Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (English dub)

'Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's' is the second main spin-off of Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series which began airing in Japan on April 2, 2008, as the successor to ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX''. It was eventually succeeded by the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' anime, which premiered on April 11, 2011. Alongside the previous two series, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' was acquired by 4Kids Entertainment for localization, dubbed in English, and broadcasting in the United States.

Summary
Set in the distant future, where the upper class population live in Neo Domino City (New Domino City in the English version) and the lower class in a remote island where Domino's sewage is transported, Satellite. Yusei Fudo, the 18-year-old protagonist, lives in Satellite and makes it his objective to reach his rival Jack Atlas, who lives in Neo Domino. The series focuses on the five Signers, people embodied with a mark of one of the legendary Five Dragons who serve an ancient deity called the Crimson Dragon, their conflict with the Dark Signers, and the Three Emperors of Iliaster.

The Dub's Bad Qualities

 * 1) A large amount of story rewrites that cause plot holes and directly contradict characterization. Some examples include:
 * 2) *Rex Goodwin was claimed to be the fifth Signer, even before his identity had been revealed, while it wasn't originally. Instead, Rudger Goodwin was originally the fifth Signer until he cut off his arm and became the Dark Signer leader, and Rex took Rudger's arm and replaced his artificial arm with it, in effect making him both a Signer and a Dark Signer, which the dub did not bring up at all.
 * 3) *In the first episode, Rally stole a chip for Yusei's D-Wheel, causing Security to hunt them down which then led to Yusei's duel against Ushio/Trudge. In the dub, Jack Atlas was the one who set up the chip for Rally to obtain for seemingly no good reason other than to give more depth to Yusei's grudge with Jack. Even though Jack and Yusei have a rough history with each other regarding Yusei's Stardust Dragon and his previous D-Wheel, Jack was never really shown to have any intention to have Yusei thrown into the facility.
 * 4) *In the original version, Misty harbors an intense hatred towards Aki because the latter was allegedly responsible for the death of Misty's brother Tobi. However, in the dub, Tobi "was taken to a different facility" and Misty is trying to "find him", but she doesn't have any specific reason for hating Akiza specifically from the rest of the Arcadia Movement. Obviously, this was intended to censor out death, which ended up backfiring.
 * 5) *Sherry LeBlanc is lost to a wormhole and is presumed dead during the Momentum Express arc only to then return as an antagonist during the Ark Cradle arc, but because the Momentum Express arc and the entire Ark Cradle season were both cut in the dub Sherry just disappears with no explanation and is never mentioned again.
 * 6) *Since the Moment Express arc was cut, it is never explained how Yager/Lazar becomes the director of security. The Ark Cradle/Divine Temple also inexplicably appears as a threat without being properly introduced.
 * 7) Like in all the 4Kids dubs, it suffered from severe amounts of censorship due to overly strict network standards.
 * 8) *It also ended up creating one of the most infamous edits out of the 4Kids dubs, being Carly's death. In the original version, Carly is pushed off a window and falls to the ground, killing her immediately, while in the dub a "shadow realm portal" randomly appears for no real reason as she falls and Carly's very-clearly dead body is seen "talking" after she should've hit the ground.
 * 9) *The Crash Town arc is heavily censored, down the ending of the final duel between against Lotten being cut.
 * 10) Some card effects were stated incorrectly, which made the duels hard to follow for fans.
 * 11) Some of the episodes were cut from airing, which ended up producing even more plot holes.
 * 12) There have been some cheesy dialogue moments like this scene.
 * 13) The final season was completely cut, instead ending the series with Aporia's defeat in the WRGP, seemingly erasing the Ark Cradle and leaving a large amount of plot threads completely unresolved.

The Dub's Good Qualities

 * 1) The dub actually made some moments more emotional.
 * 2) Great voice acting for most of the characters.
 * 3) The theme song: Hyper Driver is pretty good.
 * 4) The duels are still good despite the occasional errors.
 * 5) Some funny moments like when Jack teases Akiza for having a crush on Yusei, and moments involving Carly.
 * 6) Most of the characters are still well portrayed like in the Japanese version.

Reception
The ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's dub is generally considered to be not only the worst dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! that was localized by 4Kids Entertainment, but also considered one of the worst dubs that 4Kids localized next to their One Piece'' dub. The dub was cancelled due to 4Kids being sued by TV Tokyo and NAS, and pressure to air ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' by Konami, with the entire final season being left unaired in English.