I'm stuck between the two honestly. His death was insane and a fitting end for the madman who tried to rip everything away from Kaiba and Yugi, but on the other hand he's so iconic, it's always a huge treat when he shows up again, and it's interesting to see him use his wealth and knowledge for good after seeing all the cruelty he did
One could argue it was that love he had that turned him mad and his death was a mercy in hindsight. That’s not what I’M saying, I actually prefer his fate in the anime. I’m just pointing out a possible argument.
@@metal_gear_rayquaza8914 That was what I was saying but upon rewatching some of his scenes in GX I have changed my mind. Poetic karma be darned he's way too fun of a character
I think it's actually super tragic if he dies, because all he wanted to do was bring his wife back from the grave, but he got overwhelmed with the possibilities of what he could do with his millennium eye, and for driven a little mad with power
Fun fact - Yugioh Duel links actually makes reference to this fact during the Paradox event where Pegasus told Paradox that he (Pegasus) should be dead, but he’s not. It’s a neat little interaction
Yep. Bakura is kinda alright I guess but he is definitely the weakest antagonist out of most of the original series. Guys like pegasus, Kaiba and Merik are just have so much more Charisma than him. It would suck to have Peagasus wastes by an inferior character.
Funniest thing about Keith dying is that he was brought back in Yugioh R and got clowned on by Jounouchi with Keith playing one of the Wicked Gods and losing because his deck isn't meant to support summoning a Wicked God. That duel is one of the funniest yugioh duels that happens in any yugioh manga imo.
I did know about it, but I’ve always rejected that reality. I have always felt keeping him alive did a better job of portraying what Millennium Items do to people who possess them, especially since Atem changes for the better over time it makes it feel like a Bakura thing almost to those who haven’t finished the series. Keeping Pegasus alive and showing who he is without the Item corrupting his brain reminds you of the stakes at play.
@@Ramona122003 , this is true, but Ishizu is a reincarnation of someone who was trained to use a Millennium Item, and even if she wasn't she was still trained to use one in the present day. Marik and Pegasus are two great examples of what grief and trauma can do to someone who comes into contact with an Item, and the many ways it can warp your personality. In the manga, at least, Shadi's ruthlessness is explained. Season 0, which you can actually find here on TH-cam, is actually pretty faithful to the original introduction in the Manga. Much like the Ishtars, Shadi's role is to protect the Millennium Items but also to guide/protect the souls of Pharaohs and to judge the souls of those who wish to disturb them. He's complicated, but it's a lot harder for the audience to gauge the effects of the items from him.
@@DindellaTheDefender Marik's issues started long before he touched Millennium Rod given that he created a split personality year prior. All the rod did was enable him further. Also, Ishizu went through similar BS and still was good with her Millennium Item. Shadi is ruthless, cold, and murders people in the manga (granted the people he did kill were jerks), but he's firmly on the side of good, especially if you considered DSOD. Overall, Pegasus is the only one you can point in being corrupted by a Millennium Item. Which works since the Millennium Eye was corrupted by the Thief King to brainwash Aknadin.
@@SmashBros2009 By the time it was out GX was already airing. Plus before Dark Side of Dimensions none of the anime followed the manga's story, so showing Pegasus dead would be confusing, while if he isn't dead Yako's motivation needs to be completely rewritten, which to be fair they've already done with Otogi/Duke. I think it just came out too late to be adapted.
I really want them to go ham and adapt all the mangas because they are destinct enough(Yes, even the original manga. The Duel monsters-anime changed a lot of stuff) and it would just be cool to see. Sadly, the chances of that happening are basically 0.
It would be interesting to see it start from Season 0 too. Duel monsters is a cool and fun game, but it gets dull when that is literally the only thing people do in that universe. Hardly a mention of deciding what cards to side in/out either.
@@alexanderrobins7497 Honestly, I still really wonder how the Toei anime would have progressed if it hadn't been cancelled. Because even tho the broad strokes were the same, almost all of the concrete mainstory-details were either completely made up or altered.(aka. even the DM anime with half of it being filler was more in-bounds in some regards) Heck, I personally often think about what my own spin on the series in a remake would be. It can really be fun to brainstorm.
Gotta love the Paradox event in duel links explaining this out. Paradox tries to kill pegasus and he's like "But...I'm already dead." And he goes "excuse me-?" "Well you see you're from the anime, I'm from the manga, this is a different timeline and if you kill me nothing happens well because I've already died". And it just breaks his mind in the most Dr strange multiverse way possible.
Very hard to decide, him dying in such a gruesome way is a devastating, yet fitting end to his character. Given all the chaos he caused in his attempts to gather all the Millenium Items to revive his lost loved one. Not only that, but it adds more evil to Yami Bakura's character, ripping the Millenium Eye from Pegasus' head and killing him. On the other hand, Pegasus is such an incredible character, whenever we see him again, it's always such a joy. I especially loved watching him in GX, as he redeems himself a bit by befriending Jaden and being a positive influence when he makes his rare appearances. He's such a symbolic character for Yugioh, I understand wanting him to live. It's tough, but I'm glad we have an anime alternative where he lived. Let him die in the manga and those who enjoy the gruesomeness of it and read it there, those who want it a little more light hearted can enjoy it in the anime, so in a sense they chose both options.
I always thought he was just unconscious and the blood came because Bakura removed his eye, and I have the manga. I think having Pegasus alive is a better choice, imo, but hey, at least he can meet his beloved Cecilia in the after life.
@@bigdoubleu117 Not everyone read it because it was always seen as sorta the weird spinoff/filler manga released after the mainmanga. That is also why the localization changes and translation errors are more obscure for it.
This is one of those moments brought up in just about every explanation on why the manga and anime are different continuities. It’s kind of funny to think about this from a timeline perspective.
As much as I like the manga for being darker and this is a pretty dark moment, I think I prefer how the anime kept him alive. As creator of duel monsters, the anime team saw he could be a useful character for down the line in the story and in the filler and movie they made good use of him. I don’t like killing off or removing a character when they could still have some value left to the story and I think the manga probably killed him too early.
