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Duel Masters (デュエル・マスターズ, Dyueru
Masutāzu
?) is a franchise based on a manga, anime and a trading card
game. The English-language version of the series made a
truncated three-episode preview premiere on Cartoon
Network's Toonami block
on February 27, 2004. The episodes then made their "official"
premiere on April 13, 2004, on CN's Toonami spinoff block, the Saturday Video
Entertainment System (SVES) with fewer edits as well as episodes 4
and 5. Toonami then moved to
Saturdays and premiered the rest of the series. "Season 2"
premiered on March 26, 2005. Season 3 began production in September
2005.
Versions by
country
The American and Latin American versions of Duel Masters added
several things not in the original version included to make it more
of a comedy to separate it from other card battling shows on the
market. Added to American version were jokes about typical anime
conventions, such as split-screens and a missing father-figure (in
this case, Shobu's father Shori). Frequent references are made
throughout the show to pop culture phenomenon, such as when one of
the characters, Kiyoshiro Kokujo, says "I am dark...I am the
night...I am Bat-oh wait, wrong show.". As such, they recur as
running gags during the course of the show. Another common form of
humor found in the show is its breaking of the fourth wall. The
characters will constantly say things like, "Looks like it's time
for a fade-out,", "I hope the writers do better next week."," Why
is the camera too close on my face?" or "You know, I like it when
they use this scene." While the storyline is technically dramatic,
most episodes are punctuated by a comedic storyline mixed in with
the serious storyline.
Differences
Between Japanese and English Versions
The "Sacred Lands"/"P.L.O.O.P." storyline is not based on the
manga and was created specifically for the American market. The
Japanese version has a separate second season entitled "Duel
Masters Charge", which is based on more of the manga. Duel Masters
Charge was eventually produced for the American market as "Duel
Masters 2.0", although only the 1st half was aired.
As a whole, the Japanese version is more serious than the
American version. While the Japanese version seems to rely more on
visual and situational humor, the American version tends to use
much more verbal humor. Also, while the Japanese version is mostly
a traditional card-game show with much humor, the American version
is a flat-out parody of the genre. In fact, the American version is
not a true translation, but is instead a "parody dub". The American
version also has different music and sound effects than that of the
original Japanese version.
Eventually, a Japanese third season premiered in Japan entitled
"Shinseiki Duel Masaters Flash", followed by "Zero Duel Masters"
and "Duel Masters Zero" (separate from "Zero Duel Masters"). A
sixth season, entitled "Duel Masters Cross" is currently airing.
However, the American version has ended, and thus these seasons
will not be translated.
Trading Card
Game
The card game is made by Wizards
of the Coast. When importing the game from Japan, Wizards of
the Coast bought the rights to the name Duel Masters from Reality Simulations, Inc.. RSI ran a
play-by-mail gladiator game called Duelmasters, now known
as Duel II.
The Duel Masters manga is written by Shigenobu
Matsumoto, and is published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic. It has not been licensed
for the U.S., although there has been an American created comic
book by Dreamwave Productions. The first
season and Japanese second season are loosely based on the original
Japanese manga. Tokyopop also released a Cine-Manga Adaptation of
the Duel Masters anime, however it is now out of print. There are
no plans for the Japanese manga to be acquired by any U.S.
publishing company.
List
of English expansions
- Base Set DM-01
- Evo-Crushinators of Doom DM-02
- Rampage of the Super Warriors DM-03
- Shadowclash of Binding Night DM-04
- Survivors of the Megapocalypse DM-05
- Stomp-A-Trons of Invincible Wrath DM-06
- Thundercharge of Ultra Destruction DM-07
- Epic Dragons of Hyperchaos DM-08
- Fatal Brood of Infinite Ruin DM-09
- Shockwaves of The Shattered Rainbow DM-10
- Blast-O-Splosion of Gigantic Rage DM-11
- Thrash of the Hybrid Megacreatures DM-12 (Released in December
2006, this is the final expansion released by WotC for the U.S. The
Japanese edition is still being made.)
Plot
The story centers around the card game Duel Masters, which
revolves around five civilizations (Fire, Water, Light, Darkness,
Nature).
