Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

smetin I had heard mixed things about Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, both from my friends and online. Polls online show that GX or Zexal are consistently on/near the bottom of people's ranking of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. I have watched the original series and 5D's and liked them both (although I still found the concept of speed duels a bit silly). I was hesitant to watch it, but after being given all the episodes on DVD I couldn't pass it up. To be upfront, this is only a review of series 1-3 as these are the only dubbed episodes.So, what did I think of it? Well, its a bit of a mixed bag really. The series is canon and starts with a nice nod to the original cast members. It even had occasional appearances of other cast members throughout the series. I liked that idea, since they did acknowledge the original (and best) series without relying on it. The new cast was good, but very very different from the original. Jaden is a very talented duelist with a knack for truancy. This laid back attitude can get quite annoying at times, but what I found more grating was his over-exuberance for the game. He loved duelling a bit too much...The rest of the cast was good too. What I liked about this series is that we got more action from the cast other than the main protagonist compared to the original series. More duels = more variation, which I liked.It seems that each series has a type of duelling that they like to latch onto and not let go. The original series utilised the same monsters over and over again, whilst 5Ds seemed to love synchro summoning. GX is no different and fusion was the name of the game. It was good since we got to see a wide variation of fusion monsters. However, it did get quite "samey" after a while, since we knew what Jaden was going to do most of the time. The only difference was the "winning move", which was very clever at times. I did also enjoy the new monsters and their use of the old monsters in the original series. The Egyptian Gods were even involved, along with a different version (which are considerably less powerful) that I enjoyed. So, although there were some aspects of duelling that I did not enjoy, there was plenty to be admired.In terms of the actual storytelling, it is mixed in my opinion. Series 1 is obviously trying to get us used to a new cast and a new concept of a duelling academy. As such, the majority of the plot occurred in the duelling academy and the main storyline was very much internal. It was very good up until the end, which I found to be a bit of an anticlimax. Series 2 was my favourite, because the creators got a bit more...creative. The did so without it being too crazy. I enjoyed the concept of the "light" being evil and having main characters turn evil. It got us to see a different side of them. Series 3 was where it went a bit off. It started out OK, but when the duellists started going inter-dimensional duelling demons and beasts, it was a bit too weird. I just think that they were trying to out-do the previous season, but went a bit too far. It was still enjoyable, but it just seemed a bit confused (and confusing at times).All in all, this was a Yu-Gi-Oh! series that was worth watching. To be honest, I enjoyed it more than 5Ds (cue the boos!), but that is because I just like the traditional method of duelling. However, nothing will compare to the original series. Its not the nostalgia goggles, I just genuinely believe the story lines and characters in the original series were better.

Madame Monster A spin-off? Really? That was my first reaction to hearing about GX. I remember watching the first episode at my cousins house and we both shrugged it off simply saying 'eh." 1. The animation is okay but nothing really spectacular. The designs are kind of off. Some characters look like realistic anime people but others look fake which made the character designs too weird.2. The duels feel three times longer than they actually are. Some are short which makes the episodes easier to sit through However when I see that they're are two parts I cringe and pray it's not going to take too long.3. I'm going to honest and say that I didn't enjoy any characters in GX. Maybe it's because of the wrong voice acting or the one-shot roles these characters have but none of them go into really deep fleshed out roles. They talk about a few things like siblings or parents but that's about it. Plus these don't really affect the characters much. Also yes they're pretty insufferable to sit through. The dialog is garbage and full of terrible jokes or phrases that no one says anymore.Honestly this is the worst of the Yugioh spin-offs. I like Zexal more because at least the animation was pretty and had some likable characters. Sadly this show didn't.

Rectangular_businessman One episode. That was all I could take of this show.I must say, I never was a big fan of the original "Yugioh" cartoon. Too be honest, I always found it to be very silly (I mean, the characters act as if some children's card game were a matter of life and death) but this cartoon managed to take all the bad things of the original series into a whole new level.The animation of this show is pretty bad, with hideous designs and a ugly use of colors. The characters were bland and clichéd, but what was so incredibly bad of this series were the terrible lines that each character said. I have to say that I never, never saw such a huge amount of incredibly dumb lines contained in so short time.That episode was too much for me. It was enough to convince me about how bad this cartoon was.This is probably one the dumbest cartoons ever made in the history of animation.0/10(I would rate it with a negative score if I could)

Kato86 OK, I'm sure many people will hate me for this, but i've gotta say it. Just as the original YuGiOh this series suffered because of either unable or too creative translators. So, they changed the names. Alright, if they think it's necessary, then do it. At least they're not as spoiled as in Detective Conan/Case Closed. But they even changed the dialogs. Most significant difference: In the Japanese version there is none, absolutely NONE romantic relationship between Asuka(Alexis) and Judai(Jaden). The only romance is between Sho(Syrus) and... any female character, between Jun(Chazz) and Asuka and the stuff about Rei(Blair). So, don't get angry, but things are like this. All in all, it is a good series, but... they should have aired the originals, even if you don't understand a word, you can at least enjoy the duels, as long as you know the cards on your own.