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Genre: Strategy
System(s): DS
ESRB: Unknown
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX is an anime spinoff of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. A manga version made by Naoyuki Kageyama is published in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine in Japan.
In North America, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Animation and 4Kids Entertainment. GX stands for Generation NeXt.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX starts out with the lead character Jaden Yuki obtaining a card, Winged Kuriboh, from Yugi Muto, the renowned Duel Monsters champion. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows the exploits of Jaden and another female character named Alexis Rhodes as Jaden goes to a dueling school named Duel Academy . The academy was created by Seto Kaiba on a remote island, with its dormitories named after the three Egyptian God Cards. In the chain of the Egyptian God Cards, the most elaborate dorm and the highest of the God Chain, Obelisk Blue, is named after the God Card Obelisk the Tormentor a.k.a. The God of Obelisk, Kaiba's card. The Obelisk Blue dorm can be graduated to, but the only way to enter the dorm from the first year is to attend and do well at the affiliated junior school. As the highest rank dorm, Obelisk Blue's dorm facilities are of the highest quality, on the level of the world's classiest hotels and restaurants. The center dorm and the middle of the God Chain, Ra Yellow, is named after The Winged Dragon of Ra a.k.a. Winged Divine Dragon of Ra, Marik Ishtar's card. Those who were given the highest scores in the entrance exam, or who only did mediocrely in the junior school enter this dorm, which while not quite as extravagant as Obelisk Blue's, still has incredibly clean and well-kept facilities and meals of a quality far above the lifestyle of the average salaryman. The lowest quality dorm, Slifer Red, is named after Slifer the Sky Dragon a.k.a. Sky Dragon of Osiris, Yugi's card. Those who failed completely or scored from low to lowest are given red suits to symbolize their low ranking in the God Chain and are given shoddy dorms. The naming choices reflect Kaiba's grudge against Yugi for losing to him. Produced by Nihon Ad Systems Inc., or NAS for short, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX started airing on TV Tokyo in Japan on October 6, 2004. The anime has been licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and is currently airing in North America at 5pm Eastern time on Cartoon Network's Miguzi block, in Canada on YTV on Fridays at 6pm, and in the UK on ITV2 on weekdays at 8am.
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