Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ 光のピラミッド
Literal meaningYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnYūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu Hikari no Piramiddo
Directed byHatsuki Tsuji
Written by
Based onYu-Gi-Oh!
by Kazuki Takahashi & Shueisha
Produced by
  • Lloyd Goldfine
  • Katia Milani
  • Michael Pecerlello
Starring
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13) (United States)
  • November 3, 2004 (2004-11-03) (Japan)
Running time
  • 89 minutes[1] (US release)
  • 102 minutes (Japanese release)
Countries
  • United States
  • Japan
Languages
Budget$20 million[2]
Box office$29.2 million[3]

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, later released in Japan as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light (Japanese: 遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ 光のピラミッド, Hepburn: Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu Hikari no Piramiddo, lit.'Game King Duel Monsters: Light Pyramid'), or simply Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie, is a 2004 animated adventure fantasy film produced by 4Kids Entertainment based on the Japanese manga and anime Yu-Gi-Oh![4] It stars the cast of the Yu-Gi-Oh! television series in a new adventure that takes place between the third and fourth seasons of the show.

The film was first released in theaters in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label on August 13, 2004,[5][4] and was released on DVD and VHS on November 16, 2004.[6] The film was released in theaters in Japan by Toho on November 3, 2004, and aired on TV Tokyo on January 2, 2005. A remastered version of the film was released in theaters by 4K Media Inc. in 2018 on March 11 and 12 in the US,[7][8] 25, April 28, and 29 in Canada[9] and June 13 in the United Kingdom,[10] and was released on Blu-ray by Konami Cross Media NY and Cinedigm on October 8, 2019.[11] The film was a critical and commercial failure.


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  7. ^ "Remastered 'Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie' Comes to U.S. Movie Theaters for Two Days This March". PRNewswire. Cision. February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  8. ^ Ressler, Karen (February 1, 2018). "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie to screen again in U.S. theaters". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2018. Fathom Events announced on Thursday that it will screen Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie in United States theaters on March 11 and March 12.
  9. ^ Mateo, Alex (March 13, 2018). "Cineplex lists Canadian Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie screenings". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2018. Cineplex is listing the remastered version of Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie screenings in Canadian theaters on April 25, April 28, and April 29.
  10. ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Manga Entertainment. 2018. Archived from the original on May 9, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2018. In cinemas Wednesday 13th June
  11. ^ "Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie [Blu-ray]". Amazon. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.