Characters
-Main Characters-
- Shobu Kirifuda/ (切札勝舞 Kirifuda
Shōbu)
- Voiced by: Joshua Seth
(Season 1), Liam
O'Brien (Season 2), Yumiko Kobayashi (Japanese version)
- The show's protagonist and Knight's apprentice. He aspires to
become a great duelist like his father, Shori Kirifuda. Shobu keeps
a positive attitude throughout the series, insisting on dueling for
fun as opposed to simply winning. In the first season, Shobu takes
on the challenge of defeating the temple champion, Hakuoh, who he
feels has become corrupt with power. Throughout this portion of the
series, Shobu must defeat Hakuoh's underlings while he struggles to
understand the true spirit of dueling. In his duel with Hakuoh, as
Shobu faces off against the strongest of all Angel Commands, he is
forced to make a crucial decision. He must either accept the help
of his friends and "wind up like Ko" (Kokujo having been injured in
a Kaihudo duel) or give up on his friends and "end up like Hakuoh",
who had become cold and heartless. All in all Shobu is brave,
strong, and has the guts never to give up, just like his favorite
creatures. He uses a Fire Civilization deck which later becomes a
Dragon Deck and even later evolves into a Dragon/ Angel Command
deck. After being defeated in a later season he loses most of his
deck but is guided to his father's deck by the spirits of Bolmeteus
Samurai Dragon and Bolbalzak "Sword Flash" Dragon. This new deck is
a Dragon and Samurai deck. Soon after he combined elements from the
2 decks and created a Samurai Dragon/Angel Command deck (Fire &
Light civilization).
As of Duel Masters Cross his main cards are: Bolmeteus "Kensei"
Dragon, Bolshack Yamato Dragon, Bolbalzak "Sword Flash" Dragon and
Saint Bolshack, Spiritual Dragon. After losing Saint Bolshack,
Valkiryas Musashi, Ultimate Battle Dragon and Sword Flash Galaxy,
Super Champ became his trump cards as well, his most recent trump
card is Bolshack NEX. He defeated Zakira with Bolpheaus Heaven in
the manga. He lost his mojo in the season 1 in episode 25 named
"Something Wacky this Way Comes",but he got it back in the 28th
episode. His surname's kanji "Kirifuda (切札
?)" literally means "The Trump Card",
"The Ace Card" or "The Winning Card". His name's kanji
"Shoubu (勝舞
?)" is a combination of his father's
name "Shouri (勝利
?)" means "Victory" or "Victor" and his
mother's name "Mai (舞
?)" means "Dance", thus "Shoubu
(勝舞
?)" means "Victory Dance" or "Dance of
Victory". The pronunciation "Shoubu (しょうぶ
?)" is also a pun from "shoubu
(勝負
?)" which literally means "Win (or)
Lose" and from there derived the meanings: "Duel".
-
- Shobu also appeared in the anime movie, Rockman.EXE:Program
Between Light and Darkness. He appeared as a cameo appearance in
the opening movie, accompanied by Lan Hikari (in Cross Fusion with
Megaman.EXE).
- Voiced by: Joshua
Seth (Season 1), Doug Erholtz (Season 3)
- His name's kanji "白凰Haku-Ou" literally means "White Phoenix" or
"White Female-phoenix" in exact translation. Hakuoh is the
Arch-Rival of Shobu Kirifuda. Hakuoh came from a prominent dueling
family, and specialized in Light civilization from a young age. At
that time, he was a reflection of Shobu, a young kid who loved the
game above all else. This changed, however, when a mysterious
duelist appeared and challenged Hakuoh to his first Kaijudo duel.
Unaware of the dangers involved in a Kaijudo duel, Hakuoh became
over confident and was nearly killed as a result. Instead of being
crushed by his opponent's attack, however, Hakuoh was pushed out of
the way by his mother, who was fatally wounded. Since then, Hakuoh
has become a cold-hearted villain, and Shobu's cmain rival. Hakuoh
no longer sees any fun in dueling and decides that one's value as a
human being is determined by their ability to win and will rest at
nothing to "be the best." As a result, Hakuoh becomes a dueling
champion and the leader of the White Soldiers. To protect his
title, Hakuoh is protected by four temple guardians. Later in the
series, he is challenged by Shobu Kirifuda, who Hakuoh recognizes
as a reflection of his former self. As he is consumed ith power,
Hakuoh not only desires to defeat Shobu, but to crush him entirely
and destroy his dreams of dueling. "For when I defeat you, you
shall never duel again!" He proclaims during their match has Hakuoh
identifies himself as "a shadowy reflection" of Shobu. As the
dueling intesifies, Shobu realizes the danger in abandonning his
friends, as he may wind up like the heartless Hakuoh. The champion
of light is defeated, however, by Shobu and later befriends him for
showing him the true nature of dueling. In Duel Masters Charge, he
allies himself with Zakira (The series' central villain) after
being brainwashed into becoming his pawn, "White". In Duel Masters
Zero, he becomes similar to his old self and appears to be working
with Professor Machi (A mad scientist who lures duelists to a
deserted island). In Duel Masters Cross he tries to stop Zakira by
challenging him to a kaijudo duel, but was defeated. Afterwords his
"White" personality overtook him once again.However,after beating
Mimi in a duel, he was able to return to his old self by his own
will (After seeing the damage he had caused). Hakuoh uses a Light
Civilization deck. In Season one, it is a mono-civilization deck
focusing on a combination of Urth, Purifying Elemental, Szubs Kin
Twighlight Guardian, and Dia Nork, Moonlight Guardian, with his
intent on evolving Urth into Alcadeias, Lord of Spirits. This first
deck relies heavily on blockers, which leaves him vulnerable to
Shobu's "Scralet Skyterror." Later, in Duel Masters Cross, he is
given a Light/Darkness Knight deck by Zakira. His main cards are
Urth Purifying Elemental, Hanusa Radience Elemental, Alcadies Lord
of Spirits, Alphadias Lord of Spirits, King Alcadeias,Holy Gaia,
Perfect Galaxy, Spirit of Immortality, and most recently, Neo
Gryphis, Mystic Light Emperor.
