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Manga Entertainment to release first season of Yu-Gi-Oh!

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Manga Entertainment has listed “The Official First Season” of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the gaming manga and anime which spawned one of the biggest trading card games, for a DVD release on 17th November.

The Manga Entertainment website is using the same DVD cover art as the American release. If this is the case, it would appear that this release would be of the 2000 series, known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, which is actually the second series based on the original manga. The first series of 27 episodes was released in 1998 and has never been given an English-language release. The US DVD release of “The Official First Season” was available as a dub only.

Synopsis

Yu-Gi-Oh! follows the adventures of a boy named Yugi and his friends who love the newest card game that is sweeping the nation! In this game, players pit monster against monster in high intensity duels. But there’s more to this game than meets the eye. Yugi solves an old Egyptian puzzle that infuses him with the energy of an ancient spirit. Their forces unite to form a stronger, more confident duelist, for Yugi needs all the help he can get!

Sources: Manga UK and Anime News Network.

Ian Wolf

Ian works as an anime and manga critic for Anime UK News, and was also the manga critic for MyM Magazine. His debut book, CLAMPdown, about the manga collective CLAMP, is available now. Outside of anime, he is data specialist for the British Comedy Guide, is QI's most pedantic viewer, has written questions for both The Wall and Richard Osman's House of Games, and has been a contestant on Mastermind.

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