Japanese television has a knack for doing more with less, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is a prime example. It's currently available in Australia on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads, and in the US on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, so there's no reason to keep putting it off. An 8/10 rating means the audience agrees.
Visually distinctive and narratively ambitious, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters operates well above the animated series average. Bullies often target someone frail and weak—someone exactly like Yûgi Muto. He treasures his Millennium Puzzle, an ancient Egyptian artifact that was brought into his grandfather's game shop. Believing that solving the puzzle will grant him his wish, he completes the puzzle, unleashing a new personality within him, the soul of the "King of Games." The new personality named Yami Yûgi is the exact opposite of Yûgi. Kenjiro Tsuda and Hiroki Takahashi lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 2000–2004.
Genuinely enjoyable for a wide range of viewers. The animation is the delivery mechanism — the storytelling is what matters.
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