Why Yu-Gi-Oh needs a new anime soon!

[@tomago8482]

It's missing common sense. I'm not spending $1000 on a card game.

[@rdmptn3828]

LMFAOOOOO

[@dubbyplays]

but you can win a cool $30 card and a "thank you for winning our tournament" from a random Konami employee 🥺

[@millardbaldwin7650]

I mean you don’t have to unless you want to be hyper competitive. If your only reason for playing yugioh is to win tournaments then I wouldn’t suggest you play any tcg IMO 🤷

[@mujigant]

​@@millardbaldwin7650 These $1000 decks are legal at locals. You need them if you want to have a fair shot casually.

[@Geist1027]

You could also play with friends for significantly cheaper or even play Master Duel.

[@noskillgames]

I feel the anime tie in is good for attracting new players, but as we all know modern yugioh's is fueled by older players money. I think they realized having an anime is just extra costs when they can just release the 10th dark magician version for the old players which will play and buy whatever they decide is gonna be meta next.

[@patricktan4096]

They have ocg structures which talks about the current ocg meta gameplay. I hope it gets a go.

[@sqilluy]

An old player that buys and plays every new DM card is probably not the same person who buys and plays whatever is currently meta lmao

[@vonakakkola]

@@sqilluy even if they're different people, the point is still valid

[@exiaR2x78]

Look around your locals and 99% of the players are people in the age range to have grown up or gotten into it off the DM anime. Every anime has done progressively worse/not been as popular, Yugioh has the aging player base problem and I still think Rush Duels is Konami's answer to this. As a Gundam/Gunpla fan i've seen this Bandai realized that the Gundam/Gunpla fan base was aging so they came out with the build fight series and AGE to bring in a younger audience

[@shien-ryu4395]

This is totally the case here. This is why we'll never gonna get a new Anime or even a new Master Rule. Standard Yugioh is just a piece of product with an expiration date and Konami knows this for years now, trying to create new unrelated products to continue the Yugioh legacy

[@Elisavvint]

i would like to see anime based off the card lore. like a branded or diabellstar anime. i think would be a breath of fresh air and it wouldn't introduce a nee summoning mechanic.

[@hollowninjalord7026]

I agree

[@cameronsmith4342]

Didn't we get a studio announced some time back to so this very thing? I'm still wondering what's going on with that myself.

[@chuggajr]

World Legacy’s lore would be a fire anime

[@lefteron6804]

We haven't got conformation yet that they are working on anything other than promo material, but they had a survey and they were asking if people would be interested in an anime about the cards.

[@cameronsmith4342]

@@lefteron6804 let's hope we get something.

[@Milla4life2]

The yugioh anime was such a massive part of my life, I was wondering what’s been missing from my life and it was new Yugioh! It’s almost poetic that the last show that aired was VRAINS, and I watched that in my own apartment with my wife. So it’s almost like closing the door on that chapter of my life.

[@symphonixblades]

if you want an anime similar to Yugioh, there's Shadowverse Flame, good TCG anime based on the card game with the same name.

[@Milla4life2]

@@symphonixblades I couldn’t get into Shadowverse or Flame but I really appreciate the suggestion!

[@symphonixblades]

@@Milla4life2 there's also Cardfight Vanguard, if you want to start with the newer world, start with Overdress, after That Will + Dress and the one airing right now DivineZ. Overdress sets up a new world for Cardfight Vanguard that continues in all of the other animes mentioned. DivineZ has been one of the best Cardfight animes so far

[@Zetact_]

Vrains I feel showed a lot of the cracks in making a new non-Rush anime and it has to do with the game itself, it's so fundamental that I think it sent a message to Konami that the game is probably not very anime-friendly. Putting aside the... Other problems with Studio Gallop's later anime series, the card game is too combo-oriented and swingy for an anime to be a sort of accurate representation of the game that also sells competitive players new cards. There are episodes in Vrains that have Yusaku comboing off for ten minutes then a "to be continued" and this sort of pacing was fairly consistent across the entire series. This is also why Rush Duel anime are probably more easy for Konami to support, since they CAN fit whole duels in 15 minutes of screentime. OCG Structures is a series that dedicates basically 100% of its page space to just showing the duels and even in that they regularly skip the combos because they simply aren't interesting. I think that a "DM Reboot" wouldn't really solve the issue of bringing in new people since that also would be telling people, "Here's more nostalgia for people who are into the game."

[@forget3100]

Ok hear me out. They simply give everyone Maxx C. The turns will be short, the duels will end in 15 min. The game will be accurate to the OCG. Everything is solved.

[@JanizMakudomaru]

@@forget3100 That's still a problem because Maxx C has you drawing everytime the opponent special summons. That means that they are going to have to waste time making multiple scenes of the person drawing right after the special summon and someone has to make a comment on it which is more episode filler. Then you're having to run the risk of the other hand trap bs being a part of that mix since that is what a lot of meta decks do now. Which creates the biggest problem of all being having everyone use the exact same cards in the exact same way for every duel that goes down with little variation on the strategies. It's a reason why some people don't particularly find Duel Monsters fun to watch and/or play irl, it's too homogenized.

[@DallySkyeAnims]

​@@JanizMakudomaruI'm...pretty sure they were being sarcastic, but I agree with you on your original point. Master Duel YGO is just not compatible with a fun spectacle in an anime anymore, and people just couldn't accept that because they grew up with the older animes. I don't even think an anime on the YGO Archetypes would even work either. If people didn't care that much about the Sky Striker manga, then I'm doubtful they would about an anime about it, but I could be wrong. We could have epic moments in anime manga couldn't do on paper.

