Bey Blade Intorduction

Beyblade

Beyblade G-Revolution

爆転シュート ベイブレード

(Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo)

Genre   Science fantasy, comedy-drama, sports

Manga

Written by          Takao Aoki

Published by     Shogakukan

English publisher               Viz Media

  Nelvana Limited

Demographic     Children

Magazine            CoroCoro Comic

Original run        2000 – 2004

Volumes              14

TV anime

Directed by        Toshifumi Kawase

Music by              Yoshihisa Hirano

Studio   Madhouse

Licensed by        Pioneer Entertainment

Network              TV Tokyo

English network              

 Network Ten, Cartoon Network

 YTV, Télétoon

 Cartoon Network, Toonami

Five, POP!, S4C, Kix!

 Cartoon Network

Original run        January 8, 2001 – December 24, 2001

Episodes              51 (List of episodes)

TV anime

Beyblade: V-Force

Directed by        Yoshio Takeuchi

Studio   Nihon Animedia

Network              TV Tokyo

English network               Network Ten, Cartoon Network

Original run        January 7, 2002 – December 30, 2002

Episodes              51 (List of episodes)

TV anime

Beyblade: G-Revolution

Directed by        Mitsuo Hashimoto

Studio   Nihon Animedia

Licensed by        Funimation Entertainment

Network              TV Tokyo

English network               Network Ten, Cartoon Network

Original run        January 6, 2003 – December 29, 2003

Episodes              52 (List of episodes)

TV anime

Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Network              TV Tokyo

English network               Network Ten, Eleven, Cartoon Network

Original run        April 5, 2009 – March 28, 2010

Episodes              51 (List of episodes)

TV anime

Beyblade: Metal Masters

Network              TV Tokyo

English network               Network Ten, Cartoon Network

Original run        April 4, 2010 – March 27, 2011

Episodes              51 (List of episodes)

TV anime

Beyblade Metal Fury

Network              TV Tokyo

Original run        April 3, 2011 – April 1, 2012

Episodes              52 (List of episodes)

TV anime

Metal Fight Beyblade: Zero-G

Directed by        Kunihisa Sugishima

Written by          Katsumi Hasegawa

Music by              TBA

Studio   Toei Animation

Network              TV Tokyo

Original run        April 8, 2012 – ongoing

Episodes              3 (List of episodes)

Anime and Manga Portal

Beyblade (爆転シュート ベイブレード Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan. The series focuses on a group of kids who form teams with which they battle one another using highly powerful spinning tops called "Beyblades". The manga was adapted into three different anime series that aired from 2001 until 2003 on TV Tokyo. The series returned to TV Tokyo in 2009 with the launch of Beyblade: Metal Fusion, a new series featuring a new cast and Beyblade system.

Animes

Ben Burtt. The series originally began as one continuous manga series under the title Explosive Shoot Beyblade (爆転シュート ベイブレード Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo?) in 2000. An anime series was commissioned in 2001 and aired under the same title for one year, this was followed by two sequels, Explosive Shoot Beyblade 2002 and Explosive Shoot Beyblade G-Revolution, each running for a year. The anime's story is unique to the manga as a major character who appears early on does not appear until the third anime series, leading to a change in various story points.

Beyblade

The main focus of the series is a young boy named Tyson Granger, known as Takao Kinomiya in the original Japanese, encountering powerful Beyblade players, known as Bladers from around the world. The series follows Tyson's journey along with his fellow teammates, Ray Kon, Kai Hiwatari, and Max Tate, who form the Bladebreakers Beyblade team. The team travels around the world competing in different national tournaments until facing the final world tournament in Moscow, Russia against the BIOVOLT Corporation, a nefarious group lead by a man named Voltaire, Kai's grandfather.

==s. Bit Beasts are incredible spirits of power hidden within the Bit Chip portion of a Beyblade that have the capability of going out of control. The mysterious Saint Shields team appears, hoping to seal away all of the world's Bit Beasts to stop a catastrophic event in which the Bit Beasts became too powerful to control as once happened in the past. Team Psykick also appears, bearing Cyber Bit Beast, artificial Bit Beasts created by a man named Dr. Zagart, who hopes to capture the real Bit Beasts and use their powers to turn Zeo, a robot modeled after his dead son, into a real boy.

Beyblade: G-Revolution

The third and final series in the original saga of Beyblade is split into two distinct story arcs. The first arc deals with a new world championship whose rules require that no former teammates can participate in the same team again. Tyson stays on as a member of the Japanese team while Kai, Ray, and Max each go home to their respective countries and join their country's team as they all challenge each other in the world championships. A young boy named Daichi appears and joins Tyson as a member of the Japanese team while a mysterious masked man appears to guide Tyson in his time of need.

The second half of the series focuses on Boris, a member of the BIOVOLT corporation, returning as he once again hopes to conquer the world through a strange tournament that monopolizes Beyblade for his BEGA team with Daniel Luzza.

Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle

The story begins with the Blade Breakers enjoying their vacation with Tyson, Hilary and Kenny's teacher Ms. Kincaid, but are followed by an annoying kid named Daichi who wants a rematch from a humiliating defeat earlier in a tournament final against Tyson. Tyson Granger decides to ignore Daichi, but they finally have their rematch on a boat after he learns Daichi's reason he beyblades (His father gave him his beyblade and told him to become the best.). Meanwhile, an organization called the Shadow Bladers are intent on destroying the world using their Dark Bit-Beasts. After they capture Daichi and his bit-beast Strata Dragoon, the Dark Bit-Beast possess Daichi and use him for world domination. Tyson tries to save Daichi but ends up getting his bit-beast Dragoon sealed into stone where the dark bit-beasts were sealed away before, and the Shadow Bladers trap Tyson in a cave with Dragoon. Shortly after this, the Shadow Bladers start to attack Japan, where Kai is (Since he didn't come with the Bladebreakers on their vacation.). Dragoon, inspired by Tyson's will to escape, manages to free itself and Tyson from the cave. Meanwhile, Kai tries to fight off the Shadow Bladers but is quickly overwhelmed. The rest of the Bladebreakers come to Kai's aid and fight the Shadow Bladers, finding that the dark bit-beasts are shadow versions of their own bit-beasts. It should be an even match, but with a possessed Daichi on the Shadow Bladers side, the Bladerbreakers are outnumbered. Kai, Ray and Max charge the Shadow Bladers and defeat two of the five, but are knocked out in the process. Tyson manages to free Daichi from the Shadow Bladers, but seeing as Daichi was possessed at the time, he can't summon Strata Dragoon. Tyson tells him to talk to Strata Dragoon and Daichi manages to summon it. When Tyson was fighting Dark Dragoon, Dark Dragoon tempted Dragoon into joining with the Dark Side, but Tyson says that Dragoon was already complete when he was with him. Strata Dragoon and pesci manage to defeat the Shadow Bladers by using each others strength and the dark bit-beasts are sealed into stone once again, unable to cause any danger.

Beyblade Metal Fusion

In the wake of the game's revival, an airing anime adaptation of the Metal Fight Beyblade manga (written and illustrated by Takafumi Adachi) was produced by Tatsunoko Pro and Synergy SP, co-produced by Nelvana premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2009. The plot of this series is scripted differently than that of the manga. One notable difference is that in the manga, the character's Beys' evolve and transform for its upgrade, while in the anime, they just switch parts or get an entirely new Bey. Another notable difference is that in the manga, the characters started off with the Metal System (4-piece top), while in the anime they started with the Hybrid Wheel System (5-piece top). Some parts of the story are different in the anime version than in the manga, but overall the plot is the same.

Merchandise

Beyblade had a cult following in 2002 and 2003 when the series' popular spinning top toy was released. Now with the released sixth season, Beyblade Metal Fury a toy line which consists of Beyblades from the anime including Cosmic Pegasus, Fang Leone, Flash Sagittario, Scythe Kronos, Blitz Striker, Diablo Nemesis, Death Quetzalcoatl and many more have been released.The symbolizing of this toy is very interesting. The symbol on the bey is the symbol of the bay blade its self. While the symbol on the starter symbolizes its rival.

Video games

There have been several video games based on the show, spanning multiple consoles. Most of them have been critically panned.

Beyblade is a brand name for a line of high-performance spinning top toys originally developed and manufactured by Takara starting in 2000. The toys include a 'launcher' - a device for bringing the spinning top up to speed, with either a separate or integral rip-cord. This 'ripping' action causes the tops to be ejected, at the end of the movement. Players eject the tops into a plastic arena, with a slightly-dished base, where they subsequently strike each other. The last top still spinning wins. Skill can be used in the deployment of the tops, which significantly influences the way they move around the arena, and subsequently interact. The different styles of device respond differently to the collisions, so advantage might be gained from using a particular type of top against a particular opponent.

Both the toys and their name were inspired by "Beigoma", a traditional spinning top. The concept is similar to Battling Tops. The introduction of the toy corresponded with the broadcast of the Beyblade anime television series of the same name. In 2002, Hasbro began to sell Beyblade toys internationally (under license from, and produced by, Takara) along with a coordinated country-by-country rollout of localized versions of the TV series. The Beyblade toy line went on to be one of the most popular toy lines in the world from 2000–2005. In August 2008, Takara Tomy released a new generation of Beyblade with a metal outer layer; the first incarnation of the toy in three and a half years. from the Basic System through the Heavy/Hard Metal System, Beyblades were categorized as Attack, Defense, Combination, or Endurance Types, but when the Hybrid Wheel System was introduced, the Combination and Endurance Types were renamed as Balance and Stamina Types, respectively. These Beyblades may have pictures on them that symbolizes a creature (known as a Bit-Beast or the Face-Bolt ) which shows what the Beyblade does, or looks like. In Beyblade Metal Fusion, they have symbols on them that represent one of the 88 known constellations in space, while in the 4D series, beyblades are named after planets and constellations.

Jisedai Bēgoma Battle Beyblade July 23, 1999 – Game Boy Color
Beyblade Fighting Tournament August 11, 2000 – Game Boy Color
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade July 27, 2001 – Game Boy Color
Beyblade: Let it Rip! December 5, 2002 – PlayStation
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002: Beybattle Tournament 2 August 1, 2002 – PlayStation
BeyBlade VForce: Super Tournament Battle September 23, 2003 – GameCube
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 Team Battle! Kiryū no Akira Daichi / Takao Hen December 6, 2002 – Game Boy Advance
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 Ikuze! Gekitō! Chō Jiryoku Battle!! June 27, 2002 – Game Boy Advance
Beyblade G-Revolution November 18, 2004 – Game Boy Advance
Beyblade VForce: Ultimate Blader Jam November 18, 2003 – Game Boy Advance
Beyblade: Metal Fusion November 9, 2010 – Nintendo DS
Beyblade: Metal Masters November 15, 2011 – Nintendo DS
Metal Fight Beyblade March 26, 2009 – Nintendo DS
Beyblade Metal Fusion: Cyber Pegasus November 11, 2010 – Nintendo DS
Metal Fight Beyblade Portable: Chōzetsu Tensei Vulcan Horses October 21, 2010 – PSP
Beyblade: Metal Fusion - Battle Fortress November 9, 2010 – Wii
Metal Fight Beyblade: Gachinko Stadium November 19, 2009 – Wii