A manga adaptation by Naoyuki Kageyama was serialized in Shueisha's magazine V Jump from December 2005 to March 2011, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes.
GX follows a new generation of duelists including a young boy named Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki) who attends Duel Academy, a school founded by Seto Kaiba, where aspiring duelists train in the field of Duel Monsters.
The academy has an internal ranking system based on the "Egyptian God" cards from Battle City.
Ra Yellow is the second-highest dorm and is made up of duelists who score and perform well in school and have the potential to be the best.
Together the main cast faced major threats including the Shadow Riders (Seven Stars), who intended to revive the Sacred Beasts, powerful cards that could destroy the world.
This group was led by Kagemaru and consisted of Nightshroud (Alexis's brother Atticus possessed by darkness), Camula (a vampire), Tania (an Amazon Warrior), Don Zaloog (a duel spirit), Abydos (an Egyptian pharaoh), Titan (an illusionist) and Amnael (an alchemist who posed as the Slifer Red's dorm advisor, Professor Banner).
The main cast then face off against the Society of Light, a cult-like organization who infiltrated Duel Academy.
Upon returning home, Jaden and a select group of his partners dive back into the alternate dimension to recover their missing companions.
After seeing his friends sacrificed, Jaden falls into despair and becomes possessed by the Supreme King, a ruthless and merciless ruler and the original wielder of the Gentle Darkness, which granted him immense power.
During his time as the Supreme King, Jaden commits many crimes such as burning down villages, enslaving civilians, and sometimes even executing others.
Yubel was driven insane by the Light of Destruction and wishes to fuse all dimensions together so she could always be with Jaden.
However, since he came back from the alternate dimension, he has become more solitary and distant from his friends as he does not wish to cause trouble for anyone anymore.
GX is produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, and the animation is handled by Studio Gallop.
The series was directed by Hatsuki Tsuji[2] and scripts were prepared by an alternating lineup of writers–Shin Yoshida, Atsushi Maekawa, Akemi Omode, Yasuyuki Suzuki–with music arrangements by Yutaka Minobe.
"GENEX" was conceived as the series' original title, as can be evidenced in early promotional artwork.
A remastered version, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, is set to air on TV Tokyo starting in April 2025.
[4] It was subsequently licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and adapted into English, picked up by Cartoon Network[5] and 4KidsTV in North America.
The story and some of the visuals are also edited to remove references to death, blood, violence and religion in order to make the series suitable for a younger audience.
[6] Also any written language text, either Japanese or English is erased or replaced with unreadable content.
5D's beginning to be run in September 2008, three weeks after the US broadcast airing of GX season 3's last dubbed episode.
Dubbed episodes were uploaded onto 4Kids' YouTube page until March 29, 2011, when Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo sued 4Kids and terminated the licensing agreement for the Yu-Gi-Oh!
GX manga series was serialized in Shueisha's V Jump magazine from December 17, 2005,[9] to March 19, 2011.