[@JanizMakudomaru]

@DallySkyeAnims and that's another thing. Japan will decide what's interesting to animate and not the rest of the world. Whatever the US finds interesting for a story may not align with Japan's which is obviously more important.

[@Cr4z3d]

@@DallySkyeAnims I didn't even know they made a Sky Striker manga

[@klevishida740]

Not making an anime based on the lore of the cards has been a really missed opportunity for the IP. We got a small glimpse of what that might have looked like with the anniversary animation video and the hype was real, especially when Zeus vs Typhon part came up. They already have a similar project ongoing with the OCG Stories manga.

[@utopia19876]

We also need a casual format… a format that can’t be too competitive and that allows those anime cards and decks to shine because you know… it’s more low power but it feels like a validated form of playing the game because it is recognized and supported.

[@mitchellima7548]

Rush duel seems really cool, and is a casual format, and broadly speaking, is what speed duels should have been(fully unique cards, similar but different rules, based on casual yet still competitive play) but is the most niche, relatively unpopular thing ever with horrible marketing, when it even gets any.

[@themachine7534]

Should just have a historic mode of the game like in mtg arena where only old format is played , where cards tend to be lower power levels.

[@Pydtosofz]

@@themachine7534thats just time wizard

[@caswellweird]

@@mitchellima7548 I think that it's slowly started to gain traction as Konami of America has been forced to introduce it in riskier ways with DL. however, no matter how much I love the format, if they keep trying to release products the way they are, it's going to fail. what's made it such a success in Japan is how much they're pushing it. whereas over here KoA cant be asked to try past less than the bare minimum.

[@mitchellima7548]

@@caswellweird exactly. Rush duels is a super unique idea and something I would play. I love rules and on style and in particular really like the cards, but it’s not marketed or pushed in North America at all so there’s no point. None of my locals have tournaments to my knowledge

[@nickbarbee6227]

I remember getting home after school every day and watching GX with a notebook and pen, way before easy internet access, and writing down every card they used so that I could build character decks. Which never got completed until Legendary Collection 2 and Ra Yellow Mega Pack came out because all the fusion were high rarity

[@Scrap_and_build_ourselves]

Yeah it's missing fun

[@ZenKai1988]

Good video and I agree. When ever I want to get back into yu gi oh mood. I turn on the original anime and get out my original decks. Its a blast to play the game with the anime in the background.

[@Personarose]

Correct me if I’m wrong but one of the writers for Vrains stated that they had trouble writing ways for Soulburner to lose due to how his deck worked. If that is the case that may be a huge factor as to why we haven’t gotten a new anime as decks have become so consistent and powerful that they are difficult to write stories for that satisfying, progress the story yet don’t drag out compared to Rush Duels. I know people would say just reboot Duel Monsters but if you ask them to write duels like it is now then the problem still remains unless you are going to carefully curate which modern cards would be seen. Personally I think they should go the route of OCG Structures for new anime as the franchise has so many archetypes to make engaging stories from. They don’t need to make full episodes but like how Pokémon generations handle it. If they are gonna reboot it then start all the way from the first volume which never made its way to the West in an animated form so that’s at least a different experience.

[@apsamplifier]

Yeah, modern Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't translate all that well to an anime.

[@dustinvance243]

Another reason the anime is important is that it allows writers to get creative with the game. Things like contact fusion, accel synchro, double tuning, etc. Were all things coined by the anime and evolved the game when they were brought in. The anime is an absolute necessity as it promotes innovation and game development. Without it, well I think you can look at the game right now and see for yourselves. Nostalgia sets and unchecked power creep from lore piles with 10+ game warping decks that all work way to well together giving a big middle finger to the people buying the nostalgia stuff.

[@yurisei6732]

The creativity of mechanics used has absolutely no relationship to the level of powercreep. Contact fusion could be just as broken as snake eyes, it just happens not to have been yet. I'd also argue we've seen more mechanical creativity outside the anime than inside it. "What if synchros used 2 tuners" really isn't that hard to think of, but in non-anime decks we've seen things like archetypes using the extra deck as if it's a spell zone, archetypes using columns to make a duel feel like a shooting game, archetypes discarding your entire hand for cost, archetypes synchro climbing through 5 steps just because they can, archetypes that transform in battle, archetypes that use the extra monster zone to create a "hero standing alone" vibe, archetypes that can dodge their own skill drains - and hundreds of wacky standalone cards, like one that makes you do algebra for a board wipe.

[@jmurray1110]

Also it gives a reason to sell sets that aren’t overpowered as hell

[@cooldes4593]

I agree to an extreme degree. The reason I believe is that we dont have a new summoning mechanic. The anime i think is used to help new players learn a new mechanic. Vrains taught link summoning and dont forget vrains was played in speed duel format, with occasional master duels. So vrains was used to teach speed duels as well as link summoning

[@darryljack6612]

I feel another thing the anime is good at is putting out new decks that dont all feel the same. There was diversification in the decks for those eras, becusse of the deversification of the personality of the characters. Paul has a point that we are currently on a treadmill.

[@patrickmaloney5818]

Anime decks are designed to have an identity. They prioritize a unique playstyle and boss monster. Game design essentially boiled down to, "how can we balance this villain deck into the meta?" Without an anime to guide the TCG, now every set is essentially "What's a deck that's infinitely stronger than the previous one made?"

