Joshua Schmidt Reacts to New Yu-Gi-Oh Animation

[@SoloQueueGamer]

Making an anime about the card lores independent from the game will make yugioh's audience bigger.

[@martinschoofs1932]

Would be nice if konami would explore that route in a similar way to riot games. All the league trailers for the new season, worlds, zhe runeterra lorestuff ect is bringing so much life into the game

[@pableitor2009]

They keep making yugioh anime oriented to little kids since it's the easiest demographic to sell the products, yet the more adult demographic would be drawn way more with an anime following the albaz lore, for example. "You liked the story? We present you this product containing all the actual cards of the story so you can recreate the story in your games!". Even if they don't go for the actual IRL game, they could also push Master Duel's playerbase

[@hitsurei]

very true.

[@OsirusHandle]

honestly most of the stories arent that good. theyre good for a card game but not shocking

[@GuessWhatHappened1]

​@@pableitor2009its not and they know it. Do we still have dragon duels?

[@tommytran2039]

The Zeus vs Ty-phone is basically just a gundam fight and I’m here for it

[@Gamegurlz94]

amen to that

[@galaxyvulture6649]

​@ailediablo79Gundam is mid

[@chaosspear0195]

Yeah but the mechs are based on Zeus ( obviously ) and Thypon the greek monster that nearly killed him as birth as Gaia’s last payback attempt against her grandchildren. The very Gundam like thing was the activation sound love Gundam.

[@galaxyvulture6649]

@ailediablo79 Still mid and it's not one of the best anime either. I'll stick to vinland saga while you watch your power rangers.

[@J0kerHecz]

​@ailediablo79It's definitely one of the best series. Let smooth brain have his Vinland, let him keep his mid.

[@LongCT_]

Josh not knowing the Live Twins are streamers is hilarious. With all the spells and traps being Twitch/streaming platforms references too.

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

Yup. There's a meta-irony about that

[@Edgelordfosho]

Well guess shame on me and josh. I was only kind of familiar with the monsters so it missed me too. K thought they were Internet stars who grew up to be crooked haha

[@pableitor2009]

Specially given how much he has played them with runicks

[@whydnt]

He know about the twin streamer stuff, he just dont know about them being evil "twin" behind the scene/irl. i dont know either. Same goes to raye and roze.

[@mopsik56]

Guys, I think I've watched this atleast 50 times already, this is peak

[@bernardosales1044]

Peak is truly back

[@blaze048]

Still not enough

[@mopsik56]

@@blaze048 I agree, I'll watch it two more times rn

[@phantomdragon420]

2:12: “What is the cut from Trish to Melffys.” Man is not prepared for this back to back tonal whiplash 😂.

[@NinthSettler]

The Ecclesia Albaz one is literally Nadir Servant and Dogmatika Encounter. Hopefully they animate it all.

[@pableitor2009]

And punishment! We can see Fleur blasting Titaniclad and a close-up of his eye being injured

[@r3zaful]

​@@pableitor2009injured? He lost his eye ball permanently lmao

[@Eis_Cold]

​@@r3zafulso he got injured.

[@Phantom-ZER0]

Doesn't he get it back though after he and Ecclesia fuse into Sanctifire. It shows him with both eyes on the picture of the Field Spell (New Journey)

[@MichaelHansel-i3r]

The Zeus part is the best mecha animation ever which is funny with what it's a part of this.

[@capolol5976]

​@ailediablo79 I'm not reading that.

[@Xeroxthebeautiful]

​@ailediablo79 Nobody even mentioned Gundam here this time. Also nobody cares you don't need to post the same essay under multiple comments.

[@kaigaikarano]

​@ailediablo79 is this new copy pasta? Www😂

[@MichaelHansel-i3r]

@ailediablo79 I knew I would get at least one Gundam fan to rant or get mad at me, unfortunately I'm not reading it

[@bl00by_]

​@@MichaelHansel-i3r "I'm not reading it", What a Chad!

[@SaucyCharmander]

I would legit pay for a full animation for the duel terminal, fallen of Albaz, world legacy, and visas starfrost storylines. I can’t say I expect we will get any of them but a man can dream

[@sharinnightmer]

Definitely looking forward to world chalice and albaz in my opinion the 2 longest and best lore decks. I would also want a Endymion and Aleister series, that would be dope

[@e-tan3911]

@@sharinnightmer Well, longest would definitely go to Duel Terminal, with ironically the Magistus/Invoked/Spellbook cluster being the closest in length to it, although still not nearly as big.

