Yu-Gi-Oh! and the soulless Animemarketing

Tori-Yama · March 14th, 2003

I wonder about the new Anime (in germany just released) Yu-Gi-Oh! And I'm sad. I'm Anime-fan since my very few years and this soulless We-want-your-money-strategy that the Animebusiness exhibit makes me angry. You can say that the first Anime (PokeMon) with this Card-Trading-Games-Theme was sort of fun, and you can say that Digimon was good designed and had some cool characters. BUT Yu-Gi-Oh! is just a collection of some stereotyp characters, unlogical battles and "I know what yet comes" -situations. If this money they take with this crap would be used to make some very good animes, I would not been so angry at all. I will keep looking Yu-Gi-Oh! but just because I need Animes like bread and water to live. One posetiv thing I have to say about this is that every Anime in this genre looks different. But thats all.

Greetz

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**Ryos** · March 14th, 2003

Um...all anime is like that to a certain extent, not just stupid card/monster raising shows. You just don't see it as much elsewhere because a lot of the other games haven't been released in other places or released much later to take advantage of popularity (read: DBZ).

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PhoenixFire · March 14th, 2003

DBZ IMHO is nothing like the pitiful excuse for an Anime that YGH is. At least Dragon Ball has something resembling a solid storyline, and a more unique battle system whereas all i've seen from Yugi is some of the most stupid, insideously pathetic monsters pop of some even lamer playing cards:eek: and some (if not more so)equally lame character development...

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Tori-Yama · March 14th, 2003

You have to differ between a following line of animes with a top selling conzept (like pokemon and digimon and other) and a series who was written by A.Toriyama because he had a dream, and he lived for his dream! He worked 10 years long on DBZ! He does what he does because he love his work, not because of the money. And BTW: After the battle with Cell, he wanted to quit the series but the fans and the publisher forced him. THATS a big difference!Uhm ...Sorry, I lost myself :embl:

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Last edited by Toriyama; March 14th, 2003 at 20:56..

**Ryos** · March 14th, 2003

If you want to get right down to it, DBZ is actually in the same vein of marketing strategy. When it even has a card game, that says a lot about the goal of the series...

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Sanity is overrated.

Tori-Yama · March 14th, 2003

The MARKETING stretegy that take the publishers may be the same, but the intention of the series is completly different.

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**DarkAurora** · March 14th, 2003

The show DOES get better, trust me. I didn't really like Yu-Gi-Oh at first but there is a pretty good storyline to it later on if you keep watching.

Tori-Yama · March 14th, 2003

I will keep watching, but you can't deny that this series was just published to make money, and thats make me angry, at the end, sure, every series is published to make money, but just moneymaking makes me angry, this is so just soulless and has nothing to do with the original japanese charm, and heart ...hope somebody know what I mean

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March 14th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Tori-Yama Jyushi Bismark Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,561	Yu-Gi-Oh! and the soulless Animemarketing I wonder about the new Anime (in germany just released) Yu-Gi-Oh! And I'm sad. I'm Anime-fan since my very few years and this soulless We-want-your-money-strategy that the Animebusiness exhibit makes me angry. You can say that the first Anime (PokeMon) with this Card-Trading-Games-Theme was sort of fun, and you can say that Digimon was good designed and had some cool characters. BUT Yu-Gi-Oh! is just a collection of some stereotyp characters, unlogical battles and "I know what yet comes" -situations. If this money they take with this crap would be used to make some very good animes, I would not been so angry at all. I will keep looking Yu-Gi-Oh! but just because I need Animes like bread and water to live. One posetiv thing I have to say about this is that every Anime in this genre looks different. But thats all. Greetz __________________

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March 14th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Ryos Bearsona Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,307	Um...all anime is like that to a certain extent, not just stupid card/monster raising shows. You just don't see it as much elsewhere because a lot of the other games haven't been released in other places or released much later to take advantage of popularity (read: DBZ). __________________ Sanity is overrated.

March 14th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
PhoenixFire 2-3d Graphic artist@large Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The ungodly cold state of New York Posts: 118	DBZ IMHO is nothing like the pitiful excuse for an Anime that YGH is. At least Dragon Ball has something resembling a solid storyline, and a more unique battle system whereas all i've seen from Yugi is some of the most stupid, insideously pathetic monsters pop of some even lamer playing cards:eek: and some (if not more so)equally lame character development... __________________ Some would ask how could a perfect God create a universe with so much that is evil. They have missed a greater conundrum. Why would a perfect God create a universe at all? PF's Comp (100% home built, none o' that idiot box schtuff) 1 ghz AMD Duron w\Morgan Core \| Asus A7v 133 Mainboard \| 384MB PC133 memory (adding another 512 stick soon) \| Geforce 3 ti200 \| SB live! Value sound Card \| 10 GB Fujistu \| Creative CD-RW blaster 8x4x32 \| 16x Sony DVD drive

March 14th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Tori-Yama Jyushi Bismark Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,561	You have to differ between a following line of animes with a top selling conzept (like pokemon and digimon and other) and a series who was written by A.Toriyama because he had a dream, and he lived for his dream! He worked 10 years long on DBZ! He does what he does because he love his work, not because of the money. And BTW: After the battle with Cell, he wanted to quit the series but the fans and the publisher forced him. THATS a big difference!Uhm ...Sorry, I lost myself :embl: __________________ Last edited by Toriyama; March 14th, 2003 at 20:56..

March 14th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Ryos Bearsona Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,307	If you want to get right down to it, DBZ is actually in the same vein of marketing strategy. When it even has a card game, that says a lot about the goal of the series... __________________ Sanity is overrated.

March 14th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Tori-Yama Jyushi Bismark Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,561	The MARKETING stretegy that take the publishers may be the same, but the intention of the series is completly different. __________________

March 14th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,741	The show DOES get better, trust me. I didn't really like Yu-Gi-Oh at first but there is a pretty good storyline to it later on if you keep watching.

March 14th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Tori-Yama Jyushi Bismark Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 2,561	I will keep watching, but you can't deny that this series was just published to make money, and thats make me angry, at the end, sure, every series is published to make money, but just moneymaking makes me angry, this is so just soulless and has nothing to do with the original japanese charm, and heart ...hope somebody know what I mean __________________