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Beyblade Burst TV Anime's Video Introduces Characters
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anime on Saturday. The video introduces the main Bladers participating in the WBBA tournament, including the main character Bart and his friend Shū.
The story follows Bart Aoi, a hot-blooded kid who loves to attack and wields a Beyblade named Valkyrie. His close friend Shū Kurenai is an elite Blader who is a genius but still puts in a lot of effort, and wields the Beyblade named Spriggan.
The anime's official website unveiled the anime character designs for Bart, Valkyrie, Shū, and Spriggan last month.
Bart Aoi (pictured bottom) and Valkyrie (pictured top)
Shū Kurenai
Spriggan
premiere in April.
Beyblade Burst is the name of the third generation of Beyblade toys that Takara Tomy launched in Japan in July. It features a Burst gimmick that lets players "destroy" their opponents' tops, the ability to view Beyblade records on the Bey Cloud System, and the evolution of Beyblade with miniature NFC chips.
Coro Coro Comics magazine last July.
The original franchise expanded into over 880 countries and regions worldwide and shipped over 350 million toys, garnering over 365 billion yen ($2.97 billion) in sales since 1999. The second generation of the franchise debuted in 2008 and shipped 190 million toys worldwide for over 200 billion yen (US$1.6 billion) in sales.
Takara Tomy's Beyblade line of toys inspired a manga series in 2000-2003, and Metal Fight Beyblade VS Taiyō Shakunetsu no Shinryakusha film.
BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz Western-exclusive animated spinoff series.
acquired rights to create a live-action film based on the franchise.
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