"Bakugan Battle Brawlers" (2007) TV series 2007-

Director:

Mitsuo Hashimoto

Writers:

Terry Klassen
Ward Perry

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

10 July 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Let's Brawl!

Plot Keywords:

Anime

Cast

Jason Deline	...	Drago (52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mitchell Eisner	...	Takashi (26 episodes, 2007)

Series Directed by
Mitsuo Hashimoto		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Joe Casey		(52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Joe Kelly		(52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Duncan Rouleau		(52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Steven T. Seagle		(52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Shelley Hoffman		(26 episodes, 2009)
Robert Pincombe		(26 episodes, 2009)
Terry Klassen		(unknown episodes)
Ward Perry		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Matthew Skal	....	line producer (26 episodes, 2007)
Patricia R. Burns	....	producer / supervising producer / ... (12 episodes, 2009)

Series Original Music by
Neil Parfitt		(52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Benson Taylor		(3 episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jonas Crawley		(15 episodes, 2009)
Masashi Furukawa		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Matthew Skal		(52 episodes, 2007-2009)

Series Production Management
Richard Spence-Thomas	....	post-production manager (1 episode, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Jamie Sulek	....	sound re-recording mixer (52 episodes, 2007-2009)
Timothy Muirhead	....	dialogue editor / sound effects editor (26 episodes, 2007)
Kyle Peters	....	sound recordist (13 episodes, 2009)

Series Animation Department
Yoshiaki Tsubata	....	animation director (2 episodes)

Series Music Department
Mike Northcott	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)
David Shaw	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Matthew Skal	....	voice director (52 episodes, 2007-2009)

Production Companies

• Nelvana
• Sega Toys
• Bakugan Project
• Japan Vitstick
• Sega Corporation
• Spin Master
• TMS Entertainment

Distributors

• Nelvana (2007) (Canada) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (volume 2)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Canada:22 min

Country:

Canada | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-Y7 | Australia:G (some episodes)

Company:

Nelvana

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders" (2010)

Five Plus Reasons Bakuguan Needs to Die

I could write an entire novel on how utterly atrocious Bakuguan is, but instead I'll confine it down to the big ones.

5.The animation. The reused frames are much more noticeable then other anime. Even without it the animation is sloppy and cheap. The character designs are putrid.

4.The voice acting. Either version, they both suck. Trite, phone in performances in an epic battle of who can make the most clichéd voice imaginable.

3.The plot. Top player and friends join together to stop some evil, something about a dimension, thinly layered crap is what it boils down to. No attempt to distinguish itself, no creativity employed at all.

2.Humor. It makes "Epic Movie" look like "Monty Python" in comparison. Stop trying to be funny, you just make me cringe. Puns and cowardly monsters don't make funny without somekind of effort. At least try.

1.Characters. Can you get any more trite then this? There is no development, at all. The characters are more thin then the paper they draw on. They're all one note characters, defined by a single trait and never expanding upon it.

Now for the grand daddy of all reasons: The game makes no sense at all. The rules are non existent. The outcomes and such are almost entirely random. Since the series is based entirely around this game, that will kill it dead. I mean BeyBlade was bad, but you could at least be able to tell when someone was on the winning or losing side rather easily.

Better left to rot.