Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yugi Mutou
遊☆戯☆王 (Yū Gi Ō)
Genre	Adventure[1] Science fantasy[1]
Manga
Written by	Kazuki Takahashi
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA: Shonen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	September 17, 1996 – March 8, 2004
Volumes	38 (List of volumes)
Novel
Written by	Katsuhiko Chiba
Illustrated by	Kazuki Takahashi
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump J-Books
Demographic	Male
Published	September 3, 1999
Anime television series
Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 TV series) Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2000–04)
Anime films
Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film) Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions
Other series
List of all Yu-Gi-Oh! series Yu-Gi-Oh! R
Other media
Video games Trading card game
Anime and manga portal

Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yū Gi Ō, lit. 'Game King') 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 manga follows Yugi Mutou, a young boy with an affinity for games, who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi becomes host to a gambling alter-ego or spirit who solves his conflicts with various games. As the manga progresses, the focus largely shifts to the card game Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), where opposing players "duel" one another in mock battles of fantasy monsters.

The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga and anime series; video games; and a real-world card game, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, based on the fictional Duel Monsters game. The manga was adapted into two anime series; the first, simply titled Yu-Gi-Oh! and produced by Toei Animation, aired from April to October 1998, while Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, produced by NAS and animated by Gallop, aired from April 2000 to September 2004. Yu-Gi-Oh! has since become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.