In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', a few prominent characters used Ritual Monsters, including [[Yugi Muto]], [[Joey Wheeler]], [[Seto Kaiba]], and [[Maximillion Pegasus]].and [[Dartz]] as well as the Rare Hunter dueling pair [[Umbra]] and [[Lumis]]

In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', [[Alexis Rhodes]] used the first Ritual Monster-focused archetype, but Ritual Monsters were never featured as prominently as Fusion Monsters. [[Bastion Misawa]] used a Ritual monster as well. Also, [[Titan]], one of the Shadow Riders, used an [[Archfiend]] sub-series featuring focused on the the first Archfiend Ritual monster. But Ritual Monsters were never featured as prominently as Fusion Monsters.