Beyblade 2000
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| Bakuten Shoot Beyblade | |||
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| 爆転シュート ベイブレード (Bakuten Shoot Beyblade) |
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| Genre | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama | ||
| TV anime | |||
| Director | Toshifumi Kawase | ||
| Studio | Madhouse | ||
| Network |  TV Tokyo |
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| Original run | January 8, 2001 – December 24, 2001 | ||
| Episodes | 51 | ||
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (爆転シュート ベイブレード Burst Revolution Beyblade?) is the first of three Beyblade anime series. The story follows the BBA Team (Bladebreakers in the americanized version) To achieve their aim of becoming world Beyblade Champions.
The series spans 51 episodes and can be divided into multiple story arcs. The anime was dubbed by Nelvana, fans heavily disliked the americanized dub because of its heavy cuts. Original names where changed, as well as music and some scenes were edited or deleted all together. The addition of 'Dizzi' the computer was also a particular sore spot for fans.
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[edit] Beyblading Teams
- White Tigers (China Known as White Tiger X in the 3rd season) - Lee, Mariah, Kevin, and Gary; four nekojin from the same rural clan (in the manga the clan's village is called Fang). Ray's old friends and former team who felt he has betrayed them, they are captained by Ray's former best friend, Lee until the third season when Ray returns and retakes his position as team leader. In the manga he later marries and has a daughter named Rin with the teams only female member, Mariah.
- All Starz (Season 3 Name: PPB All Starz) - The top American Beyblade team, they are coached by Max's mom, Judy. The All Starz consist of Eddy, Emily, Michael and Rick (third season) The team utilizes their amazing athletic abilities in battle. Their team captain is Michael. In G-Rev, Max joins this team along with his new teammate Rick to fill the tag team spots for the World Championship.
- Dark Bladers - Four evil bladers put under a curse when all four were defeated by the team members of the Majestics.
- Majestics (Make only 1 cameo appearance after season 1) - A team of rich European bladers that encounters the Bladebreakers (Team BBA) as they train themselves for the World Championships in Season 1. Their team captain is Robert, the other members are Johnny, Oliver, and Enrique. In G-Rev, the Majestics are the first to fall prey to the Barthez Soldiers'/Battalion's dirty tricks, losing their spot as the European representative for the World Championship.
- Demolition Boys... Neoborg (Blitzkrieg Boys in Season 3) - The elite of the "Beyblade soldiers" trained for Kai's grandfather, Voltaire, under the direction of Boris Balkov and captained by Tala. The other members are Ian (1st season only) Bryan and Spencer. For a brief time, Kai joins his grandfather's team. This team is the final challenge that the Bladebreakers (Team BBA) face in the first season at the World Championships. After their loss in Season 1, the team learns that they are being used and leave their coach with a grudge. In the second season's manga, Tala's blade, Wolborg, was mentioned as stolen by the duo King and Queen. In G-rev, Kai joins up with Tala to tag-team in the World Championship. The team makes it to the finals, where they lose the World Champion title to team BBA. Neoborg was the first to rebel against BEGA by challenging one of the team's bladers; Garland. Tala is hurt so badly during the battle he slips into a coma, ending Neoborg's advances toward BEGA.
[edit] Episode Guide
[edit] Battle Tournament Arc
| # | Title | Original airdate | ||||
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| 1 | "The Blade Raider" "Bakuten Battle, Go Shoot!" |
January 8, 2001 | ||||
| Takao Kiyomoto is forced into a Beyblade match against Hiruta in order to win back his friends beyblade. Takao trains hard only to find that his opponent was merely a foot soldier to an even deeper organization... | ||||||
| 2 | "Day of the Dragoon!" "Howl Seiryuu! The Birth of Dragoon!" |
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| After losing to Hiwatari Kai, Takao knows his current choice of blade will not be enough to defeat Kai if they were to have a re-match, with the help from Koujyou, they both try their hardest to perfect a blade strong enough to beat Kai. | ||||||
| 3 | "Take it to the Max!" "A New Friend, His Name is Max" |
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| Takao meets the owner of a local beyblade shop's son (Max Mizuhara) However Koujyou becomes instantly jeleaous of this new friendship. | ||||||
| 4 | "The Qualifier Begins" "Commencement! Battle Tournament!" |
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| Takao, Koujyou Max enter the newly opened Battle Tournament, Koujyou quickly falls to Kai, but can Takao beat the rest of Kai's team that have entered? | ||||||
| 5 | "Draciel of Approval" "Crash! Max Vs. Kai" |
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| Max is put up against Kai for the first round of the tournament, can be beat Kai without the power of a blade spirit on his side? | ||||||
| 6 | "Dragoon Storm" "Sweep! Dragoon Storm" |
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| The second round is here, and Takao is facing Rei Kon, a powerful beyblader from China, but the match has barely begun and Rei completely destroys Takao's blade, can Koujyou get him a replacement before the designated time limit is up? | ||||||
| 7 | "Thirteen Candles" "Takao VS Kai, Confrontation of Fate" |
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| Takao finds he is in the finals of the tournament against kai, so much so that he forgets his own birthday. However, Takao must concentrate on the match ahead if he has any hopes of victory against Kai. | ||||||
[edit] Chinese Tournament Arc
| # | Title | Original airdate | ||||
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| 8 | "Bladin' In The Streets" "Formation! Team BBA to The World" |
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| Takao and the rest of the newly formed BBA team must prepeare for the world beyblading championships in Moscow. But first they train in China, after defeating a beyblader in the streets of china, they learn he is part of the Bai Hu Zu, a team targeting the BBA team. | ||||||
[edit] DVDs
- Volume 1 - Let It Rip! (Episodes 1-6)
- Volume 2 - Bladebreakers (Episodes 7-11)
- Volume 3 - Hidden Tiger (Episodes 12-16)
- Volume 4 - Topsy Turvy (Episodes 17-21)
- Volume 5 - Grudge Match (Episodes 22-26)
- Volume 6 - American Shodown (Episodes 27-31)
- Volume 7 - Euroblade Battle (Episodes 32-36)
- Volume 8 - Majestic Match (Episodes 37-41)
- Volume 9 - Russian Challenges (Episodes 42-46)
- Volume 10 - World Championships (Episodes 47-51)
[edit] Opening/Closing Songs
Japanese
- "Fighting Spirits - Song for Beyblade" - system-B (Opening Theme)
- "Cheer Song" - system-B (Closing Theme)
English
- "Let's Beyblade" - Sick Kid featuring Lukas Rossi (Opening Theme)
[edit] Insert Songs
English
- "All Across The Nation" - The Black Europeans
- "Never Gonna Take Me Down" - Anthony Vanderburgh
- "Let's Go Beybladers" - Krystal Band
- "Swing Low, Let It Rip" - Jason Dean
- "Heavyweight Generation Beyblade" - Jonathan Evans
| Beyblade | |
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| Characters | Hiro Granger | Tyson Granger | Kai Hiwatari | Kenny | Ray Kon | Daichi Sumeragi | Hilary Tachibana | Max Tate | Others |
| Teams | Bladebreakers | 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 |
