Beyblade: Metal Masters, known in Japan as , is the 2010 sequel to the Japanese 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....

 television series Beyblade: Metal Fusion. Like its predecessor, Beyblade: Metal Masters is based on Takafumi Adachi's manga series Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Beyblade: Metal Fusion, known formally as , its Japanese name, is a Japanese 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 ....

, which itself is based on the Beyblade

Beyblade

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan...

 spinning top game from Takara Tomy

Takara 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...

. The 51-episode series was produced by d-rights and 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...

 under the direction of Kunihisa Sugishima. The series was first broadcast on TV Tokyo

TV 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...

 in Japan between April 4, 2010 and March 27, 2011. The English series with English opening in Australia on Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network (Australia)

Cartoon Network is a cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming.The Australian version is available on Pay TV...

 July 25, 2011. later on Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

 on November 8, 2011 at 7:30 am and United States on Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

 on August 20, 2011 at 10:30am.
This series began in Finland on MTV3

MTV3

MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...

 on November 12, 2011, broadcasting every Saturday 10:45am. However, the previous series Beyblade: Metal Fusion was entirely skipped. It is presented with a Finnish dub.

Two pieces of theme music

Theme music

Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...

 were used for the opening and closing themes. The opening theme is performed by YU+KI, and the ending theme is performed by Odoriba Soul

Odoriba Soul

Odoriba Soul is a 5-piece pop group from Shibuya, Japan that formed in 2003. They describe their sound as a throwback to the style of pop that dominated Japanese music in the 1990s. They released their first album, Deep de Pop na Scenario Writer, in September 2009. They also performed the 2nd...

. Beyblade: Metal Masters was followed by a second sequel Metal Fight Beyblade 4D

Episode list

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