Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS

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Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS

Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS

Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENSゆうおう SEVENSセブンスYūgiō Sebunsu

Anime series
Directed by

Nobuhiro Kondo

Studio

Bridge

Network
  • Japan TV Tokyo
  • United States Disney XD, Hulu[1]
  • Canada Cartoon Network
  • Australia 9Go!
Original run

April 4th, 2020 — March 27th, 2022

No. of episodes

92 (89 dubbed)

Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS is the seventh Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series and the sixth main spin-off series. It began airing in Japan on April 4, 2020.[2] An English dub began production in early 2021,[3] and was announced for an official release in the United States beginning June 6, 2022 on Disney XD and June 7, 2022 on Hulu.[4][1] It will also air in Australia beginning June 6, 2022 on 9Go!.

The first 20 episodes were released on Hulu on June 7, 2022. Disney XD aired two episodes a day for the first five weekdays of airtime, before switching to airing a single episode on Saturdays; 9Go! committed to the same schedule for the first five weekdays of airtime, before switching to airing a single episode every weekday.

The series stars Yuga Ohdo as the main protagonist. Like many previous series, SEVENS introduces and focuses on a new type of Dueling: Rush Duel. SEVENS also introduces a new type of Summoning, Maximum Summoning, although in comparison to the new Summoning methods introduced in previous series, it is comparatively rare and was only introduced at the climax of the Maximum arc.

Starting from the second season, SEVENS introduces a new twist on Fusion Summoning. SEVENS introduces several new Types, but these Types are exclusive to Fusion Monsters.

Episodes[edit]

Synopsis[edit]

The Japanese SEVENS logo

In the not-so-distant future, Goha City is governed by its largest corporation, "Goha Enterprises", everything from schooling, to Dueling rules, to much of daily life.

Yuga is a fifth-grader who attends Goha #7 Elementary and develops inventions every day that he calls "Roads". Yuga, who thinks the way Duels are run by adults are way too rigid and uncool, decides to change this world which is too cramped for kids, and battles with his road "Rush Duel" while believing in his creations.. In the days that follow, Luke from the next class over hears the rumor of a "King of Duels". Investigating this with Yuga, they run into a mysterious person standing before an important monument... in order to be recognized as a King of Duels, you've gotta win Duels within a limited time.

The story of Yuga and Luke, two young boys about to overturn the world of rigid unfun Duels with a new style is about to begin!![5]

Characters[edit]

Differences in adaptations[edit]

General edits[edit]

General edits involve changes to dialog, names and scoring.

  • Some names are Americanized.
  • All of the music in the dub is rescored.
  • Most episodes have the characters' mouth movements edited for extended dialouge.
  • The terminology used in the dub has shifted to more closely match the real game. Attack Position and Defense Position are used, rather than Attack Mode and Defense Mode, and effects are no longer called special abilities.
  • During season 2, three episodes for the English dub were removed.

Paint edits[edit]

Paint edits involve changes to the footage. General edits that involve digital paint goes under this category.

  • A new format is used for Rush Duel cards; a box colored similarly to the text box is pasted over the card's name, and the ATK and DEF are enlarged and fill the entire text box. For Spell & Trap Cards, a duplicate of the Attribute is inserted into a diagonal cutout in the text box. All cards use the card backings introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.
  • While riding the Duel-cycle, Yuga is edited to be wearing a helmet. Gavin wears the helmet when he retrieves the Duel-cycle to power Yuga's Duel Disk.
  • Most Japanese text is removed, though some remains in settings that are more distinctly Japanese such as Ramen Hut and in Gavin's calligraphy. The English text showing Yuga's name in the Goha Enterprises Drone is retained.
  • Monster designs that are sexually suggestive have had their cleavage painted out, or their skirt extended.
  • When Gavin turns into his DJ-G persona, the black dreads he wears is changed into long purple hair in order to avoid cultural appropriation.

Deleted scenes[edit]

Deleted scenes involve scenes being cut off from the English dub go under this category.

  • Scenes that feature drinking, religious connotations, as well as scenes featuring characters inside the bathroom are cut.
    • Any jokes related to bathrooms are removed.
  • Scenes like Roa pinning Romin on a window have been removed from the English Dub.
  • The scene of Mimi posing as "Mysterious M" turning around revealing her undergarment is deleted.

Development[edit]

The Yu-Gi-Oh! anime's long-running animation studio Studio Gallop are no longer the head animators for the series; Bridge now serve as the primary animation studio. Longtime Duel compositor Masahiro Hikokubo is still composing the series' Duels.[2]

The characters are designed by Kazuko Tadano and Hiromi Matsushita.[2] The change in animation studio and character designers in Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS marked a distinct visual change from the franchise's previous style. The overall character designs are generally simpler and rounder in comparison to the previous series' more angular designs. One of the more obvious visual differences is the visibility of the outline of a character's eye beneath their hair, though there are exceptions.

Trivia[edit]

  • This is the first anime series to feature a Japanese ED in the final episode.
  • This is the third spin-off series to have episodes removed in the English dub, after GX and 5D's.
    • Of the three series, SEVENS has the least amount of episodes removed with three.
  • With 92 episodes in total, SEVENS is the shortest running spin-off series so far.

References[edit]

  1. a b NeoArkadia (May 19, 2022). "Konami Announces Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Dub!". The Organization. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. a b c Satchmo (December 21, 2019). "The Next Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime". The Organization. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. Dunstan, Darren (December 23, 2020). "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Reunion Panel ALL-NEW EXTRA SCENES". We're still recording VRAINS and we're about to start the next series, Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS...coming soon.
  4. @yugioh (May 19, 2022). "Get Ready for the Rush! Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS will premiere in the U.S. beginning June 6 on Disney XD and June 7 on Hulu!" (Tweet). Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. NeoArkadia (December 21, 2019). "More Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Information!". The Organization. Retrieved December 22, 2019.