Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)

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{{Infobox/Animanga/Start
| title           = Yu-Gi-Oh!
| english         = Yu-Gi-Oh!
| kanji           = 遊☆戯☆王
| romaji          = Yūgiō
| image name      = Yu-Gi-OhMangaLogo.gif
| image caption   = English version logo
}}
{{Infobox/Animanga/Manga
| author          = Kazuki Takahashi
| publisher       = {{flag|Japan}} Shueisha
| publisher other = 
* {{flag|Indonesia}} Elex Media Komputindo
* {{flag|Finland}} Sangatsu Manga
* {{flag|Canada}} {{flag|United States}} [[Viz Media]]
* {{flag|United Kingdom}} Gollancz Manga
* {{flag|Denmark}} Carlsen Manga
* {{flag|France}} {{flag|Netherlands}} Kana
* {{flag|Germany}} Carlsen Verlag
* {{flag|Italy}} Panini Comics
* {{flag|Norway}} {{flag|Sweden}} Schibsted Forlagene
* {{flag|Spain}} Planeta DeAgostini
* {{flag|Republic of China}} Tong Li Comics
* {{flag|Brazil}} Editora JBC
* {{flag|Malaysia}} Comics House
* {{flag|Vietnam}} Kim Đồng Publishing House
* {{flag|South Korea}} Daewon C.I.
| serialized      = 
* {{flag|Japan}} [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
* {{flag|Canada}} {{flag|United States}} [[Shonen Jump]]
* {{flag|Germany}} [[Banzai!]]
* {{flag|Norway}} Shonen Jump
* {{flag|Sweden}} [[Shonen Jump (Swedish)|Shonen Jump]]
* {{flag|Malaysia}} Comics House
* {{flag|South Korea}} Daewon C.I.
| first run       = September 14, 1996<!-- release date -->
| last run        = March 8, 2004<!-- release date -->
| num of volumes  = 
* 38 (original)
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (subseries)|7]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|24]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World|7]] (English division)
* 22 ([[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban)|bunkoban]])
* 13 ([[Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 edition)|3-in-1 edition]])
}}
{{Infobox/Animanga/End}}

'''''Yu-Gi-Oh!''''' is a manga series about games by [[Kazuki Takahashi]], which the entire ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' franchise originated from.

It was serialized in Shueisha's ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from September 14, 1996 to March 8, 2004. 343 chapters were published. These were reprinted in 38 volumes in the tankoban and 22 in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban)|bunkoban]].

The story was initially episodic, with a few exceptions. It focused on the adventures of [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]], who would unknowingly become possessed by [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] and defeat bullies and evildoers in dangerous [[Shadow Game (manga)|Shadow Games]]. The story later focuses more on the card game ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'' as a plot device in two tournament arcs and stories spanning over many more chapters. In the final arc, Dark Yugi relives his past life as a Pharaoh through a role-playing game, the [[Shadow RPG]].

The English version is subdivided into three series; ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (subseries)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World]]''. A number of minor changes are made, but significantly less than in other English adaptations of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' media.

''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' is one of the [[wikipedia:List of best-selling manga#Between 30 million and 49 million copies|best-selling manga series]] of all time, with a total estimated circulation of approximately [[wikipedia:Weekly Shōnen Jump#Manga series|1.38 billion copies]] in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', and selling an estimated 40 million volumes.<ref name=zenkan>{{cite web | url=http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html | script-title=ja:歴代発行部数ランキング | publisher=Manga Zenkan | language=ja | access-date=November 9, 2014 |  archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029182642/http://www.mangazenkan.com/ranking/books-circulation.html | archive-date=October 29, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Characters==
{{See also|Portal:Yu-Gi-Oh! manga characters}}

