Beyblade Burst Turbo, known in Japan as Beyblade Burst Cho-Z (ベイブレードバースト 超ゼツ, Beiburēdo Bāsuto Chō Zetsu; Beyblade Burst Super Z), is the third season of the Beyblade Burst, and the tenth season of the Beyblade anime overall. The season began airing in Japan on April 2nd, 2018, with episodes airing every Monday at 5:55pm JST on TV Tokyo, until the season concluded on March 25th, 2019. Episodes later aired every Saturday at 8am EST on Disney XD in America, starting on December 15th, 2018 and concluding on December 21st, 2019.
The first 26 episodes of the season later became available to stream on Netflix on October 10th, 2019 and the remaining 25 episodes were later added sometime in 2020. On October 1st, 2023, the season would be removed due to Netflix's contract on the season expiring. The season is also available for streaming on Apple TV and DisneyNOW.
Summary
Two years after the International Blader's Cup, the story focuses on Aiger Akabane, a "wild child" that grew up in nature. After battling Valt Aoi, he became inspired to become the No.1 Blader in the world, along with his Beyblade, Z Achilles 11 Xtend. He aims to fight strong opponents in an effort to become stronger himself. To defeat Valt Aoi and become the World Champion, Aiger begins his journey.
Staff
- Director : Kentaro Yamaguchi
- Character Design : Toshiaki Ohashi
- Planning : Shuji Wada, Makoto Wada, Yutaka Tajima
- Series Composition : Hideki Sonoda
- Executive Producer : Yuya Yokoyama, Naohiko Furuichi, Fumihiko Takahara, Toshinori Irie, Takehide Akimoto
- Series Draft : Kazuki Sugimoto, Masahiko Yamazaki, Ryo Shibata, Fumihiko Takahara.
- Art Director : Shingo Kanai
- Art Setting : Midori Iwasawa
- Art Setting Assistant : Nobuhito Sue, Shiori Shiwa
- General Manager : Katsuhito Akiyama
- Coloring : Aya Ouchi
- CGI Director : Futoshi Seo, Tetsuya Kubota
- Music : Danny Jacob
- Music Assistant : Leland Cox
- Animation Producer : Isami Abe.
- Property Design : Shin'ichi Miyazaki
- BeyBattle Director : Jun Hatori
- Sound Mixer : Takashi Shibata
- Sound Editor : Toshio Mitsuyama
- Sound Production : Taisuke Yoshimura
- Video Editing : Ayato Yasuda, Nao Igarashi, Chief Sano, Yurika Ishihara
- Sound Producer : Takeshi Nishina
Cast
| Character | Japanese VA | English VA |
|---|---|---|
| Aiger Akabane | Tomoko Ikeda | Laura Stahl |
| Valt Aoi | Marina Inoue | Kimlinh Tran |
| Ranjiro Kiyama | Fumihiro Okabayashi | Derek Stephen Prince |
| Fubuki Sumiye | Rikuya Yasuda | Billy Kametz |
| Suoh Genji | Shinnosuke Tachibana | Kyle McCarley |
| Hae-jin Oh | Yuuki Hayashi | Xander Mobus |
| Lui Shirosagi | Romi Park | Brandon Winckler |
| Kurt Baratier | Genki Okawa | |
| Shu Kurenai | Junya Enoki | Alan Lee |
| Silas Karlisle | Takuma Terashima | Mark Whitten |
| Toko Aoi | You Taichi | Dorah Fine |
| Nika Aoi | Aoi Inase | Jackie Lastra |
| Principal Shinoda | Nobuo Tobita | Christopher Smith |
| Taiga Akabane | Mitsuru Miyamoto | Marc Diraison |
| Naru Akabane | Marina Inoue | Christine Marie Cabanos |
| Kana Akabane | Yu Kobayashi | Allegra Clark |
| Koji Konda | Kyouko Chikiri | Wendee Lee |
| Hayao Ashida | Saki Minami | Erica Mendez |
| Harumi Hijikawa | Daisuke Motohashi | Landon McDonald |
| Tobisuke | Natsumi Fujiwara | Tara Sands |
| Gumita | Satsumi Matsuda | Erica Mendez |
| Jonji | Kei Minegishi | Erik Scott Kimerer |
| Kimeru Imabune | Momoko Yamafuji | Casey Mongillo |
| Benimaru | Yuuki Hayashi | Tony Oliver |
| Phi | Takehito Koyasu | Greg Chun
Casey Mongillo (young) |
| Laban Vanot | Mutsumi Tamura | Jeannie Tirado |
| Kristina Kuroda | Miyuki Sawashiro | Justine Huxley (as Justine Gabrielle) |
| Ange Lopez | Kyouko Chikiri | Allegra Clark |
| Xavier Bogard | Natsuki Hanae | Griffin Burns |
| Xander Shakadera | Rikiya Koyama | Austin Lee Matthews |
| Kyle Hakim | Masahito Yabe | Zach Aguilar |
| Free De La Hoya | Ryoko Shiraishi | Khoi Dao |
| Raul Comas | Mitsuo Senda | Joe J. Thomas |
| Hyde | Takehito Koyasu | Greg Chun
Allegra Clark (young) |