- Kyoshiro Kokujo (黒城凶死郎 Kokujō
Kyōshirō)
- Voiced by: Micha
Liberman (Season 1), Terrence Stone (Season 2), Steven Blum (Season 3)
, Daisuke
Kishio (Season 1 japanese , Charge , Zero and Cross )
- A self-proclaimed "evil genius" and another of Shobu's main
rivals throughout the series. Other characters make fun of his
outlandishly styled long hair and all-black leather outfit (Upon
seeing him, Shobu asks if there is a "Matrix Convention" in town).
He uses a Darkness Civilization Deck, but later on in the
subsequent series,a Darkness/Water deck. He has earned the nickname
"Black Death", because of his relentless tactics and masterful use
of Darkness civilization. Kokujo claims to have become evil because
others said he could not become a kaijudo master. In Season 2 he
helps Shobu to defeat P.L.O.O.P. (once again using a mono-Darkness
deck). In Season 3 he defeated Mimi but lost to Yumama in the
semifinals (this was actually due to her using supernatural powers
in the end to knock him unconscious; otherwise, Kokujo may have
won). In Duel Masters Charge/Cross he helps Shobu in their quest to
defeat , but still works alone . His ultimate cards are Dorballom,
Lord of Demons , Ballom, Master of Death , Ballom Emperor, Lord of
Demons , Belbel De Dios, Death Castle Beast Lord , Gal Volf, Dark
Wolblade , Bell Hell De Gaul, Footprint of the Reaper and most
recently added XENOM , Reaper King .
-Shobu's Family-
- Shori Kirifuda (切札勝利 Kirifuda
Shōri)
- Voiced by: Cam
Clarke (Season 1) Katsuyuki Konishi (Season 1 japanese)
- Shobu's father and world famous duelist. Shori left home to
continue his training, but continued to miss his family every day.
He reappeared in Season 2 but disappeared again after the defeat of
PLOOP. He makes an appearance in Duel Masters The Movie as he tries
to help Shobu, but once again disappears at the end. In Duel
Masters Charge he is revealed to have been killed by Zakira in a
kaijudo duel while trying to protect the "Duel Master's Proof" from
falling into the evil duelist's hands. However, as revealed in Duel
Masters Cross, before he vanished completely he gave Extreme Bucket
Man a deck case which he asked to be given to Shobu. Later on it is
releaved that he wasnt truly dead but deleted, however, he broke
free of his imprisonment and has been reunited with his son. His
Deck is an advanced version of Shobu's, with the main card being
Bolberg Cross Dragon.
- Mai Kirifuda (切札舞 Kirifuda Mai) /
Sharlotte Kirifuda
- Voiced by: Cindy
Robinson (Season 1), Wendee Lee (Season 3) Saki Nakajima
(Japanese) :Shobu's mother and Shori's wife. To help Shobu on
different occasions, she has occasionally taken on the persona of a
second "Dragon Mask" and challenged him.
-Shobu's Friends-
- Rekuta Kadoko (角古れく太; Kadoko
Rekuta)
- Voiced by: Alex
Gold (Season 1), Sterling R. (Season 2), Brianne Siddall
(Season 3)
- Shobu's best friend and loyal side kick. Even though he is an
expert at the rules of "Duel Masters," Rekuta is a terrible
duelist, often going without a single win during a tournament. He's
often seen with his portable laptop to keep track of important
duels. As a running joke, he is often accidentally sent flying into
the air. In one instance (which only occurred in the English
version), he was sent flying into space (against a live-action
backdrop) and crashed into a space station. He has almost every
card ever released (since his father Maruo [丸雄; Maruo]
owns a card shop) but cannot correctly use the cards. His correct
surname is "Kadoko" (かどこ=角古) NOT "Kadoka" (かどか) which is actually
japanese female given name. When spoken in Japanese (i.e., putting
the last name before the given name), his name is actually a pun on
Kādo Korekutā (カードコレクター
?), which is a Japanese katakana
transliteration of the English phrase "card collector". In the
Japanese manga, his "otakudom" in card collecting often
helps Shoubu, or at least give him a clue or a hint towards winning
a duel.
