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Beyblade
Beyblade G-Revolution Title Screen
ベイブレード
(Beyblade)
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Shounen, Sports
TV anime : Beyblade
Directed by Toshifumi Kawase
Studio Madhouse
Network Flag of Japan TV Tokyo
Original run 8 January 2001 – 24 December 2001
No. of episodes 51
TV anime : Beyblade V-Force
Directed by Tetsuo Takeuchi, Yoshio Takeuchi
Studio Madhouse
Network Flag of Japan TV Tokyo
Original run 7 January 2002 – 21 December 2002
No. of episodes 51
TV anime : Beyblade G-Revolution
Directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto, Toshifumi Kawase
Studio Madhouse
Network Flag of Japan TV Tokyo
Original run 6 January 2003 – 29 December 2003
No. of episodes 52
Manga: Beyblade
Authored by Takao Aoki
Publisher Flag of Japan Shogakukan
Serialized in
Original run –
No. of volumes 14
This article is about the anime and manga. For the toy, see Beyblade (toy).

Beyblade (ベイブレード) is an anime and manga series about a group of children battling with highly powerful spinning tops enchanted with sacred bit-beasts or spirits of mythical and powerful creatures. The show focuses on the battles between Beyblading teams as they compete to become the world champions. The main character within the show are Tyson Granger, and his friends Kai Hiwatari, Ray Kon and Max Tate. During The Bladebreakers quest to become the ultimate Beyblade champions, Tyson and his friends meet many new friends, enemies and competetors whilst overcoming problems.

Beyblade began during 1999 as a manga and toy, only in Japan. After the manga success, Beyblade was made into an anime where it was also played in countires such as America, Canada, England, China and Europe. Beyblade became very popular, with three seasons, video games and a vast line of merchandise. The show ended during 2004, but was still continuously shown up until 2006 in some countries.

The Beyblade anime is licensed by Nelvana in North America. The Beyblade manga, made by Takao Aoki, is published in English in North America by VIZ Media and keeps its original right to left format, though names are changed to match the English anime version. In Singapore, it is published in English by Chuang Yi.

Contents

[edit] Plot

First season (Beyblade (爆転シュート　ベイブレード Bakuten Shoot Beyblade?))
The first season's plot was very linear. The Bladebreakers were mostly concerned with winning the World Beyblading Championships. Tyson enters The Japanese Regional Beyblade Qualifying Tournament in hope to be the best Beyblader in Japan. Tyson finds himself up against his enemy, Kai Hiwatari after first defeating Ray Kon. It is revealed at the end of the tournament after Tyson has defeated Kai that he, Kai, Ray and Max are to form a team called The Bladebreakers to represent Japan in the Beyblade World Championships. Tyson and his friends head off to China to match up against Ray's old team, The White Tigers. It is seen that Ray's old team hold a grudge against him for leaving them, but towards the end of the Chinese Tournament, Ray and his ex team mates make amends, and The Bladebreakers win the tournament. After this, Tyson and his friends arrive in the USA to fight The All Starz, who are coached by Max's mother. After their defeat over the American All Starz, the team find themselves stranded in Europe and must fight the Majestics who are Europe's top bladers, in order to get to Russia to enter the World Championships. Once in Russia, Tyson and his friends find themselves up against The Demolition Boys who are the Russian Champions, ruthless and obsessed with power. The Bladebreakers then discover that The Demolition Boys are merely tools for the BIOVOLT Corporation, run by Kai's grandfather, Voltaire, and a criminal mastermind named Boris. It is revealed that BIOVOLT wish to use Beyblading and BitBeasts as a way to take over the world, the moment Tyson is defeated by The Demolition Boys and his bitbeast is captured.
Second season (Beyblade V-Force (爆転シュートベイブレード2002 Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002?))
The second season of Beyblade is very different and finds that Tyson and his friends are split up. Ray has returned to his home village in China, Max has returned to America to help his mother research Beyblading, and Kai has been sent to an all boys boarding school. The team are reunited however when a mysterious Beyblading group named The Saint Shields arrive and deafeat everyone of them, except for Kai whose match is a tie. The Bladebreakers come together to defeat this new foe who they learn wants to capture their four sacred bitbeasts and seal them away. After this, The Bladebreakers learn of a new criminal organisation and a Beyblade team named Team Psykick who are also out to capture their bitbeasts and use them for evil. Tyson and his friends are successful, but only by chance and Tyson is put into hopital for a short time. During the new Beyblade World Championships, Tyson must overcome his friend Zeo Zagart who needs to take Tyson, Kai, Ray and Max's bitbeast to make him human (it is revealed he is a robot). The Beyblade World Championships only last for eight episodes and are rather unimportant in the series.
Third season (Beyblade G-Revolution (爆転シュート ベイブレード Gレボリューション Bakuten Shoot Beyblade G-Revolution?))
The third and final season of Beyblade is viewed by fans as the best season. It begins with Tyson teaching children at his Beyblading Summer School, when a new blader named Daichi Sumeragi appears and demands to fight Tyson. Tyson accepts and discovers that Daichi's bitbeast is similar to his own, as are his attacks. When the World Championships are announced, Max and Ray tell Tyson that they will not be blading as The Bladebreakers and leave the team. Ray returns to China to enter with The White Tigers as Max returns to America to join The All Starz. Tyson believes he, Daichi and Kai will form a new team, but is shocked when he discovers kai has also left to join The Demolition Boys who have now renamed their team, The Blitzkrieg Boys. Tyson feels betrayed but forms a tag team with Daichi and name themselve the BBA Revolution. During the World Championships, Tyson must face his old team mates and several new teams including F Dynasty and Barthez Battalion. After the championships, Tyson is shocked to find that the BBA (Beyblade Battle Association) has been brought down only to be replaced by a new proffesional Beyblade League known as BEGA (Beyblade Entertainemt Global Association). Tyson joins up with Ray, Max and Daichi in order to bring down this new league when they realise that Boris has once agin returned and is now using BEGA as another attempt at world domination. Tyson is shocked when Kai joins up with The BEGA League, but releaved when he later returns to help Tyson fight the BEGA League and their ultimate undefeated Beyblade Warrior, Brooklyn.

