On top of Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0, its feature film, the 1,000+ episode canon anime franchise and Capsule Monsters, several other Yu-Gi-Oh! anime films have been made as well. Also, in contrast to Season 0, Capsule Monsters never aired in Japan at all, having been commissioned directly by 4Kids Entertainment (the company behind the original Yu-Gi-Oh! English dubs) exclusively for a western audience. This is possibly due to the fact that home media releases have billed it as a feature film, rather than a series. However, the count also does not recognize the 12-episode 2006 anime mini-series Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters. RELATED: Every Yu-Gi-Oh! Protagonist, Ranked by Hairstyle So, when you do count Season 0, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens' premiere episode - which arrived back in April - was actually the franchise's 1,000th. It ran for 27 episodes (plus a feature film), though was never dubbed into English and is considered non-canon to the rest of the franchise. 7s was originally published in 2013 and centers on 12-year-old Willow Chance, an orphan who is taken in by a foster family.
Notably, this count does not recognize Toei Animation's original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series, which is colloquially referred to by fans as "Season 0." Based on Takahashi's original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, Season 0 premiered in Japan in 1998. Is the book counting by 7s a movie A film version of the critically acclaimed middle-grade novel Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan has been optioned and will reportedly star Annie actress Quvenzhane Wallis.
With the 28th episode of Sevens - which was originally announced as a celebration of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s 20th anniversary - the franchise at large has now reached 1,000 episodes and counting. The anime was followed by a number of spinoffs, including Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, which ran for 180 episodes Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, which ran for 154 episodes Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, which ran for 146 episodes Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, which ran for 148 episodes and Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, which ran for 120 episodes.
Based on the manga of the same name by Kazuki Takahashi (which has also spawned a popular trading card game), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - known in some markets as simply Yu-Gi-Oh! - premiered in 2000, running for a total of 224 episodes.