- Voiced by: Dee Dee
Green (Season 1), Peggy O'Neal (Season 3)
- Appearing only in the anime, she is another one of Shobu's
close friends. She is always present to see Shobu's matches.
- Mimi Tasogare (黄昏ミミ; Tasogare
Mimi)
- Voiced by: Janice
Lee (Season 1), Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Season
3)
- Another member of Shobu's posse. Mimi first appeared to be both
ditzy and inept at dueling, but was later revealed to be the second
of the Four Temple Guardians at the Junior Duelist Center and an
expert player. As the first season closes with the duel between
Shobu and Hakuoh, Mimi reveals that Hakuoh was not always a
heartless duelist, and her personal connection to Hakuoh has
developed into a slight crush throughout the series. Mimi is also
an expert at martial arts and is incredibly smart and strong. She
mostly uses Nature Civilization cards, but tends to use Shield
Triggers from all 5 civilizations.
- Derek - He is only shown in the limited
edition manga as Mimi's boyfriend. He is also a ninja arts
specialist.
- George Kamamoto (ジョージ釜本; Jōji
Kamamoto)
- Voiced by: Tim
Diamond (Season 1), Joey Lotsko (Season 2), Brian Beacock
(Season 3)
- A midget in a bear suit and is always seen sucking a pacifier
and a 8-years-old boy which seems to be 1. He rides around in a
motor baby carriage and uses a Water Civilization deck, he is a
skillful duelist and has even defeated Mimi (a powerful duelist in
her own right) fairly easily. In the English "dub", he is known as
"Boy George", an obvious reference to Culture Club lead singer Boy George (one of the
dub episodes is called "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me") in Season 3
he uses a Darkness/Water deck, he also withdraws from the
tournament after losing to Yumama. His pajamas seem to change with
every season.
- Dr. Root (Dr. ルート; Dokutā Rūto)
- Voiced by: Derek
Stephen Prince (Season 2 and 3)
- Boy George's boss, mad scientist, and expert duelist. Outside
of that, he also a human-resembling robot named Mr. Perfect and a
giant pilotable robot. His eccentric methods always have some
hidden lesson to help Shobu and his friends. His real name is
Leroy. In Duel Masters Zero, he takes charge of training Shobu and
his friends. He has a deck of Survivors in season 1 and in charge
he has a darkness/water deck similar to Boy George's .
- Voiced by: Ross
Lawrence (Season 1-2), Kirk Thornton (Season 3)
- Knight is Shobu's mysterious and soft-spoken mentor. In the
English "dub", his inner monologue is a source of much of the
show's mature and subtle humor. Despite being Shobu's mentor, he is
usually unable to assist his student in times of need due to either
Shobu's stubborn attitude or Knight being unable to show up at the
scene (Such is the case in Shobu's duel with Hakuoh, when Knight
reveals he never taught Shobu about dueling against the Light
Civilization). Knight does not appear in the manga, although the
manga character NAC is similar to him. On one occasion, Dr. Root
had Knight take on a "Dragon Mask" persona to duel Shobu in order
for him to reclaim his tournament pass. Knight character is loosely
based on the manga only character NAC.
-
- Manga only character. This character is loosely based on a real
life person, NAKAMURA Satoshi (中村聡=なかむら・さとし)aka. NAC-san (pronounce
"NAC (ナック)さん= Nakku-san" in Japanese) is a Japanese who became the
Asia's top & strongest card game player (Magic: The
Gathering)in reality. NAC-san has many roles in the making of "Duel
Masters". He assisted Matsumoto Dai sensei (the manga's author's
nickname) as technical advisor since the manga's plot is still
based on Magic: The Gathering. He's the one who made up the idea
for Shoubu's Mom's name "舞Mai". he appeared in the manga both as
NAC-san and a more realisitc cameo of himself "Nakamura-san". And
according to Dai sensei's omake section, Nac-san is also
involved in the developing of "Duel Masters" card game. Wow!
- Voiced by: Steven
Blum
- A short duelist who wears a bucket on his head. No one knows if
Bucketman is male or female. Rekuta believes that the Bucketman is
annoying. Bucketman defeated Kokujo before their official match. He
lost to Yumama by surrendering, and later, under Zakira's mind
control, duels against Shobu. His Deck is Fire and Nature, mostly
involving Earth Dragons and Firebirds. His trump card is Soul
Phoenix, Avatar of Unity. In the final duel against Yumama, he
gives the card to Shobu. In Duel Masters Cross he plays a Snow
Faerie and Initiate deck.