[@legendarylancers7446]

​@@patrickmaloney5818 The negative of this is ultimately tcg just doesn't print the archetypes that these characters have or give them support, most anime cards just don't print and when they don't they usually don't do it justice like the god cards, wicked gods, Nordic gods etc

[@UnknownOwl65]

The anime absence does have a huge tie in, but rather i think what Yugioh is missing is the niche archetypes that are playable. We are, in my opinion getting better slowly, but we aren't back in Edison were you could play something like gravekeepers against viyu turbo or dad and expect to win at least some of your games. If you aren't playing a top 3 deck in Yugiohs current state, you will lose 90% of your duels. With these last few packs i think we are heading back ro the right idea of decks being themed and people being able to play what they want, but we are still stuck in the engine mindset (currently fiendsmith).

[@jovenc4508]

There's a video on the Official Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game KZbin channel that is a celebration of 25 years of Yu-Gi-Oh and it features some of the different archetypes in anime form. Each one could be its own series. the video is called Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game the Chronicles.

[@Lucario1121]

I think he mentioned that towards the end

[@symphonixblades]

and Konami already sent feedback asking if people want an Anime out of it. So if the response was positive we might eventually get it as a full Anime

[@bobby45825]

Rush duels just needs to come to America and Europe on paper. Easy peasy.

[@Boyzby]

When I'm imagining a new anime, I'm imagining an entire episode taken up by a single turn of a game which is very comical.

[@Cr4z3d]

It'd be like Dragonball Z, but with cards

[@EmeraldMage7188]

@@Cr4z3d frieza: my turn will end in exactly five minutes

[@TURBO1000YuGiOh]

A lore anime using the stories told from the cards is what's going to make me want to watch it the most.

[@sebastianlacerda]

it would be amazing to have an anime and their corresponding ads for cards inside the sets, id totally dig that

[@axelt6312]

Would love a Yu-gi-oh slice of life anime where the protagonist doesnt save the world all the time, this is why gx first part of season 1 is my favorite period of yugioh animes, it's light

[@JanizMakudomaru]

Have you watched Cardfight Vanguard?

[@moodq7733]

@@JanizMakudomaru nah but do u advise as i really do want to watch it

[@pn2294]

It always starts as slice if life and always transitions to save the world later

[@axelt6312]

@@JanizMakudomaru nope

[@misterOrca4]

I heard they wne the safe the world arc because it increases ratings most anime IP do this, especially the product seller ones. But a Slice of life would be a breathe of Freh air but the problem is will it bring in the rairiings to then develop and sell Product. Personally they could do something like Bayblad Metal Fusion franchise. Where they transition from local to Regional tournaments, until they went with the Save the World at the end of each season.

[@ib5131]

It helps learn the game!

[@GabrielRodriguez-xu6ko]

I've been thinking that same for a while, the lack of media exposure condemned Yu-Gi-Oh outside of the mainstream media and limited the amount of people that could join us to nostalgic adults or curious otakus that watched any of the previous animes

[@Mikedagraaff]

It certainly worked for me back in the day. I was changing channels on TV and caught one glimpse of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and I bought Yu-Gi-Oh cards and videogames the same day. That dragon was just the coolest thing I ever saw.😅

[@bchavez149]

Nah, it's missing Block Dragon. But fr tho, hard agree. Great video Paul.

[@Cr4z3d]

My sister has that card, it became a running joke with us, lol

[@bchavez149]

@@Cr4z3d That's pretty awesome, it's one of my favorite cards.

[@Cardlimits]

one that did not include a new summoning method would be fine, sometimes preferred, the only thing we need is a base plot. What if we went nostalgia route, that gave arc v plenty of success. What if we included all summoning methods, go back to DM era, and have modern versions of old series, except we drive a little bit closer to the manga, maybe get ourselves a modern wicked god arc with yako tenma.

[@raulharada3783]

I would have loved that OCG Structures was given and aprecciated by us too. It has a take on the modern Yugioh meta and some details about the tournament structures, classification, categories and even got a explanation to the Master Rule 4. The idea of new anime taking more consideration every summoning mechanic and nostalgia that isnt only DM would be beautiful

[@Carlos.Rivera]

The problem was they "killed" the hero. They should have went the route as The Simpsons, never get old

[@Cardlimits]

@@Carlos.Rivera read the comment again and let me know what you misunderstood

[@sepheiba]

yep, there are better things to explore in a new yugioh anime besides a new summoning mechanic

[@yurisei6732]

So do the exact opposite of what Paul said to do? Just bait nostalgia non-stop for 3 years?

[@mimivrc4148]

would love to see an anime about the ancient origin of the game, taking place at that time!

[@kujo7730]

The way I always see it, even of someone wouldn't personally enjoy a new YGO anime, it never hurts to have it and grant the game more exposure. I can't think of any reason that a new series would harm the game, especially with how bitter the current meta tastes. If anything it might help with more anime based structure decks, which leads to cheaper cards/more prints of whatever is popular in the show

[@MadaraUchiha-wf4iv]

Anime about the current game, A Banlist that is thorough and brings many cards off, A good easy learning guide for beginners, umm more card restrictions? Oh something, not some things lol. I think I in the minority want Yugioh Structures to be an anime, but one that is current would help either way. Still feel we will get a lore anime anime over a main yugioh anime, Sevens though not my taste is top ten in card sales in Japan and feel a anime that is for kids more heavily needs an anime much more, so feel it'll get another anime most definitely.

[@partypat7229]

Yugioh should create a new season for each of the original series.

[@DarkEclipse23]

It would be cool but Yugioh kinda has no real story. While GX you probably could. And idk about 5ds.

[@ItzMajinTCG]

They'd have to jump through hoops with studio dice, shonen jump, TV Tokyo, not to mention Takahashi sensei's passing.

