Yûgiô Duel Monsters: Hikari no pyramid (2004)

Director:

Hatsuki Tsuji

Writer:

Michael Pecerlello (writer)

Release Date:

13 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

Everything else was just practice!

Plot:

Underneath the sands of Egypt, Anubis, an ancient evil spirit, has awakened. It's up to Yugi, who defeated Anubis centuries ago, to use his skill and determination to rid the world of evil once again.

Plot Keywords:

Based On TV Show | Fart Joke | Based On Trading Cards | Anime | Based On TV Series

Cast

Dan Green	...	Yugi Moto / Yami Yugi (voice: English version)
Eric Stuart	...	Seto Kaiba (voice: English version)
Scottie Ray	...	Anubis (voice: English version)
Wayne Grayson	...	Joey Wheeler (voice: English version)
Frank Frankson	...	Tristan Taylor (voice: English version) (as John Campbell)
Tara Jayne	...	Mokuba Kaiba (voice: English version)
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Solomon Moto (voice: English version) (as Maddie Blaustein)
Darren Dunstan	...	Max-A-Million Pegasus (voice: English version)
Ben Baron	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mike Pollock	...	Newscaster (voice: English version)
Andrew Paull	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ed Paul	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lisa Ortiz	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Marc Thompson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sebastian Arcelus	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Yu-Gi-Oh! (International: English title)
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie (USA)
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for scary combat and monster images.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:GP | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:MG6 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Spain:13 | Brazil:Livre

Company:

4 Kids Entertainment

Trivia:

Ryan Kelly (Compositing/Design) is credited as leading the archaeological team which discovered the Tomb of Anubis.

Quotes:

Joey Wheeler: I coulda been a contendah...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#33.10)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Blind Ambition

A Waste of Time

Truth be told, I'm a big fan of Yugioh. I play the card game, the video games, and watch the anime all the time. So as a hard-core fan, even I have to say, this movie sucked. Big time.

Truth be told,the plot sounds good, and the movie had potential. Anubis, an evil sorcerer, awakens from a 5000 year old sleep and, like most villains, goes to destroy the world. And guess what? He's got the 8th Millennium Item, the Pyramid of Light (picture a blue version of the Millennium Puzzle) to help him do it. To defeat him, Yugi and the gang have to travel into the Millennium Puzzle to defeat him, and battle all sorts of mummies along the way. Now, had the movie focused on the gang's battle against Anubis, then it would have been watchable.

Then, the monkey wench came in the form of 2 words; Seto Kaiba. Maximillion Pegasus appears, but he ain't the villain. And even the evil sorcerer Anubis can't be the big bad, he only appears for about 10 seconds (egxagerating here). Nope, it's Kaiba and his obsession to beat Yugi (this guy needs a hobby!) that drives the movie, start to finish.

Anyone who has watched the anime knows how annoying Kaiba can be. You'd think that, if the guy runs a multi-national corporation, he'd have a brain. But even Kaiba can't figure out something's wrong when Anubis whispers in his ear, and the monster attacks physically hurt the duelist. Guess he doesn't have a brain! The movie simply combines 2 good elements that mix to form nothing: A card game and an undead evil. Picture the cast of The Mummy playing poker, and you'll get an idea of how bad the movie was. It was basically a 90 minute episode of Yugioh. It contributes nothing to the anime, and actually creates a huge plot hole (the opening sequence mentions Yugi has been dueling for 3 years, meaning that seasons 3 and 4 in the anime take place at least 2 years apart). And the Pyramid of Light is never mentioned ever again, nor is Anubis, and all cards seen in the film are never seen again either. If I, as a fan didn't like this movie, how enjoyable do you think it would be for a non-fan? Save yourself an hour an a half, and skip seeing this.