No.2603
>>2594I only ever watched the OG anime (as it aired in America, dubbed, lmao) and realize that this is barely scraping the iceberg of the fandom. I spent like 2001-2003 reading all the puppyshipping on ff.net, good times.
I lived in a weeaboo desert so it was crazy to learn the actual cardgame was actually (and still is) super popular years later.
No.2604
>>2603OG anime dub is one of the few "good dubs" imo and a rare case of one that improves my viewing experience. Everyone us hamming it up and having a great time. It's my primary interaction with the franchise as well.
I know there are fujos who watch every single iteration even up till now, and I don't think I could do it. I've seen bits of GX and 5DS, but they just don't have the same strong core cast, and charm.
No.3004
>>3003Fuck yeah, Shrimpshipping is my Yu-gi-oh! OTP easily, especially during the later Seal of Oricalcos arc. They just have a cute little dynamic and I'm glad there is a small but dedicated shipping community for them.
I like the 4kids dub more than the original actually, blasphemy I know. It joins Pokemon in nostalgia breaking through my dislike of dubs. The 4kids cast are actually great voice actors for campy kids shows, its just the censorship which ruins their works like on One Piece which they shouldn'tbe dubbing in the first place.
Yu-gi-oh's dub does have alterations to the original if I recall correctly, besides removing guns in some scenes so it can play on American children's television they downplay Joey and Kaiba's abusive households, and inventing the "Shadow Realm" so characters wouldn't die.
It's clearly different, but again I still prefer it, maybe I wouldn't if I didn't grow up on it but I did.
No.3625
>>3624I actually saw something like this the other day.
https://www.pixiv(.)net/en/artworks/123061039I would love some puppyshipping hurt and comfort content… But sadly it's an old ship so it has a smaller audience and most people only characterize Joey as a carefree, joke character even though he has so much more to work with.
No.3626
>>3625Whoops, my bad I thought if I put parentheses it wouldn't create a link.
No.3627
>>3625Very nice nonna, wish the whole thing was available since this is the exact vibe I'm looking for.
>most people only characterize Joey as a carefree, joke character even though he has so much more to work withI get seeing him as carefree since he can be, but the series goes out of it's way to give him a character arc so that sounds like a reading comprehension failure, not that the series is heavy or angsty but the first iteration at least has well-written character's with good struggles despite the TCG premise.
No.3644
>>3643A little off-topic, but it makes me wonder how current kids engage with anime compared to how millennials/gen Z did
Do kids outside of Japan watch children's anime at all? VRAINS and Sevens hardly get brought up, but even for how popular something like Yo-kai Watch was in Japan, it wasn't big enough in the West to even get the last game localized
A lot of fandoms in that sphere seem carried by nostalgia without any influx of new fans, which is unfortunate
No.3645
>>3644A lot of that probably has to do with the fact that kids today don't watch television anymore. I'm an elementary teacher and while new animated movies are usually popular I rarely hear any TV shows brought up. Youtube-bait horror games are the new Saturday morning cartoons and it's very sad.
>A lot of fandoms in that sphere seem carried by nostalgia without any influx of new fans, which is unfortunateI think you're right. No one new is getting into Digimon in the current year its mainly carried by nostalgia. Yugioh, at least the first iteration, has a legitimately good plot though and doesn't feel like an advertisement but I can see why someone with no prior attachment wouldn't want to give it a try since as an outsider the whole sphere it's in looks cheap and childish.
No.5586
>>5585I've been thinking of getting into Yu-Gi-Oh and maybe this is a sign I should finally get around to it. Let's be late to the party together.
No.5588
>>5585Personally I only really like DM and couldn't get into the rest, but that's probably nostalgia talking. The second series mainly takes place at a school from what I saw, which was a turn-off so I didn't finish it.
The Bakura's are great! Yami Bakura in particular is one of my favorite characters in the show and I think shipping-wise they pull off the Light x Dark better than the Yugis.
No.5589
>>5585Read the manga anon, Bakura and Yami Bakura really shine there in their arc compared to the anime where they're a lot more sidelined (at the beginning)
No.5590
>>5587I allowed myself one episode before exams are over and I love Kaiba. He's such an asshole.
No.5591
>>5588I totally get it! Maybe it's because I'm getting old myself but the school setting is getting a bit boring for me sadly. I think 5ds drops it if I'm correct?
Same! I even made a deck after him. I really enjoyed him when he appeared even if it was small
and the djs with those two made it better lol I hope I can find more content with these two or I'll make it myself eventually (,; ⩌ ;,)
>>5589I definitely will, thank you! I heard the manga was better and darker than the show itself so I'm excited to read it for the first time! Can't wait to see more of them!
>>5590I can't even hate Kaiba. He's so funny and absurd sometimes. He really made the show shine with his fuckery lol
No.5599
>>5596Gotcha. Than you so much for taking the time to explain to me about the differences! I think I saw some of season 0 before and I loved seeing that version of Yami Yugi so much. I'm guessing the manga tones him down after a bit right? I'll still read it regardless whether Bakura gets some justice or not, I just love how dark the story was in that version anyways ^^
>>5595I love him too, he's a moe dork
No.5601
I'm 10 episodes in and I already want to write brocon fanfic of Kaiba and his brother