To be honest Pegasus was absent in the anime, we didn’t see him until Walking the Dragons and even than he had almost no screen time. Yes he had a bigger role in the movie, but counting only the TV show, he was absent from most anime.
Fun fact, Pegasus in English makes groaning noises as he's carried down but in Japanese he's dead silent. So I'm sure he was meant to remain dead as he doesn't make another appearance in the show until season 4 as you said.
@@dnmstarsi wish that some english dub uncesored companies like viz media need to take all the rights to yu gi oh and keep it uncesored but some cast of english actors would be from the funimation cast(r.i.p funimation)
@@artisticsolarninja Yeah but then again, I personally appreciate the dumb censorship and I mean the ones that poorly cover up stuff like death so much and badly that it becomes funny. Still prefer the uncut versions but just saying, thanks for everything and nothing, "made kid friendly anime dubs".
Pegasus actually partially redeemed himself in later seasons of the anime. And, even though he was a villain, Pegasus kept his word and freed the 3 souls he captured. He also did actually pay out the $3,000,000 prize he said he would.
Sad to say I did know this, but I’m glad that the anime decided that it was better to keep him alive. He was a fun character and it was great to see him return for Yugioh GX
Seeing as this was a change made by Studio Gallop rather than 4Kids, and how well it pays off later in the series, I’d say this is a more-than-acceptable change. It’s kinda like Toji in _Evangelion._ He dies in the manga, but in the anime he survives at the literal cost of an arm and a leg.
Pegasus being alive was def the way to go for future plot. But dayuummm.. I had no idea Pegasus was murdered, and got his millennium eye ripped right out of his skull. That's so metal.
Definitely preferred for him to be alive. No sense in waisting that amount of flamboyance, and in all respect, he was still an honorable man at heart, releasing both of the Kaiba bros, and Yugi's grandpa, after losing the duel.
I really love the idea of Pegasus coming back in later seasons because after the first season you think that’s all you’re gonna see of him but then later on he pops up out of nowhere kind of gives you a spook of what the fuck? I thought we got rid of you!
I did not know about that. I prefer keeping him alive because to me, he was always a very fun villain. I also know that for some reason, his original name was Pegasus J. Crawford.
I think the anime keeping him alive was what made it more interesting for me. It was always hype when he name drops duel monsters characters in yu gi oh GX
Damn, seeing him being hauled off like that in the anime made it looked like he *was* dead, only when he was referenced early on in S4 was I actually relieved that it was not so (only in the anime)
In the manga, Atem never summoned Ra, but in the anime, he summoned all gods against Yugi. In the manga Kaiba didn't watch the duel, but in the anime Kaiba did watch their final duel.
I could go either way on Pegasus being kept alive or not. I think that it could have been sort of interesting for world building if he died and there was an in-universe explanation on KaibaCorp taking over marketing and R&D for Duel Monsters as a bit of trivia for why the game's rules and artistic direction sort of shifted from the early days, but really that would just be a "huh neat" thing and Pegasus has some good appearances in anime-exclusive stuff (mostly just his GX cameo episode).
@@nicolasrey8773 R&D is research and development which while in the context of a card game would normally only deal with things like play testing in the Yugioh world would likely also involve research into the supernatural properties the card game holds or the tech related to the game. KaibaCorp does have a partnership with Industrial Illusions - sending cards into space, for instance, was something that directly happened. Same goes with how KaibaCorp developed the Solid Vision technology and duel disks. On top of KaibaCorp having the rights to use Industrial Illusions' IP in Kaibaland. Also the research on Momentum and subsequent development of D-Wheels. The work on the AR technology to make D-Gazers and Solid Vision with Mass. That sorta thing.
They made a reference to this in duel links during the end of the paradox raid boss event where yugi and atem discussed something happened to pegasus after their duel with him..
I knew about the brutal way he lost his Millennium Eye in the Manga compared to the Anime (especially cuz the dub edited it out lmao), but I didn't know he actually died. Guess that expains how Waking The Dragons was an Anime-original work as it featured Pegasus as a decently important character.
Based on what little I know about Yu-Gi-Oh GX, I'm surprised they didn't give him a unique design duel disk. He feels like the kind of guy who would have a unique design one. Maybe something more reminiscent of a standard field. I don't know
On the one hand I love Pegasus as a character and I'm kinda glad they kept him around, on the other hand I'm kinda pissed because if they HAD killed him off in the anime as well then we would have had the Wicked God Card arc be animated and maybe we'd have a bunch of Wicked God support in real life by now.
I like that they kept his character going because he used his wealth and power for good he was the one that actually found which adds to the Shepherd in GX rainbow dragon and made it into a card and sent it to the alternate dimension so Jesse Anderson could use it so they could get home
Pegasus living and being used in GX was cool. I love how Jaden just pulls out Neos and Pegasus, the creator of the game, isn't even sure if Neos has been released yet. It shows he doesn't dictate the goings on with card releases and so on. It's a small thing but his character being redeemable is better than just having him lose twice and killing him off.
Yes. Ikr. I wish the manga got a proper adaptation some day. No censorship[. Stay 100% true to the manga. Yugioh will be a horror anime like it should be. (Or at least a Thriller.)
@@timkerer9607 "Season zero" as most yugioh anime fans call it is actually the watered down version of the og 1st Yugioh manga that it is based on. Yugioh Duelist, known as Yugioh Duel monsters in the anime, is actually the sequel. That is why I've always wished the manga got a proper adaptation some day.
Honestly, I'm glad that he survived. If you think about it, if he was dead then most of the GX characters wouldn't have their iconic monsters and he wouldn't have created Rainbow Dragon for Jesse
Nope actually zexal is a split path of the timeline that happens if the zero reverse accident never happens apparently in cannon zero reverse is the reason that synchros exzist at all so its more curious how xyz and synchro are side by side in arc v which has been confirmed to be part of the 5ds timeline
If I remember correctly, Kazuki kept Pegasus' death in the manga ambiguous for a long time by just not mentioning him. It wasn't until Yu-Gi-Oh! R where not only Pegasus' death was confirmed, but so was Bandit Keith's. By the way... did Bandit Keith stay dead in that? He was revived as a test run for the project meant to revive Pegasus. I just remember that Joey defeated him and destroyed The Wicked Eraser.
