The film is to release in 2016, the 20th anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh's debut (it first appeared as a manga in September 1996).
For the English dub of the film, most of the voice actors from the English dub of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! television series returned to reprise their respective characters. The notable exception is Wayne Grayson who, in addition to reprising his character of Joey Wheeler, also now voices Solomon Moto (Yugi's grandfather) as the original actress, Madeleine Blaustein, passed away in 2008.
If looking closely at one shot of the audience during the Kaiba Land duel between Yugi, Aigami / Diva, and Seto Kaiba, one can spot the characters of Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood for a short moment.
The manga creator Kazuki Takahashi personally drew the keyframes for one of the film's sequences.
Grandpa, in this film, is coloured the same way (pink and grey) as his character in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998) Toei animated series.