[@arkanamaster4961]

I feel the issue is really that unlike Konami tcg, thé OCG does these big live streams where they bring the Japanese voice actors on and have them reveal and show case the new cards for their archetype that’s coming out in a new set. For example recently Shark’s VA came on to reveal and showcase the new mermail cards as well as the new shark cards. They also had Shinji’s VA from yugioh arc v show the new battlewasp cards. I feel the tcg needs something like that with having the English VAs showcase new archetypes for their characters’ decks as it would help boost the tcg sets. I wasn’t originally going to go in on rage of the abyss but with having both Shinji, Shark and Three/Trey’s VA on the recent live stream panel, now I really want to buy that set. Even tho I’m a tcg player, I’m going to import 3 boxes of the Japanese version just for fun

[@miguelcxgarcia]

they can use illusion magician and illusion magician girl as the main monster for a new character introduce illusion types

[@Matthew-bm7xh]

Even if they did make a new master rules anime (which I doubt) I can promise you they'd never pick monsters that where printed years before that anime, that's just not how marketing works

[@Zmon3595]

I feel like an Animei really would bring back the spotlight for yugioh if they go to their More mystic roots like in the first series. Cause even though the show is just supposed to tie in the card game having a strong Plot with stakes like in 5D and the Original would really help sell the show. plus the classic whoever looses the duel loses their soul almost never gets old.

[@pn2294]

It gets old when literally every duel is high stakes like VRAINS

[@otterfire4712]

What Yu-Gi-Oh really needs is affordability. Kids could watch the anime but they won't be able to afford the cool looking shiny dragon, warrior or spellcaster because it was locked behind a secret rare slot and was made to be a mandatory staple in the current deck of the format.

[@UVAmatsuo]

I would take a GX type reboot where the episodes were somewhat lesson based so people can learn new strategies or decks.

[@TECHNICALfalcon]

Plus that could tie in a lot of other protagonists , they could even do another school which competes against duel academy which means they could bring back old characters for a one off duel

[@JanizMakudomaru]

I've been realized it with the recent output of decks and stuff. An anime leads the direction the game goes in even if the meta doesn't necessarily reflect the anime.

[@Realdeal958]

Honestly id be fine even with side games like another tag force or like Falsebound Kingdom. Had so much fun with those that changed things up a bit

[@TECHNICALfalcon]

Truthfully they should just port the tag force games to switch at this point , but I feel like Konami hates tag duels lol

[@Realdeal958]

@@TECHNICALfalcon it's such an obvious thing they could do but they probably won't it'd be perfect for the switch

[@deletedaccount7]

Since number monsters are some of my absolute FAVORITES, i really wish they would make some form of continuation for the zexal series. Would be so dope if they expanded the list of numbers in it and gave us more chaos numbers. Not only that, but numbers as a general i want more support for. Not support for specific numbers that have other archetypes attached to them than just the number archetype, but actual generic NUMBER archetype support.

[@brucenairn8009]

I would like a new Yugioh anime to be more of slice of life anime, to start out at least. The protagonist gets introduced to Yugioh and starts with a starter or structure deck from their local game store. They play table top Yugioh, but with the cool holograms that all the series have used. They slowly start attending locals and eventually a store championship. As their skills approve, they try out regionals and larger tournaments. This will show the progression of actual duelists starting at locals and working there way up and the struggles of competition while still having the fun duels and maybe a few blowouts just like modern dueling. This kind of progression would be similar to what early Cardfight Vanguard was. I think Konami can balance some of real-world dueling scenarios with some cool fantastical monster animationa that all the previous series had. I also would not mind a lore based anime on something like the Albaz or world legacy lore. It would definitely be unique and standout from the other animes.

[@RogerVenn]

This is so true. During the running of Vrains I loved Cyberse monsters and wanted to collect all the cards related to them. Ended up having Code Talkers and Mekk-Knights as two of my favorite decks of all time, buying packs to pull the cards I wanted, and being so excited to discover new stuff. Now it’s all just okay… kinda samey. If they made an anime of that Competitive YGO manga, that would probably reel in more players into tournaments & Master Duel, since they could try to get good at the game while also getting behind their favorite characters.

[@fnfgammer2014]

"That Competitive YGO manga", OCG Structures is hardly competitive lol. It featured competitive archetypes, sure, but the mc literally buy every new set so the manga is bound to featured at least a few competitive one. It rarely uses handtraps, most decks don't even have Maxx C (90% usage rate on Master Duel), instead use cards like pot of desire (basically treated like pot of greed but with risk). It often ignore already existed optimal combo (instead use combo that can be performed faster but less powerful) and sometimes even ignore cards like Isolde in the Infernoble duel and Apollousa (except when opponent has a inherent summon beatstick). If Snake-eye was used in OCG Structures, the turn 1 board would probably be I:P + Temple + Flamberge in the backrow and maybe Nightingale or Linkuriboh.

[@patrickmaloney5818]

They definitely need to remake / soft reboot Duelist Kingdom and Battle City but with modern rules and cards. A great way to bring an old/new audience up to speed with modern YGO.

[@animegx45]

And then the new audience will stop playing the game once their Yugi inspired Dark Magician deck gets f**king wrecked by the current meta.

[@7thHourFilms]

No old duelists want to see Yugi Link Summon. That'll just make them mad. They want old YGO. Hence why they are boomers. And new players won't care about Duelist Kingdom. They have no connection to it if they're new. I'm not opposed to a new anime (especially a more grounded one like DM or GX) but we do not need to botch Takahashi's story.

