Yu-Gi-Oh! Guía y cronología
Yugi Mutou's Millennium Puzzle leads him toward shadow games, a mysterious alter ego and the growing importance of Duel Monsters. Later Yu-Gi-Oh! stories introduce new duelists and new ways to play, keeping card battles at the centre. The anime, films and major video games span several story settings rather than one uninterrupted life.
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Timeline guide
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Pick a Duelist Before Sorting Every Duel
Duel Monsters, GX and 5D’s belong together in the original-anime route. SEVENS and GO RUSH!! form a connected Rush Duel route. Toei and the manga-continuation film represent different adaptations. ZEXAL, ARC-V and VRAINS are self-contained routes; related games can appear in several routes without making their source worlds one history.
- Entries
- 21
- Released
- 21
- Span
- 1998-2025
The route selector combines narrative continuities with two clearly identified collections: card-lore worlds and alternative stories/crossovers. A game appearing in multiple routes is still one work with one progress record. That association does not certify every game scenario as part of the television canon.
Overview & recommendation
Yugi's story connects a boy's friendships to a much older mystery behind the Millennium Puzzle. Duel Monsters makes that a clear entrance into the card-battle screen world. A later series can instead introduce another cast and another way of imagining what dueling means.
The early Toei adaptation, theatrical films and games should not all be treated as episodes between those introductions. Some use related people, some reinterpret the material and some build their own scenarios around the cards. Knowing a shared monster or rule does not settle the precise continuity of each film.
For the original anime, follow Duel Monsters, GX or its 20th Remaster, then 5D’s, with Bonds Beyond Time after meeting all three protagonists. Treat Pyramid of Light as an optional companion. Choose ZEXAL, ARC-V or VRAINS as their own stories. For Rush Duel, begin with SEVENS before GO RUSH!!. Explore playable adaptations and crossover games alongside the relevant casts.
Connected histories, alternative adaptations and related worlds Screen generations and selected games
Keep the original-anime history and Rush Duel’s connected story together. Toei retells the early material separately, while The Dark Side of Dimensions follows the manga ending. ARC-V has its own connected multiverse. ZEXAL and VRAINS stay self-contained without inventing connections or claiming an official definitive canon chart. Card lore and alternative/crossover works are collections, not additional single histories.
Duel Monsters / GX / 5D’s (9 entries)
The connected original television history runs from Duel Monsters through GX to 5D’s, with Bonds Beyond Time crossing their eras. GX’s 20th Remaster retells the same GX story. Related interactive adaptations and the disputed Pyramid of Light film are included with their qualifications; their presence does not make every game scenario a television-canon sequel.
Toei Adaptation (2 entries)
The 1998 Toei series and its 1999 theatrical short form an earlier adaptation route. They retell early Yugi material differently from the later Duel Monsters television series; “Season 0” is a fan nickname rather than a missing season of that show.
Manga Continuation (2 entries)
The Japanese original of The Dark Side of Dimensions follows the original manga ending, as Kazuki Takahashi explained. That ending differs from the television adaptation. Duel Links is included as a related game with its own versions and cross-world scenarios, rather than proof that the manga and television histories are identical.
ZEXAL (3 entries)
Yuma and Astral’s self-contained anime story is kept together. Its exact relationship to the DM/GX/5D’s history is not established by the presence of familiar monster cards or statues. Treat a proposed distant-future placement as a fan theory. Link Evolution adapts its duels and Duel Links supplies a related game world.
ARC-V Multiverse (3 entries)
Yuya’s dimensional conflict is one connected ARC-V story. Its returning GX, 5D’s and ZEXAL characters have counterpart histories, so they are not evidence that the original shows occur consecutively inside ARC-V. The related games retain their own adaptation and crossover context.
VRAINS (3 entries)
Yusaku’s Link VRAINS story stays together. A precise place after DM, 5D’s, ZEXAL or ARC-V has not been established; technological similarity alone does not establish that sequence. Link Evolution adapts its duels, while Duel Links presents a related cross-world game story.
