Changes: Beyblade: Shogun Steel

Revision as of 00:14, 22 October 2015

Beyblade: Shogun Steel (Japanese: メタルファイトベイブレードZEROG, Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G) is the fourth series of the Metal Saga, created by Takafumi Adachi and the seventh anime series of Beyblade, overall. It premiered on TV Tokyo in Japan on April 8, 2012 in the 8:30 time slot with its first episode, The Dawn of a New Era!. Its 38th episode, The Spirit's Blow, premiered on December 23, 2012 and was the last television broadcast; while the remaining, fourteen episodes would be released exclusively on DVD.

The series is unusual in that unlike its three predecessors; Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Beyblade: Metal Masters and Beyblade: Metal Fury; it features a whole-new cast of characters to replace the original team of Gingka Hagane and his friends. However, it takes place approximately seven years after Beyblade: Metal Fury and yet still manages to return old characters in new roles and positions; a first for Beyblade.

Summary

Zyro Kurogane, the new protagonist who looks up to Gingka Hagane and aims to become the strongest Blader, is the No. 1 Blader who remains undefeated on his home turf. In order to test his own strength, Zyro arrived at the town where Gingka and his friends were, but Gingka wasn't there and champion Bladers who aim at becoming the strongest Blader of tomorrow had gathered.

Straightaway, Zyro starts to battle with them, but he wasn't used to dealing with the Zero-G Stadium, which wasn't in his hometown, so it was a tough fight for him... However, with his natural guts and instinct, Zyro understands the walkthrough methods and heads towards victory.

As such, will the champion Bladers stand in Zyro's way one after the other?!

Cast

BeybladeShogunSteelPoster — Most of the protagonists of *Beyblade: Shogun Steel*. From counter clockwise: Eight Unabara, Kite Unabara, Zyro Kurogane and Shinobu Hiryūin.

Protagonists

Supporting characters

Recurring characters

Antagonists

Team Garcias
- Argo Garcia
- Ian Garcia
- Selen Garcia
- Enzo Garcia
Kira Hayama
Yoshio Iwayama
Genjūrō Kamekaki
Spike Bourne
Captain Arrow

Episodes

Main article: List of Beyblade: Shogun Steel episodes

Music

The Beyblade: Shogun Steel series has used one opening theme and one ending theme in its run, as per the previous three series. The opening theme is titled "Zero-G Bey! Go!" and is performed by YU+KI. The ending theme is titled "Looking Up Smiling (We Go!)", and is performed by YU+KI's band, YCHRO.

Videos

Trivia

The preliminary logo found in the Nelvana PDF.