[@EleggGaming]

No, Yugioh doesn't need a remake/reboot. Leave it alone already. Go Rush/Rush Duel is sufficient to get new young players in. The game is fast paced but low power enough to prepare them for Master format if they want try it out.

[@patrickmaloney5818]

@@animegx45 Blue Eyes is a literally a meta threat with the new support

[@patrickmaloney5818]

@@7thHourFilms They don't have to be playing Teatlament and Snake-Eyes in the reboot. Think about the new Gate Guardian support. It has a unique identity, simple combos / playstyle, and is decently powered without having to make shit up. I'm sure a Yugiboomer could digest and appreciate the Paradox bros playing the retrain of this deck. It doesn't compromise the integrity of the show at all.

[@chuggajr]

An anime about any of the expanded card lores like Albaz, World Legacy, Visas, etc. would go so hard.

[@residentgrey]

Having one involving the power players unleashing something is the way to go. All the pros can decide on a signature deck and go at it in anime fashion! This can be amazing!

[@GunnarWahl]

I also want a new mechanic. I don’t think it needs to be an extra deck mechanic, one I’ve considered is a third back row card type that isn’t spell or trap. A curse card for example would be played and then banish itself to a zone, front or back, things could then be played on that cursed zone but they’d be subjected to its curse, for example.

[@BonenJump-126gulph]

*H E A R ME O U T* Kaiba. Runs tournament Al la Charlie and the chocolate factory, adopts the winner who ends up being an orphan like him, and we see the new Kaiba Jr work with Kaiba and Mokuba on running Duel Monsters in a modern world

[@herlastborn]

They could also make a separate, self-contained Yu-Gi-Oh game that has it's own set of cards, characters, and story. Then they won't have to worry about trying to script battles and can focus on presenting the story and challenging the player when they need to. That can bring interest to the characters themselves for merchandising and grow some interest in the cards they feature that might make the player want to play more.

[@zoiwill123]

Missing a special summon limit.

[@pn2294]

Unfortunately, that defeats the point of special summoning.

[@zoiwill123]

@@pn2294 it does fcking not. Having limits on special summoning would make decision making and strategy more important than winning the coin flip.

[@darkstorm2579]

@@zoiwill123 I don't think any Yugioh player would be happy about limiting the amount of special summoning you can do in a single turn. The whole point of the mechanic is that you can do as many as you want provided you have resources to do so. The problem is that modern Yugioh makes it too easy to recycle said resources so that you can continue special summoning and make nigh unbreakable boards. Not to mention that modern decks don't do a good job restricting the player into staying in their archetype.

[@kingnothing5706]

This has been established for years. When I was a kid, cartoons existed as toy ads (Transformers, G.I.Joe, Thundercats, etc). The next generation had cartoons and anime to sell a game or games (Pokémon, Yugi Oh, Beyblade, etc). Now that the target demographic are just on their tablets all the time, no effort is put into trying to reach them from legacy properties. Yugi oh needs a new anime, and it should focus on selling Master Duel, since that is the on ramp to the property moving forward.

[@ricarlab.967]

Konami could probably do a martial arts/sports themed YGO series where athletes use a new type of dueling tech that's a hologram projector equipped body suit that enhances the human physique with Duel Monster cards. The mystical aspect of the series is that magicians from ancient history used their sorcery to augment human combatants using monster spirits. I dunno, the more I think about it, the more the concept feels like Shaman King, Saint Seiya and JoJo, but with Yu-Gi-Oh! lore.

[@WolvTerror]

There's no tcg anime because for konami(japan), the old model is for people who are already into it. For kids they have a new product with an anime and that's rush duel. Maybe they expect people to migrate from rush to the standard? But in any case, thats their current play and that's one of the reason's that not having Rush outside of Japan is dumb

[@nicholasdaniel2778]

I actually would agree with you on this one, Paul. An anime would be greatly appreciated by; First, older as well as new players. My take on a new anime is have it be all interconnected with each universe: DM, Gx, 5D's and so on. It is stated in Duel Links that the Yu-Gi-Ohverse is a multiverse. So have the overarching plot be kind of like a Xenoverse 2-type situation, we have a protagonist, with his own main character ace monster, I was thinking on Chronicle Magician or either Nightmare Magician being his ace, or both as the story progresses. We have a best friend character who's strong in their own right, the best girl who's not the later aspects of Yu-Gi-Oh stereotypes, the rival, who's just the tsundere other best friend, and the villain(s): But! Just like Xenoverse 2, have them go from universe to universe causing trouble or changing history for the worse and their own benefit. Like, let's say the villain travels to the Duelist Kingdom era and participates in the tournament, as well as messes with duels, especially players decks, like let's say the Yugi vs Weevil Underwood duel, Weevil uses generic insect cards and equip spells to power up his insects, and his win condition is using Cocoon of Evolution on Larvae Moth to "try" and evolve it into Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, or just Great Moth in that duel. What if, along with Weevil using his Cocoon of Evolution combo, he was given the spell card retrain of that card, Cocoon of Ultra-Evolution? Not only that, he has his Equip spells but he also had gotten Bio-Insect Armor, a monster card that acts as an Equip spell for Insects. Or the Bandit Keith vs. Joey Wheeler duel in Duelist Kingdom. Keith uses just base Machine-type monsters and equip spells to beat down his opponents as well as using his Barrel Dragon. Wouldn't it be cool if he also had gotten it's retrain, Desperado Barrel Dragon? Or even more, Blowback Dragon and the fusion of both of them, Gatling Dragon? I have ideas, but those are just some off the top of my head.