[edit] Media

[edit] Movie

Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle ((爆転シュートベイブレード THE MOVIE 激闘!!タカオVS大地 - Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Gekitou!! Takao vs Daichi) is chronologically between second and third seasons, but Daichi appeared in the movie. A new Beyblade team named Shadow Bladers (consisting of new beybladers Steven, Ashley, Daniel, and Henry) was introduced.

After Tyson won Japan BBA tournament, Daichi challenges Tyson inside the stadium. Meanwhile, Professor Tengai discovers an ancient warning of the dark spirits inside a cave in the island. When Daichi's Beyblade starts glowing during the beybattle, the dark bit beast from the Demon Rock Island starts possessing Tengai's students. The Shadow Bladers seek Daichi's bit beast, Strata Dragoon, in order to release the bit beasts from the ruins. After the Shadow Bladers captured Daichi and Strata Dragoon, the dark bit beasts possess Daichi and intent on reunite with the 4 sacred beasts that are partnering with none other than the Bladebreakers!

The original movie storyline was also featured in volume 14 of the Beyblade manga books, but ended on a cliff hanger due to being released on DVD.

[edit] Episode releases

The whole of season one of Beyblade has been released on VHS and DVD . Beyblade G-Revolution has been released on DVD by Funimation. Due to fan outcry, Volume five onwards contains the original Japanese episodes as well as the dubbed version. Volume 5 and 6 was released but no new releases have been confirmed. So far, Australia has got the first 12 episodes of the second season (dubbed).

[edit] Manga

Main article: Beyblade (manga)

The Beyblade manga by Takao Aoki differs from the anime in many aspects. Characters such as Kai and Tala have differing backgrounds. Kai's in particular being fleshed out more, giving a deeper understanding of his upbringing and motives.

The characters behave very differently in the manga than the anime series. Kai Hiwatari is a lot more selfish, mean, and cold. Tala Volkov is shown as being less loyal to Boris during his BIOVOLT days, and will do anything to win. Ray Kon is a lot more mysterious. Hilary Tachibana wasn't shown in the manga books at all.

Several characters who were shown in the manga books weren't featured in the anime for unknown reasons, as were some characters weren't shown in the manga but appeared in the anime

The Beyblade manga continued over 14 volumes, and was translated and sold in many countries. The books also have epilogues from Aoki Takao (the creator of Beyblade).

Additionally, the manga focuses on Daichi's story, detailing his life before he joins with the Bladebreakers. In the course of his quest to become the best beyblader in Japan he meets many friends and competitors, who do not appear in the anime at all, such as Hikaru Tomonji and Kennosuke Shishi.

Most notably, perhaps, the last volume features a short chapter with the grown-up Bladebreakers and their children.

[edit] Video games

There have been several video games based on the show, spanning the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation. However, as is the case with many video games based on licensed properties these games have been critically panned.

[edit] Broadcasting Blocking Issues

[edit] Changes in the English version

Beyblade was significantly changed to make it more palatable for a western audience. The most notable of the changes include:

  • The phrase "Go Shoot" was replaced with "Let it Rip", possibly to avoid references to gun violence, but the official reasoning is unknown.
  • New intro/opening sequences.
  • Several characters' names were changed, many characters having their Japanese names changed to English alternatives.
  • Instrumental soundtracks were changed to pop-punk style music, with lyrics. There wasn't any original Japanese soundtrack remaining.
  • Logos originally displayed in Japanese were redesigned in English.
  • In V-Force dubbing, the name of Ray's new beyblade Driger-V was mistakenly(?) called "Driger 5". However, the "V" actually stands for "Vulcan". But seeing as "V" is the Roman numeral for "5", it's almost understandable how this mix-up occurred.
  • AJ Topper and Brad Best were added to make comments about the tournaments. They did not exist in the original instead, Blader DJ filled this role.
  • Kenny's bitbeast, Dizzara (aka "Dizzi"), was added for comic relief during the first two seasons. It was said in the dub version that she accidentally entered his laptop causing her to speak. Dizzi did not appear in the third season.
  • Before every official fight, a small scene talking about the bladers and the stadium appears. First, it shows the stadium, in different angles, with its name. Then it shows an image of the blader, his/her attack, defense and endurance points, name and special attack. An image and name of the bit beast also appears.
  • Elements of the dialogue were also changed.
  • Every episode and season had its title changed from its Japanese counterpart, except for the third season's title (G-Revolution).
  • In the conclusion of G-Revolution, Beyblade's last season, the original version contained some images showing all the characters that ever made an important appearance, like those in V-Force and those who didn't return in G-Revolution. For some reason, Nelvana censored the images, although they were nothing but images showing all the characters. A similar thing was done for the conclusion of Cardcaptors
  • Many team names were changed in the English dub. (e.g. Team BBA was changed to Bladebreakers). The only two teams to not have their names changed were the BBA Revolution and BEGA (also known as Justice 5), both of which come from the third season Beyblade G-Revolution
  • Originally the Beyblade name and the bit-beast name was different; for example, instead of Dragoon for both the blade and the bit-beast, it was Dragoon for the blade and Seiryuu for the bit-beast.
  • The characters were younger in the original with Tyson starting the series at 10 instead of twelve, with the rest of the team aged accordingly.

Fan reaction to these changes were mixed. Hardcore fans disliked the dubbed version of Beyblade and used the original Japanese versions as references instead. It should be noted that in the pilot, Tyson says winder, the original name of the tool, rather than ripcord. It should also be noted that in V-Force, whenever a bit-beasts' data was shown, it's original name is shown (e.g. Seiryu rather than Dragoon).

[edit] Trivia

  • Tyson's original Japanese first name, Takao, is the same first name as the creator of the Beyblade manga, Takao Aoki.
  • In the English version of the movie, during the final battle of the Japan tournament, one of the signs in the background says "Go Shoot" instead of "Let it Rip".
  • In the V-Force season, when Ozuma and Zeo are about to fight for the World Championship Tournament, it's possible to see Ozuma's name spelled "Ozma" on the screen in the background.
  • The show's English intro theme song is sung by Rock Star Supernova's vocalist, Lukas Rossi.
  • The song "Always Be In The Game" from the Let it Rip soundtrack is sung by current INXS singer JD Fortune.
  • In the first season, a pattern can be seen with every major team in the names of their blades. All the Bladebreakers' Beyblades names start with Dr, the White Tigers' Beyblades start with Gal, the All Starz' Beyblades start with Try, the Majestics' Beyblades end with lyon and the Demolition Boys' beyblades end with borg.
  • Tyson Granger is Takao Kinomiya, Raymond Kon is Rei Kon, Max Tate is Max Mizuhara, Tala is Yuriy Ivanov, Bryan is Boris Kuznetsov... those are some of the names changed from the Japanese version to the American version and vice versa along with many others.
  • In the manga the BEGA Pro Team make only one appearance and they look entirely different from their anime counterparts. They are only shown on one page unrelated to the story.

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[edit] Beyblade Tracks

The beyblade tracks of all the seasons in English are J-Rock in style.

Beyblade Let It Rip (2000) Tracks :

Beyblade Opening - Lukas Rossi

You never gonna take me down - Anthony Vanderburgh

Always be in the game - Jason Dean Bennison

Underdog - Mudd Let's go Beybladers - Krystal Band

Generation Beyblade

All ACross the Nation - The Black Europeans

Beyblade V-Force Tracks

Switchblade - Lenz

Beyblade G-Revoulution tracks

Rise Above the Storm and many more...

Beyblade Tracks Data By Saumojit

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[edit] English

[edit] Japanese

Beyblade
Characters Hiro Granger | Tyson Granger | Kai Hiwatari | Kenny | Ray Kon | Daichi Sumeragi | Hilary Tachibana | Max Tate | Others
Teams Bladebreakers | Blade Sharks | White Tigers | All Starz | Dark Bladers | Majestics | Demolition Boys | Team Psykick | Saint Shields | King & Queen | Barthez Battalion | F-Dynasty | BEGA League
Media Season 1-Beyblade 2000 | Season 2 - V-Force | Season 3 - G-Revolution | The Movie: Fierce Battle | Manga
Games Beyblade (GBC) | Beyblade (PS) | Beyblade 2 | BeyBlade: Super Tournament Battle | Beyblade: GRevolution | Beyblade Ultimate Blader Jam | Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002: Takao Version, Daichi Version
Other Timeline | Bit-beast | Toys | Trading card game
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