Bakugan Battle Brawlers
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| Bakugan Battle Brawlers | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Toys |
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| Anime | |
| Directed by | Mitsuo Hashimoto |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment, Japan Vistec |
| Released |  2007-04-05 - 2008-03-27
 2008-02-24 – present |
Bakugan Battle Brawlers (爆丸バトルブローラーズ, Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu) is a television series based on Bakugan, a strategic card game played with magnetic, spring-loaded marbles from Sega Toys and Spin Master. The show had its U.S debut on Cartoon Network on February 24, 2008, at 9:00PM after the airing of Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai.
The show is a co-production from Nelvana Limited, Spin Master, Sega Toys, Sega Corporation, TMS Entertainment, and Japan Vistec, the last two of which provide the show's animation.
Story
One day, cards began to fall from the sky and were picked up by kids all over the world. The cards featured different creatures(which could be reached by saying "field open" to start a battle), different environments, and different powers. Kids created a popular battle game of course, called "Bakugan" not knowing that these cards actually corresponded to an alternate world called Vestroia where several real "Bakugan" live.
In Vestroia, a rogue dragon or dragonoid "Bakugan" named Naga lusted for control all because of a crazy human scientist named, Michael, because he gave Naga a card which teleported him to the place where the Silence and Infinity orbs lied, and schemed to seize all of both orb's power for himself. When he tried to absorb the Silence orb first and seize its power, the negative energy proved too much for Naga to handle. The negative energy exploded and the Infinity Core fell to earth. The creatures of Vestroia started to emerge in Bakugan battles. Now it is up to "Pyrus Dan" and the other Battle Brawlers to find the Infinity Core and reunite it with the Silent Core to restore balance. At the same time, an evil darkus Bakugan player called Masquerade is taking away Bakugan that belong to other people and sending them to the "doom dimension", a place where bakugan go when they lose a fight when a doom card is activated and can never return. As well, a scientist called Michael Gehahbich disappeared into Vestroia. When he returned 6 months later, he came back as a creature known as Hal-G, half Bakugan-half human. Hal-G is plotting to reunite Naga with the Infinity Core to take over the world. Dan, Runo, Marrucho, Julie, Shun, Alice, and later, Joe must use their powerful "Bakugan" to stop the likes of Masquerade and Hal-G from getting the Infinity Core so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Attributes
Bakugan have six attributes: Pyrus (fire), Aquos (water), Subterra (earth), Darkus (dark), Haos (light), and Ventus (wind). In the series, there are also two alternate powers, Silent and Infinity, which act as the "cores" of Vestroia, (the dimension where the Bakugan live), and which can potentially have the power of destruction.
Characters
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Brawlers
- Daniel/Dan Kuso: Dan is the unofficial "leader" of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers. He is a 13 year old boy who is more street smart than book smart and is always looking for adventure. Dan wears his emotions on his sleeve, often arguing with Runo and yet secretly admires her a little. Dan's life revolves around Bakugan, with his greatest ambition being to be the number one ranked Bakugan player in the world. He is the master of the power play and uses fire attributes in battle. Later in episode 38, it is shown that he is ranked 2nd. In addition of being a player, he also developed the rules for the Bakugan games. After defeating Masquerade, Dan is ranked in 1st place. BAKUGAN: DRAGO, ATTRIBUTE: PYRUS.
- Shun Kazami (風見 駿(かざみしゅん)): 13 year old Shun is the strong silent type and proud master of the Ventus, the wind attribute. Along with Dan, Shun co-created the rules & regulations of Bakugan and is a master of the game.He was ranked number one, until he stopped playing. He used to be Dan's best friend, but because of his grandpa, he had to move away. Shun is a loner and a boy of very few words, yet is willing to help his friends at every turn.BAKUGAN: SKYRESS, ATTRIBUTE: VENTUS.
- Marucho(マルチョ):For an 11 year old, Marucho is wise beyond his years. He studies the strategy of Bakugan, as well as being a bit of a walking encyclopedia. Marucho is the only son of a millionaire. In the Bakugan battles, Marucho devises strategy based on in-depth analysis, but sometimes misjudges his spur-of-the-moment decisions based only on data. As a sidekick to Dan, Marucho helps work out which Bakugan would be best to pit against one's opponent. He worries about all of the Brawlers, but especially Dan . Marucho is a master of combination play and uses aquos,the water attribute in battle.BAKUGAN: PREYAS, ATTRIBUTE: AQUOS. In episode 17, Marucho lost his Preyas during a battle with the 2nd rank best Bakaugan player that had been sent by Masquerade. He is reunited with Preyas in episode 22.