-The Temple-
- Master (マスター; Masutā) - Very little
is known about the leader of the "Temple" (an organization within
the Junior Duelist's Center.) Throughout the first season he
appears in a long black, hooded robe with his face half concealed
by his long blonde hair. "The Master" appears as Hakuoh's teacher
and dueling coach. Knight suggests that the Master has only taken
an interest in Hakuoh because he plans to use the young duelist in
obtaining his "revenge" against the creature world. "The Master"
seems to be responsible for Hakuoh's brainwashing and even pushes
Hakuoh to attack Shobu with Alcadeias after his defeat. Master
disappears after Hakuoh's defeat in Season 1.
- White Soldiers (白い騎士団; Shiroi
Kishidan; lit. "White Knights") - An elite team of duelists
that followed Hakuoh when he held the title of Temple Champion. It
was supposedly the strongest team in the world. They were shown on
Season 1 and made a cameo in a flashback in "Duel Masters 2.0".
Among its known and active members are:
- Kintaro Nanba (難波金太郎; Nanba
Kintarō)
- Voiced by: Jay
Lerner (Season 1), R. Martin Klein (Season 3)
- Former gatekeeper of the Junior Duelist Center. He was fired by
Hakuoh after losing to Shobu. (Who he had quickly befriended.)
Nobody knows how old he is, and he often carries around a man-purse
and an abacus. He lost to Stinky Bucket Man in the finals.
-Temple Guardians-
Guardian 1: ** Mikuni (三国;
Mikuni; later Johnny Coolburns)
- Voiced by: Udel R.
Deet (Season 1), Paul St. Peter (Season 3)
- The first of the Four Temple Guardians (四天衆;
Shitenshū). He uses a Fire deck, and during his duel with
Shobu he purposely mimiced everything he did in order to throw him
off. He is defeated by Shobu the second time around and quickly
befriends the spikey haired fire duelist. He lost to Robby Rotten
in season three, where his name mysteriously changed to Johnny
Coolburns. It was later "explained" that this (and other plot holes
in the show) are due to season three being an alternate
dimension.
Guardian 2: **(See Mimi
Tasogare)
Guardian 3: ** Gyujiroh Japan
(邪藩牛次郎; Japan Gyūjirō) / Benny HaHa
- Voiced by: Kerrigan
Mahan (Season 1), Michael Sorich (Season 3)
- The third of the Four Temple Guardians and Mimi's "twin"
brother. (although he's not related to Mimi in any way in the
Japanese series.) Benny is often seen piloting a robot suit. He
often cheats and relys on deceit in his duels. His constant defeat
at the hands of the series' heroes has lead him to hate both Shobu
and Hakuoh. Benny returns in Season 3 claiming to have turned over
a new leaf, but this is quickly revealed to be an act. Benny forces
Hakuoh into dueling before their match in a self-made Duel Masters
Battle Arena by taking Aizen and Johnny Coolburns hostage. As each
of Hakuoh's shields are broken, Benny shocks his prisoners with a
hidden trap, as a part of his plan to torture Hakuoh by harming his
friends. As a result, Hakuoh vows to defeat Benny without losing
any more shields, and agrees to forfeit if another one of his
shields is broken in order to spare his friends. Hakuoh manages to
complete the "perfect duel" and defeat Benny despite his many
attempts to cheat. Afterwards, Benny detonates a bomb beneath the
stadium and seriously injures Hakuoh so that he is unable to duel
him the next morning. With Hakuoh eliminated, He ends up dueling
Shobu again and loses. It is revealed that He is also working with
Yumama (and could have even been dating her). After he lost to
Shobu,Benny was banished by Yumama, and trapped in a room with Boy
George. (which they both escaped in the same episode.) He uses a
Water Civilization deck, and later, a Wave Striker Deck during his
tournament match with Shobu.
Guardian 4: ** Makoto Aizen
(愛善 真, Aizen Makoto
?)
- Voiced by: Brian
Beacock (Season 3)
- The fourth of the Four Temple Guardians. He was defeated by
Kyoshiro Kokujo before he can fight Shobu. He also lost to Hakuoh
in Duel Masters Battle Arena. (In the later season he is shown to
be using a Fire/Light civilization deck) His primary card appears
to be Warlord Aizonius
-Other Antagonists-
- P.L.O.O.P. (Powerful Loyal Order of Princes) -
An evil organization that plot to use monsters from the
Civilizations of the Creature World to take over Earth. This
organization is seen only in the "second season" that was created
for America. Among the known members are:
- Prince Irving the Terrible (Jamieson Price) -
Shobu encountered him in the Light Civilization.
- Prince Melvin the Conqueror - Shobu
encountered him in the Water Civilization.
