Yu-Gi-Oh! (1999 film)

This article is about the movie based on the first series anime. For other movies, see: Movie.

Yu-Gi-Oh!
遊☆戯☆王
Genre	Adventure, Gaming
Movies
Produced by	Toei Animation
Release date	March 6, 1999
Runtime	30 mins

Yu-Gi-Oh! also known as Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: War of the Dragons is a film produced by Toei Animation, based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! first series anime.

Plot

A boy named Shougo Aoyama is too timid to duel, even after obtaining a powerful rare card, "Red-Eyes Black Dragon". Seto Kaiba also learns about Shougo's rare find and organizes a tournament, where attendance is mandatory for those who receive an invitation. Shougo and Yugi Muto are later chased down and roughed up by Kaiba's henchmen from KaibaCorp, with Kaiba's henchmen overpowering both of them and stealing Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. Now Yugi must enter Kaiba's tournament and show Shougo that one can have both the potential and the power to become a true Duelist.

Featured Duels

Yami Yugi/Yugi Muto vs. Seto Kaiba

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Curse of Dragon" in Attack Position.

Kaiba's turn

• Summons "Dark Zorla" in Defense Position.

Yugi's turn

• Equips "Curse of Dragon" with "Dragon Membrane", increasing its ATK by 300. ("Curse of Dragon": 2000 → 2300 ATK)
• "Curse of Dragon" attacks and destroys "Dark Zorla".

Kaiba's turn

• Summons "Battle Ox" in Attack Position. (Due to Bandai's Card Game rules, Yugi's "Curse of Dragon" is destroyed, as its ATK was higher than the DEF of Kaiba's "Dark Zorla")

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Gaia the Fierce Knight" in Attack Position.
• "Gaia the Fierce Knight" attacks and destroys "Battle Ox" (Kaiba: 2000 → 1400 LP)

Kaiba's turn

• Summons "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in Attack Position.
• "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" attacks and destroys "Gaia the Fierce Knight". (Yugi: 2000 → 1300 LP)

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Dark Magician" in Attack Position.
• Activates "Magical Hats" to cover up his monster.
• Sets a card, hiding it inside one of his "Magical Hats".

Kaiba's turn

• Attacks one of the Hats with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", but he has attacked Yugi's Trap Card, "Spellbinding Circle", which decreases the ATK of Kaiba's "Blue-Eyes" by 700. ("Blue-Eyes White Dragon's" ATK: 3000 → 2300).

Yugi's turn

• "Dark Magician" attacks and destroys "Blue-Eyes White Dragon". (Kaiba: 1400 → 1200 LP)

Kaiba's turn

• Summons another "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in Attack Position
• "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" attacks and destroys "Dark Magician". (Yugi: 1300 → 800 LP)

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Celtic Guardian" in Defense Position.

Kaiba's turn

• Activates "Monster Reborn" to revive his first "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
• Activates "Wicked Chain", combining the 2 "Blue-Eyes" on the field and the 1 in his hand, which summons "Blue-Eyes White Dragon's 3-Body Connection".
• Attacks "Celtic Guardian" with his 3 "Blue-Eyes".

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Beaver Warrior" in Defense Position.

Kaiba's turn

• Attacks "Beaver Warrior" with his 3 "Blue-Eyes".

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Summoned Skull" in Defense Position.

Kaiba's turn

• Attacks "Summoned Skull" with his 3 "Blue-Eyes".

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Feral Imp" in Defense Position.

Kaiba's turn

• Attacks "Feral Imp" with his 3 "Blue-Eyes".

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Meteor Dragon" in Defense Position.

Kaiba's turn

• Activates "Stop Defense" to force "Meteor Dragon" into Attack Position, but he cannot attack on the same turn he activated "Stop Defense".

Yugi's turn

• Summons "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" in Attack Position (Thanks to Shougo)
• Activates "Polymerization" to fuse "Meteor Dragon" with "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" to form "Meteor B. Dragon".
• "Meteor B. Dragon" attacks and destroys the 3 "Blue-Eyes".
• Yugi wins.

Featured Cards

Unnamed kid

Monsters

Normal Monsters

• Basic Insect
• Mushroom Man
• Skull Servant

Shougo

Monsters

Normal Monsters

• Kuriboh
• Red-Eyes B. Dragon
• Silver Fang

Jonouchi

Monsters

Normal Monsters

• Curse of Dragon
• Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1

Yugi

Monsters

Normal Monsters

• Beaver Warrior
• Celtic Guardian
• Curse of Dragon
• Dark Magician
• Feral Imp
• Gaia the Fierce Knight
• Hitotsu-Me Giant
• Megazowler
• Meteor Dragon
• Red-Eyes B. Dragon
• Summoned Skull

Fusion Deck

Fusion Monsters

• Meteor B. Dragon

Magic & Traps

Magic

• Dragon Membrane
• Magical Hats
• Polymerization

Traps

• Spellbinding Circle

Kaiba

Monsters

Normal Monsters

• Battle Ox
• Blue-Eyes White Dragon x3
• Blue-Eyes White Dragon's 3-Body Connection
• Dark Zorla

Magic & Traps

Magic

• Monster Reborn
• Stop Defense
• Wicked Chain

Trivia

• This movie is said to take place sometime after episode 3, but before the Death-T arc (starting in episode 21), as Kaiba only recalls his previous draw with Yugi.
• This marks the end of the Toei anime and the last appearance of Miho Nosaka.
• Character appearances appear closer to their second series counterparts than they did during the Toei series. Most notably, Seto Kaiba's general appearance is now very similar to his second series appearance, his green hair and gold/light brown eyes being replaced with brown hair and light blue eyes, and Dinosaur Ryuzaki makes an appearance as a contestant dueling against Kaiba, but only for a brief moment while leaving the tournament due to a loss but doesn't speak, Yugi Mutou/Dark Yugi's hair appearing much stiffer and straighter.
• The card game is now referred to as Duel Monsters (as it is in the second series) and the cards' backs take on a similar appearance to their second series counterparts.
• Anzu has a job now despite the school laws as established in episode 2.
• The duel system Kaiba and Yugi use during their duel made its debut during the Duelist Kingdom story arc in both the manga and the second series. The duel itself resembles the duel here in both monsters summoned and specific strategies. Blue-Eyes being summoned to destroy Gaia is identical to a turn in the duel of 1 of the second series and even has the same appearance from behind Yugi as it's being destroyed. The round with the Magical Hats is the same as in the duel of Episodes 9 and 10 of the second series.