- Runo Misaki: She is a tomboy who is 13 years old. Runo is not your typical pre-teen girl. She loves playing Bakugan with the boys. Runo is always arguing with Dan since they are rivals. She also dislikes Julie because Julie flirts a lot with Dan. She is a tough medium-skilled bakugan player. Runo is a haos player the light attribute. BAKUGAN: TIGRERRA, ATTRIBUTE: HAOS.
- Julie Makimoto: Julie is a 13 year old girl. She may come off a bit scattered but Julie can compete with the best of them at Bakugan. Julie would best be described as a little princess and in conversation, she can be a little vacant. She is bubbly, extroverted and adores Dan. She is his number one fan. Julie lives in an isolated Bakugan Valley. She is a master of direct attacks and uses the subterra attribute in battle. She is in love with Billy. BAKUGAN: GOREM, ATTRIBUTE: SUBTERRA.
- Alice Gehahbich: Alice is 14 years old and the granddaughter of Dr. Michael.She lives in Cancuun. Alice likes to battle but advises the other Brawlers. Eventually, she is revealed to be Masquerade's true identity, using the darkus attribute to join in fighting alongside the Brawlers. BAKUGAN:HYDRANOID, ATTRIBUTE: DARKUS.
- Masquerade: Masquerade is a very mysterious character and Dan's rival. Dan and his friends have tried to defeat him many times but just can't seem to beat him as he carries the doom card, allowing him to send the losing Bakugan to the Doom Dimension. He is teamed up with Hal-G and together, their quest is to ensure the dark side wins by drawing in all the negative energy, making Naga the supreme ruler in both Vestroia and Earth. He's a master of the darkness attribute. Masquerade is also ranked number 1, and his/her secret identity is Alice Gehahbich. Eventually, his identity is revealed in episodes 38 and 39. Masquerade supposedly "dies" at the end of episode 43 because his mask shatters into dust.It is revealed that all the Bakugan sent to the doom demension are sent back to their owners immediately. Also Masquerade-Alice Is Ranked Number Two In Episode 39. BAKUGAN: HYDRANOID, ATTRIBUTE: DARKUS.
- Joe: The site manager of the bakugan battle brawlers. He first appeared in Episode 16 in a hospital bed. He also brawls. His attribute is Haos. He joins the Brawlers in episode 23, and also says that he found where the Infinity Core is. It resides with his bakugan "Wayvern". Joe was in the hospital for low blood sugar and was later released on the same episode because Wayvern used the Infinity Core to cure Joe. Shun thought that Joe was an informant to Masquerade, but wasn't. Joe begins to show feelings for Alice after seeing her strategies. BAKUGAN: WYVERN, ATTRIBUTES: HAOS In Season II, Joe is seen with the brawlers as an official member.
- Shuji : A brawler who uses many differnt bakugan types and kept on losing to Dan since episode 1.
- Akira : Shuji's younger brother.
- NeNe : Shuji amd Akira's sister who plans their strategies. She helps Billy and Julie fight a subterra/haos hybrid bakugan in episode 46
- Rikimaru: A wanna-be brawler who sought power to become the strongest brawler. In episode 3, Masquerade promised to give him such power using the Doom card. In brawler battle, he lost to Dan and his creatures. He's also another cliché villain that acts mysteries.
- Ryo : A brawler who preferred to plan for Bakugan strategies than actual battles, he fought against Dan in episode 4 after Dan had teased Ryo for his method. With Masquerade's help, Ryo was able to defeat Dan using Bakugan with lower attack points, but lost to Dan in a rematch.
- Tatsuya : A brawler who challenged Dan in episode 5, after losing to Masquerade, but ended up fighting against Runo and lost.
- Kenta : A Pyrus brawler who challenged Dan and Runo in tag battle in episode 6, and lost.
- Kenji : A Darkus brawler who challenged Dan and Runo in tag battle in episode 6, and lost. Kenta's brother.