- Princess Pollyana of Green Gables - She is a
minor P.L.O.O.P. member who Shobu encountered in the Nature
Civilization.
- Prince Wilburg the Great - Shobu encounterd
him in the Nature Civilization.
- Prince Maurice the Merciless (Roger Craig
Smith) - Shobu encountered him in the Darkness
Civilization.
- Prince Herbert the Ruthless (Bob Papenbrook) -
He is a minor PLOOP member who Shobu encountered at the gates of
the Fire Civilization.
- Prince Eugene the Mean (Bob Papenbrook) -
Shobu encountered him in the Fire Civilization. Eugene used to be a
dueling champ in the good world and that he even beat Knight! In
the Season 2 episode "Deck Me Baby One More Time," Knight and
Eugene meet and Knight explins what happened. Eugene also says "I
used to duel for trophies. Now I duel for money."
- Black Soldiers - A group of duelists that are
the opposite form of Hakuoh's White Soldiers. They entered a
tournament to beat all of its players. After the defeat of most of
them, most of the unnamed members left the group. Among its known
members are:
- Robby Rotten (Yuri Lowenthal) - Leader of the Black
Soldiers. He wanted to be a member of Hakouh's White Soldiers, but
was denied. He formed the Black Soldiers so that he can duel
Hakuoh. Unfortunately for him, he was defeated by Shobu and was
last seen being interrogated by Yumama about Shobu.
- Akikan - Member of the Black Soldiers. He was
defeated by Boy George.
- Multi-Card Monty (Derek
Stephen Prince) - Member of the Black Soldiers. He was defeated
by Mimi.
- Fua Yū (不亞 幽 Fua Yū) /
Yumama
- Voiced by: Michelle
Ruff
- A mysterious girl who can duel and read a book at the same
time. She has the ability to stand on the ceiling and is commonly
seen reading her teen heart throb book, filled with 400 pages of
pictures of "sassy" cute boys, although towards the end of the
third season, she discovers that the pages are really blank. She
defeated Boy George, Yuki and Kokujo right before they were
supposed to duel making her win instantly. She was a childhood
friend of Extreme Bucketman. While she appears to be the cause of
all the disruption in the tournament, she is really a pawn of her
malicious older brother, Zakira. After she is released, she becomes
an ally of Shobu, along with Bucketman. While brainwashed, her
trump cards is Cruel Naga, Avatar of Fate and Super Necrodragon
Abzo Dolba. Known as Yu Fua in the Japanese manga. In Duel Masters
Cross her deck contains all 5 civilizations and is focused on
creatures who have the following effect: "If this card is discarded
during your opponent's turn, you may put this card into the Battle
Zone instead of the Graveyard". Afterwards she changes her deck to
a darkness/light/water Knight deck having Brunhilde, Ghost Knight
and Nero Gryphis , Mystic Light Emperor are trump cards .
- Zakira (不亞･ザキラ Fua Zakira, real name：ザキラ・ジョール
Zakira Joule aka. "Z")
- The main antagonist of both the third season, Duel Masters
Charge and the current series, Duel Master Cross. An evil duelist,
the nemesis of Shobu's father, and the one controlling Yumama, who
is his younger sister, from the start. His goal is to obtain the
"Duel Master's Proof" and use it for his evil means. He has
multiple agents working under him, and operates from a large
castle. His agents are ranked in terms of increasing power from A-Z
(Z being himself). He uses a combination of Fire, Darkness and
Water cards (most of his creatures are Zombie Dragons) with his
deck being focused on sending cards to the graveyard (his and his
opponent's), sometimes outright destroying them, and benefiting
from it. Later in the series he changes his deck to a
darkness/light Knight deck , his main trump cards being :
Romanoff the 1st, Lord of the Demonic Eye , Death Romanoff the 5th,
General of the Demonic Eye , King Balcry, Demonic Eye Lord and
Supernova Death Dragerion .
- Professor Machi - A character introduced in
Duel Masters Zero who is the current antagonist. He invited Shobu
and his friends to a tournament on an uncharted island, but it was
really a trap. After kidnapping Dr. Root, he forces Shobu, Mimi,
and George to duel his associates.
- Ultimate Master Darcy (白凰 Ultimate Master
Darcy) - A character introduced in Duel Masters Zero who is
the current Duel Master Champion of the world. Darcy was once an
apprentice to Professor Machi. Zakira is challenged by Darcy in one
of the final episodes.
- Jura-Originally appears in Zero Duel Masters
as Shobu's newest rival. He starts out as a subordinate of
Professir Machi, but in Duel Masters Cross, he joins Shobu and the
others in their struggle against Zakira.
