Chinese Chess anime series and Hikaru No Go (Go) English Dubbed.

[richardhutnik]

The slow advancement of abstract strategy games into the masses is happening.

Chinese Chess Master. You can see the first episode over YouTube:
Episode 1, part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfwesJZhVBU
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um4X95j4SyM
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDBOqKNERzo
part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIEmd73ykx8

Here is Hikaru No Go (Go) dubbed in English:
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcI-TpQNFqQ (explains the back story)
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXzF_rKEiGI (continues)
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfwesJZhVBU (Go being played, main game)