[@DHYohko]

After 5Ds the anime got waaaaaayyy to serious and convoluted. different dimensions, gods, time travel, traumatic origins... none of these made the the original anime great. we need a new schoolyard duels anime that goes back to it's roots and shows how yugioh is fun but VERY slowly introduces the current mechanics of the game. The characters also need to stand on their own and not be all about the protagonist. Sevens was a great example in that Luke and Romin had their own style of duels and archetypes and never overlaped Yugas style. A new series in the OG world where the new kid learns about duel monsters and slowly works his way to the regionals is what is needed. ( also a solid support cast is needed.) A young protagonist that loves how his archetype looks, the friend and rival that plays the power deck and the other that plays a very technical style.

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Literally all of those were in the original and is what people constantly yap about. That stuff is also mainly in 5DS and even GX has a sprinkle of it. Zexal had the least amount of that

[@Stryder10]

look up the OCG structures manga i think that might be what your looking for

[@quisejones7106]

Didn’t all of those things happen in the first three parts tho? Part 1-2 had Gods, GX had different dimensions and traumatic origins, and 5Ds was literally abt time travel

[@emmanuelnwankwo5521]

I want 7th magician for my elemental deck!

[@emmanuelnwankwo5521]

Crystal beast**

[@FireIronArm]

We need a casual format where there is a certain pool of cards up to maybe syncro/xyz you can use with a banlist. Then they can create new fun cards for that specific format without power creeping imo.

[@potofsenzu4445]

Diabellstar feels like perfect ace monster for anime main character

[@dewanegara8333]

That or the alternative just released rush duel and license yugioh rush duel to western audience. Dunno why konami tcg hellbent on speed duel instead of importing rush where rush is doing just fine in japanese

[@lolsucks3599]

Yugioh is missing more God Card Support and maybe more Exodia Support eventhough they already got some new.

[@enriqueisaacs8181]

A yugioh that takes place in an older time , but follows modern era yugioh. They would need to introduce a new mechanic to sell the show, but they can also make the primary focus of the card game in the show - the new Illusion Type. They can give it a similar vibe to the original DM era

[@Kameno-o]

So many people have said that they want a lore anime like that one promo video and tbh I agree. I'd love to see more characters play but if we got to adapt duel terminal and other arcs into anime while also introducing anime exclusive arcs to introduce archetypes would be amazing!

[@AlexanderEVtrainer]

I totally hear what you're saying. Watching the anime is how most of us first got into the game, and we want that experience to continue, for us and for new players. But the way the game is played right now, I don't see how they could base an anime off characters playing the game with any sort of accuracy. One turn would take an entire episode lol. But that's why I'm super excited for the Yugioh Chronicles series they've teased. Because I really REALLY want to see animated stories for my favorite card archtypes. The cards themselves have such rich stories, and you don't even have to know how the card game is played to enjoy them. Fingers crossed that they do something great with Chronicles.

[@curtis7562]

I've heard people talk about a series based around the monsters themselves which sounds like an interesting idea. Like show us the war between the lightsworn and dark world. That sounds dope

[@TLHGONZO]

They should create an ARC-V-like anime. It had a lot of potential and I love how it incorporated all summoning mechanics. However, due to internal issues, it ended up being a giant disappointment. It COULD have been the best Yugioh anime, though.

[@superstitch5618]

Actually, my idea for a Yu-Gi-Oh! series is actually inspired by Arc-V (with it's legacy character concept) and as well as Duel Links, the Bonds Beyond Time movie, and the occasional character voice actor live duels. It serves as both a reboot/reimagining of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! (with it stars most of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! crew again with Yugi, Yami Yugi/Atem, Joey, Kaiba, etc) and a HUGE love letter to the ENTIRE franchise as it would include many elements, locations, summoning mechanics, and ESPECIALLY the characters from all the other Yu-Gi-Oh! incarnations. Again, it's basically taking the legacy character concept of the Arc-V anime, but the ENTIRE SHOW's cast is legacy characters, with almost no new characters. It would give me a chance to explore unique character dynamics and give characters that were VERY underused in the other series more of a chance to shine here (with a couple of characters I have in mind that I want to include with the main group). There's still a lot more I have to figure out with this concept and I'll admit it is very ambitious, but I'll try my best with it.

[@alphamarigi]

I just want a physical English release of Rush duels

[@Jwayspillz]

It's weird that Yugioh doesn't have an anime series running alongside the tcg. Anything (whether new or reboot) will do.

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

I mean, it makes sense that a card game born out of a manga then turned anime from popularity would probably like to rely on/be supported by those mediums to help its growth. Like if pokemon or digimon dropped their origin/main entry points (games, anime, VPets, etc) they'd have some trouble making things feel fresh or driving new player interests even if the tcgs are good.

[@symphonixblades]

Yugioh anime was what made me buy cards and start playing Yugioh, it's also the reason why I played all the digital games too. Without a Master Rules anime lately I haven't been playing Master Duel or even Duel Links because there is no enthusiasm for me to play anymore. Now I've been watching Shadowverse Flame which feels like Yugioh to me and that got me more excited to play Shadowverse. Been watching Cardfight Vanguard since Overdress so Overdress / Will + Dress and now DivineZ and that got me into Cardfight Vanguard. But Yugioh not having an Anime makes me not enthusiastic to play Yugioh and instead I get to try other card games thanks to their anime

[@tomfox8551]

They should do it like with GX. They focused on Fusion monsters, and made a previous mechanic, what it was. We need this, for ritual summoning.

