Audience reviews
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BlueMoonTruth
The fucking OG.
Kai is just GOATED. First edgy guy, leaning onto a firm wall character I got into.
Bro is just like me frfr.
Tyson is the first guy, even before Naruto that I kinda hated as an MC. He is just always pulling it from his ass. He is super strong, but Kai is different. Also, bitches loved RayRay for sure. And Max was a cool ass character.
Season where they went to France and fought with the monsters is so good too. Asian tournament might be GOATED though.
I have a bunch of it on DVD. I remember you could buy it on the newsstand near my home, for like 2 dollars a season.
Read at the sourceLancelotSB
I'm rewatching the entire series and it definitely has high replay value. The scores are amazing and the opening and ending songs are very memorable.
Still on my first season of 51 episodes. The first season of the series had 4 parts. My favorite part was the third one, where the BBA team competed against the Euro team. My least favorite is part 1 and part 2 - it was quite unnecessarily long and boring.
This series can be categorized as drama, action-adventure, sport, and fantasy. The character designs are cool and the voice casting is amazing. I really love the compelling performances by all the cast members.
It's very family-friendly and highly recommended.
Read at the sourcePrinty
If you look at this show as a whole now, it a pretty average show that might seem forgettable to many who watch it now. If I were to give it an objective score then it would be 6/7 across the board since the show is pretty average.
But for me and many other people from my generation, Beyblade will always hold a special place in our hearts. This is one of the best things that I got to see as a child.
It takes me down nostalgia lane and that is part of the reason why I have given it an unreasonable 10/10 when it comes to enjoyment.
Story:- (7/10)
The story is plain and simple. A guy likes playing with spinning tops called Beyblades so he goes around the world to become the best there is.
There is no epic backstory or prologue, it's just some spinning tops with superpowers cause why not?…
Read at the sourceDio-Phantine
Story 6/10
This is another anime geared at selling a product - essentially 51 20 minute adverts that gain ad revenue. Absolute genius marketing. However, a fair amount of effort seems to be put into this. While the overarching plot is about as generic as you can get from a sports anime with supernatural powers in the mix, what makes the story shine is the interactions and development that the 4 main characters of Tyson, Kai, Ray and Max have on each other.
The sport of Beyblading isn't exaggerated, and is portrayed similar to sports in the real world. There are regional and international tournaments where the athletes (beybladers) compete for trophies. Some of these bladers have mystical beasts inside their spinning tops that help them in battle.
The story follows the previously named…
Read at the sourceSavageSource
The story flow had a very few filler which happened to be healthy, but the characters and the objectives made this passionate Bladebreaker team always moved on to the next fun and progress what it served to entertain us. Many cliché elements happened to be enjoyable as well and every region gave us pleasantly cringy enemies who are participating in each region of championship to be the greatest Beyblade champ. Even if these characters are in a team and intended to win together they mostly want the victory to themselves. The competionists and ability measurement is present also in a time when the teams are in the middle of a leasure business like reach a hotel, traveling, talk to new friends or enemies who introduce each other, the characters happens to reach our hearts in a unique way. So…
Read at the sourceItIsIDio
Money. We want money. Adults have money. Adults have kids. Kids like toys. Kids watch cartoons. We can make toys. We can make a TV show. We can make a TV show about the toys.
Kids. What do kids watch? What do kids like? Kids like friends. Kids like competition. Kids like superpowers. Kids like heroes. Most importantly, kids like toys. So the show can be about this sport where these kids compete with their toys which have superpowers and eventually, they save the world from evil and preach about friendship every single episode.
And then it worked. Those poor little rascals never saw it coming. They definitely bought the toys. And I am one of them too.
Looking back at Beyblade it is fairly obvious that this form of binary logic was used. I remember how much I liked the show and how inte…
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Ok, after reading some of the reviews for this show here on MAL, my conclusion is that what is even more pathetic than Beyblade is the fact that some of you are spending so much of your energy bashing this Anime for not being the next Akira. What did you expect? It's obvious that it's a show designed to give the audience some mindless entertainment and nothing else. Do I think that Beyblade is a fantastic Anime? NO!! Did I enjoy watching Beylade? YES! At least, parts of it. You see, sometimes the point of watching cartoons is to just kick back, relax and have some "mindless" fun. In my opinion, Beyblade succeeds in providing us with such an experience. It is not, by any means, the sort of Anime that you will take seriously but if you watch it for the right reasons, you might be surprised a…
Read at the sourceJayJay1401
Ok Imma start out by saying im not much of a writer so I may say something that sounds confusing or etc etc. I guess.....live with it?