Minor
Characters
- Toru - A 17-years-old guy which dueled Shobu
in Episode 8. He lost and they became friends. He uses a Water and
Nature Civilizations Deck. He has a long life story and many
memories.
- Jamira - A red-haired boy which lost every
time when he dueled Shobu. He told Shobu lots of interesting
stories and he danced the Vipera's Dance.He never hesitates to
cheat,yet he keeps on losing to Shobu.
- Takeshi Saroyama - Tsuyoshi's tall and
muscular litte brother.
- Tsuyoshi Saroyama - A squirrel-faced short boy
on stilts and older brother of Takeshi Saroyama.
- Red Afro - The leader of an afro-themed dojo.
In the episode "Frotime," Mimi had to duel him in order to reclaim
her tournament pass. She managed to defeat him.
- Master Yuki - The leader of a dojo for baby
duelists. In the episode "Frotime," Boy George had to duel him to
reclaim his tournament pass. Master Yuki defeated him, but lost at
the second time. He later appeared in the finals of the tournament
where he lost to Yumama.
Different Civilizations
The Realm of the creatures is divided into five civilizations.
In each civilization, the creatures are either unique in certain
abilities, or share some abilities with those in other
civilizations.
Fire
- The Fire Civilization is located in a volcanic and battle-torn
land ruled by those with the most firepower. Dragonoid warriors
fight for honor and glory. Armored dragons roam the skies. A race
of intelligent robots called Armorloids roll, crawl and blast about
seeking strategic advantage. Noble human soldiers suit up in
massive weapons systems and take on all comers. Fire creatures do
not come with blockers. However, speed attackers, power attackers,
mana reduction, etc. can fetch you victory.
- Races: Armored Dragons, Armored Wyverns,
Armorloids, Dragonoids, Dune Geckos, Fire Birds, Humans, Machine
Eaters, Melt Warriors, Rock Beasts, Samurai, Volcano Dragons,
XenoParts
- Allies: Darkness, Nature
- Enemies: Light, Water
Water
- The Water Civilization hails from a network of sunken
cyber-cities. Massive leviathans patrol the depths engaging enemies
at the flip of a fin. Chip-jacked liquid soldiers stand ready to
pounce while their overlords use techno-guile and cunning to trap
and manipulate their opponents. Destruction of creatures by water
cards are very minimal. However, they include plenty of blockers,
even decently powerful ones, and at a decent cost. Unfortunately,
most water blockers are weaker than light ones, having the same
amount of power but can not attack. The Water Civilization can be
used mainly to draw extra cards and to return your opponents'
creatures to their hand or deck.
- Races: Cyber Clusters, Cyber Commands, Cyber
Lords, Cyber Moons, Cyber Virus, Earth Eaters, Fish, Gel Fish,
Knights, Leviathans, Liquid People, Merfolk, Samurai, Sea
Hackers
- Allies: Darkness, Light
- Enemies: Fire, Nature
Nature
- The Nature Civilization is covered in a dense jungle. It is
inhabited by all sorts of creatures based on plants and animals of
the Human World. Like Fire Civilization, there are no blockers
available from the Nature Civilization (except in the Japanese
version of the card game), thus incoming attacks cannot be blocked.
Making things worse, unlike the Fire Civilization, there are no
fast available abilities from the Nature Civilization to clear the
battle zone of the enemy's creatures. However, mana boosters,
creatures with low costs and power attackers are available in
plenty. Also, the Nature Civilization has the highest-powered
creatures in the game, such as Green Divine Dragon Diruga Vijeda,
yielding a 23000 power Quad Breaker.
- Races: Balloon Mushrooms, Beast Folk, Colony
Beetles, Earth Dragons, Gaia Commands, Giants, Giant Insects,
Horned Beasts, Mystery Totems, Samurai, Snow Faeries, Tree Folks,
Wild Veggies
- Allies: Fire, Light
- Enemies: Darkness, Water
Light
- The Light Civilization floats amongst the clouds in celestial
citadels. The highly-evolved citizens deploy an array of ultra-tech
guardians. Some of these look like spacecraft others appear to be
angels of technology. All are enigmatic and powerful. Lots of
shield triggers and blockers make this civilization powerful.
However, lack of destruction effects can lead to Light being at a
loss.
- Races: Angel Commands, Berserkers, Gladiators,
Guardians, Initiates, Knights, Light Bringers, Mecha del Sols,
Mecha Thunders, Rainbow Phantoms, Samurai, Soltroopers, Starlight
Trees
- Allies: Nature, Water
- Enemies: Darkness, Fire
Darkness
- The Darkness Civilization sprawls across a foul and poisoned
landscape. Magic-wielding demons
command creepy, masked, undead minions. Nightmare creatures steal
about with malicious designs and monstrous worms and slimes pursue
unsuspecting quarry. Although Darkness has more than enough
abilities like destruction of opponents' creatures to wreck the
opposition, many of them come with a catch. A powerful lineup of
blockers and slayers can secure the game. Darkness Blockers are
powerful in power ratings, but have poor effects. One such effect
is "When this creature battles, destroy it after the battle".
