New York, NY (October 23, 2002) - 4Kids Entertainment Home Video, Inc., the newly-established home video unit of 4Kids Entertainment in association with FUNimation, is following up the successful launch of the first two volumes of Yu-Gi-Oh! home videos with Volumes 3 and 4 on November 5. Yu-Gi-Oh!: Attack From The Deep and Yu-Gi-Oh!: Give Up The Ghost, each with three episodes, will be available at retail and at the www.yugioh.com Web site in both DVD and VHS formats.
Yu-Gi-Oh! is the #1 rated children's series on network television in the most recent Nielsen ratings (10/07/02-10/13/02).
"The television ratings reflect Yu-Gi-Oh!'s growing popularity with children throughout the country," said Al Kahn, Chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment. "We will continue to provide Yu-Gi-Oh! fans with many more volumes of home videos."
The first two volumes of Yu-Gi-Oh! home videos, Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Heart Of The Cards and Yu-Gi-Oh!: Into the Hornet's Nest, were released on September 24, 2002.
Based on a popular Japanese comic book series, Yu-Gi-Oh! follows the adventures of Yugi and his buddies Joey, Tristan and Tea who spend most of their free time playing the coolest new game ever... Duel Monsters. The game allows them to challenge their minds using logic and strategy while players pair up different mystical creatures against one another in wild, magical duels. When Yugi's grandfather gave Yugi an old Egyptian artifact called the "Millennium Puzzle," Yugi pieced the puzzle together and was infused with incredible mystical powers. With the help of his friends, his belief in the heart of the cards and the mysterious power of his Millennium Puzzle, Yugi sets out on the adventure of a lifetime!
 Volume 3: Attack From The Deep
Episode 7, Attack From The Deep
The fisherman duelist Mako, the master of the Sea Deck, baits Yugi into a duel on his own Sea playing field for a home-field advantage. Can Yugi adapt to these new settings to turn the tide of battle?
Episode 8, Everything's Relative
If Yugi is eliminated from the tournament, Kaiba Corporation's crooked Board of Directors will transfer control of the company from Kaiba to Pegasus! Kaiba's younger brother, Mokuba, challenges Yugi to a duel not only to protect his brother's company but to regain their honor! Is Pegasus successfully manipulating possible allies against each other?
Episode 9, Duel With A Ghoul
Yugi must duel a magical doppeldanger of Kaiba created from the greed and power lust Yugi wiped from Kaiba's soul. But with his best cards resting at the bottom of the ocean, Yugi must discover a new strategy if he's to survive fake Kaiba's powerful Blue Eyes White Dragon!
DVD extras: Monster stats, Duelist bio and a Kaiba video clip - Demonstration by the Duelist Champion.
 Volume 4 Give up the Ghost
Episode 10, Give Up The Ghost
Yugi defeats the Blue Eyes White Dragon, but there are two more waiting in the wings! Will the real Kaiba reach Yugi in time to beat this impersonator?
Episode 11, The Dueling Monkey
Joey decides to battle Rex Raptor without his friend's help to prove that he is man enough to take care of Serenity on his own. But as Rex Raptor destroys Joey's best Duel Monsters, will Tristan's card remind him that with his friends he is never alone in battle?
Episode 12, Trial By Red Eyes
Joey duels valiantly, but Rex Raptor has unleashed his secret weapon: the Red Eyes Black Dragon! Joey must figure out the secret card, Yugi's gift the Time Wizard card, without Yugi's help or he's taking the next boat out of the Duelist Kingdom.
DVD extras: Monster Stats, duelist bio and a Rex Raptor video clip: So you wanna be a Dino-Duelist?
TITLES: Volume 3: ATTACK FROM THE DEEP, Volume 4: GIVE UP THE GHOST
RUNNING TIME: Approximately 60 minutes
RATING: Not-rated
SRP VHS: $14.95
SRP DVD: $19.95
PRE-BOOK: 10/5/02
STREET DATE: 11/5/02
About 4Kids Entertainment
Headquartered in New York City with international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides domestic and international merchandise licensing and product development; television, film, music and home video production and distribution; media buying and planning and Web site development. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at www.4KidsEntertainment.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Due to the fact that 4Kids Entertainment Inc. faces competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, and the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties, actual results or outcomes may differ materially from any such forward looking statements.
  
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