Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• VHS Release Date: December 28, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00069FKSC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #340,498 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ishizu v. Kaiba, Yami Marik v. Yami Bakura, November 20, 2004

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Marik's Guru - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yu Gi Oh - Battle City Duels - Showdown in the Shadows (DVD)

This shows the second half of Ishizu v. Kaiba. Kaiba wins. Then an episode where Ishizu tells Yugi & Co. about how Marik was once an innocent child. Flashback to Ishizu and Marik sneaking out and walking around the Egyptian market place, and Marik wanting a motorcycle. Then they go back home, see Odion being weakened by the Millenium Rod (in Japan, he was being whipped), Marik goes Yami and banishes his father to the Shadow Realm (in Japan, Marik stabs him to death). Then the two-part duel, Y.Marik v. Y.Bakura, with regular Marik by his side. Awww, Marik and Bakura make a great team, heh heh. If you like YGO and don't mind the whole killing-the-father thing the dubbers left out, then you should get this...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest duels in yu gi oh battle city., September 3, 2006

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M. Antonis "dvd" (cy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yu Gi Oh - Battle City Duels - Showdown in the Shadows (DVD)

On this dvd you will see kaiba fighting ishizu.

A battle with destiny.
Can kaiba take off ishizou even that she can predict the future?
You will also find the true story of marik and the reason why he wanted te revenge the pharaoh.
The best duel of this dvd is evil marik vs evil bakura and marik.
Bakura takes the egyptian god card from evil marik, but the question is if bakura can control the true power of the winged dragon of ra and what about if ra has got more than one special abilities.
You will find out if you buy this dvd.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little bit of favoritism., October 21, 2005

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The Mu Mu - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yu Gi Oh - Battle City Duels - Showdown in the Shadows (DVD)

I am a HUGE fan of Yu-Gi-Oh, as you see. I don't like the dub, but...

My two favorite characters of the show are on the cover, so this is the only dubbed DVD I bought. As most people complain, the dub likes to mix and change things, as well as added melodrama. I prefer to watch it on mute, but even with the subs, it's obvious how hacked it is.

The final episode of this set is the best looking onewith all the cast drawn with nice heads, accurate facial expressions, and overall animation. The first, looking the worst, has rather blocky faces and unnatural movement(though Obelisk's summoning was pretty). The animation consistency is tragic(which is one point for the manga).

Still, this was a duel between the crazy characters, thus making it more entertaining than most of the duels. This is somewhat of a turning point in the Battle City Saga, as there is a bit of turmoil on the villain's side. I wouldn't watch YGO if it weren't for Marik(both of them) and Bakura(and you wouldn't understand unless you were a YGO junkie like me). And in another one of the "Marik's Past" episodes, you can't deny how adorable little Marik is.

I could stand the inconsistent animation, and maybe some of the violent parts edited(although I wish it wouldn't be so choppy), but the biggest downer is Marik's story being changed for no good reason. His likeability was lower in the dub, and so dub viewers might not have as much sympathy for him as one who's watched the original.

Still can't rate it lower than a B.
(shame about the shirt part.)