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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', known in Japan as and alternatively subtitled ''Rulers of the Duel'' in the United States and Canada, is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga series written by Kazuki Takahash ...

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Kazuki Takahashi , known professionally as , was a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the author of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1996 to 2004. The manga spawned a trading card game of the same name, which holds the Guinness ...

, premiered in Japan on April 10, 2001, and concluded on March 5, 2002, on

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. The season was directed by

Kunihisa Sugishima is a Japanese anime director. Career Sugishima started his career on Sunrise in the 1980s, having worked as the setting producer for ''Heavy Metal L-Gaim''s episodes 1 to 18, as well as the director and storyboarder for other episodes. Another m ...

, and written by Junki Takegami, Masashi Sogo, and Shin Yoshida. This season follows Yugi and Joey as they compete in Seto Kaiba's Battle City tournament, which was organized in an attempt to gather the three Egyptian God Cards. However, Marik Ishtar, and his loyal Rare Hunter servants, also enter the tournament as part of his plan to use the power of the God cards to take over the world. Between January 24 and December 28, 2004,

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released eleven DVD sets for the season under the title "Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle City Duels", containing episodes from the season. The complete season package was released on March 4, 2008. All DVDs were encoded in Region 1. The series was formerly licensed by

4Kids Entertainment 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (formerly known as Leisure Concepts, Inc. and later known as 4Licensing Corporation; stylized as 4K!DS ENTERTAINMENT) was an American licensing company. The company was previously also a film and television production ...

in North America and other English-speaking territories, and was formerly distributed by FUNimation Entertainment, Ltd. on North American home video and also formerly distributed by Warner Bros. Television Animation thru North American television rights, when it aired on Kids’ WB. It is now licensed and distributed by 4K Media.

Cast and characters

Japanese

Regular

* Hidehiro Kikuchi as

Hiroto Honda The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its myt ...

Hiroki Takahashi is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. His major roles include Eiji Kikumaru in ''The Prince of Tennis'', Tobias in ''Pokémon'', Kenji Harima in '' School Rumble'', Hisoka in '' Hunter × Hunter (1999)'', Katsuya Jonouchi in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! ...

Katsuya Jonouchi The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its Egy ...

Kenjiro Tsuda is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and film director. His talent agency is ANDSTIR. Early life Tsuda lived in Jakarta until he was seven years old. He attended Meiji University, where he majored in theater studies in the department of literatu ...

Seto Kaiba is a fictional character in the manga ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' by Kazuki Takahashi. As the majority shareholder and CEO of his own multi-national gaming company, Kaiba Corporation, Kaiba is reputed to be Japan's greatest gamer and aims to become the world's ...

* Maki Saitoh as

Anzu Mazaki The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its myt ...

Shunsuke Kazama is a Japanese actor and television personality. Career In 1997, when Kazama was in his second year of junior high school, he entered Johnny & Associates and started activities as a trainee. He made his debut on stage that same year in a Shon ...

as Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi

Recurring

* Haruhi Nanao as Mai Kujaku * Junkoh Takeuchi as

Mokuba Kaiba The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its myt ...

* Konta as Rashid Ishtar * Mika Sakenobe as Shizuka Kawai *

Rica Matsumoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who was born in Yokohama, Japan. Her name is also sometimes romanized as Rika Matsumoto. She was one of the founders of the anison band JAM Project. After early stage work, she began both voice ...

as Ryo Bakura/Yami Bakura * Ryou Naito as Ryuji Otogi *

Sumi Shimamoto , known professionally as , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator of film, anime and video games. She has voice acted in Hayao Miyazaki's movies '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', '' The Castle of Cagliostro'', '' My Neighbor ...

as Isis Ishtar *

Tadashi Miyazawa is a Japanese voice actor. He is from Nagano, Japan. He is part of the talent agency KeKKe. Notable voice roles Anime * Bakkyuu HIT! Crash Bedaman (Mysterious old man) * Beast Wars II: Chō Seimeitai Transformers (Autostinger, Coelagon) *Eyeshi ...

as Sugoroku Mutou * Tetsuya Iwanaga as Malik Ishtar

Guest stars

Daisuke Namikawa is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay Luck. He began acting as a child and is sometimes mistaken with Daisuke Hirakawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. Despite his wide range of roles, he usua ...

as Ryouta Kajiki *

Eiji Takemoto is a Japanese voice actor. His name is sometimes mistranslated and also sometimes credited as being . His nickname is Takepon. He works at Aoni Production, and enjoys watching Japanese found footage films. Filmography Anime series ;1990s *''Papu ...