Unlike its previous seasons which ended their Japanese television broadcast on TV Tokyo in April, this season ended in December; most likely due to the huge slump in Japanese Beyblade sales, recently.
Beyblade: Shogun Steel marks the first time a dubbed anime series has not utilized the Beyblade: Metal prefix since back in 2004, with Beyblade: G-Revolution.
- However this series still makes a reference to a metal material, in this case steel.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Season Infobox
-{{SemiProtected}}
+|Name=Beyblade: Shogun Steel
-{{Anime
+|JPName=メタルファイトベイブレードZEROG
-|name = Beyblade: Shogun Steel
+|RomajiName=Metarufaitobeiburēdo ZEROG
-|image =[[File:BeybladeShogunSteel.PNG|250px]] English Logo <br>[[File:ZeroGAnimeLogo.png|250px]]
+|TransName=Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G
-Japanese logo
+|Image=[[File:BeybladeShogunSteelLogo1.png|300px]]
-|genre = Action-adventure, Comedy}}{{Infobox animanga/Anime
+|ImageCaption=English logo
-| studio          = d-rights<br/>Synergy SP<br/>Nelvana
+|Director=Kunihisa Sugishima
-| licensor        = Unknown
+|Studio=[[d-rights]]<br/>Synergy SP<br/>[[Nelvana]]
-| network_en      = TV Tokyo (Japan)
+|Licensor=[[Nelvana]]
-| first           = April 8th, 2012
+|Genre=Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Sports
-| last            =
+|EpisodeCount=45 (Japan)<br/>26 (International)
-| episodes        = 9 (revealed)<br>8 (aired)<br>''(As of June 1st, 2012)''
+|OriginalRun=April 8, 2012 - December 23, 2012
-|director = Kunihisa Sugishima
+|Networks=
-|succeeded by =
+{{JP|[[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]]}}
-|preceded by = ''[[Beyblade: Metal Fury]]''}}
+{{US|[[wikipedia:Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network USA]]}}
-{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
+|SeasonBefore=[[Beyblade: Metal Fury]]
+|SeasonAfter=[[Beyblade Burst]]
+}}
+'''Beyblade: Shogun Steel''' (Japanese: '''メタルファイトベイブレードZEROG''', ''Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G'') is the fourth series of the ''[[Metal Saga]]'', created by [[Takafumi Adachi]] and the seventh anime series of Beyblade, overall. It premiered on TV Tokyo in Japan on April 8, 2012 in the 8:30 time slot with its first episode, ''[[Beyblade: Shogun Steel - Episode 01|The Dawn of a New Era!]]''. Its 38th episode, ''[[Beyblade: Shogun Steel - Episode 38|The Spirit's Blow]]'', premiered on December 23, 2012 and was the last television broadcast; while the remaining, fourteen episodes [[List of Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G DVDs|would be released exclusively on DVD]].
+The series is unusual in that unlike its three predecessors; ''[[Beyblade: Metal Fusion]]'', ''[[Beyblade: Metal Masters]]'' and ''[[Beyblade: Metal Fury]]''; it features a whole-new cast of characters to replace the original team of [[Gingka Hagane]] and his friends. However, it takes place approximately seven years after ''Beyblade: Metal Fury'' and yet still manages to return old characters in new roles and positions; a first for ''Beyblade''.
-'''Beyblade: Shogun Steel''' (Japanese: '''メタルファイトベイブレードZero-G''', ''Beyblade: Shogun Steel'') is the name for the seventh anime series of the Beyblade anime and the fourth season of the ''[[Metal Saga]]'' created by [[Takafumi Adachi]]. It is the sequel to the anime series, ''[[Beyblade: Metal Fury]]'' (''Metal Fight Beyblade 4D'').
 ==Summary==
+[[File:ZeroGAnimeLogo.png|thumb|right|Japanese logo]]
 [[Zyro Kurogane]], the new protagonist who looks up to [[Gingka Hagane]] and aims to become the strongest Blader, is the No. 1 Blader who remains undefeated on his home turf. In order to test his own strength, Zyro arrived at [[Metal Bey City|the town where Gingka and his friends were]], but Gingka wasn't there and champion Bladers who aim at becoming the strongest Blader of tomorrow had gathered.
@@ Line 24: / Line 30: @@
 As such, will the champion Bladers stand in Zyro's way one after the other?!
-==Characters==
+==Cast==
