YUGIOH (duel monsters edition) PROPAGANDA TIME
so this isn't the only yugioh in the world. but it's the one you remember, more than likely. it is the most batshit show i have EVER witnessed.
based upon the manga of the same name, yugioh duel monsters is about a five foot nothing punk guy named yugi who is sharing a body with an ancient egyptian pharaoh. even better: the ancient pharaoh and that guy? they're lowkey in love.
the rival is a six foot tall ceo who could easily bench press yugi if he wants to. instead, he is so hyperfixated on this cardgame that he a) turns an entire weapons company into a GAMER COMPANY and b) will only consider beating yugi a real W if he does it through this card game.
for four seasons, they fixate on the card game until the fifth season, where it randomly becomes about ancient egypt because that's what happened in the manga. and the manga, at the time, was being written by a man high on painkillers so the anime as a result makes zero sense
oh and also kt, the guy who wrote it? he died saving two kids and his legacy is the most popular card game in the entire world and the most iconic anime to ever grace saturday morning television.