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Only “Monsters” Are Mean to Animals
If you’ve seen Yu-Gi-Oh! battling bad guys and dueling
monsters on the WB or in one of his wildly popular manga comics
from SHONEN JUMP published by VIZ, LLC, you know that he can
be tough.
But our animated hero definitely has a soft spot for animals.
We asked Kazuki Takahashi, the man behind Yu-Gi-Oh!, why kindness
to animals is so important to Yugi.
Q What is your favorite animal?
A I like horses.
Q Why?
A Their appearance when they run is beautiful, so I like them. I like dogs, too. I love dogs.
Q The reason being?
A Because I had a dog a long time ago.
Q What kind of dog?
A A mix, a mutt.
Q Mutts are smart, aren’t
they? Can you talk about why Yugi is kind to animals?
A It’s all the same life.
If there was another living creature in front of you, if you
feel that the same life is dwelling inside of him, you probably
couldn’t be mean to him.
Q So you mean that when you hurt
somebody else, you’re hurting yourself at the same time?
A That’s right. Inflicting
violence on another ... means you don’t love yourself.
Q In Yu-Gi-Oh!, there’s a
lot of battling against injustice and evil. What sort of relationship
do you think exists between injustice and cruelty to animals?
A Violence toward somebody else
actually is violence toward yourself. That’s what I think
cruelty is. It’s very difficult to explain, but I think
cruelty is trying to gain satisfaction by hurting others because
of something that is lacking inside yourself.
Want to get your hands on an original sketch created and signed
by Takahashi himself? Of course you do! It’s as easy as
slaying a blue-eyed white dragon. Actually, it’s way easier.
Just log on to PETAKids.com,
click on our Yu-Gi-Oh! e-card, and send it to a friend. Every
card you send will enter you in our random drawing-so the more
you send, the better your chances of winning!
Don’t have Internet access? Don’t despair. Just
draw some fan art of your favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! character helping
an animal in need and send it to Grrr! Yu-Gi-Oh! Poster
Contest, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510. The deadline for
entries is December 1, 2004. Sorry, but we can’t return any
artwork.
Seven Easy Ways to Prevent Animal
Suffering.
YU-GI-OH! ©1996 by KAZUKI TAKAHASHI / SHUEISHA Inc.
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