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I just finished this anime yesturday, I'm surprised at how fast I devoured this anime!

For a 1982 anime, I must say the art is pretty decent and I got used to it quickly. The soundtrack is appealing and the characters design is alright. The voice acting is well done and the seiyuus are well choosen, but noisy it's at time. (a lot of screaming or loud voices but i'm sensitive so maybe that's just me) The sound quality is good for a 40 years old anime.

The characters are lovable and the personnalities are varied. The villains are also as lovable as the mains ... characters. The fight scenes were fun to watch, often creative. The story get really interesting as the episodes goes by. The humour is refreshing and very lighthearted , it has a taste that you rarely find in moderns animes. The last scene of the ending made me laugh a lot it was simply perfect I rarely laughed that much in a last episode. Considering it's a 40 years old anime, I must say the females characters were pretty modern and badass for it's time.

But I must say it's an anime of it's time, it has a lot of free violence (underlings getting hit randomly, Chill (8-9 years old girl) getting hit pretty often by some crew members, Girls getting hit and slapped often etc. It is mostly used in a comedic way but it can be triggering.

Yu-gi-oh Zexal is my favorite from the franchise.

At first I wasen't appealed by the characters designs and ages, I didn't want a 13 years old as a main character in Yu-gi-oh, it felt awkward to me. I decided to give it a try and I was possitively surprised.
*Stroy: (8/10)
The introduction is kind of slow paced (You could honestly skip to the second arc at episode 26 and you could still catch the story) The anime get really interesting with the second arc, the main setting start to web itself and it continue to be linked until the end of the anime without being too ... repetitive.
Most duels are fun and complicated enough to feel hyped. Of course, you know it is somewhat predictable especially when it's Yuuya's duel but it's still interesting, XYZ monsters are a nice addition.
*Characters: (9/10)
Don't be fooled by the character's ages, they are suprinsingly very well developped and deep for a Yu-gi-oh serie.The personnalites of the characters are also varied. Beside Kotori, I must say i'v pretty much liked and enjoyed every characters. I don't want to spoil, but Vector is simply an amazing character, the complexity of his personnality is a delight.
*Art: (6/10)
The colors are very pretty and catchy, the futurism setting is dynamic.
The characters design is what bother me the most about this anime, the hairstyles are very weird, it seems like crystals grew on their heads. Some characters are supposed to be close to their 20s and they look like 13-14 years old, it kind of hurt my eyes and the body proportions are a mess.