Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
2006 1 season · 12 ep live_tv Miniseries Japan

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

Synopsis

Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, and Yugi's grandfather Solomon are pulled into a world where Duel Monsters are real. They find monster capsules that they can use to summon monsters. However, in this strange new world, they battle monsters and when their own monsters are attacked, they feel the pain.

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Among 364 Japan seriess we catalog from this window, Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters places #42 — near the top of its class.

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The 2000s Japan Landscape

2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 133 other Japan seriess in 2006.

The 1866th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

283
Reviews
89th
Review-volume percentile
64th
Popularity percentile

283 audience reviews — more than 89% of Japan seriess in our index.

Review volume (89th percentile) outruns trending popularity (64th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
September 9, 2006
Last Air Date
November 25, 2006
Broadcast Span
3 months
Total Episodes
12 across 1 season
Format
Miniseries
Total Runtime
≈ 5 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.9
TMDB Rating
283
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #652 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.0 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #545 of 2,532 (top 22%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
All Production CountriesJapan, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Spoken Languages日本語, English
Production CompaniesGallop, 4Kids Entertainment
Series TypeMiniseries
Seasons / Episodes1 / 12
Release DateSeptember 9, 2006