Yu-Gi-Oh's Bandai Art is Weird

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[@OkMakuTree]

I love how energetic and experimental the Bandai and early Konami Yugioh card art looks. It’s like the difference between a veteran film director and a newbie. The modern card art is refined and consistent but it’s locked into a certain style for the most part. The old art took big swings and would def miss at times, but its creativity so exciting. I loved the wondrous feeling of opening a pack as a kid and seeing what new crazy monsters they’d concocted.

[@JanjoZone]

Experimental is a great way to put it!

[@warrioroflight8329]

I actually love these, I bet if they printed them as alternate art for classic monsters, collectors would go crazy. Or even make an archetype inspited by these artworks, like Memento.

[@JanjoZone]

@@warrioroflight8329 There are some, as stated in the video, but I would be down for more!

[@scottriddell3514]

3 body connection blue eyes did appear in the toei ova in 1999 being that season 0 version of ultimate dragon witch is so obvious

[@JanjoZone]

Yep! Which would be late into Bandai's run

[@josephdevita2938]

I think it was the toei movie that had the chained one. Or it mightve been the second to last episode because the last episode is eith byakura

[@NecromancyForKids]

Even though some of it is a little blobby and not as skillfully executed, I think the cards have a lot of character.

[@JanjoZone]

It definitely leaves an impression!

[@Billy_Wyatt]

Really wish all bandai cards get imported to the TCG. The arts are just too good to be completely forgotten.

[@JanjoZone]

That would be cool!

[@Val825.]

Always liked them hecates, it surprised me that Konami never picked it up for an archetype

[@JanjoZone]

@@Val825. maybe one day!

[@darkwyngraym]

Mountain dew code red feral imp drives a big mean truck and likes his Marlboro cigarettes and his 20z monster energy cans.

[@JanjoZone]

@@darkwyngraym living the big life

[@jaredwilliams1031]

He's got his WoW tie-ins, too. Can't go without those.

[@stregadreamcast3928]

Mountain dew code red feral imp looks like he licks 9 volt batteries for fun.

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

I honestly think the Bandai artstyle is just neat! It's got this charm that makes them stand out, especially for the cards we've yet to see an OCG/TCG adaptation. (Of those, I would definitely want to see Dark Zorla, Rock Gun, Neon Knight, King Ring Beetle, and Dragonic Pulse of the Land as modern cards)

[@JanjoZone]

@@valutaatoaofunknownelement197 Zola & Pulse would be awesome!

[@Sanguivore]

I'mma sucker for the Bandai content. Such a weird era of YGO.

[@JanjoZone]

@@Sanguivore You all asked, so I delivered!

[@rc9145]

Tbh i wish yugioh would do an archetype with the unkept airbushy early normal monster artstyle i feel like seeing all the waifu archetypes compared to how the game started gives me tonal whiplash

[@JanjoZone]

@@rc9145 it would be different!

[@elcheshireilustracion9396]

I will say about the Bandai art that I think it's the only one that shows that Time Magician body is transparent, seems like a lot of artworks do him with a Yellow Body. Also that their Exodia does kinda fits together, unlike Konami's Modok~ish take on it.

[@JanjoZone]

@@elcheshireilustracion9396 I've never noticed that! I'll have to take a look at them again!

[@musvijajuzagrilariocara8583]

I actually really liked almost all the Bandai arts. Really cool

[@JanjoZone]

A lot of unique artwork!

[@tobigrantlbart]

Idk why, but I still like the coloring of Bandai Yu-Gi-Oh

[@JanjoZone]

It stands out compared to the Konami game for sure!

[@Sanguivore]

Me too! :D

[@Bad_Gazpacho]

Likewise. I also rather enjoyed season 0's faded neon aesthetic.

[@tobigrantlbart]

@Bad_Gazpacho Imma be honest, despite Duel Monsters designs don't have the slight weirdness of early Takahashi (which Toei took as the blue print), I really think Toei's season 0 is better in animation and direction than Studio Gallop Toei ofcourse being a powerhouse animation studio probably at their peak in the 90's this makes sense to me What I really like about Gallop's Yugioh style through the series is really how gorgeous the lineart looks when they draw closeups of characters they translated the weighted lineart you see in manga better than most anime, but DM & GX (sometimes) suffer from (I am assuming here, because I am 90% sure that GX was colored digitally but not so much with DM, it gives me DigiPaint look tho) early DigiPaint anime syndrom were the colors often just are meh looking compared to a lot of cel painted works The colors in Toei's series are awesome!

[@Bad_Gazpacho]

I'm going to be that guy, but I like the janky early Yu-Gi-Oh! art. I'd take the weird Bandai cards over what's printed now.

[@JanjoZone]

It's pretty weird!

[@RedEyesBlackKnight]

Im honestly surprised 3 body connection hasn't been remade into a blue-eyes support card yet

[@JanjoZone]

@@RedEyesBlackKnight we need it!

[@duelmonsters7164]

I didn’t know about Season 0 until like 4 years ago. It’s a good watch.

[@patrickodonnell4271]

The Bandai art is great! The line work might not be as sharp but the poses are really dynamic.

[@JanjoZone]

Dynamic is a good way to put it!

