Rotten
Effectively a strategy guide and commercial in vaguely filmic form.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie
Everything else was just practice!
2004 · 1h 30m · PG
Action, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Hatsuki Tsuji
Overview
After the conclusion of the Battle City Tournament, deep below the sands of Egypt, an ancient evil has awakened. Anubis, who was defeated centuries ago by Yugi’s mysterious alter ego – the ancient Pharaoh – has returned for revenge. Wielding the power of the Eighth Millennium Item, Anubis is determined to destroy Yugi and take over the world.
Director and cast
- Hatsuki Tsuji Director
- Dan Green as Yugi Moto
- Eric Stuart as Seto Kaiba
- Shunsuke Kazama as Yugi Muto / Yami Yugi (voice)
- Scott Rayow as Anubis
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Seto Kaiba (voice)
- Wayne Grayson as Joey Wheeler
- Koji Ishii as Anubis (voice)
- Greg Abbey as Tristan Taylor
- Hiroki Takahashi as Katsuya Jounouchi (voice)
- Amy Birnbaum as Téa Gardner
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
5%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Like the gods, the trading cards are capricious, with ever-changing rules and strategies so intricate that only Yu-Gi-Ohlogists will fully enjoy this adventure.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A feature-length anime commercial.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
Kids will eat Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie up. The rest of us will have to wait for the translation.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Rotten
This cartoon based on the popular and complicated card game might as well be written in another language.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
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