The Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (遊☆戯☆王 GX, Yūgiō Jī Ekkusu?) manga series is a manga adaptation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX television series. The manga was first published in Shueisha's monthly magazine V-Jump on April 21, 2004. Yu-Gi-Oh! R is a spin-off of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, with most of the same characters in a new plotline (which takes place between the Battle City story arc and the Millenium World story arc). Yu-Gi-Oh R (遊☆戯☆王 R, Yūgiō Āru?) is illustrated by Akira Ito, one of the artists who illustrated the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, and supervised by Takahashi. As of the December 2007 issue, the series has come to a close, after a long five year run in the pages of Shonen Jump, America. The Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs are released under the title Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, while the Egypt arc is released as Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World. Viz released volumes 1 through 7 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga under its original title. Some content was revised in later printings of earlier volumes. The translators of the English manga are Anita Sengupta (for volumes 1-7, and Duelist 1) and Joe Yamazaki (for Duelist 2-24 and Millennium World). It is published in its original right-to-left format, and the manga is largely unedited. Maximillion Pegasus) and for the Duel Monsters cards. The original Japanese character names are kept for most of the characters (Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, and Honda, for instance), while the English names are used for a minor number of characters (e.g. The English version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga is released in the United States and Canada by VIZ Media in both the Shonen Jump magazine and in individual graphic novels. Kazuki Takahashi credits Toshimasa Takahashi in the "Special Thanks" column. The editors were Yoshihisa Heishi and Hisao Shimada. In the eighth volume, the Duelist Kingdom arc starts, making the plot shift to a Duel Monsters-centered universe. The plot starts out fairly episodic and includes only three instances of Magic and Wizards in the first seven volumes. Yugi also gets into misadventures with his friends Katsuya Jonouchi, Anzu Mazaki and Hiroto Honda. The manga initially focuses on Yugi Mutou, as he uses games designed by Pegasus to fight various villains. It was created by Kazuki Takahashi, and was one of the most popular titles featured in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. The ''Yu-Gi-Oh! universe consists of four manga series, five anime series ( Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's and Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL), and three movies ( Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Bonds Beyond Time.)
1.2.2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (second series anime).