[@duane_313]

Thank you for this! I love oldschool yugioh and I’ve watched quite a few videos on the Bandai cards. But there were still quite a few card art here I’ve never seen!

[@JanjoZone]

@@duane_313 I tried to focus on the exclusives! Thanks for watching!

[@Pancakes4everyone42]

I like the art. It has dynamic poses and looks gritty, like early Pokémon. I also like seeing familiar cards with different colour palettes. The palette swaps from early YGO are some of my faves like Thunder Kid and Electric Lizard

[@JanjoZone]

@@Pancakes4everyone42 Bandai pallete swaps when? 🤔

[@yeetleslaw8529]

Three blue eyes chained up is honestly really badass. Its also dark and grim. These powerful creatures, chained up by powerful dark magic. Forced to work in concert. It thematically fits season 0.

[@JanjoZone]

@@yeetleslaw8529 Looks really cool indeed!

[@Envy_May]

the backgrounds of the cards show the attribute/alignment (the lightning background is on all thunder monsters, etc)

[@JanjoZone]

@@Envy_May I'll have to take another look at it!

[@Fedekpc]

3:00 The one on the left seems to be the base for saggy the dark clown

[@ygofrom0]

What did they do to my boy the Wicked Worm Beast 😭😭😭

[@JanjoZone]

@@ygofrom0 Look how the massacred my boy

[@mystery8820]

Wasn't that lavender-haired girl's name Miho?

[@nah4215]

Melody

[@JanjoZone]

@@mystery8820 Miho/Melody

[@genyakozlov1316]

Dungeon Dice Monsters GBA localized her name as Melody.

[@Lucario1121]

I never heard her be call Melody

[@jaredwilliams1031]

Something about it reminds me of the old Goosebumps cover artwork from Tim Jacobus, not sure why. Maybe it's the shading/color work.

[@JanjoZone]

Hmm maybe a little. I do love Tim Jacobus' art

[@SakuraAvalon]

Honestly prefer Bandai's Dark Magician over Konami's take on the manga art. Konami's may be more polished, but there's a more notable joy factor of the Bandai art looking 1:1 with the manga.

[@JanjoZone]

@@SakuraAvalon That is a fair assessment!

[@Clownzombie]

That Bandi crass clown looks pretty cool

[@JanjoZone]

@@Clownzombie I feel like you're biased haha

[@Clownzombie]

@@JanjoZone yea definitely 🤣

[@EugeneKurlikin]

100% old manga look

[@JanjoZone]

@@EugeneKurlikin 100%!

[@mikomontes9911]

Ohhhhh! Rush duel cards videos will be certain,hahahaha

[@marcodaddario3965]

Art may be wonky but look at those stats.

[@JanjoZone]

@@marcodaddario3965 OP!

[@scottriddell3514]

Magic and wizards should of been the franchise that existed if it were not for takahashi

[@JanjoZone]

Get ready for next month's history video!

[@Ledluver]

I'd say Konami captured Wicked worm beasts angles better lol 😂 Bandai just caught him at a candid angle 🤣 🪱

[@JanjoZone]

@@Ledluver Not the most flattering angle lol

[@rc9145]

Ngl body connection should be an equip card that equips to 3 blue eyes on the field it would be sickkk (but probably an awful card lol)

[@JanjoZone]

Would be sick!

[@MJ-oi6ul]

Wow the harpies all had 1800 atk

[@kingofnothing447]

ah the MD code red imp look is🔥, it looks like exposed muscle

[@JanjoZone]

So red!

[@deepakdeodathbasdeo1672]

Ya know it'd be awesome if they released a side set with all the Bandai art that'd be awesome! Yeah we already have Blue Eyes, Red Eyes and Dark Magician but these other cards deserve to see the light of day!

[@JanjoZone]

@@deepakdeodathbasdeo1672 reprints would be cool!

[@bashfulgg]

back in the day we have cool and unique monsters and now he have anime girls only

[@Lucario1121]

Great video, and to answer your questions, nah, i dont think it would of lasted long with the Bandai art. People want waifus in their games

[@JanjoZone]

@@Lucario1121 Dragonic Pulse isn't a waifu?!

[@Beserker333]

The weirder the art the more better!

[@JanjoZone]

@@Beserker333 true enough!

[@tr33main]

This isnt really a negative in anyway but just as a fun fact, the greek and egyptian gods are incredibly linked due to the slow takeover over the area as the final egyptian dynasty came and fell. Bast plays straight double duty for both pantheons acting as THE Euro-African cat goddess. So her being there isnt strange in the slightest 🤷‍♂️

[@JanjoZone]

That's a fun bit of trivia!

[@tr33main]

@@JanjoZone I recommend watching a video or two on it if you ever get the chance! The crossover between the two and how it happened is pretty interesting ❤️ Love your videos man 🙌

[@JanjoZone]

@@tr33main Thank you! I do enjoy history!

[@sunnyboy8860]

Great video!!!

[@JanjoZone]

@@sunnyboy8860 Thank you!

[@simonh2734]

Absolute banger drop

[@JanjoZone]

@@simonh2734 Thanks!

[@ElManuDrums]

0:48 jojo reference? Lol

[@phorchybug3286]

5:34 Would be cool if there was a body connection card that looks just like this one in the TCG.

[@JanjoZone]

@@phorchybug3286 100%!