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2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Film Teaser Recaps 20 Years of Manga, Anime

The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper's MAiDiGiTV began streaming a video for the new protagonists of the new film are Yūgi Mutō's and Seto Kaiba of the original manga and anime series. The film will feature a completely original story when it opens in 2016.

Text: Yu-Gi-Oh!'s 20th Anniversary
Narrator: 1996. The Yu-Gi-Oh! manga starts
1997, 1998, 1999...
Narrator: 2000 Broadcast premiere of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime
2001, 2002, 2003...
Narrator: 2004 Broadcast premiere of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
2005, 2006, 2007...
Narrator: 2008 Broadcast premiere of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
2009, 2010...
Narrator: 2011 Broadcast premiere of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
2012, 2013...
Narrator: 2014 Broadcast premiere of Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
Narrator: Inheriting the soul of the duelist. The Yu-Gi-Oh! 20th Anniversary Project launches in 2016. 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! film green-lit! The heroes are Yūgi Mutō's and Seto Kaiba. The plot will be an original story. For the 20th anniversary, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters will be remastered and shown on TV Tokyo, starting on February 7, 2015 at 7:30 a.m. History begins again!

Weekly Shonen Jump magazine teases the film's story:

In the past Yūgi Yami and Kaiba have clashed many times!! Yami Yūgi, who resides in Yūgi Mutō's body, and Kaiba will have a duel that bets their prides and accepts each other's mutual experience.

International distributor Kristen Gray, 4K Media Inc. senior vice president, commented, “We're thrilled to bring the Yu-Gi-Oh! characters back to theater screens for their enthusiastic fan base.”

4K Media was shopping for a distributor for all territories outside of Asia, and promoted the card game and anime franchise at Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.