Yugioh: The Dark Side of Dimensions
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Directed by: Satoshi Kuwabara
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Produced by: Kazuki Takahashi (Executive Producer)
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Written by: Kazuki Takahashi
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Based On: Yu-Gi-Oh!
by Kazuki Takahashi and Konami
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Release Dates: April 23rd, 2016
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Starring: Dan Green (Yugi Muto/Pharaoh Atem)
Eric Stuart (Seto Kaiba)
Wayne Grayson (Joey Wheeler)
Amy Birnbaum (Tea Gardner)
Greg Abbey (Tristan)
Ted Lewis (Bakura)
Daniel J. Edwards (Diva/Aigami)
Tara Sands (Mokuba Kaiba)
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Cite: Wikipedia
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Yugioh: The Dark Side of Dimensions is a 2016 anime movie based on the very, very popular trading card game, Yu-Gi-Oh! It takes place approximately six months following the conclusion of the original anime series (which ended in 2004 after 224 episodes). It continues the story of a young boy named Yugi Muto (voiced by Dan Green), his alter ego—the spirit of a 5,000 year old Egyptian Pharaoh named Atem (also voiced by Atem)—and their friends. The ever determined—but somewhat egotistical—Seto Kaiba (voiced by Eric Stuart) is determined to face off against his arch-rival one last time after their last encounter ended with his bitter defeat. However, it garners the attention of a vengeful man named Aigami/Diva (voiced by Daniel J. Edwards) and brings about a chaotic encounter.
I love the card game (have for quite a long time) and grew up loving the anime series. And while, visually and story-wise this movie was far, far superior to the first movie (Pyramid of Light in 2002 or 2004), I still felt somewhat underwhelmed.
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t “hate” this movie (like I said, it was visually fantastic) but I noticed some small plot holes that kind of bugged me. When it comes to plot holes in movies and tv shows, it’s a bit of a pet peeve for me and I still found some of the dialogue to be worthy of a few eye rolls and the character of Joey Wheeler—even after all these years—is still probably my least favorite character in the whole franchise.
Yugioh: The Dark Side of Dimensions was still somewhat good visual and style wise (especially when compared to the original anime series and the first movie over a decade later) and the first half of the movie was actually really good. However, once we near the end and go on with the second half, the movie becomes a bit dull and the climax ends somewhat abruptly.
While this wasn’t the worst anime movie I’ve ever seen or one of my least favorites (Dragonball Z: The History of Trunks, kind of tops that proverbial list for me), I still think there was room for much improvement and it just could have been better.
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2 and a half/5 stars!
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