<P> Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Dark Side of Dimensions ( 遊 ☆ 戯 ☆ 王 THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS ) is a 2016 Japanese animated supernatural adventure film , part of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! franchise . The film is an original story and features Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba as its main characters . The film is set after the events of the original Yu - Gi - Oh ! storyline ; specifically , it follows on from the original manga version of the story , meaning that it features significant contradictions to the continuity of the anime . In celebration of the film and twenty years of the franchise in general , TV Tokyo began airing a remastered digital edition of the 2000 -- 2004 Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duel Monsters anime in Japan . The film was released in Japan on April 23 , 2016 and was released on January 27 , 2017 in the United States and Canada and was released on February 2 , 2017 in Australia . This was the fourth theatrical release of a Yu - Gi - Oh ! film after Yu - Gi - Oh ! ( 1999 ) , Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Movie : Pyramid of Light , and Yu - Gi - Oh ! : Bonds Beyond Time . </P>
<P> Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Dark Side of Dimensions ( 遊 ☆ 戯 ☆ 王 THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS ) is a 2016 Japanese animated supernatural adventure film , part of the Yu - Gi - Oh ! franchise . The film is an original story and features Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba as its main characters . The film is set after the events of the original Yu - Gi - Oh ! storyline ; specifically , it follows on from the original manga version of the story , meaning that it features significant contradictions to the continuity of the anime . In celebration of the film and twenty years of the franchise in general , TV Tokyo began airing a remastered digital edition of the 2000 -- 2004 Yu - Gi - Oh ! Duel Monsters anime in Japan . The film was released in Japan on April 23 , 2016 and was released on January 27 , 2017 in the United States and Canada and was released on February 2 , 2017 in Australia . This was the fourth theatrical release of a Yu - Gi - Oh ! film after Yu - Gi - Oh ! ( 1999 ) , Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Movie : Pyramid of Light , and Yu - Gi - Oh ! : Bonds Beyond Time . </P>
when does dark side of dimensions take place
when does dark side of dimensions take place
after the events of the original Yu - Gi - Oh ! storyline
after the events of the original Yu - Gi - Oh ! storyline