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A NEW ADVENTURE & A NEW VILLAIN
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie is a collaborative production between Nihon Ad Systems, Japan's Studio Gallop, the production company that animates the TV series and Korea's Dong Woo Animation, using a combination of computer generated and hand-drawn images.
The film takes place shortly after the completion of the Battle City Tournament, a long and challenging competition Yugi entered in Season Two of the TV series to learn about his enigmatic past. The end of Season Three marks the conclusion of the Tournament, and this is where the film's story begins. Fans can expect events in the movie to ultimately affect episodes in Season Four, creating a multi-layered interactive universe for the Yu-Gi-Oh! aficionado.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie deals largely with the relationship between Yugi, his alter ego, the Pharaoh, and their longtime rival Seto Kaiba. "The battle in this movie is between light and dark, but the theme of the film also revolves around the light and darkness of the soul, and how those two powers relate," says director and TV series producer Hidetaka Ikuta.
Yu-Gi-Oh! comic book creator Kazuki Takahashi adds, "The message of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie is that power isn't everything. Working with others is the way to live."
Yugi will have to work with every friend and Yu-Gi-Oh! playing card he can find to defeat an all-new, all-powerful villain introduced in the film: Anubis, the Egyptian creature that Yugi's alter ego defeated several millennia ago. The Pharaoh, whose spirit lives in the mystical Millenium Puzzle that Yugi wears around his neck, defeated Anubis thousands of years ago and was thought to never be heard from again. But, when Anubis is accidentally reawakened during an archeological dig, he is hellbent on conquering the world - and getting revenge on Yugi in the process.
"I think Anubis is probably scarier than any other villain we have seen before because he's not human," says Pecoriello of the mummified monster, who takes on many different forms in the film.
Named after one of the oldest and most important gods in ancient Egyptian mythology, the God of the Underworld, Anubis commands a brigade of resurrected mummies and two fearsome Sphinx monsters who aid him in his quest for vengeance, forming an army of creatures unlike any Yugi has ever faced. As the film progresses, Anubis grows stronger and stronger, seemingly feeding off of Yugi's lost life points, eventually transforming into a towering monster who isn't about to let anyone, especially Yugi, get in his way.
Meanwhile, Yugi is brought closer to the truth behind his Millennium Puzzle, a 5,000 year-old artifact given to him by his grandfather, Grandpa Muto. His discovery that Anubis also wields a Millenium Item - the Pyramid of Light, an upside-down version of Yugi's Puzzle - seals Yugi's fate as the one destined to save the world from destruction.
More about the movie:
• Yu-Gi-Oh movie - THE STORY
• YU-GI-OH! FOR THE BIG SCREEN
• THE GANG'S ALL HERE
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