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Welcome

Following a massive spike in notes recently (new Tumblr users ig) and my follower count increasing more in a week than it did in the past 3 months, I decided to make this pinned post to help you navigate this blog

What is this blog about?

Basically, Tumblr is the only platform where I can write essays analyzing the Beyblade anime and get any sort of response (Twitter has a character limit, Facebook has privacy concerns, etc.) Pretty much the entirety of this blog is dedicated to Beyblade. My main blog is @mach-speed-extra where I post non-beyblade content

Tags

#beyblade: pretty much all of my posts. Those not tagged with this usually mean asks not related to Beyblade

#mfb: Metal Fight Beyblade, aka the Beyblade metal saga. Encompasses Metal Fusion, Metal Masters, Metal Fury, and Shogun Steel

#beyburst and #beyblade burst: The Beyblade Burst series. Encompasses Burst, Evolution, Turbo, Rise, Surge, and Quad Drive

#beywarriors: For the Nelvana spinoffs. Encompasses Beywheelz, Beyraiderz, and Cyborg

#beyblade x: It’s for Beyblade X

#character design analysis: Send me a Beyblade character and I’ll write an analysis on their design and how it evolved over time. More info on this post

I plan on reorganizing my blog to add a tag specific to the original series/ Bakuten Shoot, but I don’t have on yet

Asks

Ongoing ask games

The character design analysis will always be open unless I eventually cover every character in the entire franchise. If I have any other ongoing ask games, I’ll put them here

This character ask is also open

Other than that, feel free to send me asks about anything. I’ll reply to them as long as they’re sfw

Beyblade FAQ

What is Beyblade: Customizable spinning tops with a tie-in manga, anime, and several video games

In what order do I watch the series: There are 4 main series (plus spinoffs). These are original series, aka Bakuten Shoot, the metal saga/Metal Fight, Burst, the Nelvana spinoffs, and X. They are unrelated and you can watch them in any order, but personally I suggest Bakuten Shoot, then Metal Fight, then the spinoffs, then Burst, and finally X due to order of release and because there are some easter eggs based on previous series (even if minor). Within each series, there are multiple seasons. Bakuten Shoot consists of Beyblade, Beyblade V-Force, and Beyblade G-Revolution. Metal Fight consists of Beyblade Metal Fusion,  Beyblade Metal Masters, Beyblade Metal Fury, and Beyblade Shogun Steel. The spinoffs are Beywheelz, Beywarriors Beyraiderz, and Beywarriors Cyborg. Burst consists of Beyblade Burst, Beyblade Burst Evolution, Beyblade Burst Turbo, Beyblade Burst Rise, Beyblade Burst Surge, Beyblade Burst QuadDrive, and Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. Beyblade X is still on its first season

Where can I buy beyblades: Amazon, ebay, local stores, etc. Just make sure they have the Takara Tomy or Hasbro logo on the boxes (for the original series, look for the Takara or Hasbro logo, as Takara hadn’t merged with Tomy yet). In certain regions, you may find beyblades under Young Toys, Sonokong, or BeyBattle Burst brands, These are TT beys, just repackaged/rebranded for certain regions.

Beyblade brands: Hasbro and Takara Tomy are real. Sonokong (plastics and mfb) and Young Toys (Burst) distribute beys in South Korea, simply importing from TT. BeyBattle Burst are TT products rebranded for the MENA region. Everything else is fake and may contain lead (very bad). Just look for the logo on the boxes. Hasbro and TT are compatible with each other for the original series metal fight, and X but not for Burst (discs are cross compatible, but nothing else is). Sonokong, Young Toys, and BeyBattle Burst use TT molds, and as such are compatible with TT and each other (same goes for Hasbro’s Pro Series)

Where can I watch the anime: YouTube has the English dubs for the original series and the metal saga. Burst is on Netflix (in some regions), but piracy seems to be the most popular way of watching it for those outside those regions. Same for X

Where can I find the anime subbed: Metal fight subs are practically nonexistent. The second half of Burst God is not subbed. Everything else is, so just shoot me a DM and I’ll give you a link (I recommend an adblocker)

Where can I read the manga: Excellent question. English translations are all fan scans, with most not being in great quality. Still, the original series manga can be found on totally legitimate sites (same for Rising and X). As for metal fight, Burst, the Blader DJ spinoffs, or Saint Lolita, I have no clue

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do you have beyblades? do you get to play with them/beybattle others if so? do you want any specific beyblades (in series/irl)?

My beys are probably lying around in some box in my parents' house, so the answer is "not really anymore." While my collection consists mostly of mfb beys, I would love to have an Aero Pegasus (if only it wasn't so expensive)

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Do you happen to know why the animation in BSB changed so drastically when it changed over to V-Force + G-Rev?

