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Crunchyroll Adds Four Seasons Of Beyblade Anime


Beyblade Season 1 Visual - 20151202You know, I had a joke about getting your tops on the table, but that may be a bit crass.

Anyway, Crunchyroll announced that they added four BeyBlade anime titles to the company’s streaming catalog. The company started streaming the following:

All four titles are available in dubbed format, with episodes streaming exclusively for Premium subscribers in the United States and Canada as of press time.

Beyblade is a 2001 series, based on a franchise from Hudson Soft and Takara. The title was directed by Toshifumi Kawase at Nippon Animedia, with Takahiro Umehara providing character designs.

Crunchyroll describes Beyblade as follows:

Young Tyson Granger and his friend Kenny enter the Japanese Regional Qualifying Beyblade Tournament. There, Tyson meets new players and organizes a team called the Bladebreakers in order to win the Beyblade World Championship.

Beyblade BeyWheelz Visual - 20151202Beyblade: BeyWheelz is a spin-off of the original Beyblade anime series. The 2012 series was directed by Katsumi Hasegawa at SynergySP.

Crunchyroll describes Beyblade: BeyWheelz as follows:

Young Tyson Granger and his friend Kenny enter the Japanese Regional Qualifying Beyblade Tournament. There, Tyson meets new players and organizes a team called the Bladebreakers in order to win the Beyblade World Championship.

Beyblade: Metal Fury is a 2011 sequel to Beyblade: Metal Masters. The title was directed by Kunihisa Sugishima at SynergySP, with the team of Kayo Nagamori and Yoshihiro Nagamori providing character designs.

Beyblade Metal Fury Visual 001 - 20151202Crunchyroll describes Beyblade: Metal Fury as follows:

Young Tyson Granger and his friend Kenny enter the Japanese Regional Qualifying Beyblade Tournament. There, Tyson meets new players and organizes a team called the Bladebreakers in order to win the Beyblade World Championship.

Beyblade: Metal Masters is a 2010 sequel to Beyblade: Metal Fusion. The title was directed by Kunihisa Sugishima at SynergySP and Tatsunoko Production, with the team of Kayo Nagamori and Yoshihiro Nagamori providing character designs.

Beyblade Metal Masters Visual 001 - 20151202Crunchyroll describes Beyblade: Metal Masters as follows:

After defeating Ryuga and his dark Bey L-Drago, Gingka is crowned the winner of the Battle Bladers Championship. When news gets out, other bladers from around the world want their chance at defeating Gingka and capturing the title of #1 Beyblader. The WBBA, now headed by Ryo, calls a global competition enlisting top representatives from each country to compete. The Beyblade World Championship is announced and each country prepares to bring their best to the world stage. The competition brings together old friends, new rivalries and a whole new mix of Beyblades, tricks and strategies.

Source: Crunchyroll

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