SEVENS / GO RUSH!! (3 entries)
SEVENS and GO RUSH!! belong in one connected Rush Duel route: Yuga and the later series’ time-travel story directly link them. Parallel worlds and altered histories prevent a simple linear before/after reading. SEVENS is the clearest first viewing; Duel Links has its own versions of their worlds.
Card Lore Worlds (2 entries)
The Chronicles anthology and Master Duel’s Solo Mode explore stories behind card themes in multiple settings and versions. This is a card-lore collection, not a claim that every archetype shares one history or that the animated and playable retellings are identical.
Alternate Stories & Crossovers (7 entries)
Companion films, alternative interactive histories, playable adaptations and cross-world games. This collection includes Pyramid of Light, Forbidden Memories, The Duelists of the Roses, Tag Force, Link Evolution, Master Duel and Duel Links; it is not another unified canon. The same event can also appear in a related narrative route.
A First Duel in the Version You Choose 20 entries
Follow a chosen story first, then its companions or playable adaptations. DM, GX and 5D’s are connected. SEVENS introduces the Rush Duel cast before GO RUSH!!. The GX remaster is another edition of GX; Pyramid of Light is an optional companion with disputed continuity.
- 1Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei Animation)Series · 1998
- 2Yu-Gi-Oh! - The 1999 Toei FilmFilm · 1999
- 3Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel MonstersSeries · 2000
- 4Yu-Gi-Oh! GXSeries · 2004
- 5Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX - 20th RemasterSeries · 2025
- 6Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag ForceGame · 2006
- 7Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sSeries · 2008
- 8Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond TimeFilm · 2010
- 9Yu-Gi-Oh! ZexalSeries · 2011
- 10Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-VSeries · 2014
- 11Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of DimensionsFilm · 2016
- 12Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINSSeries · 2017
- 13Yu-Gi-Oh! SevensSeries · 2020
- 14Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!Series · 2022
- 15Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden MemoriesGame · 1999
- 16Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the RosesGame · 2001
- 17Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link EvolutionGame · 2019
- 18Yu-Gi-Oh! Master DuelGame · 2022
- 19Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksGame · 2016
- 20Yu-Gi-Oh! CARD GAME THE CHRONICLESSeries · 2025
Related Casts Do Not Resolve Every Version 20 entries
Use story order within the selected route. DM precedes GX and 5D’s; Bonds Beyond Time visits all three eras. GO RUSH!! and SEVENS connect through time travel and parallel worlds. An exact shared sequence placing ZEXAL or VRAINS after those stories remains unconfirmed. Cross-world games and card-lore anthologies span several contexts.
- 1Toei’s separate early adaptationYu-Gi-Oh! (Toei Animation)Series · 1998
- 2Toei adaptation’s film storyYu-Gi-Oh! - The 1999 Toei FilmFilm · 1999
- 3Yugi’s Duel Monsters storyYu-Gi-Oh! Duel MonstersSeries · 2000
- 4Duel Academy; later than YugiYu-Gi-Oh! GXSeries · 2004
- 5Alternative GX edition; same storyYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX - 20th RemasterSeries · 2025
- 6Duel Academy — interactive side storyYu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag ForceGame · 2006
- 7Neo Domino’s later eraYu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sSeries · 2008
- 8Yugi / Jaden / Yusei time-travel crossoverYu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond TimeFilm · 2010
- 9After the original manga endingYu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of DimensionsFilm · 2016
- 10Yuma and Astral’s story; wider chronology unconfirmedYu-Gi-Oh! ZexalSeries · 2011
- 11ARC-V’s dimensional conflictYu-Gi-Oh! Arc-VSeries · 2014
- 12Link VRAINS story; wider chronology unconfirmedYu-Gi-Oh! VRAINSSeries · 2017
- 13Rush Duel eraYu-Gi-Oh! SevensSeries · 2020
- 14Rush Duel history; time travelYu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!Series · 2022
- 15Card-archetype anthology; separate story worldsYu-Gi-Oh! CARD GAME THE CHRONICLESSeries · 2025
- 16Ancient Egypt / modern game scenarioYu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden MemoriesGame · 1999
- 17Alternate Wars of the Roses scenarioYu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the RosesGame · 2001
- 18Playable retellings from Duel Monsters through VRAINSYu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link EvolutionGame · 2019
- 19Card simulator; multiple Solo Mode lore storiesYu-Gi-Oh! Master DuelGame · 2022
- 20Cross-world game story; multiple erasYu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksGame · 2016
Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Changing Screen and Game Forms 21 entries
Link Evolution first released in Japan on 25 April 2019. The Chronicles began on 21 April 2025. GX’s remaster premiered in the Friday 11 April late-night television block, after midnight on 12 April in Japan.
