The world of Duel Masters is one of five great civilizations. Through a card game, duelists can bring these worlds into existence, making what was previously abstract into reality. These skilled duelists are known as Kaijudo masters.
Shobu Kirifuda is the best player at his local playground, and seeks to become a world-class master like his father. His first step on the road to conquest begins with winning a local tournament. Rather, it should have, except he is destroyed by the best Kaijudo master in the world, Knight. Shobu loses, but upon remembering the words of wisdom his father instilled into him, decides to continue on the road of becoming a duelist who can enjoy the game for what it is. And so begins his journey to victory－and as we all know, the journey is the most important part!
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trzr23
[ PROs and CONs REVIEW ] PROS: +If you’re aged 12 or below, then you might actually like this anime. +If you prefer Cartoon Network and Disney type cartoons over actual anime, then this is a real treat. The 3D creature animations are cool. +The actual Duel Masters Trading Card Game isn’t half bad. I bought a few packs and played it with my friends around 7 years back. It’s pretty entertaining if you understand the concept.+Dubbing is, to an extent, well done in English. No idea about the JAP version.
+The comedy is at a passable level and you find yourself laughing with AND at the show.
+And of course, if you’re already a fan of the Duel Masters TDC, then you can’t go wrong with this anime.
CONS:
-If you like Yu-Gi-Oh, then you’re going to absolutely LOATHE this anime, because Duel Masters is, at the end of the day, a Yu-Gi-Oh rip off.
-The animation is dreadful. Normal movements are terribly done and the character design is a disaster.
- The OP and ED are just plain weird. The lyrics of the OP:
Who’s that kid with the spiky hair? SHOBU!
Flaming hand up in the air…SHOBU!
Creatures battle in the zone…SHOBU!
Win& take the trophy home…SHOBU!
Duel with your cards… (Fire)
Play from your heart… (Water)
DUELMASTERS X 4
THE BATTLEZONE
-Once you’re done o_Oing at the lyrics, you will realize what sort of anime you are dealing with. The background score is not impressive either.
-As if the Duel Masters game weren’t hard enough to understand already, the animation studio further confuses the viewer by having matches that contradict the basic rules of the game. For example, a guy can have only five shields, but in the duel that happens in the 2nd episode, a guy gets five extra shields out of nowhere. And no explanation is provided. The way they contradict themselves is epic.
-Hearing “Ikke, Bolshack Dragon!” over and over again is just as annoying as “Team Rocket’s blasting off again!”(Pokemon. Duh?)
-Character development? What’s that?
-You know what, I can’t take it anymore. I’m ending this review right here.
This anime FAILs.
The Bottom-Line:
Unless you love the Trading Card Game (which I doubt you have even heard of), please do not go anywhere near this anime. If you want to watch a card battle game which doesn’t attempt to promote the game cheaply, then stay safe and go for Yu-Gi-Oh.
prepare4trouble
Who's the kid with the spiky hair? (This review is based off the English dub.) Duel Masters is a card game based show that aired on Cartoon Network 2004-2006, at the tail end of the original Yu-Gi-Oh's airing. Yu-Gi-Oh's popularity certainly influenced it being dubbed, but how good a show is it on its own? Even having no interest in card game anime at the time, I ended up watching this as it was airing. The nostalgic cast was what originally caught my ear. There were a lot of familiar and talented VAs who seemed to have fun and do a great job here. But I stayed forthe dub script. Was it a parody? Sort of, depending on how you define parody. This dub still followed the plot and advertised the card game per the original design. Those in charge of the English adaptation perhaps had similar thoughts to who dubbed "Ghost Stories", the dub of which was also released around the same time, that not taking the dub seriously could spice up an otherwise bland show.
So they added a lot of humor. Though I haven't seen the original, it's apparent much of it was dub rewrites. Characters regularly break the fourth wall, hang lampshades on anime tropes, engage in unneeded monologues, poke fun at character designs, make pop culture references, and have various other humorous quips and exchanges. Overall, it was pretty amusing, and I kept watching. I was even convinced to check out the card game.
However, it became dated pretty soon. Why? In July 2006, the month after the English version ended, LittleKuriboh started posting Yu-Gi-Oh abridged to YouTube. Not only was YGO abridged free and instantly available to anyone with an internet connection, but it had edgier humor and could cut large portions of the long card game sequences. For anyone who wanted card game anime humor, that was where to get it. Even though I liked Duel Masters, watching it after YGO abridged, it dragged. I quickly forgot it, probably along with many others.
Now more than a decade later, Duel Masters has also been made available streaming, so I decided to watch it again. I can recognize the same as I did at the time, it's a fairly generic card game anime that doesn't say much or develop its characters much. But it's still fun. The dub specifically is funny, laugh out loud funny at times, and it's also fun to watch Shobu run around and play his card game. It's a light, humorous show, slower paced than anything "abridged" but faster paced than other card game anime. It's relatively short and worth checking out if one likes card game anime and/or silly dubs.
Though this rec is regarding this 26-episode dub in particular, not the franchise as a whole. The various anime sequels I haven't seen, and seem impossible to find even to anyone who might want to watch them. The English version after episode 26 is an English language original that seems to lose something as it completely changes the voice cast and tries to write its own story instead of having fun with existing material. Luckily, this show can stand alone.
LegionIscariot
Duel Masters was a show with soooo much potential. Its the Magic The Gathering version of Yu-Gi-Oh. The plot is interesting. The main characters are likeable. The duels are fun to watch. The monsters look cool. The card game itself is actually well made and fun to play. However the anime feels cheaply made in some areas. Especially the audio quality. Sometimes you can barely hear what some people are saying. The animation is not great. Sometimes straight up terrible.I think whether or not you'd like this anime is dependent on whether or not you find the duel masters card game interesting.
Despite the flaws its a show i really liked and wanted to succeed.