| Evel Oxford | Shunsuke Takeuchi | Ben Lepley |
| Count Nightfell | Yū Kobayashi | Mickey Caputo |
| Kit Lopez | Satsumi Matsuda | Melissa Mabie |
| Beyeen | Aoi Inase | Kira Buckland |
| Gunta Hanami | Yasuaki Takumi | DW McCann |
| Señor Hanami | Yasuaki Takumi | DW McCann |
| Damon | Andrew J. Russell |
Episodes (Anime)
- Main article: List of Beyblade Burst Turbo episodes
Chapters (Manga)
- Main article: List of Beyblade Burst chapters
Music
Opening Themes
- Chouzetsu Muteki Blader! (Transcendence Invicible Blader!) by Ryosuke Sasaki (Japanese)
- Turbo by Nathan Sharp (NateWantsToBattle) (English)
Ending Themes
- BEY-POP! by Shun Kusakawa (01-28; Japanese)
- BEY-POP SWING! (29-51; Japanese)
- Turbo (Instrumental; English)
Eyecatcher Theme
- Turbo (English)
Videos
TV Anime 【BEYBLADE BURST CHO-Z】：「CHO-Z Muteki Blader!」 Non-credit opening movie
Japanese opening sequence (version 1; creditless)
BEYBLADE BURST TURBO Official Music Video - 'Turbo'
Turbo (full opening theme)
BEYBLADE BURST TURBO Teaser
English Trailer
BEYBLADE BURST TURBO Ride the Rails
BEYBLADE BURST TURBO Ride the Rails 2
Gallery
Japanese Poster
English Poster
Broadcast Times
- East Japan Broadcast (Japan): Every Saturday at 7:30 A.M. JST.
- Iwate Asahi TV (Japan): Every Saturday at 6:00 A.M. JST.
- Niigata Broadcast (Japan): Every Saturday at 7:30 A.M. JST.
- Toyama TV (Japan): Every Saturday at 5:50 A.M. JST.
- Shizuoka Asahi TV (Japan): Every Sunday at 5:20 A.M. JST.
- Nara TV (Japan): Every Friday at 7:30 A.M. JST.
- TV Aichi (Japan): Every Saturday at 10:25 A.M. JST.
- TV New Hiroshima (Japan): Every Sunday at 5:30 A.M. JST.
- Nagasaki Cultural Broadcast (Japan): Every Saturday at 6:00 A.M. JST.
- Disney XD (US): Every Saturday at 8 A.M. EST / weekdays at 3:00 P.M. EST (episodes 3-7 only).
- Teletoon (Canada): Every weekend at 2:00 P.M. EST.
Trivia
- The original Japanese name includes the kanji "超", which means "Super". The romaji, "Chō", is used in the official English translations of the Japanese. However, there exists at least 1 official exception: the official wbba. "Beyblade Burst Super Z Blader Licence Card" included with the CoroCoro Comic magazine.
- This season is similar to the Metal Series season Shogun Steel, namely in that there is a time skip in between seasons, as well as the introduction of a new main protagonist with the previous protagonist reduced to a secondary supporting role.
- This season ends the franchise tradition of the protagonist using an Attack Type Beyblade, as protagonist Aiger Akabane uses a Balance Type Bey.
- One of the posters used to promote the anime was later modified to promote the 2018 Beyblade Burst World Championship that was held in Paris.
- Unlike the previous two seasons which were dubbed over by Ocean Productions and Blue Water Studios in Canada, this season of Burst was recorded by Bang! Zoom Entertainment in Los Angeles, California.
- Additionally, because of the studio switch, all of the characters from the first two seasons who appeared in this season were given new English voice actors.
- Due to this, Turbo was the first Beyblade season to have its English dub produced by an American studio.
- Turbo is the first Burst season to not feature a new song for the English eyecatcher and instead reuses the theme song for the season, "Turbo".
- This is the first Beyblade season where the English opening theme changes throughout the season.
- Turbo is the first season in the franchise to alter battles in the localized release of the season, as the Turbo stadium was used for most major battles in the localized release after it made its debut in episode 16.
- Turbo is the only Burst season to have its prologues shortened down for select episodes of the western release due to American television timeslots.
- Turbo is the first of three Burst seasons to feature its Bey System's localized name in its localized title, the others being Beyblade Burst QuadDrive and QuadStrike.
References
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