Just 39 seconds into watching the first episode, I commented "I hate this already." They play it safe, but they don't avoid clichés.
If you watched the original series and the other two predecessors, this spinoff will insult fans. The animation is what one would expect of the rest.
The original series took its time answering to the mystery of the Millennium Puzzle and the other Yugi. They go deep into the backstories of the villains to make them morally grey. They also use its time effectively in developing characters. In this show, they jump right into it. They rush into the plot. They rush to get us to care about the characters. The whole plot of this spinoff comes off as a complete rehash of the original series. This time, the protagonist has to collect a hundred cards, and the spirit that joins him knows nothing about the world. The fish out of water aspect for Astral doesn't help. The protagonist, Yuma, is an insufferable idiot, even for a kid. I can't root for someone if they're unlikeable.
Yuma's rival, Kaito, is a rehash of both Kaiba and Jack. How they try to make him edgy is also a sign of teen pandering. Unlike those from the original series, I don't want to sympathize with antagonists after they attempt to justify their motivations.
Even the Barian Lords are a sign of teen pandering for how they look and what their world looks like. They go with a cliché of the two individual worlds having contrasting pallets. They rush to have us connect with the characters when they're introduced. Smart as the villains are, they are no delight to watch on screen, at all. They seem to draw things out, too. Whereas we get to see other good guys duel in G/X and 5 D's, everyone is on the sidelines. Yuma's friends get to duel only once, and that's it. They make everything about Yuma. Only Kaito and Shark get to develop.
The name is a sure sign to not work for someone. One of two villains in the first half calls himself Dr. Faker. Kaito's younger brother has an incurable disease and their father Dr. Faker makes a deal with the Barian World to save him. Could he not see that it has too many strings? Tron uses his three sons, III, IV, and V to do his dirty work, too. We needed only one broken family if you wanted a good story. It still makes things no better, though. They also give me no reason to care for them after realizing and undoing their mistakes. When I am glad that Vector has received his comeuppance, Yuma is so idiotic that he thinks that he can save Vector and make him a friend. He is not worth saving. Even the series finale is recycled from that of the original series. No villain deserves sympathy, the plot is nothing new, the characters are all jokes, and the progression is generic. The voices make things even worse in the English dubbed version.
Stay away from this show.
If you watched the original series and the other two predecessors, this spinoff will insult fans. The animation is what one would expect of the rest.
The original series took its time answering to the mystery of the Millennium Puzzle and the other Yugi. They go deep into the backstories of the villains to make them morally grey. They also use its time effectively in developing characters. In this show, they jump right into it. They rush into the plot. They rush to get us to care about the characters. The whole plot of this spinoff comes off as a complete rehash of the original series. This time, the protagonist has to collect a hundred cards, and the spirit that joins him knows nothing about the world. The fish out of water aspect for Astral doesn't help. The protagonist, Yuma, is an insufferable idiot, even for a kid. I can't root for someone if they're unlikeable.
Yuma's rival, Kaito, is a rehash of both Kaiba and Jack. How they try to make him edgy is also a sign of teen pandering. Unlike those from the original series, I don't want to sympathize with antagonists after they attempt to justify their motivations.
Even the Barian Lords are a sign of teen pandering for how they look and what their world looks like. They go with a cliché of the two individual worlds having contrasting pallets. They rush to have us connect with the characters when they're introduced. Smart as the villains are, they are no delight to watch on screen, at all. They seem to draw things out, too. Whereas we get to see other good guys duel in G/X and 5 D's, everyone is on the sidelines. Yuma's friends get to duel only once, and that's it. They make everything about Yuma. Only Kaito and Shark get to develop.
The name is a sure sign to not work for someone. One of two villains in the first half calls himself Dr. Faker. Kaito's younger brother has an incurable disease and their father Dr. Faker makes a deal with the Barian World to save him. Could he not see that it has too many strings? Tron uses his three sons, III, IV, and V to do his dirty work, too. We needed only one broken family if you wanted a good story. It still makes things no better, though. They also give me no reason to care for them after realizing and undoing their mistakes. When I am glad that Vector has received his comeuppance, Yuma is so idiotic that he thinks that he can save Vector and make him a friend. He is not worth saving. Even the series finale is recycled from that of the original series. No villain deserves sympathy, the plot is nothing new, the characters are all jokes, and the progression is generic. The voices make things even worse in the English dubbed version.
Stay away from this show.