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Yu-Gi-Oh!

(Rated TV-Y7, Children, cartoons, & animation, Where to watch: WB)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 7.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Card game-turned-TV show for gradeschoolers.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 7–10

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Characters value playing the game fairly and with heart and strongly support their friends and family. Some have Asian names (but don't necessarily look Asian).
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    Duels involve ferocious-looking creatures and attacks, but without pain or blood. Rather than die, characters lose "life points." Weapons are fanciful rather than realistic, e.g., "millennium shields" and "swords of revealing light."
  • Sexy stuff:

    Not an issue.
  • Language:

    Minor name-calling, such as "card-swiping freak."
  • Consumerism:

    The series promotes the card came and vice versa.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Yu-Gi-Oh!

Parents need to know that although kids in the show play "Duel Monsters," the monsters don't engage in much hand-to-hand combat, fighting instead in a virtual, video game style with fire and laser effects. Some of the creatures shown could frighten viewers 5 and under. The series' universe is surreal -- even adults collect cards and "duel."

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about how this show is connected to its companion card game. Do you think there would be a show without the game, and vice versa? Do you have to know how to play the game to enjoy the show? Parents may also want to point out that the series' take on Egyptian history is total make-believe.

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  1. I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The series was excellent and awesome and should have gone to the End.

  2. I rate this title on for age 5 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The series was excellent and awesome and should have gone to the End.

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Oklahoma
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Excessive consumerism

    I only watched this show because I was five and I was bored.

    This was a really stupid show. Apparently we now have the technology to make trading cards real. And, the cards have internal organs! Annoying, boring, copyricht infringement of Pokemon. Watch the original before you see the fake.

  4. I rate this title on for age 6 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Excessive consumerism

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages

    OK Show For Kids And It's A OK Show In Terms Of How Good It Is

  5. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Alabama
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 1.0

    The Blatant Commercialism is Disgusting, PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN!!

    This whole show targets young boys into buying cards and other merchandise. It's just brainwashing, purely and simply. What's worse is that it promotes 'nerdy' and 'geeky' behavior that doesn't just limit itself to children, I've seen delusional teenagers obsess over 'dueling' in a digusting fashion, it wouldn't be a proplem, but it's the extent that they obsess, in a money-wasting hobby that accomplishes absolutely nothing, thus they will become unsucessful adults (I'm not blaming this show entirely, but it's a contributing factor.) Mother's Review; Stop it before it starts, instead read a worthwhile book with your child :] (Also the art is unbearable to look at, terrible animation, with unrealistic, flat characters that talk in 'dorky' terms.)

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