Beyblade: Metal Fusion - Episode 01

is the first episode of the Beyblade: Metal Fusion anime.

The English-dubbed version was first shown the May 15, 2010 on YTV in Canada. This episode aired in the United States on Cartoon Network June 26, 2010. This episode is the start of the Metal Saga.

Plot
Somewhere, a Beyblade tournament is unfolding. Kenta Yumiya, a kid who loves Beyblade, is trying to win the tournament with his Beyblade, Flame Sagittario. Meanwhile, a boy named Gingka Hagane, is walking along the road and immediately sleeps on a water tower.

Kenta won all of his matches in the ongoing tournament, before being defeated. Despite this, he knows that he will get stronger with his Sagittario and beat the tournament. However, the Beyblade group called the Face Hunters ambush Kenta. The Face Hunters are a rogue Beyblade squad who beat weaker opponents so they may steal their Beys. Just when the Face Hunters are about to defeat Kenta and steal his Bey Points, a blue Beyblade comes striking at the Face Hunter's Bey.

Gingka Hagane then reveals himself and states that stealing other peoples Bey's is not nice. He gets his Bey, Storm Pegasus and beats all five of the Face Hunters. The Face Hunters get frightened and cower away in fear.

Later, Gingka and Kenta walk along the road. He thanks Gingka for saving him and wants to be a Blader just like him. Gingka tells him of the "Blader's Spirit"; that it does not matter what type or how powerful a Beyblade is, it just matters the heart of the Blader that knows their Bey will win. Kenta does not understand it but goes with it anyway. As Gingka falls asleep on the grass, Kenta goes home. The Face Hunters go to their leader Kyoya Tategami, and apologize for not defeating Gingka.

The next day, the Face Hunters confront and capture Gingka as an act of revenge at how Gingka defeated them. Later, Kenta leaves his friends to go find Gingka and to become stronger. Although he cannot find him, he gets captured by the Face Hunters.

When Gingka arrives to save Kenta, he is challenged onto a 1 vs. One Hundred Bey Battle. With all the 100 Bey's dashing all around Gingka it seems unlikely for him to win. Still, he pulls out his Storm Pegasus and launches it. Storm Pegasus unleashes its full power and defeats every single Bey. Kenta, the Face Hunters, and Kyoya are amazed at how one Bey could defeat 100 Beys. Kenta then begins to understand the "Blader's Spirit" and because of that, Gingka won. As Gingka and Kenta are reunited, they get confronted by Kyoya, who states Pegasus isn't as powerful as his Rock Leone.

Major Events

 * Gingka Hagane, the new main protagonist, is introduced.
 * Gingka Hagane saves Kenta Yumiya from Face Hunters by battling 100 of them at once.
 * Gingka Hagane meets Kyoya Tategami for the first time.

Characters

 * Gingka Hagane
 * Kenta Yumiya
 * Benkei Hanawa
 * Kyoya Tategami
 * Face Hunters
 * Osamu
 * Takashi
 * Akira

Beyblades

 * Storm Pegasus 105RF (Gingka's)
 * Flame Sagittario C145S (Kenta's)
 * Rock Leone 145WB (Kyoya's)
 * Various Generic Beys (Benkei's; Face Hunters'; Tournament Blader's)

Featured Beybattles

 * Kenta Yumiya (Flame Sagittario C145S) vs Unnamed Blader (Heat Raven 145HF) = Kenta and Sagittario
 * Kenta Yumiya (Flame Sagittario C145S) vs Koji (Generic Bey) = Koji and Generic Bey
 * Kenta Yumiya (Flame Sagittario C145S) vs Benkei Hanawa (Heat Leone 125FS) = No Result (Interrupted by Gingka Hagane)
 * Gingka Hagane (Storm Pegasus 105RF) vs 5 Face Hunters (Generic Beys) = Gingka and Pegasus
 * Gingka Hagane (Storm Pegasus 105RF) vs 100 Face Hunters (Generic Beys) = Gingka and Pegasus

Trivia

 * In the English dub version, when Benkei's Bey hits him in the groin, the scene's video was paused, while the audio of that scene was still intact.