as Takaido * Hajime Komada as Bandit Keith Howard *

Kouji Ishii ''Kouji'' (), which can be translated literally as "mouth skill" or "skill of mouth" is a Chinese vocal mimicry performance art which utilizes the human speech organs to mimic the sounds of everyday life. When this vocal mimicry is combined with v ...

as Mask of Darkness * Maiko Itou as Esper Roba *

Masami Suzuki is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Chigasaki. She is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. She is famous for voice acting roles such as Kaihime/Princess Kai from ''Samurai Warriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi'' series both fro ...

as Ghost Kotsuzuka * Norihisa Mori as Satake *

Sakura Nogawa is a Japanese voice actress and singer. In August 2013, she took a break from voice acting and singing due to poor health and returned a year later. In February 2017, she announced that she had already changed the agency of Office Anemone. Film ...

as Isis Ishtar (child) *

Urara Takano , known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Togane, Chiba. She is currently affiliated with and representative of REMAX. Her most prominent role has been in the ''Sakura Wars'' video game franchise, where s ...

Insector Haga The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its myt ...

* Yuu Mizushima as Mask of Light, Rare Hunter * Yuuichi Nakamura as Dinosaur Ryuzaki

English

Regular

Amy Birnbaum Amy Birnbaum (born April 14, 1975) is an American voice actress, who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment. Career She has done many voiceovers for cartoons, mainly dubbing for English versions of anime. Her works can be found in anime ...

as Téa Gardner * John Campbell as Tristan Taylor *

Wayne Grayson Vincent "Vinnie" Penna Jr., who has primarily performed using the stage name Wayne Grayson, is an American voice acting, voice actor and television director, director primarily known for his work at 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media ...

as Joseph "Joey" Wheeler * Dan Green as Yugi Muto and Yami Yugi/The Pharaoh *

Eric Stuart Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician who worked for 4Licensing Corporation, 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media. Among some of his prominent roles, he is best known for being the voice of Brock (Pokémon), Bro ...

as Seto Kaiba

Recurring

* Michael Alston Baley as Odion Ishtar *

Maddie Blaustein Madeleine Joan Blaustein (born Adam Blaustein, October 9, 1960 – December 11, 2008), also known as Kendra Bancroft, was an American voice actress and comic writer who was known for her voice acting work for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and ...

as Solomon Moto *

Megan Hollingshead Megan Hollingshead, also known as Karen Thompson or Kelli Kassidi is an American voice actress, best known for her roles as Nurse Joy in ''Pokémon'', Mai Valentine in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', Shizune in ''Naruto'', Caster in ''Fate/stay night'', Rangi ...

as Mai Valentine *

Tara Jayne Tara Sands is an American voice actress and co-host of Cartoon Network's ''Fridays'' from 2005 to 2007. Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the ''Pokémon'' anime series, Spyler in ''I Spy'', Kari Kamiya in ''Dig ...

as Mokuba Kaiba * Karen Neil as Ishizu Ishtar *

Lisa Ortiz Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in ''Slayers'' and Amy Rose in ''Sonic X''. She voiced the latter character in the mainline and spin-o ...

as Serenity Wheeler * Ted Lewis as Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura * J.T. Ross as Marik Ishtar * Marc Thompson as Duke Devlin

Supporting

* Amy Birnbaum as Bonz * Maddie Blaustein as Zygor * Matt Charles as Umbra * Ted Lewis as Bandit Keith *

Andrew Rannells Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical ''The Book of Mormon (musical), The Book of Mormon'', for which he was nominated for th ...

as Mako Tsunami *

Sam Regal Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel (born October 9, 1976) is an American voice actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Donatello in the 2003 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series and Phoenix Wright in the ''Ace Attorney'' games. He has also wor ...

as Rex Raptor and Arkana *

Kayzie Rogers Kayzie Rogers (also credited as Jamie Peacock) is a retired American voice actress. She is known for her work in anime, commercials, and video games and is known in voicing the characters in the ''Pokémon'' universe. Career Rogers has worked ...

as Ishizu Ishtar (younger) *

Sebastian Arcelus Sebastian Arcelus (born November 5, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his roles as List of House of Cards (American TV series) characters#Lucas Goodwin, Lucas Goodwin on the Netflix Thriller film, thriller series ''House of Cards (Amer ...

as Espa Roba * Eric Stuart as Sid *

Carter Cathcart James Carter Cathcart (born March 8, 1954), also known as Jimmy Zoppi, is an American retired voice actor, script adaptor, voice director, pianist and vocalist known for providing the English voice for James, Meowth and Professor Oak in the '' ...

as Lumis, Weevil Underwood

Episode list

DVD releases

References

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