[@esrohm6460]

melfys be like if you loose the staring contest: transformations music starts, melfy of the forrest transforms into zeuse, "and now HIDE!"

[@Finalslashes]

That’s what happens right

[@erenercan1306]

Zeus is a Hero and a good guy because they choose violence and ignore property damage aswell as civillian casualties.

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

You wrote an essay when anyone with eyes can tell Zeus is based on the Wing Gundam Zero.

[@sekaihunter9378]

​@ailediablo79 Too long. Didn't read.

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

@ailediablo79 That is not true. Gundam Unicorn didn't have wings, for example.

[@Endershock1678]

@ailediablo79 🤓

[@Petsinwinter2]

Look, even if they never make a whole show, and just give us more compilations like this, I would call that a win.

[@Wabinator]

I'm still on the hopium for a full World Legacy anime

[@John_1-1_in_Japanese]

TBH I thought it was born to be a JRPG plot

[@ramus93]

​@@John_1-1_in_Japanesehonestly konami has soooo much potential stuff they can do with these stories its insane they havent tried anything else

[@John_1-1_in_Japanese]

@@ramus93 Yeah, they could easily touch upon every niche in entertainment and have material left over, in no small part due to taking inspiration from other media as a rule. Earlier I learned RWBY's Ruby Rose was made into a vtuber, my first thought was "Konami could totally do that with Live Twins." I mean, they're ALREADY vtubers, that's just immersive. Would be one hell of a brand ambassador duo.

[@gearettex]

ngl i loved how they made remixes for Passionate Duelist for each part of the video

[@rovad55]

Getting branded anime would mean we would get animated our girl Mo Ye

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

If my girl and Mo Ye both drowning, and I can only save one...

[@raystrife234]

You can catch me at my girl's funeral... Revealing wyrms in my hand..

[@mattimatronic8152]

Synchro summoning into Chixiao

[@louieguo2909]

And then adding the traitor to my hand...

[@raseruuu3742]

Love that u actually discuss here, best reaction to The Chronicles!!

[@zerochill4096]

It's definitely possible to bordering on likely that we'll start seeing anime based off the Yugioh Card Lore. After all, OCG Stories recently concluded Sky Striker and are now on Magistus, both archetypes that are represented in the chronology. They could easily adapt the Sky Striker manga into an OVA and literally the entire Yugioh community would cheer

[@bl00by_]

Not the entire community. There are some people which REALLY hate Sky Striker for some reason.

[@zerochill4096]

@@bl00by_ Even that part of the community that hates Sky Striker would have to see the merit behind a Sky Striker anime as it's pretty much a stepping stone to other animated projects if it does well

[@bl00by_]

@@zerochill4096 I feel like you underestimate Striker haters. Sky Striker could be a cure for cancer and they would still shit on it

[@zerochill4096]

@@bl00by_ Well damn, they sound like they should have their opinions be invalidated on that virtue then

[@bl00by_]

@@zerochill4096 I mean they want engage to get rebanned even tho striker hasn't been meta relevant for years by now So yeah their opinions don't matter lol

[@BlackBeartic229]

1. Branded Lore holy shit 2. Zeus vs Typhon holy shit 3. Coolia looks so good 4. Gracia's face had me rolling, she doesn't gaf. On the otherhand Cutia is adorable and her leading the perfomance was a nice touch. 5. Visas mention is neat. 6. Six Sam animation is *chef's kiss*

[@GardeDuCoeur]

Imagine an anime where each episode features one or two cards along with its original world and lore.

[@Raickten]

Btw The Albaz Lore clip was the onlyone in a"movie" format so maybe just maybe xD

[@bbabins45]

im going to need to see them do a joke about blue red loop in the six sams lol

[@jesuscornstorm737]

Since ygo has actual robots, and zeus comes off as a super robot reference, ygo is now a target...

[@soransoran4083]

If anything, its just sad that Kazuki Takahashi (Yugioh's Creator) wasn't here to witness such a magnificent thing

[@bravo_10]

I think he would be proud of this animation

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

I'm a simple man. I see big robots shooting the crap out of each other, I click

[@banako420]

​@ailediablo79broski stop jerking gundam off jesus

[@bobhouses2036]

Imagine a 10 season series about duel terminal lore

[@Daman3tm]

That trailer got me to buy a Melffy deck

[@enem1]

I haven’t watched any yugioh anime since battle city, but I would 100% watch an anime about the lore. There are so many archetypes and so much potential that it just makes sense to do this, especially since anime has become more popular over the years.

