#duel masters anime

[goldstarknight]

Today I want to talk about Duel Masters. Specifically: The Duel Masters anime from the early 2000s.

For those who don't know: Duel Masters is kind of the little brother of Magic: The Gathering. It was also made by Hasbro and there is a lot of fascinating history between the games. You can listen to Maro talk about it here.

The thing about the anime is that it is a parody dub that gets more unhinged as it goes on. Feels like watching an abridged series on YouTube.

For some reason the official localization team was allowed to do a parody dub instead of a faithful adaptation that takes itself way too seriously for its own good. As a result the official version of the English Duel Masters dub (which was shown on childrens' TV programs in the early 2000s!) is closer to Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged than Yu-Gi-Oh! (which would be the most obvious comparison).

I mean it: they didn't just go for some light dialogue changes. No, they cut tedious, tropey dialogue, inserted pop-culture references, added some 4th-wall breaking jokes about common tropes in shows like this and sometimes even heavily edited the footage for comedic effect. There is a scene where they put a bad disco filter over the video and make a character sing karaoke. Seriously, I can't convey how weird this gets at times. The only thing separating it from an abridged series you'd find on YouTube in the 2010s is probably the lack of swearwords. And that's not really the kind of thing you'd miss anyway.

It gets even more unhinged in the final season. I assume they knew the English version wouldn't be continued since the TCG failed to catch on in the west, so they just went all out. There is a scene pretty late into the series where two characters are dueling and one of them summons a creature, but the wrong summoning animation plays. The characters then complain about the editor they hired on Craigslist. Again: this was meant for children's television. Not the internet.

A lot of jokes went way over my head as a child and I took it super seriously, but rewatching it with a friend last year had me howling with laughter at times. Maybe it's not your sense of humor, but if you like silly anime parodies, I urge you to check it out.

Also, if you speak German, I recommend you watch that version. The localization team did a great job of adapting the jokes and the voice actors really leaned into it. Can't speak for other European versions, but maybe there is something there too. :D

Here is a random assortment of my favourite characters to pay tribute and hopefully whet your appetite:

First we have best girl Mimi, Kokujo, an edgelord and Matrix-aficionado and Jimmy Three-Horns from Iowa.

Yumama, who had her name changed from Yu Fua just so the dub could make "yo momma" jokes and EXTREME BUCKETMAN.

Knight, one of the most pathetic mentor figures I have seen in all of anime (I love him for it) and Dr. Root with his weird crow-mouth (peak or rather "beak" character design).

And finally Tom & Stu (might be the same guy, depending on the localization).

Alright, got that off my chest. Hope this was interesting to you. :)

I usually stick to posting (pixel) art, but I really wanted to share this with the world.

[falcon94ssy]

(Video not available in my region)

Me:

[dengekiboys]

Duel Masters Win episode 17

[nickmedoroart]

Sorry for not posting much. It's because I haven't been drawing much lol So here's something just totally random. Yubel from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX! Yubel's hitting that "Dr. Phil hold this L" meme because my friend suggested I draw it lol

My friend groups hear about it a lot, and I guess I don't post much about it online, but I LOVE Yu-Gi-Oh. Been playing since the pandemic really, and recently Yubel got a whole wave of support making them fully playable, and it's all I've been playing.

Anyways I've been trying to get the groove back for drawing and hope to post more soon and if you ever wanna talk Yu-Gi-Oh, hit me up cause I just love this stupid card game.

[gabbyp09]

[zen-edit]

I feel like she would have this lmao

[miza-chan]

Nothing gets me cussing quite like a childrens card game does.

Chris: I taught Kaito how to duel

Miza: Kaito’s master

[babyb3lls]

Nobody:

Not a single soul:

Every competitive Yugioh player in existence:

[hyperfixation-oftheday]

✨Homemade meme. Fresh out of the over for you, dearies ✨

[spirit-elementmaster]

Putting it out there Chavez does adopt Kei at some point

Kei learning so much from him and gets so much support especially when everything around Kei seemingly falls apart

[rxl-realms]

New Background: RXL -(X)- Rockman The most EPIC Rockman X created by AI | Megaman X

[chillvibesandgoodenergy]

I put one card face down and another face down in defense mode.

Your turn.

[tunaweas]

Hi, this is my first post here. This is not the first drawing I've ever done, but the first I felt confident to share, it's a bird creature from Duel Masters card game (DueMa) called Cocco Lupia, made in a 3ds, and probably the resolution of the pic will look bad. I uploaded it also on my pixiv account (same username) and later I'll upload in ot other social media. Hope you like it!

El primer dibujo que confío en que esta bien hecho como para compartirlo, es Cocco Lupia de Duel Masters (DueMa) hecho en una 3ds.

[nickmedoroart]

Inktober Day 23:

The little furball from Yu-Gi-Oh! Its Kuriboh!

I'm obsessed with this card game btw so it's strange I don't draw more things from it...

[gabbyp09]

[kogameh]

REAPER UNDER THE MOONLIGHT

(cloak-less ver under the cut!)

I surprisingly got the pose down pretty fast despite struggling with it at first...only for it to get covered by the cloak so I had to make this ver lmao (you can see his pants shimmer better too!)