In the tankoban, the following are credited as main characters. The "Count" column indicates the number of volumes where they were classed as a main character. The first volume of the tankoban does not contain a main characters section.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Count
|-
| [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]]
| 37
|-
| [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]]
| 37
|-
| [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Katsuya Jonouchi]]
| 37
|-
| [[Hiroto Honda (manga)|Hiroto Honda]]
| 37
|-
| [[Anzu Mazaki (manga)|Anzu Mazaki]]
| 37
|-
| [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]]
| 19
|-
| [[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku Mutou]]
| 19
|-
| [[Ishizu Ishtar (manga)|Ishizu Ishtar]]
| 14
|-
| [[Marik Ishtar (manga)|Marik Ishtar]] and [[Dark Marik (manga)|Dark Marik]]
| 13
|-
| [[Ryo Bakura (manga)|Ryo Bakura]] and [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]]
| 12
|-
| [[Maximillion J. Pegasus (manga)|Maximillion J. Pegasus]]
| 8
|-
| [[Akhenaden (manga)|Akhenaden]]
| 6
|-
| [[Mai Kujaku (manga)|Mai Kujaku]]
| 6
|-
| [[Seto (manga)|Seto]]
| 6
|-
| [[Bakura, King of Thieves (manga)|Bakura, King of Thieves]]
| 5
|-
| [[Isis (manga)|Isis]]
| 5
|-
| [[Kalim (manga)|Kalim]]
| 5
|-
| [[Mahado (manga)|Mahado]]
| 5
|-
| [[Shada (manga)|Shada]]
| 5
|-
| [[Bobasa]]
| 4
|-
| [[Shadi Shin|Shadi]]
| 3
|-
| [[Siamun Muran (manga)|Siamun Muran]]
| 3
|-
| [[Mokuba Kaiba (manga)|Mokuba Kaiba]]
| 2
|-
| [[Zorc Necrophades]]
| 2
|-
| [[Ryuji Otogi (manga)|Ryuji Otogi]]
| 2
|}

==Arcs==
The series contains 343 chapters. Depending on the source, these chapters may be organized into six, seven, or nine arcs. There is also a special two-part chapter, "[[TRANSCEND GAME]]".

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="row" | Source →
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | ''Bunkoban'' / ''Duel Art''
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | ''Millennium Book''
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Shueisha Jump Remix
|-
! scope="col" | Chapters ↓
|-
| 1–25    || School || [[School (arc)|School]] || rowspan="2" | School
|-
| 26      || rowspan="2" | Death-T || rowspan="2" | [[Death-T (arc)|Death-T]]
|-
| 27–40   || Death-T
|-
| 41–59   || Monster World || [[Monster World (arc)|Monster World]] || Monster World
|-
| 60–133  || Duelist Kingdom || [[Duelist Kingdom (manga arc)|Duelist Kingdom]] || Duelist Kingdom
|-
| 134–145 || Dungeon Dice Monsters || [[Dungeon Dice Monsters (manga arc)|Dungeon Dice Monsters]] || rowspan="3" | Battle City
|-
| 146–201 || rowspan="2" | Battle City || [[Battle City (manga arc)|Battle City]]
|-
| 202–278 || [[Tournament Finals]]
|-
| 279–336 || rowspan="2" | King's Memories || [[King's Memories]] || rowspan="2" | King's Memories
|-
| 337–343 || [[Rite of the Duel (arc)|Rite of the Duel]]
|}

===School===
{{main|School (arc)}}
[[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]] solves the [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]], causing him to share his body with the spirit [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]], initially without Yugi's knowledge. When Yugi and his friends are faced with bullies and evildoers, Dark Yugi will often take control and challenge the offenders to [[Shadow Game (manga)|Shadow Games]]. Significant opponents include [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]], who becomes a rival of Dark Yugi and [[Shadi Shin|Shadi]], who sets up the [[Trial of the Mind]] Shadow Game to test if Yugi is worthy of the Millennium Puzzle.

===Death-T===
{{main|Death-T (arc)}}
Seto Kaiba sets up the [[Death-T]] theme park to try and kill the Yugis in vengeance for an earlier defeat. It is during Death-T, that Yugi becomes fully aware of Dark Yugi's existence.

===Monster World===
{{main|Monster World (arc)}}
Dark Yugi faces more villains, in a similar format to the School arc. The final opponent, being [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]], who possess the body of Yugi's friend [[Ryo Bakura (manga)|Ryo Bakura]] through the [[Millennium Ring (manga)|Millennium Ring]] and faces Dark Yugi in a tabletop role-playing game, ''[[Monster World]]'', where the souls of Yugi and his friends are trapped in the characters Dark Yugi uses.

===Duelist Kingdom===
{{main|Duelist Kingdom (manga arc)}}
Yugi is forced to take part in the [[Duelist Kingdom]] tournament, hosted by [[Maximillion J. Pegasus (manga)|Maximillion J. Pegasus]], the creator of ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]'' and owner of the [[Millennium Eye (manga)|Millennium Eye]]. [[Katsuya Jonouchi (manga)|Katsuya Jonouchi]] also takes part to win the prize money to save his sister, [[Shizuka Kawai (manga)|Shizuka Kawai]] from going blind.

