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U.S.'s Cartoon Network to Launch Beyblade: Metal Fusion
Bakugan, Pokémon anime to return in 2010-2011 season

America's Cartoon Network has announced during its Advertising Upfront presentation in New York City on Wednesday that it will debut the "Beyblade: Metal Fusion" anime series. As the newest anime series based on the "Beyblade" spinning top game and manga franchise, "Beyblade: Metal Fusion" premiered in Japan last April under the name "Metal Fight Beyblade". The 'Metal' in the new anime and toy line's name is a reference to the use of metal in the new tops, instead of just plastic as in the earlier incarnations.

The Canadian television production company Corus Entertainment is bringing the same series to Canada's YTV on May 15. The North American production company Nelvana Enterprises is co-producing the anime with Japan's d-rights. Takara-Tomy is producing the toys which Hasbro will sell worldwide except in the Middle East and Asia starting this spring. Nelvana, d-rights, Takara-Tomy, and Hasbro had partnered on all the previous "Beyblade" incarnations.

Corus describes the plot as the following:


Takara-Tomy launched the original game franchise in 1999, and sponsored three anime series between 2001 and 2003: "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade", "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 (Beyblade V-Force)", and "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade G-Revolution". New Beyblade episodes have not aired in the United States since 2005. Viz Media released Takao Aoki's original "Beyblade" manga, and Takafumi Adachi launched his new "Metal Fight Beyblade" manga in Shogakukan's Coro-Coro Comic magazine in 2008.

Cartoon Network also confirmed that the "Bakugan" and "Pokémon" anime series will return during the 2010-2011 season.

Source: ANN
www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-21...eyblade/metal-fusion

See people, anime on tv isn't dead. We're getting another new show. I say thumbs up and props are at hand.

Considering that Nelavan is co-producing Metal Fight/Metal Fusion, I do hope that the dub will be pretty much the same thing as the Japanese version in terms of names, story, music, etc. as the show is very good and is already my favorite of all of the Beyblade animes (G-Revolution used to be my favorite). It would be cool if Nelvana dubs this show uncut and then just edits for time restraints on North American television.

Also, I would love to see Nelavan team up with an anime distributor, like maybe Sentai, and give this show an uncut & dual-audio DVD release over here. I would definitely buy it!

I wonder how US is going to act when they found out, that all the old bladers retire....

Beyblade: Metal Fusion to Premiere in U.S. on June 26
Cartoon Network to run 51 manga/game-based episodes on Saturday mornings

The Canadian television production company Corus Entertainment has announced on Friday that the "Beyblade: Metal Fusion" anime series will premiere on television in the United States on Saturday, June 26 at 7:30 a.m. ET/PT. America's Cartoon Network had already announced last week that it will run this new anime series based on the "Beyblade" spinning top game and manga franchise.

Corus describes the plot as the following:


The series premiered in Japan last April under the name "Metal Fight Beyblade". Corus describes the anime as a 51-episode series, although the 56th episode is airing in Japan this Sunday. The company is bringing the same series to Canada's YTV on May 15. (The "Metal" in the new anime and toy line's name is a reference to the use of metal in the new tops, instead of just plastic as in the earlier incarnations.)

Takara-Tomy launched the original game franchise in 1999, and sponsored three anime series between 2001 and 2003: "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade", "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002" ("Beyblade V-Force"), and "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade G-Revolution". New "Beyblade" episodes have not aired in the United States since 2005. Viz Media released Takao Aoki's original "Beyblade" manga, and Takafumi Adachi launched his new "Metal Fight Beyblade" manga in Shogakukan's Coro-Coro Comic magazine in 2008.

Source: ANN
www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-30...re-in-u.s-on-june-26

56 episode!!!!!!! BUt there are only 14 episode fansub!!!! WHAT THE HELL !!!!

Oh boy the greatest Saturday morning 'worth getting up early for' show ever.

ABC Family was my savior for 7AM-8AM.
I can also thank Toon Disney for bringing it back.

Ultimate Mega Man X wrote:


3 seasons with the same beybladers was a great enough run. Who cares for the change. It's time to move on. Digimon Data Squad is another good example.

Snowy Stampede wrote:


I never watch Digimon Data Squad, I heard it was good but after season 4 i quite watching. Wait an min... Which season was Data Squad?

Well, to bring this back to the top, I did see a few scenes of the English dub of Metal Fight, a.k.a. Metal Fusion, and I have to say that it's not bad at all. I can definitely see it improve as the show goes on, but there are some thigns I just have to nitpick on:
1. Benkei's voice is too much of a generic "big tough guy" voice, and considering how he's a main character it might be annoying to hear that voice in the long haul. There are some other performances like Benkei's that aren't that great, but Benkei's is the worst offender.
2. Nelvana changed the name of beyblade Mad Cancer's name to Mad Gasher... Is Nelvana really worried that parents might think that they're kids are talking about the wrong "cancer"?
3. Odd pronounciations of names:
-Kyoya pronounces his beyblade's name, Leone, "Lee-Own" instead of the more natural sounding "Lee-O-Ne" that the original Japanese version uses
-Main character Ginga Hagane's name is utterly butchered... Instead of how it looks, the dub instead either pronounces it "Jing-Ka" or "Jin-Ga". How could they mess up "Gin-Ga"? And that's the main character's name, so you keep hearing it over and over like that.

But there are good points:
-The opening theme is just a shortened version of the original Japanese theme, just with English lyrics all their own. True, the lyrics aren't all that great, but it's nice to hear the same rough beat... Of course, Martin Kucaj, who did the dub music for original Beyblade trilogy, wrote the original Japanese theme, so of course they'd use the same basic song.
-On the same token, all of the original music is kept intact. Of course, Neil Perfitt, a Nelvana employee, did all of the music himself, so why change it?
-Other than Mad Cancer becoming Mad Gasher and Ginga's name possibly being spelt differently due to the odd pronounciation, none of the names have been changed! Yay!
-The eyecatches are actually kept in the show! How many animes televised in North America actually keep their eyecatches? Not many usually, outside of FUNimation Channel and Anime Network.

