Yu-Gi-Oh!
Cover of the first volume as published by Shueisha, featuring Yugi Mutou.
遊☆戯☆王 (Yū-Gi-Ō!)
Genre	Adventure[1] Fantasy[1] Science fiction[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 30, 1996 – March 8, 2004
Volumes	38 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kakudō
Written by	Toshiki Inoue
Music by	BMF
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	April 4, 1998 – October 10, 1998
Episodes	27 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Directed by	Junji Shimizu
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Music by	BMF
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	March 6, 1999
Runtime	30 minutes
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! Duel Monsters
Films
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions
Spin-offs
Yu-Gi-Oh! R Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens
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Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王, Hepburn: Yū-Gi-Ō!, lit. "King of Games") is a Japanese manga series about gaming 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, who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle. Yugi awakens a gambling alter-ego within his body that solves his conflicts using various games.

Two anime adaptations were produced; one by Toei Animation, which aired from April to October 1998,^[2] and another produced by NAS and animated by Studio Gallop titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, which aired between April 2000 and September 2004. The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga and anime series, a trading card game, and numerous video games. Most of the incarnations of the franchise involve the fictional trading card game known as Duel Monsters, where each player uses cards to "duel" each other in a mock battle of fantasy "monsters". This forms the basis for the real life Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. Yu-Gi-Oh has become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.