21 minSeason 1 • Episode 180
LatestTen years after the Ceremonial Battle, a teenage boy named Judai Yuuki (Jaden Yuki) heads off in order to join the Duel Academia (Duel Academy) located on a remote island off the coast of Japan. There he meets his fellow students and gains a few friends, along with a few enemies. Judai is put into the lowest rank of Osiris Red (Slifer Red), but he continues to test his skills against the students and faculty to prove his worth as a Duelist and earn the respect of everyone around him.
Direction
Season 3's tonal whiplash from silly to genuinely unsettling.
Writing
Jaden's arc from cheerful idiot to trauma-laden antihero.
Score
GET YOUR GAME ON intensifies every duel unnecessarily.
KENN
Judai Yuki / Jaden Yuki (voice)
Masami Suzuki
Sho Marufuji / Syrus Truesdale (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Professor Daitokuji / Lyman Banner (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Asuka Tenjouin / Alexis Rhodes (voice)
Taiki Matsuno
Jun Manjoume / Chazz Princeton (voice)
Takeshi Maeda
Ryo Marufuji / Zane Truesdale (voice)
Irie Kanako
Johan Andersen / Jesse Anderson (voice)
Koji Yusa
Fubuki Tenjouin / Atticus Rhodes (voice)
Naru Kawamoto
Austin O'Brien / Axel Brodie (voice)
Yuuki Masuda
Daichi Misawa / Bastion Misawa (voice)
Hiroshi Shimizu
Cronos de Medici / Vellian Crowler (voice)
Hiroshi Shimozaki
Tyranno Kenzan / Tyranno Hassleberry (voice)
Takehiro Hasu
Hayato Maeda / Chumley Huffington (voice)
Eri Sendai
Rei Saotome / Blair Flannigan (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The dub changed 'die' to 'sent to the stars' so often that fans made drinking games. The original Japanese gets shockingly brutal with actual death.
GX was the first Yu-Gi-Oh! to let its protagonist actually lose and stay messed up, paving the way for darker shounen arcs in later series.
JP
