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Oct 25, 2009 9:08 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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First duel!


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Nov 26, 2010 9:16 PM
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good for a 1st ep..
Oct 18, 2014 8:10 PM
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i hate kaiba at this episode.. sooo ambitious




Dec 27, 2014 2:19 PM
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So this is basically the same fight he had in Season 0, with a few adjustments.
Just watched the japanese dub, but the voice acting feels fake to me, especially Yugi.
Might switch to English dub.
May 15, 2015 4:57 PM
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Why did Keiba destroy the card if he could use it for himself?

It was funny how he suddenly woke up and said that yugi won haha
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Aug 9, 2015 11:09 AM
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I'm so confused on whether I should watch dub or sub. Though I might just stick to Eng dub simply because of badass Yugi's VA
Aug 18, 2015 10:48 PM
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I watched the english dub years ago. It's so funny watching this with subtitles.

Nov 4, 2015 2:54 PM
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It was actually kind of bad. Plot went by way too fast so there was no tension. Pegasus was introduced too quickly. I'm watching the Japanese version and Yugi and Anzu's voices sound bad. Kaiba and Jonouchi's voice actors are much better. There was lazy animation in some parts.
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Nov 27, 2015 7:47 AM
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This episode felt like it was running at at least 2x speed lmao
Jan 4, 2016 5:45 PM
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I go look episode one!
May 8, 2016 11:44 AM

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Damn this sure is a whole lot different than season zero, it started like at episode 20 and the pacing of this anime is insanely fast (which I prefer!) but damn, the action and overall atmosphere sure changed as well, in a good way!

Looking forward to see what this season will have to offer!
May 8, 2016 11:57 AM

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RafaelDeJongh said:
Damn this sure is a whole lot different than season zero, it started like at episode 20 and the pacing of this anime is insanely fast (which I prefer!) but damn, the action and overall atmosphere sure changed as well, in a good way!

Looking forward to see what this season will have to offer!


I have just finished the whole series today. You are going to love it! Its a long journey, but I am so damn hyped right now.
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Jun 15, 2016 8:51 PM

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Watched the 1st episode. The Series kinda hasn't aged well but that's expected(its not like DBZ aged well either). Watching it subbed reminded me of what kinda ticked me off about a couple of things:

1. The English Manga uses the Japanese Names but the Anime(English Dub)does not.
2. The censored parts of the Anime can be seen in the Manga(kinda destroys the point of watching the butchered Anime).

Through and through its still a decent Anime worth watching(just watch in small amounts to enjoy it)
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Jun 30, 2016 10:02 AM

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PrOxAnto said:
So this is basically the same fight he had in Season 0, with a few adjustments.
Just watched the japanese dub, but the voice acting feels fake to me, especially Yugi.


Yugi's voice on season 0 is way better,plus,what's with dueling Kaiba at the first episode and winning? what about the tie shown on season 0
Aug 12, 2016 8:37 PM

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It's pretty scary how much of the dialogue I remembered from this episode, decided to go with dub half for laughs, and half cause Its been a solid decade at least since I've seen it.
Feb 13, 2017 2:20 AM

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And so I start my conquest. Going to be watching every Yu-Gi-Oh series made. Or try to. Anyway, this episode was pretty cringey, lmao. English dub is so bad, but its what I grew up with so that's what I'm watching.
Feb 28, 2017 3:38 PM

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Playing Duel Link on mobile made me want to "rewatch" this anime for nostalgia's sake.
Watching this subbed feels so weird :o i liked the english OP more, the song used in the sub just doesen't fit the scenes showed tbh, ED is pretty nice tho.

That circle of friendship was kinda cringy, it kinda came out of nowhere, still understandable tho considering it's a shounen.

Iirc the first arc was my least favorite watching it as a kid, pretty hyped to see Yugi vs Pegasus again tho.
May 5, 2017 1:14 AM

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LOL HIS GRANDFATHER IS IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE LOST A DUEL. I don't even... This shit's so stupid, yet so funny.
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Jul 20, 2019 4:46 AM
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Man, Kaiba dominated the entire episode from start to finish. Pretty fun, watching it on the eng dub.
Aug 18, 2019 3:37 PM

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Kaiba was such a dick


So many precious memories. I must have been 5 when I've watched this for first time and my last time is also quite a while ago. Hyped for this rewatch.

