Beyblade (anime)

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name = Bakuten Shoot Beyblade


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ja_name = 爆転シュート　ベイブレード
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genre = Action, Comedy, Fantasy, DramaInfobox animanga/Anime
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director = Toshifumi Kawase
studio = Madhouse
network = flagicon|Japan TV Tokyo
network_other = flagicon|Philippines ABS-CBN, Studio 23, Hero TV
first = January 8, 2001
last = December 24, 2001
episodes = 51

nihongo|"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.

Plot summary

Beyblade's story revolved around the Bladebreakers. Who 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 Ray Kon, after defeating him, Tyson runs into Kai Hiwatari, who will eventually become Tyson's greatest and eternal rival. After Tyson defeats Kai, it is revealed that Tyson, 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 holds 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 they defeat the All Starz, the team find themselves stranded in Europe. In order to get to Russia to register for the World Championships, they must battle the Majestics who are Europe's top bladers. Once in Russia, Tyson and his friends find themselves up against The Demolition Boys, the Russian Champions, who are 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 Boris, a criminal mastermind. Initially, Kai was pursued by Boris to join the Demolition Boys in the ultimate quest for power, the Black Dranzer bitbeast which Kai was seeking to become the best beyblader. But later he realized his folly and joined the Bladebreakers once again. The Bladebreakers defeat the Demolition Boys in the finals, with Tyson defeating their leader, Tala, and becoming the world champion.

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 (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.

Episode list

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)

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)

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