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Duel MastersDuel Masters (デュエルマスターズDyueru Masutāzu) is a franchise based on an anime and a trading card game. The anime is about a boy named Shobu Kirifuda (切札勝舞 Kirifuda Shōbu) who plays a game called "Duel Masters". In Shobu's world, the players can bring the monsters to life using a fictional martial art called "kaijudo." Shobu aims to become a Kaijudo master like his father, Shori Kirifuda (切札勝利 Kirifuda Shōri), who was a Kaijudo master. Duel Masters often jokes about typical anime conventions, such as split-screens and a missing father-figure. While the storyline is technically dramatic, most episodes are punctuated by comedic storyline mixed in with the serious storyline. Duel Masters also has promotional gimmicks which depart greatly from the traditional fantasy flavors embraced in . The card game is made by Wizards of the Coast. "Kaijudo" originates from the word "kaijū", meaning monster, and "dō", or "the way". Therefore "kaijūdō" means "the way of the monster." The term "Kaijudo" is specific to North America. It is not used in Japan The name "Duel Masters" may be a pun on "Duel Monsters" (the name used in the second series anime and English manga for a card game (also known as Magic & Wizards - that name is a pun off of "Magic: The Gathering") in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series). In the United Kingdom, Future Publishing publishes the Official Duel Masters Magazine. External link
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