Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Hikari no Pyramid

So this movie was so-so. Art and animation were good and fitting for a theatrical movie from 2004. For the plot, it's the revived-ancient-enemy-wanting-to-destroy-the-main-character type, and it's advised to watch this after watching the anime tv series Yu-gi-oh! Duel Monsters up until Battle City arc. As always, Kaiba's still obsessed of defeating Yugi, power of friendship, and of course, the hilarity of Pegasus' engrish. I also felt that the duel between Yami Yugi and Anubis was kinda underwhelming.
One thing to note of, the card layout in this movie mirrors that of the present day, real world yu-gi-oh cards, so I guess it's a plus.

It was a decent movie, the start to the end of the story movie was maintained well. Have a lot of mixed opinions about this movie, a lot of parts in the film felt pretty blank. The battle was average, it could have been better. All the characters who appeared in the movie were given enough screen time. And we also saw a special card and it was so good. the villain in this movie was also not good as a character and didn't give justice to his villain part.

In this movie, I mainly liked the end part where that special card is revealed. It ... was fun to see that.

The plot had potential, with an evil sorcerer named Anubis awakening from a 5000-year-old sleep and seeking to destroy the world with the help of the Pyramid of Light, the 8th Millennium Item. Yugi and his friends must enter the Millennium Puzzle to defeat Anubis and battle mummies along the way. It would have been watchable if the movie had focused on this storyline.

Unfortunately, the movie was ruined by the inclusion of Seto Kaiba, who drove the plot with his obsession to beat Yugi. Even Anubis, the supposed villain, only appeared for a brief moment. The movie combined two good elements, a card game, and ... an undead evil, but failed to create anything worthwhile. It was like watching the cast of The Mummy playing poker.

I found the movie disappointing, and it contributed nothing to the anime. In fact, it created a huge plot hole by mentioning that Yugi had been dueling for three years, which contradicts the main series. The Pyramid of Light and Anubis were never mentioned again, and the cards seen in the movie were never seen again, either. Overall, I didn't enjoy it.