[@miguelruiz2219]

I agree im currently trying to get my nephew into it he seems to be having fun and he likes the og shows but i do wish i had something more modern for him to get into and cards to match it the way we grew up

[@webtely]

I agree that there needs to be a master duel anime. There are a lot of new archetypes that have come out in Yugioh which are really cool and could become fan favorites if they were featured in an anime. Although I also think that the argument made by Dylan from Yugioh Everything is also quite solid that Yugioh doesn't really need an anime to promote the game anymore. The game is popular as is because of Master Duel and Duel Links.

[@marvynjeanbaptiste3206]

Imo we need Anime centered around deck archetypes

[@benbeentjes7088]

In short: YGO needs more exposure, and I agree that an Anime will definitely help with that. I think the smartest thing they can do is do a DM reboot series. Maybe they can expand on how the DSOD movie ended, how Kaiba is ever searching to settle things with Atem and the consequences it brings with it. Give every character his/her own archetype that is actually useable in the TCG and build structure decks/boosters around that. Rebooting DM will bring back an older crowd while attracting new ones, and for fathers like myself it will be fun introducing it to your kid. I was a BIG ninja turtles fan back in the day, and the latest movies and games sparked the interest from my daughter

[@Lucario1121]

I get people wanting a DM reboot but like, no. First off, Takahashi's is gone now, and if they changed anything that wasn't from his original story people would be upset, and also, everyone's story is wrapped up thanks to the movie. If they want to reboot it, they can do some kind of magic to have it look HD or remastered at least

[@Entei9000]

I think a big part of it is that there hasn't been any new gimmicks to try to sell, which is what inspired them to make 5D's and every anime we've had since then. Which sounds like an easy enough thing to fix by introducing a gimmick, but at this point, I don't know what they can do that wouldn't just be a strictly worse version of Link Monsters. For that matter they don't have many colors left to give to a new type of card either.

[@VforVictory00]

It's like how tv shows like G.I Joe and stuff was designed to sell toys. If there's no TV show to promote the card game, it's harder to get new customers. The support for classic themes was created to cash in on nostalgia to keep fans of the old anime themed decks and cards interested in the card game.

[@robertsixx775]

I really agree, yugioh needs an anime that works alongside the tcg again. I still think they should make a show similar to the early seasons of Vanguard or even some of the newer Vanguard series(OverDress) where its a slice of life/tcg anime. Zero world ending events or ancient beings. I just want a show based off of the card game that follows the protagonist who recently got into the game who meets new friends, improves their deck goes to proper tournaments like a nationals or worlds. I also think this could be an amazing way to introduce people to the game and teach them how to play it similar to what Vanguard did. I know it wont be for everyone but I think it could be a really fun and cool anime. I'd happily watch it!

[@WitchVulgar]

I don't thing we're gonna get another anime bc Konami doesn't want to keep working with other companies (TV Tokyo/Studio Dice/whoever else) who have rights to the Yugioh IP on anime or anything else

[@kneesnap1041]

all of the active video games are via studio dice though

[@sirklown]

Paul, you're not wrong. I do feel that the anime debate really works for more casual players, though. I haven't played yugioh since the link evolution game. I never care to play again until I see a clip of Jaden or something. GX was favorite arc and always will. That said, I feel the anime works well with getting new players, like you said. Sitting down and reading some of the cards can be very overwhelming for beginners and the great thing about the anime was you "learn by example" so to speak. You could watch these duels and get a feel for what the cards do and in a fun way. You get attached to the cards more cause you get attached to a certain character and that can really keep someone in the game for longer

[@ErovErov]

For me Yu-Gi-Oh been missing a tag force esq game for a while now, i really like playing the core game but not always be on a PVP environment.

[@TheArchangelNexus]

YGO needs a reboot anime that ties YGO-GX-5Ds together like a crisis on infinite earths, so the main cast can go to Duel University when Jaden is in Duel Academy, and so we can see where everyone in the main cast ends up by 5Ds, where they’re Grizzled in their 50s.

[@crunchy687]

It's also important as a way to interact with the series without playing or knowing the game. Sometimes you can feel burnt out by a format and there's no other way to enjoy the series besides playing that format getting you more burnt out on the game as a whole.

[@QueensShield]

Also games like the tag force or world championship games should come out again! Those games got me in to the TCG in the first place and i know a good few people who did too. Just having a simple but cute storyline and a way to find out what cards do what and all that in a real PVE scenario is just so fun and way less intimidating

[@TemporalDelusion]

It has become unreasonable in every aspect at this point. Price. Time required. IRL play spaces. Price is obvious, even rogue costs a fortune because they have multiple 20€ cards you need 3 off often enough, not to mention staples. You can argue staples are something you only buy once and be wrong. New staples come out what feels like every other set that also end up costing 25-50-100€ (Mulchumy, Thrust, Little Knight) Time required is a huge opportunity cost. The game is so complex that unless you know most decks and their cards by heart you can't reasonably and meaningfully interact with them. Sure you can shotgun handtraps and learn as you go, but reading 1-2 cards or even a full set of archetype cards doesn't give you a good understanding of what their gameplan, or more specifically endboard will look like. Old yugioh you could sit down blind and still engage meaningfully with your opponents deck, now there is way too much memorization involved, not to mention the mental burden on players to execute the nuanced layered effects IRL. You could be doing and learning/studying a lot of other things for less effort. IRL Play spaces is just a result of the 2 above. Garbage products close locals. People can't care after what feels like years of tier zero dominance. Had one of the big stores close in the capital recently, they held newbie learning events weekly, bi-weekly locals etc. The store died because they couldn't even firesale most yugioh boxes anymore, despite best efforts and the owner can't just waste their time on this forever.

