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) is aJapanese 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). It ties up the hobby "Beyblade".
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Beyblade: Metal Fusion is a spin-off of the original Beyblade anime series, and was created by Tatsunoko Pro, Synergy SP, and is co-produced by Nelvana.[1] Metal Fight Beyblade airs every Sunday at 8:30 am on TV Tokyo. This Beyblade series features a complete new set of characters, and a new story.[edit]Plot summary
With a new series being developed in 2008 from the Beyblade series that once concluded with Bakuten Shoot Beyblade, a media mix developed with the anime as well as the manga.
In contrast to previous work which uses the Shijin (Chinese Constellations) as motifs, Beyblade: Metal Fusion uses Universal Constellations as motifs. Also, in the previous work it was mainly team battles, but in this work it is mainly individual battles. Furthermore, Japan was the setting in the first series up until the end.
The first part was from second part, becoming the Battle Bladers arc. In the anime, from Episode 24 became the Battle Bladers arc and was recently released on DVD as well from Vol. 01. Although Battle Bladers was held as a tournament, the battle combinations in the anime and manga differ.
The Beyblade: Metal Fusion anime was broadcast by TV Tokyo from April 5, 2009 to March 28, 2010. From April 4, 2010 a new series, Metal Fight Beyblade Explosion started broadcasting. On August 7, 2010, Beyblade: Metal Fusion started airing in the UK on Nickelodeon and in The Netherlands on August 23, 2010 on Disney XD.
[edit]Media
[edit]Manga
The chapters of the Metal Fight Beyblade manga are written and illustrated by Takafumi Adachi. In Japan, they have been published inShogakukan's Monthly CoroCoro comics since September 2008.[2] The plot follows the adventures of Ginga 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 Ginga on his quest to defeat the evil Dark Nebula organization.One of the recruits of the Dark Nebula Organization are Subasa Otori,
An airing anime adaptation, produced by Tatsunoko Pro and Synergy SP, co-produced by Nelvana premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2009.[3]
Since Metal Fight Beyblade's 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.[4]The latest volume is four, released on March 26, 2010.[5]
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.
[edit]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 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. [6] 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.[7]
[edit]Film
The film was released in Japan on August 21, 2010.
It's summer vacation. In front of Ginga an 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 Ginga vs. Helios unfolds, extreme weather develops throughout the world.
[edit]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.[8] Currently, the majority of the games released so far have only been released in Japan, though Hudson has localized the second Nintendo DS game and the Wii game for North America which is called Battle Fortress.[9] So far, all dedicated Metal Fight Beyblade games have been developed and published by Hudson. [10] 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.[11]
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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 helps contribute to the Beyblade's power.
- Fusion Wheel- The Fusion Wheel is the Metal that helps attack other Beyblades.
- Spin Track- The Spin Track helps a Beyblade spin and also has it's own type (eg. Stamina, Attack).
- Performance Tip- The Perfomance Tip is the main thing that makes the Beyblade Spin.
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