The manga received two official English dubs later, with the Australian version being released more then a year before the North American version. However, while both the anime and the manga made it to international sales, none of the tie-in promotional games made it at this point.
#Beyblade evolution toys license#
In 2001, Hasbro began to sell Beyblade toys internationally (under license from, and produced by, Takara) along with a coordinated country-by-country rollout of localized versions of the TV series. Games become tie-ins with the anime from this point onwards.
#Beyblade evolution toys series#
The games were the main established method of promoting the early Beyblade toys at this point.Ī later Beyblade anime television series was released, since it was loosely based on the manga it carried the name "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade", it ran between Jan and December 2001. This format was the basis of future incarnations of the Beyblade toyline and storyline. Kai and Takao were carried on as main characters, with Rai and Max being introduced to the cast.
It was then the concept of the bit-beasts were changed, but the beyblades began to have clear "types" such as "Attack", "Balance", " Stamina" and "Defence". Beyblades released in this period carried codes to unlock their bits in the game. One more game, Beyblade Fighting Tournament, released in August 2000 and a manga released in Jan 2000 under the name "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade" was released as tie ins witht he toys. The period between the Next Generation Beigoma Battle: Beyblade video game and the launch of the toyline under the official name of "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade" was mostly a experiemental stage, although the name "Beyblade" was in use, much of the official name of the series was still being established. Note the main characters at this point had no surnames.Ī Beyblade from the original series, Dragoon. Hudson produced several "Pokémon-like" games during this period, which is why the game and the toyline itself both were following a similar format. Again this was based on Pokémon, though a large contribution to this was Hudson, the makers of the very first Beyblade game. The original idea was that the new toys would possess collectable "bit-chips" which represented the fighting spirit of the player. Early beyblades were supplied with 3 bit-chips along with the beyblade. Beyblades sold during this beyblade were not originally listed as a "type". Beyblade was loosely inspired by Pokémon with the main protagonist, "Takao" (Tyson) and the antagonist "Kai" being based on the characters of "Red" and "Blue".
The introduction of the toy corresponded with the release of Next Generation Beigoma Battle: Beyblade released in 1999, with Ultimate Frostic Dranzer, Spin Dragoon and Saizo being the first 3 beyblades released. Both the toys and their name were inspired by "Beigoma", a traditional spinning top.