Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

ConnerUzumaki Apr 24, 2011

9

Sorry if my english is bad, I'm from Czech Republic After quite childish series Yu-Gi-Oh GX, here comes the supereme series 5D's, which buries all prejudices about Yu-Gi-Oh for children very deep under ground. I don't know why, but I like this series even more than Naruto, which has been my favorite anime for long time. Story: 8.5/10 This series has supereme plot, which is not only about card game. First arc about Dark Signers reveals the past of main characters (Team Satisfaction, Aki's special powers), and then comes arc about Yliaster's plan to change history of the Earth, and final battle aganist Z-One was totally awesome. Animation: 9/10 This relatively new anime has animation what must not fit lovers of classic anime design, but I think characters, monsters and background are highly detailed and the best are 3D-like animations of key monsters. Sound: 8/10 I have not many things to say about sounds, opening Last Train -The New Morning- is cool, characters have well-selected seiyuus and there are also interesting sound effects for monsters, but background music cannot compare to egyptian-like theme from original u-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters. Characters: 9/10 That's why I like this show that much, supereme characters. They're not children (in exception of Lua and Luca), they're about 18-19-years-old young adults which hadn't easy childhood - two of them are olphrans which must work hard in Sattelite, one girl grew up treated as monster for her paranormal powers and so on. I love the main character, Yusei. He is not one of the hot-headed main characters who must first study to become idiots, as seen in Fairy Tail or One Piece. He's clear-minded and has ideology "World will explode? Let be, only if friends will be safe." There's no character you will hate, you will even understand villains why are they doing what are they doing. Overall: 9/10 YGO 5D's is not type of anime where characters fight to the death with waterfalls of blood, but story counts on interesting plot and great characters. If you think YGO is only childish anime which has only ambition - to make money by selling card game, watch 5D's and think again.  

Archemetes Apr 28, 2016

4

I won't drag this out.  The animation isn't great, but that's to be expected from any Yu-Gi-Oh! series.  The voice acting is fine.  The characters are actually decent. Out of the gate, I'd say they're the most human in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe.  Unfortunately, this anime sucks for two reasons.  1/The monsters, as in GX, are too... idk... lame? In the original series, while the characters were childish, the game itself was dark and gritty. The monsters were fierce and awesome. The new monsters are shiny and unoriginal - designed to attract kids ("ohhhh! shiny! mine's the best!" ~ "nu-uh! my powerranger-esque heroes are better!") - and each one is a game-winning special effect powerhouse. Anyway. Rant over.  2/Motorcycles...no, wait... I apologize. They aren't motorcycles. They look too ridiculous to be motorcycles. The whole premise of this show is fucking stupid. It isn't Yu-Gi-Oh!, it's a reason to make more toys and make money. The fact that this was a manga that sold should depress all of Japan. 

Hachikira Aug 10, 2015

10

As a lifetime fan of yugioh in general I can honestly say this is my favorite installment in the series.  It introduced some of the coolest cards in the series has a beautiful theme song .  And the duels were excellent the animation is great and I love the characters .  I'll always have a nostalgic love of the first two but I feel this did the themes of fighting and friendship the best its a contender for my favorite anime of all time .