueling against the movie villian... eh. If it's not a two hour long duel, and some character plot then I might be fairly awesome.

I think we can count out seeing any of the other DM/GX characters in it, though. Even though Judai, and Yugi time-jumped to somehow end up in Neo Domino, I doubt we'll see Jounouchi, or Sho anywhere around. :/

Originally Posted by Yuuki Judai

I take that most everyone has probably seen this by now, right?

Those pictures made it look pretty awesome, but I have a feeling that it'll be a let down. >_> Sure, it's awesome seeing all three of them together, but if the whole thing is just those three dueling against the movie villian... eh. If it's not a two hour long duel, and some character plot then I might be fairly awesome.

I think we can count out seeing any of the other DM/GX characters in it, though. Even though Judai, and Yugi time-jumped to somehow end up in Neo Domino, I doubt we'll see Jounouchi, or Sho anywhere around. :/

I think with the info given thusfar Paradox is going to travel backwards in time with Yusei following him to the GX period and then further back. I don't think they are travelling forward in time and with all the time travelling and only the main characters involved I still hope we get to see cameos hopefully speaking ones from characters of the GX and original series.

Excellent. These new images truly fires me up to watching this special. I wonder how long this special will be? I doubt they're able to fit the introduction, the duels, and the ending in 30 minutes.

Yes, watching only the 3 main characters dueling against this special's villain isn't enough to satisfy some of us, but at least 1 other character from 3 different series will suffice. Unknown if the producers will provide us exclusive cards from this special.

Originally Posted by pharaohyami5000

Excellent. These new images truly fires me up to watching this special. I wonder how long this special will be? I doubt they're able to fit the introduction, the duels, and the ending in 30 minutes.

Yes, watching only the 3 main characters dueling against this special's villain isn't enough to satisfy some of us, but at least 1 other character from 3 different series will suffice. Unknown if the producers will provide us exclusive cards from this special.

Considering it's a movie, I'm pretty sure it should be about one hour and a half. Whether they push it up to 2 hours is something we'll see when the movie comes out.

Pegasus was shown in the Jump Festa Anime Tour trailer and a blog entry written by his voice actor seems to indicate he will likely appear. No clue about the others yet for the time being.

Any news on whose doing the BGM yet or the possibility of promotions with this film?