Bakugan: Battle Planet (爆丸バトルプラネット, Bakugan Batoru Puranetto) is a Canadian-Japanese-American action adventure anime television series that acts as a reboot of the 2007–2012 anime show Bakugan Battle Brawlers. The series was produced by TMS Entertainment, Nelvana Enterprises, Man of Action Studios and Spin Master Entertainment under the direction of Kazuya Ichikawa. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them.
The series first premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on December 23, 2018, with a number of episodes made available through video-on-demand platforms prior to first broadcast.[1] In Canada, the show debuted on Teletoon on December 31, 2018, and was later rebroadcast on YTV starting January 11, 2019.[2][3] Bakugan: Battle Planet began airing in Japan on TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations starting April 1, 2019.[4]
A series of animated shorts were released online shortly following the show's television debut.