This is part 1, covering all of the pre-Duelist Kingdom chapters of the manga (1-59). For this portion of the manga, there are two anime adaptations: the “season 0″ first series anime produced by Toei Animation (henceforth be referred to as the Toei Anime), and the “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters” second series anime produced by Nihon Ad Systems and Studio Gallop (henceforth be referred to as the Duel Monsters Anime)
This project was influenced by the website Kanzenshuu, which lists which episodes of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z correspond to each chapter of the Dragon Ball manga and vice-versa.
“School Arc” Episodic Chapters
Chapter 1: The Puzzle of the Gods
Toei Anime: Episode 1
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 3 (portions adapted in flashbacks)
A retconned retelling also appears in the Pyramid of Light movie
Chapter 2: Lying Eyes
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Chapter 3: Hard Beat!
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Chapter 4: Jail Break!
Toei Anime: Episode 2
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 22 (portions adapted in flashbacks)
Chapter 5: The False Prophet
Toei Anime: Episode 13
Chapter 6: Into the Fire
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Chapter 7: The Face of Truth
Toei Anime: Episode 10
The character Miho Nohaska, who was a minor character who only appears in this chapter, was upgraded to a main character in the Toei Anime
Chapter 8: The Poison Man
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Chapter 9: The Cards with Teeth (Part 1)
Toei Anime: Episode 3
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 1 (first half of the chapter)
Chapter 10: The Cards with Teeth (Part 2)
Toei Anime: Episode 3
Chapter 11: The Wild Gang (Part 1)
Toei Anime: Episode 9
Chapter 12: The Wild Gang (Part 2)
Skipped in both anime adaptations (in the Toei anime this story was combined with chapters 48-49; taking the first half of The Wild Gang’s plot and the second half of Jonouchi! Soul Battle!!’s plot.)
Shadi Arc
Chapter 13: The Man From Egypt (Part 1)
Toei Anime: Episode 5
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 40 (very end of the chapter)
Chapter 14: The Man From Egypt (Part 2)
Toei Anime: Episode 5
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 40
Chapter 15: The Other Criminal
Toei Anime: Episode 6
Chapter 16: Shadi’s Challenge
Toei Anime: Episode 6
Chapter 17: Game Start!
Toei Anime: Episode 6
Chapter 18: Second Stage
Toei Anime: Episode 6
Chapter 19: Final Stage
Toei Anime: Episode 6
Chapter 20: Game Over
Toei Anime: Episode 6
“School Arc” Episodic Chapters (cont.)
Chapter 21: Digital Pet Duel
Toei Anime: Episode 7
Chapter 22: American Hero (Part 1)
Skipped in both anime adaptations
The character Zombire, from an in-universe superhero comic appearing in these chapters, was adapted in the real-life card game as the Monster Card Zombyra the Dark
Chapter 23: American Hero (Part 2)
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Death-T Arc
Chapter 24: Capsule Monster Chess
Toei Anime: Episode 11
Chapter 25: The One-Inch Terror
Toei Anime: Episode 21
Chapter 26: Russian Roulette
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Chapter 27: Project Start!
Toei Anime: Episodes 21-22
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 1 (only portions of the chapter used)
Chapter 28: First Battlefield
Toei Anime: Episode 22
Chapter 29: Shooting Stardust
Toei Anime: Episode 22
Chapter 30: Don’t Make a Sound!
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Chapter 31: Murderer’s Mansion
Toei Anime: Episode 22 (only portions used)
Chapter 32: Chainsaw Deathmatch!
Skipped in both anime adaptations
Chapter 33: Terror Cubed!!!
Toei Anime: Episodes 22-23
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 1 (elements used)
Chapter 34: Arena #2
Toei Anime: Episode 23
Chapter 35: Board Game Deathmatch
Toei Anime: Episode 23
Chapter 36: Battle Beyond Hope
Toei Anime: Episodes 23-24
Duel Monsters Anime: Episode 1 (final part of the chapter)
Chapter 58: Millennium Enemy 9: The White Wizard Bakura
Toei Anime: Episode 27
Duel Monsters Anime: Elements loosely adapted in Episode 13
Chapter 59: Millennium Enemy 10: The Last Die Roll
Toei Anime: Episode 27
Duel Monsters Anime: Elements loosely adapted in Episode 13
I made this blog a few years ago but really dropped the ball on my original plans for comparing the manga and anime because of my utter lack of an ability to focus on a large-scale project, so instead I’m going to just make more freeform small-scale posts like this.