Beyblade: Metal Fusion
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Beyblade: Metal Fusion, known formally as , its Japanese name, is a Japan
ese manga
production by Takafumi Adachi. It is also an anime production based on the original. It is currently being serialized by the monthly CoroCoro Comic
(Shogakukan
).
are written and illustrated by Takafumi Adachi. In Japan, they have been published in Shogakukan
's Monthly CoroCoro comics since September 2008.
The plot follows the adventures of Gingka Hagane, a beyblader who is searching for his hidden past. He eventually meets up with a boy named Kenta Yumiya, and the two become fast friends. Kyouya Tategami, and Benkei from the Face Hunters become good guys and aid Gingka on his quest to defeat the evil Dark Nebula organization. One of the recruits of the Dark Nebula Organization is Tsubasa Otori.
An airing anime
adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko Pro and Synergy SP, co-produced by Nelvana
premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2009.
Since Metal Fight Beyblades debut, twenty chapters have been released in Japan so far.
In the Monthly CoroCoro comics, the chapters do not have names, but rather an arc name and chapter number instead. The chapter names are only in the shinshoban manga volumes.
The individual chapters are collected by Shogakukan in a series of shinshōbon volumes.
The first volume was released on March 27, 2009.
The latest volume is four, released on March 26, 2010.
The anime version of Beyblade: Metal Fusion's plot is written differently than in the manga. One notable difference is that in the manga, the characters Beys transform for its upgrade, while in the anime, they just switch parts or get an entirely new Bey. Another notable difference is that in the manga, the characters started off with the Metal System (4-piece top), while in the anime they started with the Hybrid Wheel System (5-piece top). Some parts of the story are different in the anime version than in the manga, but overall the plot is the same.
to revise the series. TV Tokyo agreed if Nelvana would be co-producer for the series and if TV Tokyo could air the episodes first. With this plan agreed upon, Nelvana announced 51 episodes of Metal Fight Beyblade with the English name Beyblade: Metal Fusion. They would premiere in Japan in 2009 and in North America in the fall of 2010 to YTV and CARTOON . As co-producers of the series Nelvana was able to create the rights for other companies. Toys were given to Tomy Company and Hasbro
, and TV rights would be distributed by Nelvana. In 2010 Nelvana announced they were looking at parties interested in the fifth season of Beyblade and the second season of the Metal saga to go under the name Beyblade: Metal Masters.
The sixth season for the series has been announced in Shogakukan's monthly CoroCoro Comic
magazine. The upcoming third season of the Metal Fight Beyblade series will entitled as Metal Fight Beyblade 4D. The "4D" of the anime title comes from the game franchise's revised "4D" system. The "4D" stands for "different" materials, "divided" (multi-part construction), "dynamic," and "deep" customizability.
It's summer vacation. In front of Gingka and Co, who are excited about a Beyblade tournament, Helios, a mysterious youth, stands in their way. In his hands, he possesses "Sol Blaze", a Beyblade that has been passed down since ancient times. As intense battle between Gingka vs. Helios unfolds, extreme weather develops throughout the world.
. Currently, the majority of the games released so far have only been released in Japan, though Hudson Soft, Hudson has localized the second Nintendo DS
game and the Wii game for North America which is called Battle Fortress. So far, all dedicated Metal Fight Beyblade games have been developed and published by Hudson
. The most recent Metal Fight Beyblade video game to be released was "Metal Fight Beyblade: Choujou Kessen! Big Bang Blader" for the DS in Japan, which was released on December 2, 2010.
on the outside of the Beyblades. The parts are as follow-
These toys are made by Tomy
in Asia and Hasbro
in the US, India
, Australia
and Canada
, and they are made by Sonokong
in South Korea
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
production by Takafumi Adachi. It is also an anime production based on the original. It is currently being serialized by the monthly CoroCoro Comic
CoroCoro Comic
is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, starting on May 15, 1977. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga...
(Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
).
Manga
The chapters of the Metal Fight Beyblade mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
are written and illustrated by Takafumi Adachi. In Japan, they have been published in Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
's Monthly CoroCoro comics since September 2008.
The plot follows the adventures of Gingka Hagane, a beyblader who is searching for his hidden past. He eventually meets up with a boy named Kenta Yumiya, and the two become fast friends. Kyouya Tategami, and Benkei from the Face Hunters become good guys and aid Gingka on his quest to defeat the evil Dark Nebula organization. One of the recruits of the Dark Nebula Organization is Tsubasa Otori.
