Together Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s make up the hugely successful international franchise. Yu-Gi-Oh! tells the story of a boy named Yugi and his friends who love the exciting card game in which players pit monster against monster in exciting high-intensity duels. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and 5D’s follow on from Yu-Gi-Oh! and both have their own characters and storylines. Today there are a total of 545 episodes available across Yu-Gi-Oh!, GX and 5D’s and the series have aired in 80 countries over the last 7 years. The Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game has been named by Guinness World Records as the most successful of all time, selling over 22.6 billion cards.