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The One Without Christopher Walken

(Because Don Zaloog’s Walken impression was arguably the best thing the dub did)

Judai and the others have their keys to the seven Spirit Gates stolen–and it was the doing of the five Black Scorpion Graverobbers, who’ve hidden themselves at the academy.  Solving the case, Manjoume begins a duel with the Black Scorpions’ leader, Zaloog.  Manjoume closes in by leveling up his Armed Dragon, but the five Black Scorpions seal it away from him.  With the five’s combined attacks stripping him of 2000 LP in one turn–and putting him one attack closer to defeat–Manjoume rides it all on the Ojama Trio.

lol remember when I said I’d have this done three weekends ago

Here’s episode 39! Apologies for the delay on this one; I’d been door-knocking with a crazy congressional campaign every weekend the last few weeks and especially on Primary Day last Tuesday (you may have heard of it by now~  especially if you follow me on Twitter), and between that, working my 8:30-5:30, gym/commute time, and still being terrible with sleep… Had a rougher time squeezing in the work here than I expected… 😅 

But we made it! 39′s a fun episode that plays on Detective Conan a little bit in Manjoume’s detective antics (with… questionable methods), and it’s neat to see the Black Scorpions get a little airtime.  Manjoume also gets a welcome duel, and we get the debut of Ojama King aka best Monster you’re just mean Yuri.  Tune in next time when our protagonist battles an ancient Egyptian pharaoh with an unbeatable streak and… not-too-ridiculous hair? Do those exist??

Nothing in the way of card fixes this episode–yay!–so I just did two quick Quality of Life fixes to the footage; list below the cut.

Enjoy, folks; starting some more work on my 5D’s dub-uncut project with episode 24! Stay tuned for a little peek there.  I’ll start prepping some stuff for GX 40 here/there; will shoot to have it done by mid-to-late next week, hopefully.  That’s enough wiggle room right

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The One With the Fishy Mixup

A multi-millionaire named Anacis arrives at the island for a Duel of Darkness with the three Phantasm cards at stake.  When they declare “Duel!” at the bottom of the sea, Anacis realizes there was a “Duel of Darkness”/”Duel in the Seas” mixup.  Judai and Anacis now have a Duel in the Seas, and with the “Legendary City of Atlantis” Field Magic, Anacis’s Water-Attribute Monsters gain an edge–while Judai suffers as he stares down powerful monsters like “Orca Mega-Fortress of Water” and “Levia Dragon – Daedalus.”

Not as much of a delay with this one, is it? Here’s episode 38! Judai thinks he’s in for a painful duel, until it turns out there was a misunderstanding, so we end up with a duel in the deep blue sea! A fun episode for what it is, even if that’s probably a clever commercial for the Structure Deck that came out around its airdate.  (Also, why did the dub change Shou’s argument from Judai eating his fried shrimp to sell his bed or something again)

Couple of card fixes here, as well; list below the cut.  Some were a bit tougher given the watery background thing going on, and I scrapped one because of it (Judai’s Mirror Gate being sideways heading into the break), but overall, nothing too complex. (EDIT, 2021: One new fix applied that I missed before, listed in bold under the cut!)

Enjoy, folks! Going to start work on 39 by this weekend; I’ll have 38 up on NAC by then, too.

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The One With the Yukey/Tanya Fisticuffs

(My Subbed GX Masterpost)

tfw you finally finish finalizing an episode you wanted to finalize a month ago

Apologies for taking so long on this one, guys! It’s been a hectic month, lol.  In case you need a refresher with 36, check it out here as we continue with the aftermath of Misawa’s loss, where Tanya decides she needs another strong man–enter Judai.  It’s a neat episode thanks to Tanya’s use of Amazoness Death Arena, a Field Magic which lets them scuffle in spirit form and answer the question, “What if a fight broke out in the middle of the duel??” Poor Misawa, though. :’(

Part of the delay was squeezing in some time to work on the few fixes I had for this episode, including yet another strapping issue for our poor Burstlady.  Full list below the cut, per usual.

Enjoy, folks! I’ll finally be posting 36 with 37 on NAC tomorrow–I have to revisit 36 to reencode the preview per renaming the Death Ring to “Death Arena”–and then moving to get started with 38 as we face a freaky fishy guy.  Should be fun!