An airing anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko Pro and Synergy SP, co-produced by Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2009.
Since Metal Fight Beyblades debut, twenty chapters have been released in Japan so far.
In the Monthly CoroCoro comics, the chapters do not have names, but rather an arc name and chapter number instead. The chapter names are only in the shinshoban manga volumes.
The individual chapters are collected by Shogakukan in a series of shinshōbon volumes.
The first volume was released on March 27, 2009.
The latest volume is four, released on March 26, 2010.
The anime version of Beyblade: Metal Fusion's plot is written differently than in the manga. One notable difference is that in the manga, the characters Beys transform for its upgrade, while in the anime, they just switch parts or get an entirely new Bey. Another notable difference is that in the manga, the characters started off with the Metal System (4-piece top), while in the anime they started with the Hybrid Wheel System (5-piece top). Some parts of the story are different in the anime version than in the manga, but overall the plot is the same.
Anime
The original Beyblade series led Nelvana to many awards and won the toy of the year award in 2002 and 2003. Since that time many toys and series had been produced in the North America and Asia, but many of them had not prospered. As a result Nelvana entered into talks with TV TokyoTV Tokyo
is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
to revise the series. TV Tokyo agreed if Nelvana would be co-producer for the series and if TV Tokyo could air the episodes first. With this plan agreed upon, Nelvana announced 51 episodes of Metal Fight Beyblade with the English name Beyblade: Metal Fusion. They would premiere in Japan in 2009 and in North America in the fall of 2010 to YTV and CARTOON . As co-producers of the series Nelvana was able to create the rights for other companies. Toys were given to Tomy Company and Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
, and TV rights would be distributed by Nelvana. In 2010 Nelvana announced they were looking at parties interested in the fifth season of Beyblade and the second season of the Metal saga to go under the name Beyblade: Metal Masters.
The sixth season for the series has been announced in Shogakukan's monthly CoroCoro Comic
CoroCoro Comic
is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, starting on May 15, 1977. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga...
magazine. The upcoming third season of the Metal Fight Beyblade series will entitled as Metal Fight Beyblade 4D. The "4D" of the anime title comes from the game franchise's revised "4D" system. The "4D" stands for "different" materials, "divided" (multi-part construction), "dynamic," and "deep" customizability.
Season 1
The first season of the metal saga stars Gingka Hagane, a talented blader traveling all around Japan to get stronger so he can defeat the Dark Nebula, an evil organization who is also responsible for the death of Gingka's father Ryo Hagane. Gingka aims to recover the forbidden bey, Lightning L-Drago who has been stolen by the Dark Nebula who plan to use its powers to fulfill their wicked ambitions. Along with his bey, Storm Pegasus, Gingka must face and defeat many foes. Gingka's second biggest rival is Kyoya Tategami, formerly head of a bad bey clan, called the Face Hunters. Kyoya's goal is to defeat Gingka. Gingka is the blader who believes that every blader has a blader's spirit in him/her.The Dark Nebula recruits a blader named Ryuga, who is given the forbidden bey. He travels around the world, defeating and recruiting/destroying the beyblades of other bladers.Gingka battles Ryuga many times but gets defeated every one of those times. His friends also get defeated, including Kyoya. There is a tournament that the Dark Nebula has organized called battle bladers, and Ryuga hopes to battle Gingka in the final match....Season 2: Metal Masters
After Storm Pegasus sacrifices itself to defeat Ryuga, Gingka hears from Hokuto a rock which contains a beyblade, which Gingka finds and gets out Galaxy Pegasus W105R²F(Wing 105 Right Rubber Flat)(The legendary bey and first pegasus) and meets with a new friend named Masamune Kadoya and his bey Ray Striker D125CS. Together with Madoka, Masamune, Yu, Tsubasa, and Gingka they form a team called Gan Gan Galaxy to participate in a new beyblade world tournament called Big Bang Bladers. On the way they have to battle other teams: Garcias, Wang Hu Zhong, Lovushka, Excalibur, Desert Blaze, Chandora, Wild Fang and Starbreakers. The beys include Grand Cetus, Gravity destroyer, Blue Cetus, Space Wolf, Ray Gil, Ray cancer, Tornado Hercules, Counter Scorpio, Dark Bull, Vulcan Horoseus, Storm Serpent, Rock Serpent, Flame Serpent, Flame Byxis, Evil Beafowl, Hell Kerbecs, Screw Capricorn, Basalt Hierogium, Hyper Aquario, Thermal Lacerta, Rock Zurafa, Rock Orso, Poison Virgo, Rock Raven, Rock Scorpio, Burn Wolf, and Grand CapricornFilm: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader
The film was released in Japan on August 21, 2010. The film is named Metal Fight Beyblade VS. the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader. In the chronological order, the film starts after the events of the second season.It's summer vacation. In front of Gingka and Co, who are excited about a Beyblade tournament, Helios, a mysterious youth, stands in their way. In his hands, he possesses "Sol Blaze", a Beyblade that has been passed down since ancient times. As intense battle between Gingka vs. Helios unfolds, extreme weather develops throughout the world.
