Yu-Gi-Oh! 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 plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, w ...

'' is a 1998 Japanese

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based on the

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of the same name written and illustrated by

Kazuki Takahashi , known professionally as , was a Japanese manga artist. He made his serial manga debut in 1986, and is best known as the author of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1996 to 2004. The manga spawned a popular trading car ...

. It was the first anime adaptation of the manga series and it was produced by

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and directed by

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. The series tells the story of

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, who after solving the ancient Millennium Puzzle, awakens a gambling alter-ego within his body that solves his conflicts using various games. This series loosely adapts the first 59 chapters of the manga while adding original events and characters not present in the manga. The series was broadcast on

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from April 4, 1998 to October 10, 1998 and was followed by a theatrical movie released on March 6, 1999. The opening theme is by

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while the ending theme is by

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