Miniseries · FOX
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, and Yugi's grandfather Solomon are pulled into a world where Duel Monsters are real. They find monster capsules that they can use to summon monsters. However, in this strange new world, they battle monsters and when their own monsters are attacked, they feel the pain.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Norman J. GrossfeldProducer
- Alfred R. KahnProducer
Writing
- Fumiyo SakaiWriter
- Atsushi MaekawaWriter
- Toshimitsu TakeuchiWriter
- Mitsutaka HirotaWriter
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