- 1Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei Animation)Series · 1998
- 2Yu-Gi-Oh! - The 1999 Toei FilmFilm · 1999
- 3Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden MemoriesGame · 1999
- 4Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel MonstersSeries · 2000
- 5Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the RosesGame · 2001
- 6Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of LightContinuity unconfirmedFilm · 2004
- 7Yu-Gi-Oh! GXSeries · 2004
- 8Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag ForceGame · 2006
- 9Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sSeries · 2008
- 10Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond TimeFilm · 2010
- 11Yu-Gi-Oh! ZexalSeries · 2011
- 12Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-VSeries · 2014
- 13Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of DimensionsFilm · 2016
- 14Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksGame · 2016
- 15Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINSSeries · 2017
- 16Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link EvolutionGame · 2019
- 17Yu-Gi-Oh! SevensSeries · 2020
- 18Yu-Gi-Oh! Master DuelGame · 2022
- 19Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!Series · 2022
- 20Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX - 20th RemasterSeries · 2025
- 21Yu-Gi-Oh! CARD GAME THE CHRONICLESSeries · 2025
Frequently asked questions 10 answers
Are all the route filters different canons?
No. DM/GX/5D’s form one connected anime route and SEVENS/GO RUSH!! another. Other routes distinguish adaptations or self-contained stories. Card Lore Worlds and Alternate Stories & Crossovers are collections containing more than one setting or version.
Could ZEXAL or VRAINS share an earlier history with the original anime?
A connection has been proposed by fans, but an exact shared chronology is not established. Familiar monster cards, statues or advanced technology alone do not prove it. Their self-contained routes preserve that uncertainty.
Does Duel Links put every series into one canon?
The game brings versions of several worlds together through its own story and reconstructions. A crossover can connect worlds while their original histories remain different. Link Evolution instead adapts duels from several shows into playable campaigns.
Why does the same game appear in more than one route?
It contains adaptations or encounters relevant to those stories. It remains one playable work with one progress record, so viewing several routes does not require completing it several times.
Does The Dark Side of Dimensions continue the television ending?
Its Japanese original follows the manga ending, as Kazuki Takahashi explained. The anime changes parts of that history, and the English dub changes some wording. The manga-continuation route preserves that distinction.
Is Pyramid of Light required for the main anime?
It is an optional companion film set around the post-Battle City period. Its television-canon placement is disputed and varies with the version, so it is not required by the default narrative goal.
How many Yu-Gi-Oh! movies, shows and games are there?
Yu-Gi-Oh! has 21 entries: 11 TV shows, 6 games and 4 movies, released between 1998 and 2025.
What is the chronological order of Yu-Gi-Oh!?
In chronological (in-universe) order, Yu-Gi-Oh! begins with Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei Animation) (Toei’s separate early adaptation) and ends with Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links. The full chronological list of 20 entries is above.
What is the release order of Yu-Gi-Oh!?
By release date, Yu-Gi-Oh! starts with Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei Animation) (1998). The most recent release is Yu-Gi-Oh! CARD GAME THE CHRONICLES (2025).
What is the newest Yu-Gi-Oh! release?
The newest released entry is Yu-Gi-Oh! CARD GAME THE CHRONICLES (2025). See where it falls in the chronological and watch order lists above.
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