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The One Where Carnal Rays Are a Thing

The third assassin is an Amazoness named Tanya, and she goes for Misawa, saying that losing will turn him into her husband.  Misawa and Tanya the Amazoness duel, and Misawa uses his thoroughly calculated Science Deck and Plus and Minus-magnetized Monsters to seize the initiative in their battle.  However, Tanya’s Amazoness Deck was a surprisingly well-calculated deck, and Misawa finds himself shaken emotionally by Tanya as she asserts her interest.

Sorry for the slight delay! It would’ve been nice to finish this two Wednesdays ago given what episode this is, but oh well… 😫 Also, I meant to post this on Sunday but got distracted thanks Duel Links! So, we get our third Seven Star in Tanya, who faces a determined Misawa, and it’s not a bad duel; his Science Deck is interesting against Tanya.  I liked him calling out Tanya for being superficial, but then he ends up falling for her later, which is… well.

Only one card fix was done this time! I fixed the scene where Amazoness Holy Warrior/Paladin was summoned while Tanya had a Normal Monster card to show for her and Amazoness Swordswoman on her Disk; I Photoshop’d their proxies and threw them into her hand and her Disk, respectively, in AfterEffects, then keyframed Swordswoman so it pans out with the shot.

Enjoy, folks; working on 37 soon, where we’ll have Judai going mano-a-mano with Tanya and her carnal rays! …uh, what are those, again? 🤔

The One Where Fans Pretty Much Get Their Judai VS Kaiba Duel. And The Steam Puns Waft Away From My Head

With the last string of serious duels causing Judai to be in a funk, Winged Kuriboh guides him to set foot into the Spirit World lying beyond the Hot Springs.  There, he meets the spirit of Kaibaman, who says that his Blue-Eyes card would like to battle him.  Judai and Kaibaman begin their duel, and against his Blue-Eyes and Knight of White Dragon, Judai soon finds himself dueling seriously.  And when his Ultimate is finally summoned…

It’s episode 34! Kind of a neat one, given that this is one of the first episodes that helps Judai reconcile the idea of dueling for keeps with his idea of dueling being all for fun.  Kind of curious to know where this development went in hindsight looking at Season 3… But that scene just before Kaibaman’s last turn with Impossible Victory playing, and then his beating Judai with his three BURRRRST STREAAAAMs, were great.

Also, it’s Judai VS basically Kaiba, which is neat.  And the animation gets surprisingly good, too.  

This one didn’t take too long to handle since I’d already revised the script a few months back, so I just had to set up my timing video and retime the lines, but I did pick up on a few things I wanted to fix, as well as one thing I wanted to translate for the hardsub, which I’ll mention.  List below the cut, as usual~

Enjoy, all, and happy Friday! Stay tuned for the NAC post, which’ll also have 33 since lol, I totally forgot to post it before working on 34.  I’ll be working on 35 soon; we seem to be hitting the part of GX where they’re really good about not goofing with cards, so we’ll see if that helps trim down any delays.  Looking at about a 1-2-week window to finish it, hopefully.

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The One With the Bats, ft. The Shining Flare Wingman (Part 3)  [OP/EN 1 Version]

Receiving a Dark Item from Fubuki, a rejuvenated Judai challenges Camula to a duel.  Judai summons Tempester (ATK/ 2800), and Camula uses her Phantasm Gate to try and sacrifice Asuka and the others, but Judai’s Dark Item prevents it.  Offering herself, she steals Tempester and gets Judai’s Life to 1200 all at once.  With Camula having stolen glances at his deck, Judai’s strategies won’t work…

And here’s 33! Closing out the Camula battle, we have Judai stepping up to save Chronos and Ryou from their doll prisons, debuting a new badass Fusion Monster in the process, while we also get Camula’s backstory and how she met our Big Bad (who looks surprisingly buff there…); not a bad episode.  This is also the last we’ll hear of Kanako Irie until she returns in Season 3 to voice another favorite of mine.  Also, I always wondered why they never printed her Vampire/Undead support cards… Also also, honorable mention to Camula’s VA in the dub, Bella Hudson, for actually doing a good job voicing her, imo; the accent and voice were fitting.  Just wish she had better dialogue to work with, as I do with almost all their VAs…

A few fixes here, one of which was done while working on 32′s preview for 33, below the cut as usual.

Enjoy! As mentioned in 32′s post, I revised 34′s script sometime last year for GoldenUmi’s Duel Selection release of the remastered episode, so I should have it out quicker.

