Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)

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Yo-Gi-Oh! GX
遊☆戯☆王GX
(Yū☆gi☆ō Jī Ekkusu)
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, School Life, Comedy
Manga
Author Naoyuki Kageyama
Publisher Flag of Japan Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Flag of Japan V-Jump
Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Shonen Jump
Original run December 17, 2005 – ongoing
Volumes 2

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (遊☆戯☆王GX Yū☆gi☆ō Jī Ekkusu?) is a Japanese manga series written by Naoyuki Kageyama. Kazuki Takahashi, the author of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, supervised the story. The series is produced in association with Brain Navi.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series (known in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX).

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is published in Japan in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine, and began serialization on December 17, 2005.

Starting December 2006 with the January 2007 issue, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX began serialization in the United States Shonen Jump by VIZ Media [1].

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main characters

Names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name. The name used in the English-language versions of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows the original Japanese name.

Unlike the English-language editions of the original manga series, the English-language Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga uses the English-language anime names employed by 4Kids Entertainment [2]. Characters exclusive to the manga, such as Mr. Ryuga, use their original names.

  • Judai Yuki (遊城十代 Yūki Jūdai) / Jaden Yuki - Jaden is the main character of the series who lives in the worst dormitory of Duel Academy, Slifer Red. He receives the Winged Kuriboh card, which becomes his spirit partner, from Koyo Hibiki, instead of Yugi Muto (the famous duelist from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series) like in the anime version of GX.
  • Asuka Tenjouin (天上院明日香 Tenjōin Asuka) / Alexis Rhodes - Alexis is a strong female duelist of the Obelisk Blue dormitory. In the manga, she plays a mixture of a Cyber Girl and White Knight Ice deck. Alexis' brother, Atticus Rhodes, is a star duelist in the United States.
  • Sho Marufuji (丸藤翔 Marufuji Shō) / Syrus Truesdale - Syrus is a Slifer Red student and a friend of Jaden's. Syrus looks to Jaden as an "older brother," and therefore calls Jaden "Bro" (Aniki in the Japanese versions) despite the fact that Syrus has a biological brother.
  • Jun Manjoume (万丈目準 Manjōme Jun) / Chazz Princeton - Chazz is a strong duelist from the Obelisk Blue dormitory. He greatly dislikes Jaden, though as the series continues, they come to a truce of sorts. He plays various decks. In the manga, he was given a past as a dueling prodigy, and he plays a dragon deck, his main card being Light and Darkness Dragon.
  • Cronos de Medici (クロノス・デ・メディチ Kuronosu de Medichi) / Vellian Crowler - Crowler is the professor of the Obelisk dormitory. At first, he holds a grudge against Jaden who he believes to be a slacker, and tries to get rid of him on many occasions.
  • Daichi Misawa (三沢大地 Misawa Daichi) / Bastion Misawa - Bastion is an analytical duelist of Ra Yellow. He plays various decks. Unlike his anime counterpart he has a crush on Alexis and duels Jaden to get her phone number.

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