"Bakuten shoot beyblade" (2002) TV series 2002-2005

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Directors:

Toshifumi Kawase
Hiroo Takeuchi

Writers:

Ken Cuperus (head writer)
Shelley Hoffman (one episode)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | unknown

Release Date:

6 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Family | Sport | Thriller

Tagline:

Leter 'er Rip!

Plot Keywords:

Fighting Top | Teenager | Battle | Surrealism | Spirit

Cast

Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin	...	Tyson (60 episodes, 2002-2005)
Alex Hood	...	Kenny (60 episodes, 2002-2005)
Nao Nagasawa	...	Sumeragi Daichi (60 episodes, 2002-2005)
David Reale	...	Kai (55 episodes, 2002-2005)
Gage Knox	...	Max (54 episodes, 2002-2005)
Daniel DeSanto	...	Ray / ... (53 episodes, 2002-2005)
Julie Lemieux	...	Dizzi / ... (53 episodes, 2002-2004)
Raoul Bhaneja	...	DJ Jazzman / ... (26 episodes, 2002-2005)
Lyon Smith	...	Kevin / ... (26 episodes, 2002-2004)

Also Known As:

"Beyblade G Revolution" (USA) (third season title)
"Beyblade V-Force" (USA) (second season title)
"Beyblade" (USA)

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (51 episodes)

Country:

Canada | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:TV-Y7 | Brazil:Livre | UK:U | Canada:A

Company:

Nelvana

Trivia:

Bit Beast Debut: Unicolyon (episode 1.34 "Art Attack")

Quotes:

Dragoon: We are friends - forever!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dorimumikkusu Tivi: Warudo faitazu (2003) (VG)

Pretty bad, to be honest.

I used to enjoy this show - but I have gone off it for easily 2 years ago, and in fact went off Beyblades entirely because of this. The characters are pretty flat and dull, the animation rather sketchy (though I'm sure this was intended), it is very predictable and pretty sad, and is really just childish. Kai is a real show-off d***head - why do Tyson and co. let him be part of their gang when all he tries to do is betray them? The animation does kind of get better in a later series (which tries to be shocking and gripping but falls flat on its face), but this is definitely one best left sitting on the shelves and playing to no viewers at 1 a.m on a lesser-known channel in the morning. The first volume DVD offers a whiff of a bonus feature (in the form of an interactive game), but none of the others do, and to be quite frank, I'm not sure who would want to spend their £15 on four rather sub-par episodes. It is a bit underrated (though the arithmetic mean for it is way higher), but people these days are always cruel and cynical about cartoons for kids, and this one is definitely one at risk from critics. I can clearly see why. 2/10