#Konami entertainment

[omercifulheaves]

Silent Hill: The Short Message (2024)

Art by Masahiro Ito

[omercifulheaves]

That art depicting the final boss fight as a ukiyo-e print. *cheff kiss*

Silent Hill 4 - Original Soundtracks

[acquired-stardust]

Top Gun Nintendo Entertainment System 1987

[n64retro]

Castlevania 64 KCEK / Konami Nintendo 64 1999

[pampersshrekayo11]

Yayy🥳 I finished the art of Raiden from mgs2

[pixelskylines]

Zen: Intergalactic Ninja (NES) (1993)

[posthumanwanderings]

[Jerma Streams - Lifeline (PS2)]

[mvfm-25]

" Rock solid! "

Gamer's Republic Magazine n02 - July, 1998.

[rad-hound]

So, fellas, how are we feeling about 4K, 1080p, 60fps Major Zero and Para-Medic?

[nintendroid]

Yu-Gi-Oh deluxe action figures commercial

Original commercial uploaded by JC The 90's & 2000's Kid

[namitomoon]

Honestly, I think the fact Yugioh isn't popular at all with kids in the West compared to Pokémon needs to be studied.

Most people would (rightfully) blame how overcomplicated the game became compared to the early DM/GX days with all the new meta. But I think part of the blame relies on the way Konami handled the anime too. Both the broadcasting and the core.

I read on the Wiki that Yugioh DM, GX and 5Ds were dubbed by 4Kids and broadcasted it on Saturday morning blocks. When cable and with it the Saturday morning cartoon blocks faded away, 4Kids Entertainment (and their succesor, 4K Media) were very slow in adapting to the new reality. They moved to Nicktoons, then Hulu and then for free on Pluto TV.

Compare this to Pokémon franchise which was pretty much taken away from 4Kids and handled much better by TPC, staying solidly on the same network and then switched to the much more massive and GLOBAL Netflix.

Yugioh has the dubious "honor" of being one of the few remaining anime that still gets localized and dubbed following the heavy censored 4Kids handbooks and I think I finally figured the reason: Konami (who directly handles the dubbing and localization of Yugioh through Konami Cross Media NY, which is basically the remnant of 4Kids) is DESPERATE to build a younger gen Z/Alpha audience on the West.

The average Yugioh player in the West is in their mid 20s who was hooked with the original DM and GX (and maybe also 5Ds). Konami is fine with it but they really wish their game was as popular among kids as the Pokémon TCG is. There's always the fear of the mature audience simply leaving the game because they have bigger responsibilites with work, families, etc. Heck, that's the biggest reason why they didn't bother bringing the physical Rush Duels cards.

Which is why they focus heavily on targetting their shows towards kids. They could perfectly make more loyal-to-the-original teenage/mature focused dubs and broadcast them on Adult Swim or Crunchyroll. But because of their desperation in building a new audience, they instead make kiddified dubs so SEVENS is shown on Disney XD of all places.

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Art by Masahiro Ito

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Aster Phoenix from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX shares a voice actor with Big the Cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog series (2003-2010; 2015).

Voiced by Oliver Wyman

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[n64retro]

Castlevania 64 (Konami, 1999)

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Memes I made recently