Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle (2004) (V)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Toshifumi Kawase

Writers:

Takao Aoki (story)
Ken Cuperus (head writer)

Release Date:

22 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation

Tagline:

The Ultimate Showdown!

Plot:

Tyson and the Bladebreakers must stop an unleashed dark shadow group called the Shadow-Bladers and save the world in the ultimate Beyblade showdown battle!

Plot Keywords:

Battle | Shadow | Vacation | Fighting Top | Teenager

Cast

Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin	...	Tyson (voice)
Alex Hood	...	Kenny (voice)
Daniel DeSanto	...	Ray (voice)
David Reale	...	Kai (voice)
Gage Knox	...	Max (voice)
Bryan LiPuma	...	Daichi (voice)
Caitriona Murphy	...	Hilary (voice)
Shannon Perreault	...	Daniel / Shadow Blader #3 (voice)
Christopher Marren	...	Professor Tengai (voice)
Katie Griffin	...	Ashley / Shadow Blader #2 (voice)
Craig Lauzon	...	Steven / Shadow Blader #1 (voice)
Julie Lemieux	...	Ms. Kincaid (voice)
Jonathan Potts	...	Henry / Shadow Blader #4 (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raoul Bhaneja	...	DJ Jazz (voice)
Motoko Kumai	...	Tyson (voice: Japanese version)
Nao Nagasawa	...	Sumeragi Daichi
Urara Takano	...	Kai (voice: Japanese version)

Runtime:

USA:74 min

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:All

Company:

Nelvana

Trivia:

Despite the fact that the movie isn't connected to the storyline of the TV-series and since the movie came out in theaters in Japan before G-Revolution started in Japan, this is Daichi's first animated appearance.

Quotes:

Daichi: [Daichi's beyblade comes in to attack Tyson's beyblade and Tyson's beyblade disappears] Where did it go?
Tyson: [Tyson points up] Look up, Way Up!
[then Dragoon slams back down returning the attack]

Movie Connections:

Follows "Bakuten shoot beyblade" (2002)

Even Pokémon and Larry Kilgore make more sense than this!

Japanese characters using spinning tops to find out who is tougher. Are they serious? I mean, granted the Pokémon show and Yu-Gi-Oh! shows weren't very well thought out, but at least they made enough sense to kids to last for several years. But this is plain asinine.

There is little plot to entertain the viewer. The 'monsters' are trapped in the spinning tops and are freed somehow. Those creatures then possess some kids and act like hyenas in the way they laugh. They then try to track down another kid and top. Afterwords, the world somehow comes to near destruction from the top creatures in a Beyblade battle. Boring stuff follows.

There is just no way anybody should watch this. The creators should be ashamed and the voicing is just awful. Where did they come up with these cheesy lines and dry acting? I just wish nobody was harmed in creating this travesty of a Japanese show. "F"