Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga
Yu-Gi-Oh (Original Manga) :
The Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王, Yūgiō) manga ran from 1996 to March 8, 2004. It was created by Kazuki Takahashi, and was one of the most popular titles featured in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. The manga initially focuses on Yugi Mutou, as he uses games designed by Pegasus to fight various villains. Yugi also gets into misadventures with his friends Katsuya Jonouchi, Anzu Mazaki and Hiroto Honda. The plot starts out fairly episodic and includes only three instances of Magic and Wizards in the first seven volumes. In the eighth volume, the Duelist Kingdom arc starts, making the plot shift to a Duel Monsters-centered universe.
Yu-Gi-Oh R :
Yu-Gi-Oh R (遊☆戯☆王 R, Yūgiō Āru) is illustrated by Akira Ito, one of the artists who illustrated the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, and supervised by Takahashi. Yu-Gi-Oh! R is a spin-off of the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, with most of the same characters in a new plotline (which takes place between the Battle City story arc and the Millenium World story arc). The manga was first published in Shueisha's monthly magazine V-Jump on April 21, 2004.
Yu-Gi-Oh GX :
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u-Gi-Oh! GX (
遊☆戯☆王 GX, Yūgiō Jī Ekkusu) manga series is a manga adaptation of the
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX television series. The comic is illustrated by
Naoyuki Kageyama and differs from the anime, featuring new story-lines and monsters, as well as some personality changes in some of the characters.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's :
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (
遊☆戯☆王 5D's, Yūgiō Faibu Dīzu) manga began serialization in
V-Jump Monthly Magazine from August
2009. It is written by
Masahiro Hikokubo and
Satou Masashi and, like the
GX manga, features different story-lines and monsters.
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL :
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (
遊☆戯☆王ＺＥＸＡＬ, Yūgiō Zearu) manga began serialization in
V-Jump Monthly Magazine December 18,
2010, before its anime counterpart debuted. The beginning of the manga contains the same events as the anime, but the story starts to diverge in Rank 10, leading to a completely different story-line. The series is written by
Shin Yoshida, illustrated by
Naohito Miyoshi and published by
Shueisha. Kazuki Takahashi also supervises the series.
Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V :
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (
遊☆戯☆王ＡＲＣ－Ⅴ, Yūgiō Āku Faibu) manga began serialization in
V-Jump Monthly Magazine August 20,
2015. The series is written by
Shin Yoshida, illustrated by
Naohito Miyoshi and published by
Shueisha, while the Duels are written by
Masahiro Hikokubo and
Kazuki Takahashi supervises the series. Like the
GX and
5D's manga, the characters' personalities differ from the anime and the story-line and monsters are different.