In the manga I recall in Battle City when Joey/Jonouchi duelled Espa Roba, Espa mentioned Pegasus being dead and said he could contact him in the afterlife through ESP (which we learn shortly after he doesn’t have ESP). So he was confirmed dead way earlier than Yugioh R
@@xanimosityx-s9p It's a bit more complicated, it was drawn by one of Takahashi's assisstants, but the story was his idea that he couldn't add to the og manga during it's run, so after the manga was finished the two worked to get the story out, R was released barely a month after the OG manga ended
Durin that era, nearly all anime adaptations and localizing dialed the series' a bit down. So if the manga had death and blood, the anime would remove the blood and the localization would replace death with the shadow realm etc
I was shocked to have seen his death in the manga when I first read the series back in early 2000s. I like the character and I'm actually cool with him having a better outcome in the anime. I've read that his fate has changed cause fans loved him which was awesome!
I knew this fact though I only learned that Pegasus was still alive because of the pyramid of light movie. I only had the first few episodes on VHS and saw parts of the first two seasons including the finale of season one and was never able to catch the series again until GX where I saw a few episodes.
He was definitely deserved it after what he did, period. But his character is likable so most people wanna see him live. The same way people say " free (insert their favorite rapper) " even though the dude is a murderer.
Isn't that like everyone in the Manga though? Remember that Yami's mind crush ability actually kills people and that in season 0 he becomes the king of games by beating people in a bunch of random games and some he kills.
Yami's Mind Crush doesn't kill people and in fact, he only used that once and it was against Kaiba to make him a better person. And Yami in the manga at best has two kills. The Toei anime that you call Season 0, he literally kills no one.
Ok I don't get how Pegasus died from getting his millennium eye ripped out, because when he first got it, it was shoved into his eye socket and he survived, so how did getting it ripped out kill him
@@sean1oo1 it is canon. Its from the original scipts but sadly no time to bring it up in the main manga also the author wasvthe asist of kazuki takahashi
@@sabener6255 that doesn’t make it canon lmao. I get what you’re referring to. But it’s got no actual plot relevance to the manga itself, just ideas takahashi never utilized in the main work. Its very common with mangaka. It’s a spin off. But still a fun read regardless 🤷🏽♂️
@@sean1oo1 If filler arcs are canon to the anime, as confirmed by virtual world in Kaibaland from season 1 of DM being in GX, then the spinoff manga is canon to the manga. Transcend game also isn't relevant to Dark Side of Dimensions, even contradicting it in some ways, but you won't call that noncanon, will you?
@@genyakozlov1316 Most people don't consider filler arcs canon to the anime, so not the best example. At best, it's a different timeline out the manga. And yes, a lot of people don't consider Transcend game canon to DSOD because of the contradicting.
I would have preferred him to have a bigger impact if he was still alive but he became a cameo person afterwards. Which begs the question: why have him around then?
This is news to me and my friend I actually never knew this I talked something dark may have happened to him because the Japanese anime Hugo is darker than the English version and no I did not notice
Oh wait until you here what Pegasus did to Bandit Keith. He embedded a gun into his hand and used his powers to force Keith to shoot. Yeah... should I mention it was originally a horror manga?
I knew this, however him being alive makes it better I'm glad the anime went with that route even if he sort of becomes irrelevant in later seasons and sequel series
Bandit got killed by pegasus and pegasus got killed by yami evil bakura, it was plot all along since yami bakura needed melinium eyes, it must be taken by force to take one of pegasus left eyes
True, but then you have to question how getting his millennium eye taken out can kill him, when his actual eye was already taken out by Shadi years beforehand. It creates a bit of a plot hole.
@@michaelfireheart8300 I like to think that was Zorc/Yami Bakura being unnecessarily extra and cruel when he was taking the millennium eye out. It would fit his character to kill someone who's already weak and vulnerable.
I knew about the difference and honestly, while I enjoy his character, Pegasus J. Crafword dying due to Yami Bakura does set him up as a better villain for later
Yami Bakura was just a straight up menace, the black air force energy of Yu-Gi-Oh! for sure. Read the manga through recently, such a classic, upset about the censorship though because the story's more meaningful with it I feel. The afterword had me cryin', rest in power Takahashi.
I personally like the theory that the rare hunters for some reason decided to just "silence him" after he ran away. Because he just never shows up again after that point.
@@lpfan4491 Marik may have killed all the rare hunters he controlled. After all in the manga he said Arcana/Pandora was gonna kill himself after he wakes up, and those twists he made Hunter do may have been fatal. That certainly makes his redemption even harder to swallow.
@@genyakozlov1316 I genuinely think the anime did him better, though still not perfect. He still did screwed up stuff, but at least he didn't actively force people to commit yesn't. From the perspective of the manga, I actively would have wanted Yami to just bring Yami Marik to 0 LP right away(Assuming the Shadow game was the same).
I much prefer keeping Pegasus around, he was a good character. That being said, his death is the only way for Yu-Gi-Oh! R to happen, and as much as I want an anime adaption for it, I don’t know how it could work.
@@Crimson_Dragon01 It would still be weird tho. DsoD conceptually is fine is because its ideas vaguely apply to anime watchers too and it could market itself as "the afterstory for the Yugioh manga". What would a Yugioh R-adaptation even do? "Yeah, so, this is set in the middle of the manga and only really makes sense with context from the manga and does not actually market itself well because it is the afterstory to a less important plotline." Kinda sounds silly. They need to adapt the entire manga for it to work.
Meh. After thinking about it for two years, I think they could absolutely adapt R fairly faithfully. Swap Pegasus out for Cecelia, have Pegasus disagree with his sons’ plan to revive his wife at the cost of someone else’s life, and don’t mention that Keith was the prototype test. That way, Pegasus being friendly with Yugi and the Gang in Pyramid of Light, Bonds Beyond Time and Waking the Dragons (which would all take place after this) has set up. He helps them stop this. Also makes more sense for Tea to be taken to revive Cecelia, because why were they going to bring back their dad in a teenage girl’s body? LMAO
I did NOT know that! Keeping him alive was a much better choice. You can’t have the Duel Monsters without their creator. Plus he is a very useful and iconic character for the series.