- Races: Brain jackers, Chimeras, Dark Lords,
Death Puppets, Demon Commands, Devil Masks, Ghosts, Hedrians,
Knights, Living Deads, Mercenaries, Pandora's Boxes, Parasite
Worms, Zombie Dragons
- Allies: Fire, Water
- Enemies: Nature, Light
Also, there are monsters that belong to two or more
civilizations, with the main single species being Starnoid, Naga,
Phoenix, and Pegasus.
Some common kinds of
creatures
Evolution
creatures
Stronger creatures that evolve from non-evolution creatures of
the same race/type. Examples include Armored blaster Valdios,
Crystal Paladin, Crystal Lancer, Fighter Dual Fang, Ultracide Worm,
Phantasmal Horror Gigazabal, Barkwhip the Smasher, etc. With the
election of the latest DM-12, there are new creatures which are
Vortex Evolution, meaning that they evolve from
two different types of races. These include Cruel Naga, Avatar of
Fate and Aura Pegasus, Avatar of Life.
Blockers
Creatures with this ability can stop the attack of an opponent.
If it has a higher power than the attacking creature, it stops the
attack successfully. If not, the creature is destroyed. If both
creatures have the same power, both creatures are destroyed.
Examples include Thrash Crawler, Hazard Crawler, Revolver Fish,
Bloody Squito, Wandering Brain Eater, Gray Balloon, Shadow of
Greed, Senatine Jade Tree, Marrow Ooze, and The Twister. Neither
the Fire Civilization nor the Nature Civilization (the nature
civilization has one blocker) has any creature with the Blocker
ability.
Only a very few creatures that are Blockers can attack
creatures, and only a very few among them can attack players, i.e.
destroy shields. Night Master, Shadow of Decay is one example.
Slayers
When a creature with the Slayer ability is destroyed, the
attacking creature is destroyed as well. This feature is included
in monsters such as Bone Assassin, The Ripper, and Gigagiele.
Slayer is an ability found exclusively in the Darkness
Civilization.
Survivors
Survivors are a class of creatures existing in all the five
civilizations, which are considered to be have survived the
Megapocalypse. The creatures which are survivors have a 'Q' in
their names, like Gigaling Q, Q-Tronic Gargantula, etc. Also, when
observed carefully, the images of the survivors in the cards have a
circle with multiple rings.
The special ability of survivors is that each survivor in the
battle zone shares the abilities of other survivors on the same
side as well, irrespective of race or civilization. For example, if
three survivors, each with different abilities like Blocker, Slayer
and Power Attacker are present on the battle zone at the same time,
then each survivor has all these three abilities, provided the rest
of the survivors are not destroyed.
Duel Masters
Facts
- "Kaijudo" originates from the word "kaijū", meaning monster, and "dō", or "the way."
Therefore, "kaijūdō" means "the way of the monster."
- The term "Kaijudo" is not used in Japan.
- The name "Duel Masters" is often believed to be a pun on "Duel
Monsters" (the name used in the second series anime and English
manga for a card game (also known as Magic & Wizards -
that name is a pun off of "Magic: The Gathering") in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and
anime series.) It actually takes its name from Magic: The
Gathering, which had Duel Masters as its codename early in
development. Yu-Gi-Oh! is even briefly referred to, when Shobu
speaks of "that one show with the Egyptian guy with spiky
hair".
- The first English-language season of the TV series was produced
by Plastic Cow Productions. The second season that was created for
the American market was produced by Elastic Media Corp. The third
season was produced by Howling Cat Productions (featuring some of
the former Saban Entertainment VA's, such as
Brian Beacock,
Philece
Sampler, and Wendee
Lee). In the UK, Duel Masters airs on Toonami and used to air
on five. In the US, it aired on Cartoon Network.
- The titles of the TCG expansion sets are named in parody of
other TCGs with obtuse titles.
- Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Shobu's name is a pun- "Shōbu" means "contest" in
Japanese.
- Japanese dialogue also plays a part in duels. A player declares
"ikuzo" to challenge another player. The challenged then chooses to
accept with "koi". "Hai" literally means "yes" in Japanese. "Ike"
is a command to attack, and "Todome Da" is similar to calling
"checkmate" and end the battle.
- In the Anime, the characters often made many statements much
like that of Yu-gi-oh's constant statements. For
example, many times in Yu-gi-oh, Yugi would say "Believe in the
heart of your cards," in which Shobu said the same exact
words.
See also
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