[@NicholasHatley-el4gl]

I agree with you, they could make the characters who are playing the card game in the anime narrate the lore of the cards! It would be such a dope way to have well know protagonists still in the show but they are telling stories.

[@yusiuc5533]

That’s a really dope idea

[@bl00by_]

Please don't. I actually want to hear the characters interact and not just a ramdom character talk about it as if he's reading a book to us.

[@NicholasHatley-el4gl]

@bl00by_ relax. Lol they are just going to narrate the intro, the Middle, and then end it. They are just briefly talking. Have you ever seen forest Gump or Shawshank Redemption?

[@bl00by_]

@@NicholasHatley-el4gl No, I mostly don't watch series/movies in my free time.

[@RavenCloak13]

​@@bl00by_ Narrator doesn't mean they won't have the characters talk...

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

"I felt a lot of feelings throughout this video" Josh during most of the video: 😐

[@BlackBeartic229]

He was simply mimicking Gracia's face LOL

[@FlareBlossom]

​@@BlackBeartic229Yeeeesss finally someone else who know some solfachord caards xd

[@BlackBeartic229]

They're a cool archetype, i just wish they were a bit better@@FlareBlossom

[@bl00by_]

Ever been to germany? That's like the only facial expression we have XD

[@FlareBlossom]

@@BlackBeartic229 I feel exactly the saame

[@omegamanrad]

I hope for lore anime

[@matiaspereyra9392]

I wouldn't say it's a confirmation but like if they announced their own animation studio it must mean that they will either start producing their anime about people playing the game in house and they're ending their contract with whoever does rush and or the main series' or they will do something new

[@thskater1]

Imagine an anime kind of in the form of black mirror but it is with yugioh lore. So every Story arc of the anime is about a different yugioh archetype. I'd pay for that

[@xy394]

Yugioh is my favorite Isekai

[@ghostshrimp5006]

You joke, but arguably some of the best episodes and seasons of the OG and GX involved the crew being transported to another world

[@four-en-tee]

Twins lore is basically just Hololive meets Persona 5 with a Panty & Stocking art style thrown in for good measure Also, Ki-Sikil troll face is deepest lore

[@friskydrinklunkybank1108]

Yeah the live twin aesthetic screams panty & stocking based on the way they are drawn as well as they're twins. If they ever expand on sunny and luna theyd basically be scanty and kneesocks but as 1 person

[@shadowfox4562]

I was waiting for this!!!

[@spicymemes7458]

There's over 300 different archetypes in the game. There is absolutely no reason to keep retreading and recycling the Duel Monsters story for another 25 years.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

I can't believe people where asking for a remake of dm, like first of all dawg it's not one piece where the first chunk kinda NEEDS some help, this is an anime of people standing around playing cards that mostly don't move and second, they have so much stuff to draw from and you want them to do the same thing they already did?

[@J0kerHecz]

Fr. Out of everything anyone could want for a 25th Anniversary, even after getting a demo reel of different animation styles suited for each YGO monster lore we just saw, they ask for a damn DM anime remake.... How about a main focus on the YGO monster lore like what we've just seen? I'd rather have that than more DM crap. It's heavy with so much lore from different archetypes, so much story to be explored, to keep us entertained for many, many years to come.

[@DANCERcow]

Lol stay mad,

[@abdurachmanromzy4778]

funny enough,you can make new DM lore based on its existence in duel monster (the monster world one) without screwing its estabilished lore and making new lore at same time

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

@@matiaspereyra9392I want a remake of Season 0 & an adaptation of the manga version of Duel Monsters, not just an HD remake

[@zenmaity]

"Don't you do the same?" "A little bit" Josh just confirmed he's Batman!

[@DirtCheapFU]

Honestly, I wouldnt mind a War Rock anime. I know, I know. WR sucks. But the lore depicted and implicated through its art is pretty drama heavy. Their clan clashes with the fire beast of War Rock Mountain. Fortia losing his friends. Becoming corrupted or empowered by fire. Then the whatever conflict that led up to Meteoragon clashing with Bashileos in Generations.

[@arbitrary5226]

wait til josh figures out what 'live' is backwards

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

I might be a bit jaded, but it would have been dope to see Ghoti get an animation part in this.