They actually addressed this in Duel Links when the character Paradox shows up in Duel Links it is revealed that his plan in the Yugioh movie Bonds Beyond Time where he planned to kill Pegasus (anime version) since he assumed if he killed him that Duel Monsters would fail and it would prevent the 5Ds events from occurring. However it was confirmed that the Duel Links characters of the original DM show are actually the manga versions and Pegasus already knows his fate that he is supposed to die basically telling Paradox his life long plan to end Duel Monsters wouldn't have worked anyways.
I love Yu-Gi-Oh so much for the fact that none of it's characters have died throughout the whole series. That makes the show so much more suitable for kids, unlike todays animes. I think we, late 90s - early 00s babies, are so blessed to have grown up watching shows like Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon and Shaman King.
Pegasus is like Frieza, he's too popular and somehow likeable that he couldn't stay dead
Ain't he closer to mr freeze. Freiza was gone for 20 years
I'd argue more like joker because God damn he's appeared way to much now.
Anime: In life, he'll move on to become a better person
In the manga: At least he'll see his lover again
It was a win win scenario.
@@coomcharger6105Exactly and in the anime, Kaiba roasts him over and over again
Did he really lose?
He got his wish in the end i suppose
Yeah 😢.
I'm stuck between the two honestly. His death was insane and a fitting end for the madman who tried to rip everything away from Kaiba and Yugi, but on the other hand he's so iconic, it's always a huge treat when he shows up again, and it's interesting to see him use his wealth and knowledge for good after seeing all the cruelty he did
He only did it for his loved one it was a plan.
One could argue it was that love he had that turned him mad and his death was a mercy in hindsight.
That’s not what I’M saying, I actually prefer his fate in the anime. I’m just pointing out a possible argument.
@@metal_gear_rayquaza8914 That was what I was saying but upon rewatching some of his scenes in GX I have changed my mind. Poetic karma be darned he's way too fun of a character
I think it's actually super tragic if he dies, because all he wanted to do was bring his wife back from the grave, but he got overwhelmed with the possibilities of what he could do with his millennium eye, and for driven a little mad with power
Exactly they redeemed him in the anime
Two words decIdes that it was worth to keep him alive: "YUGI BOOOY!"
Also two of his nightmarish monsters, Relinquish, 1000 eyes restrict.
Please tell me why I read this in Pegasus voice
@@blakephillips7145 who doesn't read this in pegasus voice?
Whenever I think of his voice, I hear this and then I hear, "I summon Toon World."
@@jesstavares6843 I read this in Little Kuriboh ygotas's voice.
I was more surprised when I found out he was actually 24 and not some weird older guy that just looks younger
He sure doesn't act 25, even if he looks it.
@@genyakozlov1316 he acts even younger 😂
Wait Pegasus is 24 at that time?
What?! I always thought he would be in his late 40s or maybe even early 50s. 😂
@@genyakozlov1316 He was a grown man that loved cartoons and pranking the hell out of Kaiba. If that's not 24, I don't know what is.
Fun fact - Yugioh Duel links actually makes reference to this fact during the Paradox event where Pegasus told Paradox that he (Pegasus) should be dead, but he’s not. It’s a neat little interaction
I knew this fact, I prefer him being alive
the only difference being he has one eye
Same
Yea being alive is much more fun than being dead
Yep. Bakura is kinda alright I guess but he is definitely the weakest antagonist out of most of the original series. Guys like pegasus, Kaiba and Merik are just have so much more Charisma than him. It would suck to have Peagasus wastes by an inferior character.
Pegasus will be the legendary duelist in every season of Yugioh.
Pegasus' accent is the best thing about the show.
"Yugiboiiii"
Kaibaboiiiii
@@alster724 Jaden boiiii
And Joey's 😂
@alster724 Reminds me of Emporio Ivankov from One Piece
@@priscillajimenez27BROOKLYN RAGE
Killed off Pegasus and Bandit Keith.
Producers with Monster Reborn cards: We don't do that here.
just went to the future I just got goha to make monster Reborn
Funniest thing about Keith dying is that he was brought back in Yugioh R and got clowned on by Jounouchi with Keith playing one of the Wicked Gods and losing because his deck isn't meant to support summoning a Wicked God. That duel is one of the funniest yugioh duels that happens in any yugioh manga imo.
@@oxcare5 I guess Akira Ito like Bandit Keith then lol.
Kills Keith and Pegasus
Yugi: I PLAY REBORN THE MONSTER!!
@@oxcare5 how did Keith died ?
I did know about it, but I’ve always rejected that reality. I have always felt keeping him alive did a better job of portraying what Millennium Items do to people who possess them, especially since Atem changes for the better over time it makes it feel like a Bakura thing almost to those who haven’t finished the series.
Keeping Pegasus alive and showing who he is without the Item corrupting his brain reminds you of the stakes at play.
Except we meet Ishizu in the very next arc who was a Millennium Item user who was firmly good. Same with Shadi if he was extremely ruthless.
@@Ramona122003 , this is true, but Ishizu is a reincarnation of someone who was trained to use a Millennium Item, and even if she wasn't she was still trained to use one in the present day.
Marik and Pegasus are two great examples of what grief and trauma can do to someone who comes into contact with an Item, and the many ways it can warp your personality.
In the manga, at least, Shadi's ruthlessness is explained. Season 0, which you can actually find here on TH-cam, is actually pretty faithful to the original introduction in the Manga. Much like the Ishtars, Shadi's role is to protect the Millennium Items but also to guide/protect the souls of Pharaohs and to judge the souls of those who wish to disturb them. He's complicated, but it's a lot harder for the audience to gauge the effects of the items from him.
@@DindellaTheDefender Marik's issues started long before he touched Millennium Rod given that he created a split personality year prior. All the rod did was enable him further. Also, Ishizu went through similar BS and still was good with her Millennium Item.