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Dec 25, 2019 7:46 PM
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EXODIA.....

OBLITERATE!!!!
Jan 26, 2020 6:19 PM
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Yu-Gi-Oh! was the first anime I watched subbed (back when I didn't know what anime was). But I remember the first episode was always hard to find for some reason lol
Aug 19, 2020 1:28 PM

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A very inconic meme right off the bat XD
Sep 10, 2020 4:09 AM

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Ahhh and the rewatch begins.
Felt wayy too fast, but waz gud.
Mar 10, 2021 10:39 PM
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Brother and I are beginning to rewatch this series. He's 19 and I'm 21, we watched bits and pieces as kids so this is super nostalgic for us (we owned the first 16ish episodes on VHS.)

I'm excited to start the rewatch - will begin on Thursday. I've watched the abridged series but he hasn't even seen that.
Mar 26, 2021 7:45 PM

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disappointing after liking season 0 quite a bit

different and way worse voice acting
really fast-paced with barely any build-up time
miho is just gone
same fight we saw towards the end of season 0, just significantly less hype
jounouchi says some things that lead me to believe this is a sequel to season 0, but then the plot of the episode and kaiba's reactions to things makes it seem like it's not?

not worth watching 223 more episodes of this
sad there's no more yugioh like season 0
goodbye yugioh, forever
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May 19, 2021 7:31 AM
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The legendary Yugi vs Kaiba... Exodia the forbidden one is sure totally OP xD even against 3 blue eyes white dragon
Oct 24, 2021 2:07 PM

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Exodia the forbidden one is sure totally OP xD even against 3 blue eyes white dragon

Not really. The fact that all five pieces needed to be in Yugi's hand made it incredibly unreliable. Yugi only managed to draw them all "because plot" but if this had been a real life duel with the exact same deck and no plot armor, Yugi would've lost.
Dec 10, 2021 1:49 AM

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Woah.....Exodia and 3 BEWD right off in the 1st episode....
Dec 10, 2021 1:50 AM

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Seems like the power of friendship is strong in this version also....
Aug 25, 2022 8:59 AM
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Nov 7, 2022 8:51 PM
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I'm so sorry but I laughed out loud at how ridiculous this episode was. It might be silly but I still found it fun.

I have so many questions though! If Kaiba's family runs a company why is he going to a public school? He clearly doesn't like anyone without money or influence and here he is, around average people.

Just how much money does Kaiba have??! That duel stadium is crazy!!

How is a card game more important than Yugi's grandfather getting medical treatment?!

What is this puzzle that Yugi has in his possession and why did it change his voice?!! More to the point, why does Joey know about it.

Okay, when Yugi was talking to his grandfather's... spirit? I thought his grandfather actually died. How did the grandfather get so injured to begin with? Isn't it just a simulator? Téa's random friendship marker was so weird! Everyone was acting like someone was going to get murdered. What a serious card game.

The monster designs are really good. I can tell this is going to be an anime purely for fun. No doubt the anime will explain what's going on as I keep watching. Entertaining at least. : )
Jan 1, 2023 1:07 PM
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This is 4kids’ second anime that they dubbed. It’s as decent to their Pokémon dub but way better than their One Piece dub.
Aug 26, 2023 11:19 PM
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Lmao I forgot how many plotholes were in early YuGiOh XD

Still enjoyable tho
Mar 10, 4:53 AM
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Why does kaiba not summon a second monster the entire time yugi is just sitting there set 1 passing over and over
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duel monsters my childhood, I'm just about to rewatch it and episode 1 is even better than I remember.
Jun 25, 9:30 PM
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Nostalgic for sure. Had no clue Kaiba was that famous gif.
Oct 1, 4:13 PM
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i can not believe it took 6 minutes for this series to basically summarise more than half the plot of season 0... i couldn't stop LAUGHING

anyways nice episode, quite jarring to see how the rules of the game were not that set and stone since both of them summoned monsters who wouldn't normally be summoned without a tribute, still neat, the fight has more impact if you watched season 0

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