Season 3: Metal Fury
Taking a break from their latest triumph over Faust and the Spiral Core, Gingka and Co. find themselves saving a boy named Yuki from a mysterious youth named Johannes. Although Yuki is a boy genius and an astronomer, he is a Blader who owns “Anubus”. Yuki says that he has come to tell Gingka and his friends about the voice of the Star Fragment. He witnessed the Star Fragment (a meteor) fall from the sky one day. That single light dwells within Anubus and he says that he heard the voice of the Star Fragment that evening. A great evil is trying to revive the “Black Sun” and "Nemesis", the god of Destruction, by using the unknown power of the Star Fragment and destroy the world. Gingka and his friends must fight again, just as soon as they get the hang of their new 4D System Beys!Video games
The first video game to be released from the Beyblade: Metal Fusion series was Metal Fight Beyblade DS, which debuted on March 26, 2009 for the Nintendo DSNintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
. Currently, the majority of the games released so far have only been released in Japan, though Hudson Soft, Hudson has localized the second Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
game and the Wii game for North America which is called Battle Fortress. So far, all dedicated Metal Fight Beyblade games have been developed and published by Hudson
Hudson Soft
, formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973...
. The most recent Metal Fight Beyblade video game to be released was "Metal Fight Beyblade: Choujou Kessen! Big Bang Blader" for the DS in Japan, which was released on December 2, 2010.
Merchandise
Beyblade: Metal Fusion has toys, along with the other series. These type of toys now feature MetalMetal
A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...
on the outside of the Beyblades. The parts are as follow-
- Face Bolt - These hold the Beyblade parts together (except the Bottom).
- Energy Ring - The Energy Ring is where the launcher hooks stay when connected and determines the direction the bey will spin.
- Fusion Wheel - The Fusion Wheel is the part that helps attack other Beyblades. Examples include Storm, Flame, Dark, Lightning, Burn, Earth, Rock, Poison, Thermal, Evil, Cyber, Hyper, Fury, Torch, Inferno, Midnight, Night, Counter, Thunder, Galaxy, Ray, Sol, Hades, Twisted, Grand, Gravity, Meteo, Cyclone, and Mercury. As of the recent 4D Series, Fusion Wheels have been split into two parts, the PC Frame and the Core, allowing full customization and various modes. (Examples include Big Bang, Wing, L-Drago Destroy, L-Drago Guardian, Fang, Beat, Scythe and Variares).
- Spin Track - The Spin Track helps a Beyblade spin and helps its weight and speed. Also, it connects the Performance Tip to the rest of the Beyblade helping construct the beyblade.
- Performance Tip - The Performance Tip is the main thing that makes the Beyblade spin and determines a good amount of its Attack, Defense, and Stamina.
- 4D System - As of the release of Beyblade: Metal Fury, The Spin Track and Performance Tip were fused together (For an example: F:D, F:S and D:D )but not all the time with the 4D Beyblades for e.g. (Blitz Striker 100RSF)
These toys are made by Tomy
TOMY
is a Japanese toy, children's merchandise and entertainment company created from the March 2006 merger of two companies: Tomy and long-time rival, Takara...
in Asia and Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
in the US, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and they are made by Sonokong
Sonokong
Sonokong Co, Ltd. is a Korean toy and game, entertainment company, established in 1974. The corporate headquarters is located in Sugung-dong Guro-gu Seoul, Korea...
in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
.
- Beyblade (toy)Beyblade (toy)Beyblade is a line of high-performance spinning top toys originally developed and manufactured by Takara starting in 2000. Both the toys and their name were inspired by "Beigoma", a traditional spinning top. The introduction of the toy corresponded with the broadcast of the Beyblade anime...