Shadi is ruthless, cold, and murders people in the manga (granted the people he did kill were jerks), but he's firmly on the side of good, especially if you considered DSOD.
Overall, Pegasus is the only one you can point in being corrupted by a Millennium Item. Which works since the Millennium Eye was corrupted by the Thief King to brainwash Aknadin.
Pegasus had a Dark Item while Ishizu had a Light one
The ring, rod, and eye are evil, while the necklace, scales, and key are good. The puzzle is balanced between the two
The iconic millenium eye lick.
Exactly
Good soup 👁️
@@preciousbirdpob6371 mmm
Bruh
Don't forget the millennium dagger 🗡️
"Stretchered out?" Dude was piggybacked to the hospital!😂
Not only that, Pegasus' death is actually a key point in the spin off manga Yugioh R
I love Yugioh R, I wish it got an anime adaption....😢
@@SmashBros2009 By the time it was out GX was already airing. Plus before Dark Side of Dimensions none of the anime followed the manga's story, so showing Pegasus dead would be confusing, while if he isn't dead Yako's motivation needs to be completely rewritten, which to be fair they've already done with Otogi/Duke. I think it just came out too late to be adapted.
I really want them to go ham and adapt all the mangas because they are destinct enough(Yes, even the original manga. The Duel monsters-anime changed a lot of stuff) and it would just be cool to see.
Sadly, the chances of that happening are basically 0.
It would be interesting to see it start from Season 0 too. Duel monsters is a cool and fun game, but it gets dull when that is literally the only thing people do in that universe. Hardly a mention of deciding what cards to side in/out either.
@@alexanderrobins7497 Honestly, I still really wonder how the Toei anime would have progressed if it hadn't been cancelled.
Because even tho the broad strokes were the same, almost all of the concrete mainstory-details were either completely made up or altered.(aka. even the DM anime with half of it being filler was more in-bounds in some regards)
Heck, I personally often think about what my own spin on the series in a remake would be. It can really be fun to brainstorm.
Gotta love the Paradox event in duel links explaining this out. Paradox tries to kill pegasus and he's like "But...I'm already dead." And he goes "excuse me-?"
"Well you see you're from the anime, I'm from the manga, this is a different timeline and if you kill me nothing happens well because I've already died". And it just breaks his mind in the most Dr strange multiverse way possible.
Wow that’s crazy
🤔 that would explain why he has a different eye color.
LOL, how i missed that in DL? 😂
Even better, after ripping out said eye, Bakura proceeds to give it a teasing lick. Jesus.
Ew what
card games are lit no cap foreal foreal on god high key heavy shit deadass 😅😮😢🥵🤯🥶😭💀
He's so cool 😭🙏🏻
Very hard to decide, him dying in such a gruesome way is a devastating, yet fitting end to his character. Given all the chaos he caused in his attempts to gather all the Millenium Items to revive his lost loved one. Not only that, but it adds more evil to Yami Bakura's character, ripping the Millenium Eye from Pegasus' head and killing him. On the other hand, Pegasus is such an incredible character, whenever we see him again, it's always such a joy. I especially loved watching him in GX, as he redeems himself a bit by befriending Jaden and being a positive influence when he makes his rare appearances. He's such a symbolic character for Yugioh, I understand wanting him to live. It's tough, but I'm glad we have an anime alternative where he lived. Let him die in the manga and those who enjoy the gruesomeness of it and read it there, those who want it a little more light hearted can enjoy it in the anime, so in a sense they chose both options.
He could honestly be interacting with his ghost/spirit. If they didn't show him having interactions with other characters, then just Jaden/Judai.
Manga doesn't even matter it's full of crap. It was made by idiot Takahashi himself so
I always thought he was just unconscious and the blood came because Bakura removed his eye, and I have the manga. I think having Pegasus alive is a better choice, imo, but hey, at least he can meet his beloved Cecilia in the after life.
YuGiOh R confirms he died
Yugioh R manga shows that he indeed was killed.
@@bigdoubleu117 Not everyone read it because it was always seen as sorta the weird spinoff/filler manga released after the mainmanga. That is also why the localization changes and translation errors are more obscure for it.
Naw when you die in a duel your ass gets sent straight too hell no happy after life for you
@@Son.D.Lollipop Unless we are in the dark world, in which case you are getting yeeted to the stars instead.
"Kaiba boy, Yugi boy"
This is one of those moments brought up in just about every explanation on why the manga and anime are different continuities. It’s kind of funny to think about this from a timeline perspective.
Look at the differences in the Yugioh GX manga for even more evidence of that.
@@ShinKyuubiNot just the GX manga, pretty much every following series too.
As much as I like the manga for being darker and this is a pretty dark moment, I think I prefer how the anime kept him alive. As creator of duel monsters, the anime team saw he could be a useful character for down the line in the story and in the filler and movie they made good use of him. I don’t like killing off or removing a character when they could still have some value left to the story and I think the manga probably killed him too early.
To be honest Pegasus was absent in the anime, we didn’t see him until Walking the Dragons and even than he had almost no screen time.
Yes he had a bigger role in the movie, but counting only the TV show, he was absent from most anime.
Fun fact, Pegasus in English makes groaning noises as he's carried down but in Japanese he's dead silent. So I'm sure he was meant to remain dead as he doesn't make another appearance in the show until season 4 as you said.
The Singaporean english dub version. He screams frightened just like the Japanese original
Good to know 4kids took notes from Ocean Dub Dragon Ball with how to make dead people seem alive.
@@dnmstarsi wish that some english dub uncesored companies like viz media need to take all the rights to yu gi oh and keep it uncesored but some cast of english actors would be from the funimation cast(r.i.p funimation)
@@artisticsolarninja Yeah but then again, I personally appreciate the dumb censorship and I mean the ones that poorly cover up stuff like death so much and badly that it becomes funny. Still prefer the uncut versions but just saying, thanks for everything and nothing, "made kid friendly anime dubs".
Pegasus actually partially redeemed himself in later seasons of the anime.
And, even though he was a villain, Pegasus kept his word and freed the 3 souls he captured. He also did actually pay out the $3,000,000 prize he said he would.