===Dungeon Dice Monsters===
{{main|Dungeon Dice Monsters (manga arc)}}
[[Ryuji Otogi (manga)|Ryuji Otogi]], the creator of ''[[Dungeon Dice Monsters]]'' transfers to Yugi's school. His father, [[Mr. Clown]], had previously lost a game to Yugi's grandfather, Sugoroku. In revenge, he forces Yugi into a game of ''Dungeon Dice Monsters'' with Ryuji, with ownership of the Millennium Puzzle on the line.

===Battle City===
{{main|Battle City (manga arc)}}
Seto Kaiba hosts the [[Battle City]] tournament to try and acquire the three [[Egyptian God|God cards]]. Dark Yugi takes part as a step towards regaining his lost memories from when he was a pharaoh. The Yugis are opposed by [[Marik Ishtar (manga)|Marik Ishtar]], a [[Tomb Keeper|Tomb Guardian]], who blames the pharaoh for the tragedy his family had to endure.

===Tournament Finals===
{{main|Tournament Finals}}
The final stages of the Battle City tournament take place in the [[Kaiba Craft 3|Battle Ship]] and [[KaibaCorp Island Duel Tower|Duel Tower]]. The psychotic [[Dark Marik (manga)|Dark Marik]] takes control of Marik's body.

===King's Memories===
{{main|King's Memories}}
Dark Yugi's quest to regain his memories is turned into [[Shadow RPG|a role-play game]], by [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]], set in the [[World of Memories]], where he relives his past life, including the battle with [[Zorc Necrophades]].

===Rite of the Duel===
{{main|Rite of the Duel (arc)}}
Yugi and Dark Yugi, now aware of his real name, "Atem", face each other in [[Rite of the Duel|a Duel]] to determine if Atem is ready to pass on to the afterlife.

===TRANSCEND GAME===
{{main|TRANSCEND GAME}}
A special two-part chapter serving as a prelude to the film ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''. It shows Kaiba attempting to make contact with Atem.

==Formats==
===Magazine serialization===
{{See also|List of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' issues}}

The manga was first serialized in 343 chapters in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' in Japanese, between September 1996 and March 2004, with two special chapters, "[[TRANSCEND GAME]]", released in April 2016.

In English, ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' serialized the manga between 2002 and 2007, but skipped the chapters in the ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]''-centered arcs. It printed chapters 1 to 59 under the title ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (subseries)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' and chapters 279 to 343 under the title ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World]]'', with numbering reset to 1 to 65. The [[Weekly Shonen Jump (English)|English ''Weekly Shonen Jump'']] published the "TRANSCEND GAME" special chapters in December 2016 and January 2017.

The manga has been serialized in magazines in other languages including German in ''[[Banzai!]]'' and Swedish in the [[Shonen Jump (Swedish)|Swedish ''Shonen Jump'']].

===''Tankōbon''===
[[File:Yu-Gi-Oh! tankobon complete.png|thumb|right|300px|The manga in 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes]]
The manga was printed in 38 paperback books in Japanese, between March 1997 and June 2004. Some changes were made from when the manga was printed in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', such as overlay text and logos being removed from title pages and color pages switched to black-and-white. Each volume contained a foreword with comments from [[Kazuki Takahashi]]. [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Volume 031|Volume 31]] of the Japanese ''tankōbon'' came with a [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 31 promotional card|promotional card]].

The French translation of the ''tankōbon'' was published by [[Kana]] between January 1999 and December 2005.

The English translation of the ''tankōbon'' was published between March 2003 and February 2008. It was split into three series; ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (volumes 1 to 7), ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]'' (volumes 8 to 31, renumbered to 1 to 24) and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World'' (volumes 25 to 38, renumbered as 1 to 7). Additionally, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 060|Duel 060]], renumbered as Duel 001 of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist'', was moved from the end of volume 7 to the beginning of ''Duelist'' volume 1. Some changes were made from when the magazine was printed in ''Shonen Jump'', including changing the name of ''Magic & Wizards'' to ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]''. Volumes featuring the ''Duel Monsters'' game included a "Master of the Cards" section which detailed cards that appeared in the volume. Two volumes of the English ''tankōbon'' came with promotional cards.

The Italian translation was published between October 2003 and July 2011. It split each of the first 6 volumes into two separate volumes, but did not split the other 32, making for a total of 44 volumes.

