However, their dubbing was also contentious for other reasons. Their impact helped make Yugioh and Pokemon juggarnaut franchises, playing a key role in "Pokemania" for the latter. It's undeniable that potentially the entire scene around Western fan culture for anime can be traced back to 4Kids. If you ask many children of the 90s and 2000s what their first anime was, Pokemon, Yugioh, Shaman King and many of the other properties 4Kids localised are easy answers. For many, it was their gateway into anime as a wider scene. 4Kids would do so well off the 90s anime boom that in 2000, Fortune magazine ranked them #1 in a "fastest growing companies" list.Īnime fans in the 2000s and the early days of the Wild West Internet had mixed thoughts on 4Kids. This became a wing of the company which was focused on anime dubbing for the Saturday morning cartoon circuit, which was about to enter its swan-song period in the 2000s before streaming services began to kill the traditional television block. Realizing the value of franchises like Pokemon and Yugioh that were starting to make major waves outside of their native Japan, 4Kids gained the licensing rights to the anime adaptations of these properties. Several of Yuto's Spell Cards and Trap Cards become Monsters after activating, allowing him to protect himself from attacks and Swarm his field at the same time.4Kids Entertainment was a company with a long history, but the important thing to note is that in the 1990s/2000s, they struck gold. Yuto's "Phantom" Spell Cards also have secondary effects that can be used when they are in the Graveyard, so if they are destroyed while they are on the field, Yuto can still utilize them. His monsters are low-Levels, so Yuto takes advantage of various effects to increase their Levels as the Duel progresses. He tends to use large numbers of Spell and Trap Cards to protect himself against attacks and support the Xyz Summoning of his ace card, "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon", while using cards like "Phantom Knights' Spear" and "Phantom Knights' Wing" to protect it as well as damage the opponent, enabling a OTK through the effect of "Xyz Dragon". Yuto runs a "The Phantom Knights" Deck that focuses on Xyz Summoning. Shay and several other Duelists arrived, and Yugo retreated.Īfter Shay informed Yuto that capturing the Professor's son may cause the Professor to panic and force him to release Lulu,he traveled to the Standard Dimension to oppose the Fusion Dimension,so Yuto followed his best friend there, too Yugo brashly challenged Yuto to a Duel, vowing that he wasn't losing until he'd beaten Yuto to a pulp and the two clashed head on in a Duel.Yuto brought out "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon", while Yugo attempted to counter with "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon". Yuto mistook Yugo's name for "Fusion" and assumed that the Turbo Duelist was working with Duel Academy. While out searching for Lulu alone, Yuto lamented that he didn't want to hurt anyone anymore, but then he was confronted by Yugo, a Duelist from the Synchro Dimension riding a Duel Runner. Sometime after the invasion, Lulu was captured by Duel Academy, and Yuto and the Resistance frantically looked for her. Shay tried to seal him into a card, but Yuto stopped him. The Duelist replied that he did so because he was ordered to. During the invasion he, Shay, and three other Duelists attempted to fight off the many "Chaos Ancient Gear Giants" that were Summoned, but their allies were defeated and sealed into cards, forcing Yuto and Shay to retreat.Īt some point after the invasion, Shay managed to capture a Duel Academy Duelist, who Shay and Yuto interrogated for the reason of the invasion. Heartland was attacked out of the blue one day by Duel Academy from the Fusion Dimension. At one point he, Shay, and Lulu watched Kite Tenjo, the ace of the Clover Branch, Dueling. After her Duel, Shay introduced them both and they instantly took a liking to each other, and they began growing closer. He was completely shocked when Shay told him that she was his sister. Yuto and Shay watched Lulu's Duel as the former commented on her great Dueling skills.
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Yuto attended the Spade Branch of Heartland Duel School, known for training professional Duelists. Yuto's hometown, Heartland City, was once a peaceful city. The Xyz Dimension counterpart of Yuya Sakaki. First appearance in: Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V - Episode 07