The fifth and final season of ''

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 ...

'', loosely based on the manga by

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 ...

, aired in Japan on

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and broadcast under the ''Grand Championship'' (episodes 1–14) and ''Dawn of the Duel'' subtitles. The season 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 countries and territories, and was formerly distributed by

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on Region 1 home video, and also distributed by Warner Bros. Television Animation on US television when it aired on The WB, from the Kids' WB! Lineup, also in North America. It is now licensed and distributed by 4K Media, Inc. This arc is divided into two halves: the first fourteen episodes were aired while the final chapters of the manga were being written, with the main antagonist defeated. It follows an original story arc in-which Kaiba hosts a new tournament that is secretly being sabotaged by a skilled duelist named Zigfried, who uses his hacking skills in an attempt to enact revenge against Kaiba. ''Capsule Monsters'' was commissioned by 4Kids as an addendum to the first half. The rest of the season, the climax, features The Pharaoh battling Yami Bakura, while Yugi and his friends travel the memory world to discover the Pharaoh's real name. It aired after the time where the original manga series concluded.

Episode list

Excludes ''Capsule Monsters''. The season would be 52 episodes in length with an episode count of 236 if ''Capsule Monsters'' is to be included.

Notes

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