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Is it safe to say that the dubs/abridged series are the reason why Yugioh isn't taken seriously?
- Thread starter DragonSJG
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I'd say it's more about how everything revolves around a trading card game.
Ironically, the guns being taking out of the 4Kids localization makes it slightly less ridiculous. At least in a universe where guns don't exist I can believe that no one just decided to shoot Pegasus or Marik. (Yes I do know about Bandit Keith.)
Ironically, the guns being taking out of the 4Kids localization makes it slightly less ridiculous. At least in a universe where guns don't exist I can believe that no one just decided to shoot Pegasus or Marik. (Yes I do know about Bandit Keith.)
Yu-Gi-Oh before it became about Duel Monsters was something that was worth taking seriously. But it evolved into a kid's series about people taking a card game way too seriously. Like honestly, there's a whole season or two about how they play card games on motorcycles. It ain't friggin' Schindler's List.
Funnily enough, Bayblade is still around and still making a LOT of money. New anime, too
I didn't know what you meant at first and was wondering why anyone would post his JP voice with no subs. I was like "Is it his voice?" Then Yugi won the duel...LOL. Talk about over the top. You forget Yami in full control wasn't exactly a hero.
I mean, yeah Little Kuriboh definitely played a big role in the modern reputation of the series, but the premise and character designs alone would've guaranteed the series would've been mocked in hindsight, with or without his influence.
One of my teachers would watch it in the afternoons before going home. She found it silly and would make fun of it.
Teacher: "Tea is so annoying. She keeps wondering if Yugi changes when he duels. Like, no shit Tea, he grows a foot taller every time duels..."
Teacher: "Tea is so annoying. She keeps wondering if Yugi changes when he duels. Like, no shit Tea, he grows a foot taller every time duels..."
There was no way for YuGiOh to have ever been taken seriously.
The 4Kids dub got its notoriety from it's censorship, gets a life line by the abridged series, and has since looped around to still being oddly appreciated even in this day and age. And this isn't even to mention that they are still keeping the same voice actors both for movies and for live duels and reaaaaally lean into how silly all of this on paper.
Yeah, I guess you could watch the sub, which some people did around that time. But it still ends up being just unintentionally hilarious at this point when you have all of this magic and later post-apocalyptic shit going on about fucking card games.
Like, I can't imagine any dialogue in any language make this sound serious when this dude's backdrop is "DUEL ME IN A CARD GAME"
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And... nope, it's still dumb!
The 4Kids dub got its notoriety from it's censorship, gets a life line by the abridged series, and has since looped around to still being oddly appreciated even in this day and age. And this isn't even to mention that they are still keeping the same voice actors both for movies and for live duels and reaaaaally lean into how silly all of this on paper.
Yeah, I guess you could watch the sub, which some people did around that time. But it still ends up being just unintentionally hilarious at this point when you have all of this magic and later post-apocalyptic shit going on about fucking card games.
Like, I can't imagine any dialogue in any language make this sound serious when this dude's backdrop is "DUEL ME IN A CARD GAME"
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And... nope, it's still dumb!
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I think it's because it has the most anime hair in anime and takes it's silly premise deadly serious
i like yugioh but i mean the card game obviously took over and at that point you either enjoy the card game or you dont
and i think creating drama around a real collectible card game that exists is pretty difficult
and i think creating drama around a real collectible card game that exists is pretty difficult
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I think i just need to paste this here... despite this shirt being a YGO Abridged shirt, the entire line on the front of the shirt was straight up taken verbatem from the original show:
... it was also one of the best selling YGO Abridged shirts YGO Abridged ever had... even a lot to people at cons who had never seen the Abridged Series before at all! ;)
... it was also one of the best selling YGO Abridged shirts YGO Abridged ever had... even a lot to people at cons who had never seen the Abridged Series before at all! ;)
my hair is telling me to tell you that you should watch what you say
this is the real answer. if it wasn't censorship, it was the constant commercial breaks.
the final duel between atem and yugi was frustrating to watch dubbed since there were so many goddamn breaks in each episode
The show where a dude literally threatened to kill himself if he lost a card game and where the start of the story's conflict was an oldman being sent to the hospital as a result of losing that same card game to a teenager. And where the script by my knowledge NEVER points out how silly the premise is.
Here's the thing. It's not always easy to follow the logic of super specific universe rules. Like, this was a series that frequently failed to setup the rules of the game, and even when they did, broke them constantly. This isn't like some dudes punching each other and some dude manages the best punches. That shit is easily to follow. When you're in this made up hierarchy and don't even follow that hierarchy a lot, of course it's gonna seem silly.
The more specific you shonen bullshit is, the more it's gonna seem silly to people that haven't bought in.
The more specific you shonen bullshit is, the more it's gonna seem silly to people that haven't bought in.
Used to love it as a kid! The battles always seemed so complicated and ingenious...looking back, it's some simple shit.
It's much more enjoyable to play up the laughs than attempt to take it seriously.
I saw DSoD both dubbed and subbed, and I liked the dub showing quite a bit more.
When I tried to watch the vrains sub early on, I lost interest due to how boring it was.
I saw DSoD both dubbed and subbed, and I liked the dub showing quite a bit more.
When I tried to watch the vrains sub early on, I lost interest due to how boring it was.
If it's a genuinely good show, the abridged series wouldn't hurt it.
I watched DBZ abridged before I watched the actual show (yeah I know, I was 30 years behind the rest of the world) and I still really enjoyed the actual show.
Abridged is still my favorite version though ;)
I watched DBZ abridged before I watched the actual show (yeah I know, I was 30 years behind the rest of the world) and I still really enjoyed the actual show.
Abridged is still my favorite version though ;)
People weren't taking it seriously even before the abridged series. A lot of Little Kuriboh's jokes just play off of how the ridiculous the original script and scenario already is.
I mean the fact that the manga creator didn't really understand how to make a card game that makes sense and so the real card game got actual rules that differed from the show where the key to victory was just bullshitting probably played a big part too. But honestly, I'm not sure even the original manga was meant to be taken completely seriously, even before the focus shifted to the card game. I mean you have an arc where Kaiba makes Yugi go through a death themed amusement park, including an electric chair ride and a maze with an actual serial killer trying to kill the cast lol. Or that time where Mokuba tried challenging Yugi to russian roulette with food
Schindler's Deck about saving the Jews from the Nazi's using a card game.
the season zero stuff is amazing, but it's not really any less absurd than the card game stuff, and that's a big part of why it's fun. And 5Ds early stuff is probably the best series has ever been. Absurdity isn't a problem for Yugioh, it's honestly the series strength (this is part of why Vrain's ended up being shit)
It's the hair and the conflict resolution of supposedly serious crises via a children's card game.