[@Freshy2811]

There is so much Red-Eyes. I hope they turn this into a Blue-Eyes! To interconnect all Lore and possibly the human world would be dope :D

[@pnak0tic]

Even if they don't make an anime, just having them make little animation segments for the new archetypes or cards they introduce would be pretty cool

[@iewad8761]

Every lore bit had its description besides Sky striker, which was shown as a post credit teaser, as if they were hiding a title for something coming

[@Alkhemia8]

mostly like an anime of the sky striker manga it only makes sense

[@middlemist809]

I think Konami forgot pendulum was a thing so they added the Solfacord thing at the end to try and fix it

[@ct1296]

Man I’m so sad, I thought Josh truly loved Raye but learning he didn’t realise Raye and Roze are enemies made me realised his love was not as strong as I thought :(

[@superstarultra]

What a fake fan.

[@abdurachmanromzy4778]

Its just meme

[@bl00by_]

Well you just said it, he loves raye. He never said that he loves sky striker XD

[@Sunnernite]

Zeus? I thought that was a gundam

[@maxthebear7765]

A Yugioh anime for all these lores would bridge so many gaps between Yugioh players and their friends who enjoy anime

[@HDLSGaming]

dunno sounds kinda like a smash bros video without smash bros. I love it

[@nikrahimi858]

This is just Konami to flex that they can animate different type of animations. But the Sky Strikers story maybe get an anime since it has a manga series.

[@jcw034]

Should have ended on First Darklord vs Solemn Judgment

[@gamingzone_8142]

Bro is soooo late 😂😂😂

[@John_1-1_in_Japanese]

The only concern I have is that the studio will just take over for the card game anime. They've already said the studio will produce anime based on Konami properties & YGO is the biggest IP they have by a mile; plus this teaser already shows their thoughts on whether the lore of the duel monsters spirit world is worth an anime. They don't even need to quit the card game anime, they can continue licensing Rush Duel sequels or a DM reboot (as some have theorized) to studios like Bridge or Gallop while focusing on their own shit. Other IPs they might dip into, MGS seems an obvious choice, enough that I have no doubt they'll do a Metal Gear anime sooner or later, but what else? Silent Hill? I mean, I'd love a Silent Hill horror anime, but Konami won't even give the Silent Hill fans a GAME, I doubt they would want to kick off their entrance into the anime industry with a horror. Can't really think of any other property we'd see, at least soon. Contra I sincerely doubt, Castlevania has JUST been licensed out & adapted, Goemon has had an anime before so that could get rebooted but it wouldn't appeal to an international audience as well (just a matter if Konami cares about that). Zone of Enders is another potential candidate for a mecha anime. Of course, they could always tie-in their other franchises with YGO's spirit world lore if they wanted, i.e. ZEUS & Typhon IN Zone of Enders or Spyrals IN Metal Gear, but that would be messy.

[@cydra_infinity1423]

I expected Superheavy Samurai not Six Samurai to get animated

[@raizen4597]

Josh didnt see the manga of sky striker apparently

[@SoysauceML]

Even before the manga, the card art for scissors cross, as well as how Roze functions (opposite of Raye, she appears when opponent extra zone (presumably opponent sky striker) monster leaves field, all suggest the fact that they're rivals.

[@philmen4205]

7:27 to answer, yes at the begining, then raye will convince roze ro join her

[@KevinLopez-fm9kz]

Ecclisia: look at my sick hammer

[@silv3r7ongue97]

If they give us a new anime please give us lightsworn & twightsworn lore!!

[@arrownoir]

I’m very disappointed at the lack of Shaddolls.

[@firepuppies4086]

That's later Duel Terminal, which includes Ice Barriers much earlier

[@bohlam6c]

honestly albaz, sky striker, live/evil twin would be a fun basis for an anime series. Heck sky striker already has a manga adaptation.

[@jorionrange8336]

Its Nadir Servent & Dogmatika Encounter. 😭

[@MrYamiBakura]

I'm glad they chose to bring back the spirit world to YGO.

[@Munchie3777]

The Zeus part is lit sam 2

[@zaxcottgaming8206]

They have enough archetypes to last them another 25+ years of these archetype lore animations. There are over 300+ archetypes and don't even get me started on HERO. That could be a show on it’s own

[@nomoregiorgio731]

Joshua looks at yugioh cards and see only text and the card art is a white square

[@failboy117]

i honestly love how for the zeus one they took musical and visual inspiration from old mech anime like gundam and evangelion. from they way the eyes turn on TY-PHON and the brass instruments blaring during his intro.

