Beyblade: Metal Fusion

Beyblade: Metal Fusion
Manga
Written by	Takafumi Adachi
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	Chuang Yi (Singapore)
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic
English magazine	Co-Co! (Hong Kong)
Demographic	Children
Original run	2008 – 2012
Volumes	11
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Written by	Katsumi Hasegawa
Studio	Tatsunoko
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 5, 2009 – March 28, 2010
Episodes	51
Anime television series
Beyblade: Metal Masters
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Written by	Katsumi Hasegawa
Music by	Neil Parfitt (Season 1) Scott Bucsis & Neil Parfitt (Season 2)
Studio	Synergy SP
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 4, 2010 – March 27, 2011
Episodes	51
Anime television series
Beyblade: Metal Fury
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Written by	Katsumi Hasegawa
Music by	Scott Bucsis
Studio	Synergy SP
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 3, 2011 – April 1, 2012
Episodes	52
Anime television series
Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G
Directed by	Kunihisa Sugishima
Written by	Katsumi Hasegawa
Music by	TBA
Studio	Synergy SP
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 8, 2012 – present
Episodes	7
Related works
Beyblade Metal Fusion-related video games Metal Fight Beyblade VS The Sun: Sol Blaze, The Scorching Hot Invader

Beyblade: Metal Fusion, known in Japan as Metal Fight Beyblade (メタルファイト ベイブレード, Metaru Faito Beibureedo), 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 (Shogakukan).

Manga

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Anime

Main article: List of Beyblade: Metal Saga episodes

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 Tokyo 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.

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(but he didn't die. He was rescued by a talking dog named Hokuto.) 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, Lightning L-Drago. 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, Gingka wins the match.Gingka Hagane was battle blader champion.

Season 2: Metal Masters

After Storm Pegasus sacrifices itself to defeat Ryuga and Lightning L-Drago, Gingka hears from Hokuto a rock which contains Galaxy Pegasus W105R²F(Wing 105 Right Rubber Flat), The legendary bey and first Galaxy Pegasus battles with a new bey named Ray Unicorno, (Striker in English dub) and the owner Masamune Kadoya. 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. Kyoya was meant to be a member of Gan Gan galaxy but chooses not to represent them as he wants to battle Gingka.

Film: 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 a nice summer vacation. In front of Gingka and his friends 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 very ancient times. As intense battle between Gingka and Helios unfolds, extreme weather develops throughout the whole world.

Season 3: Metal Fury

Taking a break from their latest tough triumph over Faust and the Spiral Core, Gingka and his friends 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 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.

Season 4: Zero-G

Main article: Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G

Seven years have passed since the God of Destruction met his end at the hands of a great Blader. A new era of Beyblade has begun, bringing with it new Blades. When Zero Kurogane witnessed the final battle with the lord of destruction years ago, a fire began to burn within him to push forward to a new future. While Zero is the champion in his hometown, he wants to test himself and seeks out greater opponents, heading to Gingka's hometown. When Zero arrives and discovers that Gingka is nowhere to be found, he learns that Bladers from all over the world have come to test themselves against the Zero Gravity Bey stadium. Wanting to push his skills forward, Zero takes part in the new era of Beyblade, testing his might against the Zero Gravity stadiums.

Video games

Main article: List of Beyblade: Metal Fusion 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 DS. 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.

Merchandise

HWS System

Beyblade: Metal Fusion has toys, along with the other series. These type of toys now feature Metal on the outside of the Beyblades. The parts are as follow-

• Face Bolt - These hold the Beyblade parts together (except the Performance Tip).
• 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, chooses it's movement pattern and determines a good amount of its Attack, Defense, and Stamina.

4D System

The 4D System continues on from the HWS System, adding on some gimmicks to the parts (This system is exclusive to Takara-Tomy Beys, Hasbro opted not to use this system):

• Face Bolt - These hold the Beyblade parts together (except the Performance Tip).
• Energy Ring - The Energy Ring is where the launcher hooks stay when connected and determines the direction the bey will spin. In three cases in this System, the Energy Ring is not used (Variares D:D, L-Drago Destructor F:S and L-Drago Guardian GB145MB)
• 4D Wheel - Similar to the Fusion Wheel, a 4D Wheel is the part that helps attack other Beyblades. The main difference between the two types is that the 4D Wheel is composed of three parts, rather than one: Metal Frame, PC Frame and the Core. By using these three components in different positions, the Bey's contact points can change.
• 4D Bottom - The 4D Bottom is a combination of a Spin Track and Performance Tip, put together in one package. Usually, a 4D Bottom will be at a 14.5mm height and will have some sort of gimmick:
  • Final Drive (F:D) will switch from a Semi-Flat tip to a Rubber Flat when it's Stamina is low.
  • Final Survive (F:S) will switch from a Hole Flat to a Sharp tip when it's Stamina is low.
  • Delta Drive (D:D) can be switched between three different tips before a battle; Flat, Sharp and Wide Ball.
  • Bearing Drive (B:D) contains ball-bearings, which helps maintain a Bey's stamina for a longer period of time.
  • X Drive (X:D) can be switched between three tips before battle, and will switch between others during the battle.

Zero-G System

The Zero-G Season introduced a reformed system:

• Stone Face - These hold the Beyblade parts together (except the Performance Tip). Smaller and Thinner than the HWS Face Bolt.
• Chromium Wheel - The Zero-G equivalent of the HWS Fusion Wheel. Generally weighing around 30-35 grams and is half as thick as a typical HWS Fusion Wheel. However, two Chromium Wheels can be clipped together (One replacing the Crystal Wheel) and increase the weight of the Bey.
• Crystal Wheel - The Zero-G equivalent of the HWS Energy Ring. Decides what Element a Bey will be and changes the contact points of the Chromium Wheel.
• 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, chooses it's movement pattern and determines a good amount of its Attack, Defense, and Stamina.

All of these toys are made by Takara Tomy in Asia, Hasbro in the US, India, Australia and Canada, and by Sonokong in South Korea.

• Beyblade (toy)

External links

• Official D-rights Metal Fight Beyblade websiteTemplate:Ja icon
• Official TV Tokyo Metal Fight Beyblade website Template:Ja icon
• Official Nelvana Beyblade: Metal Fusion website