Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL
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Every episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - now available streaming.
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DUEL SCHOOL
Get Your Game on!
Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! GX from the very beginning.
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JAPANESE EPISODES
Rev it up!
Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's in the original Japanese audio and English subtitles.
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Netflix has just released season 1 of the classic anime Yu-Gi-Oh!, but fans are wondering what order to watch Yu-Gi-Oh! is.
Unfortunately, if you do any searching for ‘correct order to watch X anime’ on the internet, you quickly learn that there are a lot of different opinions from people a lot more knowledgeable about the show than you.
Netflix has just re-released the very first season of the classic series Yu-Gi-Oh! but as with any longstanding anime, online lists on the best order to watch canon material can get very complicated.
So, here is our answer to the question ‘what order to watch Yu-Gi-Oh!‘ , enjoy!
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
There are five seasons in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series that aired from 2000 – 2004.
The first season is called Duelist Kingdom (2000 – 2001)and consists of 40 episodes, although there are also two sub-seasons that follow this season, Legendary Heroes (5 episodes) and Dungeon Dice Monsters (4 episodes).
The second is called Rulers of the Duel (2001 – 2002) and consists of 48 episodes. The third season is split into two arcs, Noah’s Saga (2002) and Enter the Shadow Realm (2002 – 2003) which has 24 episodes and 22 episodes respectively.
Season 4 is titled Waking the Dragons (2003) and consists of 40 episodes. Finally, season 5 is a three-part instalment, KC Grand Championship (2003 – 2004) with 14 episodes and Dawn of the Duel (2004) with 21 episodes and lastly, The Final Duel (2004) which consists of 5 episodes.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
The Capsule Monsters (2006) series is thankfully a lot less complicated than the previous Duel Monsters arc, consisting of just 12 episodes.
However, in the English dub, this series sits between the previously described KC Grand Championship and Dawn of the Duel seasons.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, known in Japan as ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX’, is a spin-off and sequel to the original Duel Monsters series, consisting of four seasons.
Season 1 is called Seven Stars Saga (2004 – 2005) and consists of 52 episodes, followed by the Society of Light Saga (2005 – 2006) that also has 52 episodes. Season 3 is called Dimension World Saga (2006 – 2007) and features 51 episodes and finally, we have Darkness Saga (2007 – 2008) which has 24 episodes.
Important note: The finale of Dimension World Saga and the entire Darkness Saga seasons were not available in the US, so you may have an issue with finding dubbed/subbed versions.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s is the second spin-off series in the overall franchise and succeeds the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series, with five seasons.
The first season is Fortune Cup Duels (2008) and consists of 26 episodes, followed by Earthbound Immortals (2008 – 2009) with 37 episodes.
Season 3 is Road to Destiny (2009 – 2010) and consisted of 27 episodes, with season 4, World Racing Grand Prix (2010) featuring 41 episodes. Lastly, season 5 was titled Fight for the Future (2010 – 2011) which has 19 episodes.
Important note: Large parts of the last two seasons were never dubbed, as was the following ‘Stardust VS Red Demons’ special.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
Finally, we have the Zexal series. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal I (usually just called Zexal) is called Number Hunter (2011) and has 25 episodes. The second is World Duel Carnival (2011 – 2012) with 24 episodes, followed by World Duel Carnival Finals (2012), which also has 24 episodes.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II also has three seasons, Barian Invasion (2012 – 2013) has 25 episodes, Mythrian Number War (2013) also consists of 25 episodes, but the final season Barian Emperor Onslaught (2013 – 2014) only has 23.
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Important note: There are other canon Yu-Gi-Oh content, such as the original 1998 and the Arc-V series, but these can be watched at any time.
Unfortunately, there is no platform that offers all of these series, but you can find some of them across Amazon, Crunchyroll, Netflix and Funimation.
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