I don't have any definitive answer but if I had to wager a guess, the art style change from season 1 to V-Force was poorly received (that change was due to it being a different studio), so they made G-Rev look more like season 1. This is just speculation though since I've never seen definitive confirmation of it

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i've been thinking abt this for a couple weeks but what are your thoughts on the character designs in the hasbro spinoffs + zero g. i feel like something about the designs in zero g is definitely off in the same way as the spinoffs but it's hard to pinpoint exactly Why (both why it feels off and why it shares those vibes with the spinoffs).

given that nagamori did the character designs for the spinoffs i can only assume he had some involvement but also like. this is an issue kind of exclusive to this specific era of beyblade, as far as i know

The Hasbro spinoffs are a little strange to look at as a whole. Beywheelz designed characters in a way that kinda comes off as "we have mfb at home," which had to be intentional considering how many characters were also written as off-brand mfb (Leon and Covey being the most obvious cases)

As a slight tangent, Beywheelz as a whole (both anime and toys) was clearly coasting off mfb's popularity, but didn't seem to have much thought put into it (The Daft Brothers on YouTube have a video about Beywheelz. The game design is hilariously bad). Everything about Beywheelz just screams "make it clear it's mfb-adjacent" while also trying to cut as many corners as possible

Beyraiderz for the most part ditched the metal fake aesthetic, which is why the new characters don't have that issue, but since half of the main cast carried over from Wheelz it was bound to still be present in some capacity. Beyraiderz feels like a less extreme version of Cyborg in some ways. I can only speculate about what Beyradierz' development was like, but after Beywheelz flopped I can only assume they decided "don't do Beywheelz again," while still wanting to tie it to Beywheelz enough to bring in all 3 Beywheelz fans

Zero-g designs feel different from the rest of mfb, but I don't think they resemble Beywheelz. The zero-g designs that really stand out are Kira, Captain Arrow, and Yoshio, who all look nothing like what Beywheelz did. As for what is different about zero-g, the season as a whole went for a less mystical aesthetic than previous seasons. A lot of the designs feel like asking someone in 2012 "what will fashion look like in 2020?" except the person you're asking is using mfb as a baseline

There's also Cyborg but the designs there are different for a different reason. Cyborg's designs are a lot less detailed, probably because of the season's low budget. Plus Cyborg's aesthetic as a whole feels so unrelated from any Beyblade gen that it might as well be a different franchise

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hiii... not sure if your still doing this, but can you please do a character analysis of aiger? thank you! (sorry if your not doing this anymore or if its too much!!)

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Beyblade character design analysis: Aiger Akabane

Masterpost here. Time for the first main character to use a balance type, Aiger

Starting with the hair, Aiger usually keeps it in a ponytail with a blue hairband (as an aside, does he just carry hundreds of them around or does he keep fixing the one hairband?). Achilles features some blue accents, but blue is also the main color used by Valt. I'll get into that later

The random face bandages are just a thing Beyblade likes doing, and Burst does it more than other gens. It conveys Aiger's reckless nature but doesn't do much aside from that

The red A tattoo? Birthmark? is strange. Plenty of Burst characters have accessories with their first initial (like belt buckles or pins), but Aiger is the only major character to have it as part of his body. Because of Burst's naming conventions, the letter is also the first letter in his bey's name. Aiger's connection to Achilles was unique during Turbo, with Achilles being the only bey known to regularly talk to his blader. Other beys communicated but rarely with words (see Valkyrie), while Aiger and Achilles just have normal conversations. Future seasons would do the same with new characters, but Aiger was the first

Aiger wears a mostly plain white shirt and black shorts with suspenders. The combination of white and black creates a generally neutral feeling, while the blue accents tie back to Achilles the same way as the headband. This part of his design exists to convey "farm boy," at least in the way Burst interprets it as (ie: simple clothing without extravagant designs)

The red jacket has the same main color as Achilles. It has 3 pins. The one on his right (not really visible in this image) has the same triangle logo seen in other characters. In real life, that logo is used to represent Burst as a whole (best seen in X's remakes and homages of Burst beys). In-universe, it's a generic symbol used by bladers. Aiger actually didn't have this pin on him at first. It was added to his design after he made Achilles

The other pins are a star and an upside down A. The star is pretty straightforward. Aiger has an ego. He's the star. The upside down A is more interesting. The A is obviously because of his name (and by extension, Achilles). It's also upside down. At first I thought of the whole "fly the flag upside down in emergencies" thing, but A: that is not a universal thing, and B: Aiger is a Japanese character from a Japanese show and the Japanese flag looks the exact same upside down

The only reason I'm considering this pin having ties to Aiger's dark resonance is because Beyblade throws in so much English (mainly with bey, part, and special move names) that it wouldn't surprise me if they used an American flag convention

