Yu-Gi-Oh! | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yugi Mutou | |
遊☆戯☆王 (Yū Gi Ō) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Kazuki Takahashi |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
English magazine | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | September 17, 1996 – March 8, 2004 |
Volumes | 38 |
Novel | |
Written by | Katsuhiko Chiba |
Illustrated by | Kazuki Takahashi |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump J-Books |
Demographic | Male |
Published | September 3, 1999 |
Anime television series | |
Anime films | |
Other series | |
Other media | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yū Gi Ō, lit. 'Game King') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between September 1996 and March 2004. The manga follows Yugi Mutou, a young boy with an affinity for games, who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi becomes host to a gambling alter-ego or spirit who solves his conflicts with various games. As the manga progresses, the focus largely shifts to the card game Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), where opposing players "duel" one another in mock battles of fantasy monsters.
The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga and anime series; video games; and a real-world card game, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, based on the fictional Duel Monsters game. The manga was adapted into two anime series; the first, simply titled Yu-Gi-Oh! and produced by Toei Animation, aired from April to October 1998, while Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, produced by NAS and animated by Gallop, aired from April 2000 to September 2004. Yu-Gi-Oh! has since become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.