The Vietnamese translation of the ''tankōbon'' was published between September 2016 and May 2018.

The manga has also been released in ''tankōbon'' format in other languages, including German, Portuguese and Thai.

===Double edition===
The French version of the manga released a double edition, where each volume contained two of the ''tankōbon'' volumes, making a total of 19 volumes.

===Box set===
The French version of the manga released box sets, where each box contained four ''tankōbon'' volumes.

===''Bunkoban''===
{{Main|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (bunkoban)}}

[[File:Yu-Gi-Oh! bunkoban complete.png|thumb|right|400px|The manga in 22 ''bunkoban'' volumes]]
The Japanese series has been reprinted in ''bunkoban'' format, where the 343 chapters have been released in 22 volumes. Each volume contains an afterword by Kazuki Takahashi, a ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' character version of a Tarot card from the Major Arcana and an explanation of the included Tarot cards.

A number of changes were made including correcting errors, censorship, adding scenes and adjusting early dialogue and scenes to better match later chapters in the series.

The ''bunkoban'' edition has also been made available in digital format, in both black-and-white and full-color.

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===3-in-1 edition===
{{Main|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (3-in-1 edition)}}

The English series has been reprinted in a 3-in-1 format, with each volume collecting 3 volumes each of the original run. Since the ''tankōbon'' had 38 volumes, the 3-in-1 had 13 volumes, releasing the final one as a "2-in-1".

The magazine and ''tankōban'' printings of the English manga had previously split the series into three subseries—''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World''—with numbering resetting to 1 at the beginning of each subseries. While the 3-in-1 edition maintains the subtitles "Duelist" and "Millennium World", it does not reset the numbering. Each chapter has the same number as it did in its Japanese printing.

===Shueisha Jump Remix===
[[File:Yu-Gi-Oh! SJR complete.png|thumb|right|400px|The 13 Shueisha Jump Remix volumes]]
The Japanese manga was reprinted in 13 volumes, beginning April 2016, as a Shueisha Jump Remix. They were printed on lower quality paper, allowing them to be sold cheaply. Volumes varies in length and are priced proportionately.

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==Adaptations==
In the English translation, some changes that are made include:
* A few names are changed; some to suit the English card game or English anime and some due to censorship.
* Some cards have their real life ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game]]'' effect printed on them, rather than a translation of their Japanese manga effect.
* [[Mokuba Kaiba (manga)|Mokuba Kaiba]] sometimes calls his brother [[Seto Kaiba (manga)|Seto Kaiba]], by his surname.
* The ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist'' tankōbon features a "Master of the Cards" section at the end of most volumes. This includes a cross-referencing of English and Japanese names for cards appearing in the volume. It also mentions the first page that the card appears on and states if the card does not exist in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game]]''. This section, does however contain a few errors.
* A scene where Jonouchi sticks his middle finger up at Keith is edited to show Jonouchi holding up his fist.
* Profanity is lessened or removed (including sparse instances of Keith using English profanity in the original Japanese version).

==Staff==
{| class="wikitable" summary="staff"
|-
! Name
! Role
|-
| [[Kazuki Takahashi]]
| Story and art
|-
| Elizabeth Kawasaki
| Managing editor
|-
| Noboru Watanabe
| Director of production
|-
| Alvin Lu
| Vice president of publishing
|-
| Yumi Hoashi
| Vice president, Vice president of strategic development and editor in chief
|-
| Rika Inouye
| Senior director of licensing and acquisitions
|-
| Liza Coppola
| Vice president of sales and marketing
|-
| Joe Morici
| Vice president of sales
|-
| Hyoe Narita
| Publisher, executive vice president, editor in chief
|-
| Seiji Horibuchi
| Publisher
|-
| Anita Sengupta
| Translation and English adaptation
|-
| Joe Yamazaki
| Translation and English adaptation
|-
| Kelle Han
| Touch-up art and lettering
|-
| Izumi Evers
| Initial cover design
|-
| Sean Lee
| Final cover design, graphics and layout
|-
| Jason Thompson
| Senior editor
|-
| Sue Michenwicz
| UK cover adaptation
|}

==Volume listings==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! volume listing|Tankōbon]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (bunkoban) volume listing|Bunkoban]]''
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (3-in-1 edition)|3-in-1 edition]]

==Chapter listing==
{{main|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' chapter listing}}

==References==
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==External links==
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