+[[File:BeybladeShogunSteelPoster.PNG|thumb|right|Most of the protagonists of ''Beyblade: Shogun Steel''. From counter clockwise: [[Eight Unabara]], [[Kite Unabara]], [[Zyro Kurogane]] and [[Shinobu Hiryūin]].]]
-===Main characters===
+===Protagonists===
-*[[Zyro Kurogane]] - The main protagonist of ''Zero-G''. Zyro is known as the '''Blader of Fire''' due to his Bey, [[Samurai Ifraid W145CF]]. Seven years since the destruction of the [[Nemesis|God of Destruction]], Zyro looked up to No. 1 Blader, [[Gingka Hagane]]. Now older, Zyro, who is the best from where he hails, will have nothing come in his way in order to pursue his destiny; Meet his idol, Gingka Hagane, and face-off with him in a battle for the title of No. 1 Blader in the world! Or, will his rival Bladers defeat him in supremacy in the new era of Beyblade. New stadiums, new gameplay, new rules, Beyblade is changed forever and Zyro will have to deal with it if he wants to match the likes of Gingka!
+*[[Zyro Kurogane]]
-*[[Mal]] - Junior Data Collector and Mechanic
+*[[Maru]]
-*[[Shinobu Hiryūin]] - Fire Element Blader, uses [[Shinobi Saramanda SW145SD]]
+*[[Shinobu Hiryūin]]
-*[[Kite Unabara]] - Eito's sibling, Water Element Blader, uses [[Guardian Revizer 160SB]]
-*[[Eight Unabara]] - Kaito's sibling, Water Element Blader, uses [[Pirates Orojya 145D]]
+*[[Eight Unabara]]
+*[[Kite Unabara]]
-*[[Benkei Hanawa]] - Owner of [[Bull Burger]], teacher at the [[Metal Bey City]] [[BeyPark]].
+*[[Ren Kurenai]]
-*[[Madoka Amano]] - Owner of the [[B-Pit]], continues as a mechanic from the previous season.
+===Supporting characters===
-*[[Tsubasa Otori]] - Director of the [[WBBA]]
+*[[Tsubasa Otori]]
+*[[Madoka Amano]]
+*[[Benkei Hanawa]]
+*[[Gingka Hagane]]
+===Recurring characters===
+*[[Blader Gai]]
+*[[Gen Kikura]]
+*[[Akuya Onizaki]]
+*[[Takanosuke Shishiya]]
+*[[Sakyo Kurayami]]
+===Antagonists===
+*[[Team Garcias]]
+**[[Argo Garcia]]
+**[[Ian Garcia]]
+**[[Selen Garcia]]
+**[[Enzo Garcia]]
+*[[Kira Hayama]]
+*[[Yoshio Iwayama]]
+*[[Genjūrō Kamekaki]]
+*[[Spike Bourne]]
+*[[Captain Arrow]]
 ==Episodes==
@@ Line 39: / Line 66: @@
 ==Music==
-The ''Shogun Steel'' series has utilised one opening theme, and one ending theme so far in it's run. The opening theme is titled "[[Zero-G Bey! Go!]]" and is performed by [[YU+KI]]. The ending theme is titled "[[Looking Up Smiling (We Go!)]]", and is also performed by [[YU+KI]].
+The ''Beyblade: Shogun Steel'' series has used one opening theme and one ending theme in its run, as per the previous three series. The opening theme is titled "[[Zero-G Bey! Go!]]" and is performed by [[YU+KI]]. The ending theme is titled "[[Looking Up Smiling (We Go!)]]", and is performed by YU+KI's band, [[YCHRO]].
 ==Videos==
 ==Trivia==
+[[File:BeybladeShogunSteel.PNG|thumb|The preliminary logo found in the Nelvana PDF.]]
-*''Beyblade: Shogun Steel'' marks the first time a dubbed anime series has not utilised the "Beyblade: Metal" prefix since back in 2002, with ''[[Beyblade: G-Revolution]]''.
+*Unlike its previous seasons which ended their Japanese television broadcast on [[wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]] in April, this season ended in December; most likely due to the huge slump in Japanese Beyblade sales, recently.
-[[Category:Beyblade: Shogun Steel]]
+*''Beyblade: Shogun Steel'' marks the first time a dubbed anime series has not utilized the ''Beyblade: Metal'' prefix since back in 2004, with ''[[Beyblade: G-Revolution]]''.
-[[Category:Beyblade seasons]]
+**However this series still makes a reference to a metal material, in this case steel.
+==External links==
+*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14053 Anime News Network ''Beyblade: Shogun Steel'' page]
+*[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/mf-beyblade-zero/index2.html TV Tokyo ''Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G'' website '''(Japanese)''']
+*[http://www.beyblade.jp/ d-rights ''Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G'' website '''(Japanese)''']