[@CorvidTCG]

You're not completely wrong. Look at how we (most of us) all got into the game, watching the anime. A visual media piece was important for marketing. Hoping this new Konami Animation Studio can fix this.

[@animegx45]

The freshness comes from getting new players into the game. A new generation of kids would get introduced to the game with each anime, but because of how kid unfriendly the game is, how can an anime pull them in? While the game is no longer a children's card game, the anime has always been for a younger audience, even the darker shows like 5D's and Vrains. And let's be honest. No one would want to see Snake-Eyes or Kastira in a scripted duel, let alone recurring scripted duels, and the character decks that would come from the anime would be stomped by those decks unless they were somehow even more broken.

[@POKEGAMERZ-uy5lv]

It would be nice if the OCG Structures Manga gets an anime adaptation.

[@playmakermc8362]

Anime with OCG Structures Manga as story would be lovely

[@Ookami20]

The anime is literally how it all started for most of us. They're trying to cut off their roots it feels like and THAT'S SAD

[@nelocentricgames]

In the new anime there should be some dude with a stun deck and an abundance of hand traps, that would be more realistic

[@Aaron__Parker]

The problem with card game anime is that they rarely let the game stand on it's own to drive the story. It always has to ramp up to "the end of the world." If they had a show where getting better and learning how to win bigger and bigger tournaments was the major drive for the characters to be playing, I could see more people getting interested. Personally, I think Konami should make another video game like the WC 2009-2011 series, even if the setting is a different era but with updated cards. I find myself replaying those old DS games all the time. Not only is it a fun narrative to connect each duel, but the costumes and different disc(s) were cool.

[@Slifer29]

I do agree I hope that whatever Yu-Gi-Oh! anime that they do after Go Rush returns to having regular Master Duels I understand the reason why it did this along with Sevens was to get newer and younger people into the game by having it a simplified version, but I think that goes against helping the brand somewhat. I that Studio Gallop did the animation all the way from the original series to VRAINS and while the current studio is OK, I do miss studio gallop so I hope that they’ll get back to a series that lines up with the card game also I know some people may be polarized about this, but I would be fine even if they introduced a new summoning mechanic

[@caseybennett223]

Imagine an Anime for Yugioh where there’s this tournament across every generation Across every dimension. Each character gets pulled from their timeline to see who’s best of the best. The AI/Overlord/whoever brings them to this tournament and gives every duelist (good, bad or neutral) complete access to the entire TCG card list for example Yami Yugi gets all the Dark Magician support and knowledge of all summon techniques. Then you can have any crazy dream matchups possible such as Yusei with stardust Vs Joey with red eyes or galaxy eyes Vs blue eyes and the potential is endless. It can be a super long show with tons of great duels. The excitement can come from heroes overcoming other heroes, or have a round in the tournament where the participants are partnered in some crazy paring. You wouldn’t even need fantastic story telling because the weight of all the loved characters in past animes. You also don’t need a main character because they’re all main characters and that creates more suspense so you don’t have that underlying “oh well we know the main character is going to pull this off”. Just brainstorming but I think it would be pretty cool

[@megastar5524]

They already did this. Its called Arc-V 😆

[@caseybennett223]

@@megastar5524 arc V was different and you knew who was winning each duel, and the characters from other shows weren’t always good anyways

[@Pkmnkuriboh]

I’ve said it before, I want to see a sequel to dm, gx, and 5ds. I want to see what happened to the characters after their series ended, and we can have cross overs because their timelines are connected

[@iceheadn]

You can't make an anime about 10 special summons per second, you can't make anime about a format kids can't play, unless standard yugioh slow down, all yugioh anime from now on will be about rush duel type shit

[@egggge4752]

You could. Imagine the internal monologue of the protagonist trying to play through nibiru and imperm. Or the mind game of: do you try to bait out their crossout with an ash blossom so you can effect veiler their combo-piece?

[@icespider8199]

There is already reji akaba who in the anime used D/D/D ,doing 10 special per turn.

[@Ookami20]

THAT WOULD BE AWFUL

[@iceheadn]

@@egggge4752 lol you want handtraps even in the anime? Don't your parents love you too?

[@drd141]

@@iceheadn In 5Ds Crash town arc. Yusei used Effect Veiler on Lotten to prevent him from using Gatling ogre's effect

[@catowarmeowson9964]

RUSH DUUUEL!

[@haroldnecmann7040]

Rush deal is not yugioh

[@wahwahwahwahwah]

@@haroldnecmann7040 yeah that's why its good

[@stillinyaisstillinur3300]

Yu Gi Oh will get old without a new anemia and a cartoon will keep it fresh and not feeling stale

[@Darth_malefic]

For in terms of anime I would love to see the animation chronicles stuff duel terminal lore etc also I think a DM continuation would be awesome yugi and Kaiba with updated rules and summoning mechanics

[@Gamer_Girl_Noire]

Even without a new summon mechanic in the anime I wish they would bring them back as vrains showed you can make the decks be atleast rogue viable in the actual game as most the protagonists had a deck that would become rogue within the airing time frame. Hell shows like 5DS gave us blackwings and yusei was on a very rough outline of quickdraw deck's

[@asuna5701]

I was just thinking about this. I’d love a new anime. It would be cool concept if we had a older female protagonist 🙌

[@bamstarful]

Simple Rush is nearly ending the main markets outside of Japan are starting to lack with prices going up, selling going down(by fans not collectors) and the free attention to the main game is dropping quickly it needs the FREE ADVERTISING