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Sad to say I did know this, but I’m glad that the anime decided that it was better to keep him alive. He was a fun character and it was great to see him return for Yugioh GX
Seeing as this was a change made by Studio Gallop rather than 4Kids, and how well it pays off later in the series, I’d say this is a more-than-acceptable change.
It’s kinda like Toji in _Evangelion._ He dies in the manga, but in the anime he survives at the literal cost of an arm and a leg.
him alive in the anime. I grew fond of his EN dub VA on pegasus.
Two words, "Yugi Boy."
"Kaiba Boy"
Pegasus being alive was def the way to go for future plot.
But dayuummm.. I had no idea Pegasus was murdered, and got his millennium eye ripped right out of his skull.
That's so metal.
Technically, he's luckier in the manga... he reunites with his wife... which is what he really wanted....
Yeah as dark as it... He got a happy ending.
Goes to hell
in the manga he dies but in the anime with dartz he is shown dueling mai so what happens in the manga with dartz
@@sansthegod2529He was never in the manga.
Not really. His wife went somewhere that a stealer of souls can never hope to reach. He was not lucky at all and has only himself to blame.
Definitely preferred for him to be alive. No sense in waisting that amount of flamboyance, and in all respect, he was still an honorable man at heart, releasing both of the Kaiba bros, and Yugi's grandpa, after losing the duel.
I really love the idea of Pegasus coming back in later seasons because after the first season you think that’s all you’re gonna see of him but then later on he pops up out of nowhere kind of gives you a spook of what the fuck? I thought we got rid of you!
However he is reformed
I did not know about that. I prefer keeping him alive because to me, he was always a very fun villain. I also know that for some reason, his original name was Pegasus J. Crawford.
He was also almost revived in the manga by his adopted son, but he was stopped by Yugi
Actually, Kaiba was the one who stopped the resurrection process.
Wait, when did that happen?
I think the anime keeping him alive was what made it more interesting for me. It was always hype when he name drops duel monsters characters in yu gi oh GX
Damn, seeing him being hauled off like that in the anime made it looked like he *was* dead, only when he was referenced early on in S4 was I actually relieved that it was not so (only in the anime)
I was aware of Pegasus dying in the manga. That’s how we got the Dark Egyptian Gods arch
I watch a video about how dark and brutal the manga version was and that bloody image of him traumatized me
In the manga, Atem never summoned Ra, but in the anime, he summoned all gods against Yugi. In the manga Kaiba didn't watch the duel, but in the anime Kaiba did watch their final duel.
I could go either way on Pegasus being kept alive or not. I think that it could have been sort of interesting for world building if he died and there was an in-universe explanation on KaibaCorp taking over marketing and R&D for Duel Monsters as a bit of trivia for why the game's rules and artistic direction sort of shifted from the early days, but really that would just be a "huh neat" thing and Pegasus has some good appearances in anime-exclusive stuff (mostly just his GX cameo episode).
What's R&D?
PS: Pegasus actually appeared in 2 different episodes in GX: when Frank stole Ra and when he dueled Crowler and Bonaparte
@@nicolasrey8773 R&D is research and development which while in the context of a card game would normally only deal with things like play testing in the Yugioh world would likely also involve research into the supernatural properties the card game holds or the tech related to the game.
KaibaCorp does have a partnership with Industrial Illusions - sending cards into space, for instance, was something that directly happened. Same goes with how KaibaCorp developed the Solid Vision technology and duel disks. On top of KaibaCorp having the rights to use Industrial Illusions' IP in Kaibaland.
Also the research on Momentum and subsequent development of D-Wheels. The work on the AR technology to make D-Gazers and Solid Vision with Mass. That sorta thing.
@@Zetact_ I don't think KC created D-Gazers, if so we would've AT LEAST gotten a mention. Solid Vision with mass was created by Leo Akaba
@@nicolasrey8773Pegasus also appeared in season 3 of GX, when all of duel academy was transported to another dimension.
They made a reference to this in duel links during the end of the paradox raid boss event where yugi and atem discussed something happened to pegasus after their duel with him..
What about a video about all characters that died in the manga but alive in the anime.
One of the few times anime made the right decision. “Yugi boy” he got me all way with that
Also, Kaiba Boy, too
I knew about the brutal way he lost his Millennium Eye in the Manga compared to the Anime (especially cuz the dub edited it out lmao), but I didn't know he actually died. Guess that expains how Waking The Dragons was an Anime-original work as it featured Pegasus as a decently important character.
Based on what little I know about Yu-Gi-Oh GX, I'm surprised they didn't give him a unique design duel disk. He feels like the kind of guy who would have a unique design one. Maybe something more reminiscent of a standard field. I don't know
He started off as a bad guy but in the end he was willing to help out and I all way loved his deck
On the one hand I love Pegasus as a character and I'm kinda glad they kept him around, on the other hand I'm kinda pissed because if they HAD killed him off in the anime as well then we would have had the Wicked God Card arc be animated and maybe we'd have a bunch of Wicked God support in real life by now.
I like that they kept his character going because he used his wealth and power for good he was the one that actually found which adds to the Shepherd in GX rainbow dragon and made it into a card and sent it to the alternate dimension so Jesse Anderson could use it so they could get home
Pegasus living and being used in GX was cool.
I love how Jaden just pulls out Neos and Pegasus, the creator of the game, isn't even sure if Neos has been released yet.
It shows he doesn't dictate the goings on with card releases and so on. It's a small thing but his character being redeemable is better than just having him lose twice and killing him off.
The OG Manga is so much darker and such a beautiful master piece
Yes. Ikr. I wish the manga got a proper adaptation some day. No censorship[. Stay 100% true to the manga. Yugioh will be a horror anime like it should be. (Or at least a Thriller.)
@@MomoKanjaki season zero is this
@@timkerer9607 "Season zero" as most yugioh anime fans call it is actually the watered down version of the og 1st Yugioh manga that it is based on. Yugioh Duelist, known as Yugioh Duel monsters in the anime, is actually the sequel.