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The One With the Bats, ft. Sibling Feels (Part 2)  [OP/EN 1 Version]

Having defeated Chronos, Camula chooses to make her next opponent one whose looks tickle her fancy: the Kaiser.  And so, it’s Kaiser Ryou VS Camula.  The Kaiser is merciless from the outset, attacking with a Power-Bond-fortified Cyber End Dragon, but with her full knowledge of his deck, Camula avoids it.  Mixing up his attacks with Cyber Barrier Dragon and Cyber Laser Dragon, he corners Camula, but when she uses the Phantasm Gate Magic Card, she employs an unfair strategy through her power of darkness…

Did I say I’d have this and 33 ready by the holidays for everyone? …well, we’re still doing Three Kings’ Day, right? ^^; Here’s 32 for the time being while 33 gets processed on Videa, which is probably my favorite VS Camula episode because of the Ryou/Shou development.  Poor Shou thinking so little of himself makes you really appreciate how he comes into his own in the later arcs, and that dynamic is one of the things GX did best, imo.  The animation and art this episode is also nice, and this is the first episode to use one of my favorite GX music tracks, which I’ve called “The Rival’s Onslaught.” That use of Camula’s Theme right as she goes for the finisher, though… Huh, it just got a bit chilly here. where’s my sound duel 3 marvelous

Not much in the way of fixes this time (most of the time went to 33 on that front), but they’re down below the cut, as usual, for the curious.

Enjoy; I’ll post 33 once Videa has it converted, and I should have them both up on NAC in the next day or two! I’ve already revised 34′s script when I tidied it up for GoldenUmi’s release of the Duel Selection remastered episode last year, so that should be a quicker release in the next week or two.

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The One With the Bats (Part 1) [OP/EN 1 Version]

A beautiful yet eerie vampire woman named Camula has landed as the second assassin.  Judai won his last bout, but is resting after exhausting his strength in his Duel of Darkness.  Instructor Chronos hoped to escape her but fails to do so, causing a duel between him and Camula.  Chronos challenges her with his “Antique Gear”-focused Dark Ages Deck, while Camula counters with a Vampire Deck.  A Duel of Darkness begins–where the loser will become a doll.

Apologies for the delay on this one! Had a few more bits of life than usual sprinkled into my editing process, but we’re here, kicking off the second of our Seven Stars’ entries with Camula, one of my favorites.  Her duel with Chronos is interesting to watch, as Chronos finds his worldview gradually shattered by a thing he didn’t believe existed, but his reasoning for it is another reason why Chronos is an interesting character.  And that scene with “Impossible Victory” playing at the end… This is also Kanako Irie’s first role in GX as Camula, before she eventually returns in Season 3 as another gem of a character that most of us love.

There were a few card fixes to apply here, along with some simple quality-of-watching fixes that slipped by the staff, but nothing too major; list below the cut, as usual. (EDIT, 2021: Touched up one fix I previously made, listed in bold under the cut!)

Enjoy, folks; I’ll be seeing about doubling up with 32 and 33 to get them done as a little holiday gift for everyone who’s still following these finalizings to make up for the recent delays a bit.  Expect 31 on NAC sometime tomorrow!

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Some sad news to report here for fellow GX fans, since I haven’t seen it posted: Hiromi Tsuru, best known for her role as Bulma throughout Dragon Ball but known to us Yu-Gi-Oh! fans for her work voicing Yubel’s female side, has passed away.  The article above goes into some of her other notable work, as well; I’m interested to see what Toei does with Bulma now.

For the GX side, Yubel–a bigender card spirit in GX Seasons 3 and 4–is a spirit that Judai had Kaiba Corp send into space; Principal Samejima later tells us it was in the hopes that the Waves of Darkness would help correct Yubel’s corruption, only to have it made worse by the Light of Destruction taking hold of them.  They return, and proceed to essentially (and with minimal spoilers) make Judai’s life hell out of a twisted sense of love towards him.  And then we find out some interesting stuff related to the two of them that you’ll have to see to believe.  Tsuru also reprises her role in the Super Fusion! Bonds Beyond Time movie, as well as the Tag Force 3 PSP game.

Tsuru plays the role well, and it’s a performance that’s pretty unmatched by their voice actress in the 4Kids English dub (but that’s also because they rewrote them to sound more childish for no reason); that and the way their lines make them come across made Yubel one of my favorite characters in the franchise.  And with Duel Links being a thing, I hoped to hear Tsuru come back when Yubel was eventually added, like we did Kanako Irie when she reprised her role as Johan.

RIP, Hiromi Tsuru.