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23 Nov, 2021

Yu-Gi-Oh was originally a horror manga? Does Seto Kaiba exist in the real world? Here are some Yu-Gi-Oh facts! that you may not know!

Yu-Gi-Oh! known as an anime series that introduces the TCG game or the Duel Monster card game. Yu-Gi-Oh! itself has now become one of the most popular TCGs in the world—or perhaps even the most popular.

From children to adults playing Yu-Gi-Oh!

However, even though it is known as a series that tells of a monster card duel game, it turns out that the Yu-Gi-Oh manga was originally very different from now, you know! Even in the beginning, the original Yu-Gi-Oh! did not introduce the card game as it is today.

That's just one of the facts Yu-Gi-Oh! which we will mention here. There are still many Yu-Gi-Oh! which not many fans know about. Here are some facts about Yu-Gi-Oh! that the fans don't know, how much do you know?

The original Yu-Gi-Oh! was originally made very dark like a horror manga—the character designs are also very different from the ones you know today. The creator, Kazuki Takahashi, originally conceptualized this manga as a gruesome “Shadow Game” in which the losing side would be subject to horrific punishments.

The games also vary, usually, the characters will use surrounding objects and make game rules. Well, once it enters chapter 60 or volume 70 (Duelist Kingdom arc), then this series focuses on the Duel Monster Yu-Gi-Oh! as you know today.

Yu-Gi-Oh! was first adapted into an anime on April 4 and aired until October 10, 1998, for 27 episodes. The anime series is based on the initial 60 chapters of the manga and, uniquely, was never released outside of Japan.

The first 27 episodes themselves don't tell about the Duel Monsters card game and were supposed to be season 1 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime—but since it didn't air outside of Japan, fans called it to season 0. Outside of Japan, season 2 is about card games. Duel Monsters is considered the first season by fans.

As previously mentioned, although the initial story of this series is not a card duel as we know it today, monster card duels have appeared several times, you know! Of course, this card duel is still in a much simpler form than the current Duel Monster. His name is also not Duel Monsters, but Magic & Wizards.

Bandits Keith and Pegasus are the two antagonists in the Duelist Kingdom arc. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! in the anime, Bandit Keith is defeated by Joey Wheeler and then threatens Pegasus. By Pegasus, Keith is then dropped into a trap hole and out of the Duelist Kingdom. Keith then reappears during the Battle City arc and is controlled by Yami Marik. Unlike the anime, in the manga version, Bandit Keith is not dropped into a trap hole. However, he was controlled by Pegasus' Millenium Eye to shoot himself and die.

Almost the same as Keith, Pegasus also suffered a similar fate in the manga. After Pegasus was defeated by Yugi, Pegasus' Millenium Eye was taken by Yami Bakura. After that, Pegasus appeared again in several movies, anime filler episodes, and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Well, in the manga version, after being defeated by Yugi, Pegasus died after Bakura forcibly took the Millennium Eye from his head. Oh....!!

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For those of you who are not familiar with this term, the Forbidden-List is a list of Yu-Gi-Oh! prohibited from being used in a duel. Usually, this banned card has an effect that is too strong/IMBA making the duel unfair. Well, Yata-Garasu is the first card to enter the forbidden list.

Despite having low ATK and DEF, Yata-Garasu is very IMBA. The first effect, if this card can damage the opponent's life point directly, then the opponent may not take the card from the deck in the next turn. The second effect, Yata-Garasu will return to the hand when the turn ends. This way, the enemy will not be able to take new cards and this will be repeated because Yata-Garasu will return to the field in the next turn without being destroyed. After all, it always returns to the owner's hand. Wow...

When Kazuki Takahashi was asked by the editor to focus Yu-Gi-Oh on Magic & Wizard games, Kazuki Takahashi's adventure began to look for references regarding card duels/TCG.

In an interview included in the 10th volume of the Yu-Gi-Oh manga, Takahashi said that Seto Kaiba was based on one of the people he met while looking for references to make this card duel. Takahashi asked the person to teach him how to play card duels, but was flatly refused and would only want to teach Takahashi after Takahashi had 10 thousand cards.

At first, Takahashi was angry, but he thought that such an arrogant person might make a good character. Then, Seto Kaiba was created.

There are tens of thousands or maybe tens of thousands of Yu-Gi-Oh! which have been created. However, not all of them were created by Kazuki Takahashi, you know! Some of them are made by fans and even come out in anime!

However, perhaps the most famous fan-made card is Tyler the Great Warrior. This card was made by a fan, a boy with liver cancer. The Make-a-Wish Foundation offers to grant Tyler a wish, and he asks for a Tyler the Great Warrior card. The cards themselves are unique, as they are based on Future Trunks—a character from the Dragon Ball Z series.

Konami is known as a company that likes to incorporate elements from one game into another—and of course, Yu-Gi-Oh! Some examples include Gradius from the Gradius game series, Tactical Espionage Expert from the Metal Gear Solid series, and Vampire Killer from the Castlevania series.

Egyptian God Cards or “God Cards” were first introduced in the Battle City arc. These cards consist of Obelisk the Tormentor, The Winged Dragon of Ra, and Slifer the Sky Dragon. Uniquely, Slifer, the Sky Dragon is named Sky Dragon Osiris in the Japanese version. Slifer is also the only God Card that has two names. The name Slifer itself is taken from the name of the anime co-producer Yu-Gi-Oh! in the United States there.

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During the broadcast of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon is one of the bonus cards dealt with by the audience. Uniquely, these cards cannot be used in real-world games.

So, to summon the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, you have to sacrifice the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon card first. The problem is, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon was released in 2004, while the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon card was only released in 2006. So, for two years after its release, Blue Eyes Shining Dragon couldn't be used at all—oops!

Due to its increasing popularity from year to year, in 2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! eventually made his name in the Guinness World Records as the Best Selling Trading Card Game of all time. At that time, more than 25 million cards had been sold worldwide. Wow!

In the anime, the game Yu-Gi-Oh! is unique because every monster that is summoned to the arena appears in the form of a 3D hologram. Not only that, but this monster can also move and issue stunning effects. Of course, this wouldn't be possible in the real world—at least: not until now.

In 2016, Microsoft released a product called HoloLens—a pair of glasses used to create Augmented Reality. Fans are currently developing the game Yu-Gi-Oh! using HoloLens, where if we use it, then we can see the monsters on the cards appear like in the anime. The development itself is still ongoing as of this writing and may take some time, so we'll have to be patient until we get to play Yu-Gi-Oh! like in the anime.