That is why I've always wished the manga got a proper adaptation some day.
someday*
@@MomoKanjaki yes but season zero is the closest to manga adaptation
Honestly, I'm glad that he survived. If you think about it, if he was dead then most of the GX characters wouldn't have their iconic monsters and he wouldn't have created Rainbow Dragon for Jesse
At least in the anime version......also he's great with the Abridged series.......
Zexal follows the manga continuity, it all makes sense now.
I grew up with Zexal so I thought continuity was ignored in every other Yugioh anime like mine. Good to know...
Nope actually zexal is a split path of the timeline that happens if the zero reverse accident never happens apparently in cannon zero reverse is the reason that synchros exzist at all so its more curious how xyz and synchro are side by side in arc v which has been confirmed to be part of the 5ds timeline
Except that there is a Zexal manga, lmao.
That's why Bakura is the most Dangerous villain in the franchise
If I remember correctly, Kazuki kept Pegasus' death in the manga ambiguous for a long time by just not mentioning him. It wasn't until Yu-Gi-Oh! R where not only Pegasus' death was confirmed, but so was Bandit Keith's.
By the way... did Bandit Keith stay dead in that? He was revived as a test run for the project meant to revive Pegasus. I just remember that Joey defeated him and destroyed The Wicked Eraser.
He is most likely dead. Joey gave him Back his card and He looked dead. But it is not confirmed
@@S.G.21355I doubt it, because Joey talks about wanting to fight him again "as a man, and not a demon", implying Keith survived.
In the manga I recall in Battle City when Joey/Jonouchi duelled Espa Roba, Espa mentioned Pegasus being dead and said he could contact him in the afterlife through ESP (which we learn shortly after he doesn’t have ESP). So he was confirmed dead way earlier than Yugioh R
Yugioh R is non-canon. It was written by someone else
@@xanimosityx-s9p It's a bit more complicated, it was drawn by one of Takahashi's assisstants, but the story was his idea that he couldn't add to the og manga during it's run, so after the manga was finished the two worked to get the story out, R was released barely a month after the OG manga ended
I never knew that they killed off pegasus.
Now Yugioh R makes sense .
The villain wanted to bring back Pegasus
They made the right decision to bring him back in the anime I can't imagine what the yugioh anime without blood old Pegasus boy
Durin that era, nearly all anime adaptations and localizing dialed the series' a bit down. So if the manga had death and blood, the anime would remove the blood and the localization would replace death with the shadow realm etc
I was shocked to have seen his death in the manga when I first read the series back in early 2000s. I like the character and I'm actually cool with him having a better outcome in the anime. I've read that his fate has changed cause fans loved him which was awesome!
I prefer him being alive to, it makes for the potential for a fuller more complete arc for his character. I’d watch a Pegasus side story
I knew this, Pegasus is my favourite character and I prefer him being Alive as Well
“Mr. Pegasus is feeling under the weather.”
“He looks kinda dead”
“Well he’s not. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go sandpaper my throat.”
I knew this fact though I only learned that Pegasus was still alive because of the pyramid of light movie. I only had the first few episodes on VHS and saw parts of the first two seasons including the finale of season one and was never able to catch the series again until GX where I saw a few episodes.
He was definitely deserved it after what he did, period. But his character is likable so most people wanna see him live. The same way people say " free (insert their favorite rapper) " even though the dude is a murderer.
It's funny because he served a plot purpose in the Dungeon Dice arc and then the Waking the Dragons arc.
I mean he took Chumley under his wing and seeing how he's my favorite character(Chumley) i guess i liked that he lived
I did know this and I think it was an excellent move to keep him alive
So Kaiba can roast him over and over again.
Pegasus: OOOOH KAIBA BOY~
Kaiba: Aren't you suppossed to be dead?
Pegasus: Bitch I might be.
I grew up with the original. Anime so I wasnt a avid manga reader, I didn't know he died until dark side of dimesions
I mean the movie was using the manga continuity
Isn't that like everyone in the Manga though? Remember that Yami's mind crush ability actually kills people and that in season 0 he becomes the king of games by beating people in a bunch of random games and some he kills.
Yami's Mind Crush doesn't kill people and in fact, he only used that once and it was against Kaiba to make him a better person. And Yami in the manga at best has two kills.
The Toei anime that you call Season 0, he literally kills no one.
Ok I don't get how Pegasus died from getting his millennium eye ripped out, because when he first got it, it was shoved into his eye socket and he survived, so how did getting it ripped out kill him
Blood loss?
I did know that, and I was rather surprised. It was the right call to spare him.
Since his son wasnt mentioned in the anime, him being alive there made sense. But sadly no Wicked anime debut
I'm still horrified at the fact that his real eye got practically destroyed when the Millennium Eye got shoved into its socket
You forgot to mention Pegasus's camo in the 5D's movie
It's still part of the anime in general so it still counts.
Lol yes 🤣
in the pyramid of light movie he reveals the blank spot where the eye once was
After Pegasus death his adoption son go to after yugi for vengeance and they have a duel in manga
Yugioh R. Not canon at all, but a fun read
@@sean1oo1 it is canon.
Its from the original scipts but sadly no time to bring it up in the main manga also the author wasvthe asist of kazuki takahashi
@@sabener6255 that doesn’t make it canon lmao. I get what you’re referring to. But it’s got no actual plot relevance to the manga itself, just ideas takahashi never utilized in the main work. Its very common with mangaka. It’s a spin off. But still a fun read regardless 🤷🏽♂️
@@sean1oo1 If filler arcs are canon to the anime, as confirmed by virtual world in Kaibaland from season 1 of DM being in GX, then the spinoff manga is canon to the manga. Transcend game also isn't relevant to Dark Side of Dimensions, even contradicting it in some ways, but you won't call that noncanon, will you?
@@genyakozlov1316 Most people don't consider filler arcs canon to the anime, so not the best example. At best, it's a different timeline out the manga.
And yes, a lot of people don't consider Transcend game canon to DSOD because of the contradicting.
I would have preferred him to have a bigger impact if he was still alive but he became a cameo person afterwards.
Which begs the question: why have him around then?
