It almost single-handedly prevented all anime from coming to the West. This anime is the cause of all bad anime stereotypes to date and is the reason anime almost completely lost its popularity in the West. The absolute worst English-dubbed anime of all time. Japanese versions of this anime are very low in number, and 4Kids Entertainment has gone far out of their way to make sure it stays that way, knowing that should the original cut be openly available, their sales will drop to absolutely nothing. However, having the sole rights to the YGO franchise, 4Kids Entertainment has gotten away with murder in killing a story that rivaled even Death Note. Originally, cards were shown as they do in real life, situations were more realistic, and the story was more serious and dramatic. We're talking funds wasted on changing an entire line of printings of cards across the world, and video editing of the anime. On top of that, it led to editing that is not seen anywhere else in the world. There are no limits to the butchering of the voice acting. While making sure that over 90% of the voices were terrible, they also had to make a lot of them as racist as possible. Not only has this disgusting company changed many parts of the story, but it has thoroughly brought out some seriously racist and downright ugly voice acting. This English-dubbed anime is truly the definition of an abomination. On top of that, a lot of the humor and jokes are either lost, changed (dumbed-down), or omitted. While the premise of the story is still the same, the complexities and genius of the story are lost in translation. The rewriting was truly the hammering of the nail on the coffin. Most of the voices don't match the face anymore, and a lot of dialog has been rewritten. Next, you now have poorly-timed voice acting (seems to be a trend again) where it's obviously off the mark (whereas the original's dubbing was spot-on to the point where you couldn't tell it was animated for a different language). To start off, there were only three of the original voice actors in the entire series, two of which were one-episode characters. The result is not only a disaster, but an insult to the viewers, especially anyone who ever watched the original release. They felt that some viewers were too dumb to understand the story since it was originally translated almost word-for-word.They thought it needed to be a bit more family-friendly (dialogue-wise).However, upon the release of the Blu-ray, the studio decided that it was best to re-dub the series. While it has an extremely compelling story to draw you in, and plenty of comic relief to keep your attention, it was originally one of the very few anime that had perfect English dubbing. Another masterpiece turned to almost unbearable crap, this anime is one of the biggest to be allowed to hit America and even managed to get aired for two seasons.

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