Anyway the point of my reviews are to give people a clear understanding on whether or not to watch a series or not. If i can achieve this then i think my review done its job. I try not to give any details to the story itself (That is in theory what a summery is for) I just try to state Pro's and Con's.
First I think anybody who is planning on watching this or that is about to watch this use to watch Beyblade back when it was out in America (or wherever you live) I like to assume for this series not many people just randomly wanna "pick it up", moving on Beyblade is a pretty good show it has its moments and it's pretty enjoyable overall to old viewers.
St…
Read at the sourceVanillaREM
Where to start?! Beyblade was a huuuuuugeeee obsession of mine when I was younger, and I still hold a soft spot in my heart for it. I remember watching the very first episode when it aired, and them announcing the show as "BEYBLADE" with no images of the show yet. I was intrigued, since I'd never heard of the title before, thinking it would be some lame American tv show...but from the first episode, I was hooked.
Yes, the whole concept seems moronic....Who would have thought that you could stretch a storyline about spinning tops to three 51-episode long seasons and a spin off sequel? But it worked (at least for the first three seasons, MFB's a totally different story)!
Story:
It might not be the most creative storyline out there, but I must give them kudos for making a story about spinni…
Read at the sourceIvanTheChemist
I watched this when I was 12-14 years old, after I have already damaged my brain with Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh. I did enjoy it, but even 12-14 years old kid can see why is something happening (for the coolness and for money) and major...failures.
Story:
Take Yu-gi-oh, make the deck with one card, that is getting stronger (Pokemon?) and make a basic toy. Add something techy and here you go - you have a Beyblade! No, the story isn't that bad, but that is just because it is MADE for being bad. Who cares actually? The bad are bad, the good are good, one good guy is becoming bad (Sasukeeeeee!) and then good again. Friendship, love and peace always prevail.
Art:
Since it is MADE to be like an average Yu-gi-oh+Pokemon shonen it has to have something to catch the eye. The battles have effects, the…
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Usually "Saturday morning anime" is enjoyable. This is probably one of the few exceptions I ever made to this category.
The story is common, but even common things can be fun. It's just that this sport is far from "cool". The weapon here is a top toy. And that, at least for me and for my six year old acquaintances, is ridiculous. The toys come with "spirits". Better than nothing. Except that their animations were so terrible that what could be heroic turned boring.
The character party is also very used and very loved. However, I don't know if it's for their hair art or something else, it's hard to identify with the "heroes" and wish for them to keep winning.
In the end, it is fun for a while, but 51 episodes is too much (even when an awesome series airs after it). There were many ways t…
Read at the sourceProserpina
STORY: 7/10
Though it begins as a team of boys merely wanting to be the champions of the Beyblading world, the story of Bakuten Shoot Beyblade soon branches out into various "arcs" that give you insight into a particular character, and through each of their individual ordeals the group as a whole become closer to one another. While there's also the somewhat cliche issue of global takeover to deal with, it seems primarily to be a tale of friendship and, discreetly, cultural diversity. Though the main protagonists all band together to represent Japan, each comes from a different corner of the globe, and the friends they make during their travels also originate from various countries and socioeconomic backgrounds. So if nothing else, the themes certainly make this a good anime to watch. There…
Read at the sourceTodesengel
When it comes to kiddie anime, I usually do not give out tens. And msot of what I say is opinion, not fact. So don't take it too personal just because I perfer this season over the other two.
Story:
Spinning tops has never been this badass before! And I love how they made it into an extreme professional sport. If you were to explain the story to someone who has never seen the anime, it would come off as silly to them.
Art:
The art style is pretty unique. I didn't like how the style was altered to look OMFG KAWAII ^__^ and like your typical kiddie anime.
Sound:
It was pretty great. And for once English dubbers picked the right voice actors.
Characters:
The BladeBreakers are pretty much the most memorable characters I've noticed in anime. They're the only protagonists that I neve…
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