Aiger wears a single blue glove. Fingerless gloves are common among bladers, and plenty of characters only wear one due to how launching works. This is one of the most "look, he's a blader" design elements in the character, and Valt (blue) was the one that inspired him to become a blader in the first place

His shoes are red and white. They match the rest of his color scheme but aside from that are nothing special

When resonating, Aiger's hair does this. His hair turns red (the color of Achilles), and his headband breaks. When he does this, Aiger is unrestrained and more connected to Achilles. That's it

When Aiger uses dark resonance, his aura is a mix of purple and red, and he has purple eyes. Purple has been used in villains since Bakuten Shoot (Boris/Volkov), and specifically used for evil bey possession since mfb (Ryuga). Achilles is not purple. The purple aura matches beys like Hades and Phoenix (the evil black version) more than Achilles. Dark resonance is not Aiger connecting with Achilles. It's a separate thing that is taking over while pushing Aiger and Achilles' actual connection away

In Rise, Aiger's design is roughly similar to Turbo, but the detail changes matter quite a lot. The jacket has the same pins, but the jacket as a whole is sleeker and feels a little more modern. Aiger also wears a yellow shirt(jacket?) with a zipper instead of a plain white shirt. This gives off a more modern vibe as well (plus he ditched the suspenders)

The ripped jeans work both ways. Ripped jeans, as they are often used, are an urban item meant to emulate rural aesthetics. However, that only applies to pre-ripped jeans, and it is absolutely possible to rip your own jeans (which is where they originated in the first place). Given Aiger's background, I find that the more likely case

The shoes are pretty similar to his previous ones but with yellow to match his new shirt. As a whole, Aiger in Rise replaces most of the "farm boy" part of his design with a more urban aesthetic. Still, the farm boy part is still there, just less obvious in the jeans. At this point in his life, Aiger has been the world champion for years. He's far more integrated into the world of high-rank bladers

Aiger's Surge design has even less differences. The only one is the shirt. He goes back to a white shirt like in Turbo, but with a design on it. The logo is just the general Beyblade Burst icon. Aiger is one of the highest-ranked bladers in the world and thus one of the most well-known. He's basically the face of the sport the same way LeBron James or Max Verstappen are in real life

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Hello, it's been a while since I've been here, and I guess a while since you've gotten this type of ask I guess. I was wondering if you could do Ryuto design analysis if you're still into doing this time or have time to do so.

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Beyblade character design analysis: Ryuto · Masterpost here. I haven't been on Tumblr for a while, but I still got it. Anyw

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Beyblade character design analysis: Ryuto

Masterpost here. I haven't been on Tumblr for a while, but I still got it. Anyways, let's look at Ryuga Ryuto, the user of the left right rotation dragon, L-Drago Dragonis

Every image of Ryuto in the anime has either low quality, bad lighting, or only shows part of his design. I had to compromise somewhere so enjoy Ryuto's face here. I guess that's what you get for being a minor one-arc character who mainly hangs out in dark areas

Starting with the hair, it's similar to Ryuga's, but the red is on Ryuto's right side whereas Ryuga has it on the left. Ryuga uses a left-spinning dragon, while Ryuto's dragon is right-spin

Moving down to the torso, Ryuto has a white sleeveless top with a gold design that moves from right to left as you go down. Ryuga has a black top with the same design (including the same direction). The main difference being the black being swapped for white. Again, the similarity to Ryuga is obvious

Instead of a coat/cape, Ryuto wears a green vest. This time the similarity isn't as obvious. I delved more into Ryuga's cape in his post, so I won't reiterate here. This is the main difference, story-wise, between Ryuga and Ryuto. Ryuga is an emperor; Ryuto is a treasure hunter

Ryuto's gloves and belt have fairly standard designs for mfb. The gloves have a cool design on them, but they're still pretty normal. Whereas Ryuga's design made him stand out, Ryuto dresses and feels like a normal person (by mfb standards). This very much fits his role in the story. While the Ryuga similarities are the first thing you notice, the rest of Ryuto's design shows that he's more similar to the average blader than he is to Ryuga

His pants have a neat design but it's nothing special, and his boots are quite standard as well, further reinforcing the "Ryuto is a normal guy" theme his design has

As a final note, Omega Dragonis has its own parallels with the L-Drago line (dragon-themed attack type with a mode change), but its an otherwise very standard bey. The mode change is something most Fury beys have, with that being its own ability. In some ways, Omega Dragonis feels like someone designed the most average bey possible and then gave it a dragon skin. This perfectly sums up Ryuto. He's a normal person who only resembles Ryuga visually, and trying to analyze him solely as "looks like Ryuga" leads to Ryuto's substance being overlooked

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