[@jordaneworley]

Hey yo josh! For context: This is a promotional video from Konami Animation, their first work. On the website it's stated that they will make anime based on Konami licence and others.

[@joeymayson8279]

Josh must be a character in Sky Striker anime or we riot

[@prophetmuhammad3890]

The Anime would create more Branded Players.

[@abcrx32j]

Making an anime about the card lore is surely the move, I would get Magistus cards just as anime merch even if they suck.

[@Gex...]

Like you said. Its just a demo reel of capabilities of Konami new animation studio.

[@PaladinKevin]

Maybe next time, Konami will include Buster Blader, as well as new support for the game.

[@저먼나이트]

2:30 his reaction is same as korean guys reaction!

[@takasugiyusaku585]

They missed the opportunity to show a tutorial on how to make guns and label it as rokkets 😞

[@dylandang7365]

Is the chat clap emote syncing with the sofachord claps?

[@CrystronHalq]

when a non anime watcher doesnt understand how important that albaz cutscene was lol

[@robertbauerle5592]

Where's the tearlaments!!! T.T

[@DrDrao]

I feel like Konami is setting up Raye as some sort of mascot for yugioh divorced from the anime. Between her starring role in this animation to her spin off manga, to the fact that they will not stop printing sky striker cards.

[@thatgreenplant1353]

And then we'll get another anime that features an 6 year old playing card games with his best buddy's

[@aerialjohn8631]

Give me 2 full seasons anomated albaz lore and i'll play this game for 10 years more

[@Goaway95]

I won’t lie I know harpies aren’t the most popular but I wish they showed them

[@passaroquetzalcoatlus6205]

Melffy puppy

[@rishiy6183]

No archetype related anime will be made unless it has a successful manga first

[@puchopucho7790]

i know this is just a reel to show what their new animation studio can do. But dayum, they gotta commit now, lore anime of the cards would be awesome

[@rizreighnand6471]

yo mr streamer here not begging for runick lore

[@raystrife234]

We fackin gundam in this shiet! Woo! Konami make it real! (The bait is set:)

[@jorionrange8336]

The streamer doesn't get the streaming archetype.

[@V4Lanz]

konami making anime > konami doing reprints

[@yunggod3076]

OMG YES BAAAAAAATCHEST!

[@newbiesama]

Albaz alone could be 25 episodes.

[@bergkatze3186]

Nc hair cut

[@TheKeksletsplay]

They will NEVER EVER do an lore anime. It is just unrealistic for Konami to do something cool for the fans that is actually appropriate adult content.

[@RavenCloak13]

The fuck you mean adult? What kid wouldn't also want to watch a fun commercial which is a majority of anime. Like the Transformers cartoon/anime was ads for the toys. Same with Gundam is ads for the Gunpla.

[@urikora]

​@@RavenCloak13yap you are absolutely right, we are a kind of kid as an adult

[@modernkiwi6447]

baaaat chest moment

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

Albatchest

[@lament22]

bro get some new thumbnail material PLEASE

[@fernandakevin7750]

Konami skip world legacy lore 😂

[@lightningboltc2683]

You could never catch me watching anime, I feel it a waste of time to spend so much time watching so many episodes. Except this, this is epic.

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Same can be said for TV shows in general then. Not all animes are super long btw some animes like Trigun have only 26 episodes each only 24 minutes long. I can name tons of TV shows and series longer than that.

[@SaucyCharmander]

You gotta sort through the filler then it becomes a lot better binging. Issue is it’s hard to do that first time around without spoiling yourself

[@xCorvus7x]

7:38 That's the thing, this trailer is nothing. It only shows off animation skills but doesn't actually present any thing that resembles a story worth watching. Saying that this isthe trailer for anime series is a bit far-fetched, since we barely saw any hints of stories here. These snippets are rather reminiscent of Master Duel's Solo Mode. I sympathise with the chills you got but so far it's honestly rather cringe. It's vain, an empty animation designed only to trigger our impulses to bat-chest at the mere sight of it (impulses that are also driven by the social dynamics of online spaces where everything feels kind of unreal already and where it only takes a few to start bat-chesting to start a hype train), a video void of anything meaningful to which one could even remotely relate. It's the lowest and least sensible kind of entertainment that doesn't actually entertain your mind but lets you turn it off, invites you to turn it off.

[@HimanshuSingh5818]

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