It was a good idea to keep him alive because if they had him die u wouldn’t see him in season four or in the pyramid of light
Or even in the few Yu Gi Oh GX anime episodes he shows up in as well.
Or in bonds beyond time
I thought it was a Sub vs Dub difference. This makes so much more sense.
This is news to me and my friend I actually never knew this I talked something dark may have happened to him because the Japanese anime Hugo is darker than the English version and no I did not notice
Oh wait until you here what Pegasus did to Bandit Keith. He embedded a gun into his hand and used his powers to force Keith to shoot. Yeah... should I mention it was originally a horror manga?
I knew this, however him being alive makes it better I'm glad the anime went with that route even if he sort of becomes irrelevant in later seasons and sequel series
I’m happy they changed it in the anime cause then it would probably be I Rated PG 14
It's not even supposed to be for teenagers originally
Bandit got killed by pegasus and pegasus got killed by yami evil bakura, it was plot all along since yami bakura needed melinium eyes, it must be taken by force to take one of pegasus left eyes
Him being alive makes sense for the show. He could've been a villain again but Kaiba, Bakura and Marik just became so much better antagonist
Pegasus vs Kaiba in the movie is something I think about wayyy too often, so it’s good they kept him alive
He actually has a charming personality so glad they kept him alive.
I think I slightly prefer the manga as it makes sense with the story of Pegasus. The man who stayed stuck in the past does not have a future.
True, but then you have to question how getting his millennium eye taken out can kill him, when his actual eye was already taken out by Shadi years beforehand. It creates a bit of a plot hole.
@@michaelfireheart8300 I like to think that was Zorc/Yami Bakura being unnecessarily extra and cruel when he was taking the millennium eye out. It would fit his character to kill someone who's already weak and vulnerable.
Ah yes, the cat of maximillion pegasus, dead and yet alive.
Yeah I knew the differences. Cause I’ve read the manga & seen the anime.
Danke lieber Kvid-Hase! Das wird dich wieder gegönnt! 16:20 hahaha die Bummer mit Kratos, sehr sehr gut 😂
I knew about the difference and honestly, while I enjoy his character, Pegasus J. Crafword dying due to Yami Bakura does set him up as a better villain for later
The decision to keep him alive because he was also responsible for creating the future of yugioh such as the new summoning methods and rainbow dragon
Seeing Pegasus dead absolutely broke my heart. I'm glad the anime writers kept him alive.
Yami Bakura was just a straight up menace, the black air force energy of Yu-Gi-Oh! for sure. Read the manga through recently, such a classic, upset about the censorship though because the story's more meaningful with it I feel. The afterword had me cryin', rest in power Takahashi.
Was kinda wilding when they showed Marik straight up kill his father (I was an anime only and got the volume where it happened)
Didn't Bandit Keith also die in the manga
Yep. Pegasus turned Keith’s own hand into a gun and made him shoot himself.
I personally like the theory that the rare hunters for some reason decided to just "silence him" after he ran away.
Because he just never shows up again after that point.
@@lpfan4491 Marik may have killed all the rare hunters he controlled. After all in the manga he said Arcana/Pandora was gonna kill himself after he wakes up, and those twists he made Hunter do may have been fatal. That certainly makes his redemption even harder to swallow.
@@genyakozlov1316 I genuinely think the anime did him better, though still not perfect. He still did screwed up stuff, but at least he didn't actively force people to commit yesn't.
From the perspective of the manga, I actively would have wanted Yami to just bring Yami Marik to 0 LP right away(Assuming the Shadow game was the same).
If he can not be redeemed, then as a ruler of my country would say, "*OFF WITH HIS HEAD!*"
I much prefer keeping Pegasus around, he was a good character. That being said, his death is the only way for Yu-Gi-Oh! R to happen, and as much as I want an anime adaption for it, I don’t know how it could work.
Dark Side of Dimensions is technically a follow up to the manga cannon and not the anime, so Yugioh R could still be done.
@@Crimson_Dragon01 It would still be weird tho. DsoD conceptually is fine is because its ideas vaguely apply to anime watchers too and it could market itself as "the afterstory for the Yugioh manga".
What would a Yugioh R-adaptation even do? "Yeah, so, this is set in the middle of the manga and only really makes sense with context from the manga and does not actually market itself well because it is the afterstory to a less important plotline." Kinda sounds silly. They need to adapt the entire manga for it to work.
Meh. After thinking about it for two years, I think they could absolutely adapt R fairly faithfully. Swap Pegasus out for Cecelia, have Pegasus disagree with his sons’ plan to revive his wife at the cost of someone else’s life, and don’t mention that Keith was the prototype test. That way, Pegasus being friendly with Yugi and the Gang in Pyramid of Light, Bonds Beyond Time and Waking the Dragons (which would all take place after this) has set up. He helps them stop this. Also makes more sense for Tea to be taken to revive Cecelia, because why were they going to bring back their dad in a teenage girl’s body? LMAO
Pegasus looks 30s and drinks wine
I did NOT know that! Keeping him alive was a much better choice. You can’t have the Duel Monsters without their creator. Plus he is a very useful and iconic character for the series.
They actually addressed this in Duel Links when the character Paradox shows up in Duel Links it is revealed that his plan in the Yugioh movie Bonds Beyond Time where he planned to kill Pegasus (anime version) since he assumed if he killed him that Duel Monsters would fail and it would prevent the 5Ds events from occurring.
However it was confirmed that the Duel Links characters of the original DM show are actually the manga versions and Pegasus already knows his fate that he is supposed to die basically telling Paradox his life long plan to end Duel Monsters wouldn't have worked anyways.
I prefer him alive.
Looks like this is a time where the anime version of a manga is ACTUALLY the better version
I love Yu-Gi-Oh so much for the fact that none of it's characters have died throughout the whole series. That makes the show so much more suitable for kids, unlike todays animes. I think we, late 90s - early 00s babies, are so blessed to have grown up watching shows like Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon and Shaman King.
If you’ve watched any anime before, you should know that every villain aren’t always as bad as you see them as
Yami bakura is as evil as it gets