Beyblade (manga)

Beyblade
Cover of the fifth tankōbon volume, featuring Tyson (Takao) (center), Rei (left), Kai (top) and Max (right)
爆転シュートベイブレード
(Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo)
Manga
Written byTakao Aoki
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineCoroCoro Comic
DemographicChildren (boys)
Original runSeptember 1999July 2004
Volumes14
Anime television series
Directed byToshifumi Kawase
Produced by
  • Masao Maruyama
  • Jae-Young Kim
  • Eun-Mi Lee
Written by
  • Kazuhiko Soma
  • Tatsuhiko Urahata
Music byYoshihisa Hirano
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run January 8, 2001 December 24, 2001
Episodes51 (List of episodes)
Further information
Anime television series
Beyblade V-Force
Directed byYoshio Takeuchi
Produced by
  • Shin'ichi Ikeda
  • Susumu Matsuyama
  • Kanehide Sai
Written byYoshifumi Fukushima
Music byHiruyuki Hayase
Studio
  • Madhouse
  • Nippon Animedia
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
  • AU: Network Ten, Fox Kids
  • US: Jetix, Toon Disney, ABC Family
Original run January 7, 2002 December 30, 2002
Episodes51 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Beyblade: Fierce Battle
Directed byTetsuo Yasumi
Produced by
  • Hiroya Nishimura
  • Takao Murakami
Written by
  • Yoshio Takeuchi
  • Kouji Miura
  • Yoshifumi Fukushima
Music byHiroyuki Hayase
StudioNippon Animation
ReleasedAugust 17, 2002
Runtime70 minutes
Anime television series
Beyblade G-Revolution
Directed byMitsuo Hashimoto
Produced by
  • Shin'ichi Ikeda
  • Susumu Matsuyama
  • Mamiko Aoki
  • Shunju Aoki
Written byJiro Takayama
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
Studio
  • Madhouse
  • Nippon Animedia
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run January 6, 2003 December 29, 2003
Episodes52 (List of episodes)
Manga
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade: Rising
Written byTakao Aoki
Published byShogakukan
Magazine
  • CoroCoro Aniki (July 15, 2016 – March 15, 2021)[1]
  • CoroCoro online (June 15 – 25, 2021)
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 15, 2016June 25, 2021
Volumes4[2]
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Beyblade, known in Japan as Explosive Shoot Beyblade (Japanese: 爆転シュートベイブレード, Hepburn: Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki [ja] to promote sales of spinning tops called "Beyblades" developed as a co-production between Takara Tomy and Hasbro. The series focuses on a group of kids who form teams, which battle one another using Beyblades. Originally serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from September 1999 to July 2004, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon volumes and was licensed for English-language release in North America by Viz Media. It was licensed for English releases in Singapore and in Australia and New Zealand by Chuang Yi.

An anime adaptation aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from January to December 2001 and was followed by two sequel series, Beyblade V-Force and Beyblade G-Revolution, and the 2002 film Beyblade: Fierce Battle. Nelvana licensed and produced English-language adaptations of the anime series and the film.

  1. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 14, 2021). "Shogakukan's Coro Coro Aniki Magazine Ends Publication". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. ^ 爆転SHOOT ベイブレードRISING 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 2, 2021.