Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series

After nearly four months of waiting, a new Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged Series has surfaced. For those of you who haven't a clue what it is that I'm talking about, I'll take you back to three years ago. A lowly YouTube user named LittleKuriboh creates a little 5 minute spoof of the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! He takes an episode, splices it all up into a shortened flowing comedy, and does all the voices himself. It was probably the funniest and most easily quoted thing I watched all sophomore year. While I had watched quite a bit of the actual Yu-Gi-Oh! cartoon and read the manga that took place before the anime, it isn't required that you really know anything about it to enjoy the Abridged Series. Most of the references are quite nerd-based, so don't expect to get all the jokes unless you are a hardcore Nintendo and YTMND fan. While these videos were removed from YouTube because of supposed "usage violations," LittleKuriboh has them all posted on the Abridged Series' website.

These episodes used to come out weekly, but he rarely keeps on track. I was beginning to think that he would stop making episodes after his fiancee became ill (he proposed on YouTube actually) so it's been quite a while since his last video. I'm glad he hasn't forgotten about his loyal fans. Now, if only some of my manga that haven't come out in 4 months would be released...