| Beyblade: Metal Fury | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
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| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | April 3, 2011 – April 1, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
Beyblade: Metal Fury, known in Japan as Metal Fight Beyblade 4D (メタルファイト ベイブレード 4D, Metaru Faito Beibrēdo Fō Dī) is the third season of the Japanese anime television series Beyblade: Metal Saga based on Takafumi Adachi's manga series Beyblade: Metal Fusion, which itself is based on the Beyblade spinning top game from Takara Tomy and Hasbro.[1] Following directly after Beyblade: Metal Masters, the season features Gingka and company as they travel the world in search for the ten "Legendary Bladers" needed to defeat Nemesis, the God of Destruction. The 52-episode season[2] (39 in the dub due to the merger of the second 26 episode half into 13 episodes due to their shortened 11 minute runtime) is produced by d-rights and Nelvana under the direction of Kunihisa Sugishima.[3]
The season was first broadcast on TV Tokyo in Japan from April 3, 2011 until April 1, 2012. The season premiered in Singapore on August 19, 2012 on Cartoon Network. It later premiered in the United States on October 13, 2012 on Cartoon Network. It premiered in Canada on YTV on January 26, 2013 and in Australia on Channel Eleven on April 30, 2013. The season had its season finale on July 4, 2013, even though it had a missing episode "Orion's Whereabouts". Due to this, Channel Eleven screened it on July 5, 2013, completing the whole season.
Two pieces of theme music were performed for this season. The opening theme is "Kokoro no Yūki" (心の勇気, "Brave Heart"), performed by YU+KI, and the ending theme is "Destiny", performed by YCHRO.[3]