
The popularity of the series led it to become a franchise that has spawned into several anime adaptations, movies, novels, trading card games, video games and retail items such as shirts. It was written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi.



As reported by Anime Filler List, around 30% of episodes in the Toei adaptation are filler while Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters has a slightly higher rating of 40%.

Like a lot of anime shows, they both have quite a few filler episodes that aren’t considered essential viewing. While the Toei Animation and Studio Gallop versions are separate adaptations, many Yu-Gi-Oh! viewers recommend watching them both. Related: Yu-Gi-Oh's Original Manga Wasn’t About Its Card Game At All The second, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters was helmed by Studio Gallop and ran for five seasons and 224 episodes in the early 2000s. The first was a 27-episode show produced by Toei Animation that’s referred to by the fandom as Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 and originally aired in 1998. The manga has also been adapted into an anime not once, but twice. Takashi’s Yu-Gi-Oh manga made its debut in 1996 and kick-started one of the most successful media franchises of all time – spawning movies, novels and a popular trading card game.
