R (遊☆戯☆王 R, Yūgiō Āru, lit. "Game King R") is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Itō, based on Kazuki Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. The series, which is a spin-off side story to the original manga, was serialized in Shueisha's V-Jump magazine between April 2004 and December 2007, and was published in North America by Viz Media.[2]