Now hopefully Nelvana is having the show dubbed uncut and then just they just edit for time... That way it could very well be possible to have uncut, dual-audio DVDs for this show!

For anyone wanting to watch Beyblade: Metal Fusion, it will premiere:

Saturday, June 26, 2010
7:30am ET/6:30am CT

They're trying to mess me up!

Second episode is Sunday, June 27!
7:30am ET/6:30am CT

So, I've never seen any of the others, however, I caught the first episode of Beyblade: Metal Fusion this morning and kinda half watched it.

It's very reminiscent of all the other "battle" anime out that I've seen, so much so, if it wasn't for the fact that I was lazy and busy, I would have changed the channel.

Nelvana Confirms Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge Show Plans
More Beyblade also planned under the name Beyblade: Metal Masters

The Canadian production company Nelvana Enterprises confirmed on Monday that it is planning a show called 'Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge', as well as more 'Beyblade' under the name 'Beyblade: Metal Masters'. Nelvana is presenting these and other shows to potential licensees and distributors worldwide at MIPCOM, the trade show that will run next week in Cannes, France. Nelvana is currently co-producing the 'Bakugan Gundalian Invaders' television series and the 'Beyblade: Metal Fusion' television series.

The whole Bakugan franchise is based on Spin Master and Sega Toys' combination of metal cards and marble-like magnetic toys that automatically transform into figures during gameplay. The franchise has been a bestseller in North America, and it won numerous honors at Toy Fair's annual Toy of the Year Awards. Spin Master already filed for a registered trademark for toys on "Mechtanium Surge" in the United States in July. America's Cartoon Network began showing the first 'Bakugan' anime series in February of 2008. It recounted the adventures of Daniel (Danma "Dan" Kuso in Japanese) and his friends as they help free Vestroia, the alternate world of the Bakugan warrior Dragonoid (Drago for short).

A second 'Bakugan: New Vestroia' season of 26 episodes premiered in North America in spring of 2009. The Hollywood Reporter newspaper revealed later that year that Universal Pictures and Stuber Productions signed a deal with Spin Master for a proposed theatrical film version. The third television season, 'Bakugan Gundalian Invaders', premiered this year.

Nelvana Enterprises has been adapting the 2009-2010 'Metal Fight Beyblade' anime series as 'Beyblade: Metal Fusion', and the series premiered in Canada in May and then in the United States in June. 'Metal Fight Beyblade'/'Beyblade: Metal Fusion' is the first new anime in four years for 'Bakugan', the franchise based on the spinning-top games from Takara Tomy and Hasbro. The next anime season premiered in Japan in April under the name 'Metal Fight Beyblade Baku', followed by the 'Metal Fight Beyblade VS Taiyo Shakunetsu no Shinryakusha' film in July.

Before 'Metal Fight Beyblade'/'Beyblade: Metal Fusio'n, there were three earlier 'Bakugan' television anime series between 2001 and 2003: 'Bakuten Shoot Beyblade', 'Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002' ('Beyblade V-Force'), and 'Bakuten Shoot Beyblade G-Revolution'. Nelvana released all three in the United States.

Source: ANN
www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-30...ium-surge-show-plans

Cartoon Network will begin showing reruns of 'Beyblade: Metal Fusion' starting tomorrow:

Monday, October 4
7:30am ET/6:30am ET

they'll be running Mon-Fri in that time slow, with the new show premiering on Saturday at its usual time.

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Beyblade: Metal Fury to Include New BeyWheelz Series
New toyline, animated series with Japanese studio unveiled in N. America first

The Canadian entertainment company Nelvana announced on Tuesday that 'Beyblade: Metal Fury', the upcoming English-language adaptation of the 'Metal Fight Beyblade 4D' anime, will include an all-new 'BeyWheelz' "chapter". The 'BeyWheelz' story has not aired in Japan or any other country before.

Nelvana describes 'Beyblade: Metal Fury's story: "In part 3 of the Beyblade saga (Metal Fury), the world is at a tipping point in the battle between good and the ultimate evil. The key to earth's salvation or destruction lies within 10 meteor stones that empower its masters to fight for their chosen side."

'BeyWheelz' is a separate storyline set "in the futuristic city of Destection where our hero, Sho, is champion of the BeyWheelz World Tournament! This peaceful city is home to exciting and challenging battles between friends and allies until suddenly the city is attacked by an evil BeyWheelz army called the Dominators."

The original 'Metal Fight Beyblade 4D' anime premiered last April with 26 22-minute episodes and 26 11-minute episodes. However, Nelvana states that 'Beyblade: Metal Fury' and 'BeyWheelz' combined will have 52 episodes. According to a document published by the Writer's Guild of Canada, at least 13 episodes of the 'BeyWheelz' series have been planned for production.

Although little information has been revealed on the animation production of the 'BeyWheelz' episodes, Pioneer Production, a Japanese anime subcontracting studio, lists 'BeyWheelz' in its production roster.

'Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G', the seventh 'Beyblade' anime series, will begin airing in Japan on April 8 after 'Metal Fight Beyblade 4D' ends. Another anime with a toy tie-in, 'Baku Tech! Bakugan', will premiere on April 7 as shorts within the 'Oha Colo Up!' on April 7. Nelvana has adapted the previous 'Bakugan' anime into English, but it did not announce plans to present a new 'Bakugan' project at MIPTV, the television market trade show which will be held in France next month.

Source: ANN

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