- Jenny and Jewels, Super Sync Sound: Members of JJ Lips (JJリップス)/Super Sync Sound band. On their way to concert, Masquerade recrited them to fight Dan and Marucho in episode 7, and lost in episode 8. They reappear in episode 45 where they help Marucho fight a aquos/ventus hybrid bakugan sent to Earth by Naga.
- Takashi : Kosuki (コースケ): They're Pyrus and Darkus Bakugan users that fought against Runo and Marucho in episode 9, and quit during the middle of the battle.
- Miu : The girl who accompanied Takashi and Kosuki during the battle in episode 9. Looking for her lost brother Makoto, she accepted Masquerade's invitation, but called for quitting the match.
- Makoto : Miu's younger brother. He appeared in airport with Dan after the match in episode 9.
- Christopher : A seven year old child that never won at Bakugan until Alice trained him. He helps fight a haos/subterra hybrid with Alice in episode 47.
- Billy Gilbert : Julie's childhood friend, and a top 20 brawler. He defeated Julie in episode 10, but later lost in a rematch. In episode 14 it is shown that Billy increased his rank from top 20 to top 10, and was recruited by Masquerade and lost to Julie in episode 15 again. He uses Subterra attribute Bakugan and his guardian Bakugan is Subterra Cycloid. Subterra Cycloid gets sent to the Doom Dimension in Episode 26. He is reunited with him sometime around episodes 32 and 36. He also fights a hybrid in Episode 46.
- Klaos Von Hertzen : The 2nd rank brawler that appeared in episode 14, and was recruited by Masquerade. He uses Aquos attribute Bakugan and his guardian Bakugan is Aquos Sirenoid. He sent Marucho's prized and caring Preyas to the Doom Dimension. Aquos Sirenoid gets sent to the Doom Dimension in Episode 26. He is reunited with her sometime around episodes 29 and 42.he fights a hybrid in episode 47
- Chan Lee : The 3rd rank brawler that appeared in episode 14, and was recruited by Masquerade.She uses Pyrus attribute Bakugan and her guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Fourtress. Dan Kuso beat her on episode 16. Pyrus Fourtress get send to the Doom Dimension in Episode 26. She is reunited with him sometime around episodes 32 and 36.
- Julio Santana: The 4th rank brawler that appeared in episode 14, and was recruited by Masquerade. He loses a battle to Runo and Dan in episode 18. He used Haos Tentaclear in battle. Haos Tentacular get send to the Doom Dimension in Episode 26. He is reunited with him sometime around episodes 32 and 36.
- Komba O'Charlie: The 5th rank brawler that appeared in episode 14, and was recruited by Masquerade. He uses Ventus attribute Bakugan and his guardian Bakugan is Ventus Harpus. Komba lost to Shun battle on episode 15. Ventus Harpus get sent into the Doom Dimension in Episode 26. He is reunited with her sometime around episodes 32 and 36.
Others
- Miyoko Kuso (空操 美代子(くうそう みよこ)): Dan's mother.
- Shinjiro Kuso (空操 信二郎(くうそう しんじろう)) Dan's father.
- Saki Misaki (美咲 早紀(みさき さき)) Runo's mother.
- Tatsuo Misaki (美咲 達夫(みさき たつお)) Runo's father.
- Shoko Marukuma (丸蔵 祥子(まるくら しょうこ)) Marucho's mother.
- Kia marukuma Marucho's Father
- Shiori Kazami (風見 栞(かざみ しおり)): Shun's mother.
- Miss.Purdy: Dan's female class teacher.
- Dr. Michael Gehahbich (ミヒャエル・ゲーハビッチ)/Hal-G(ハル・ゲー): Alice's grandfather. He took Alice's bakugan card so she couldn't battle with bakugan. He is an elderly researcher in his fifties and was the first human to discover a portal between an alternate universe, known as Vestroia, and the human world. One day, a dimensional transporter experiment sent Michael to Vestroia, where he met Naga. When he returned to Earth, 6 months had passed. Cards and Bakugans appeared on Earth during his absence, then he discovered the mechanism allowing Bakugan to be released on Earth via the battles. When he re-entered Vestroia, Michael was quickly sucked up by the evil force of the Silent Core and transformed into a megalomaniac scientist known as Hal-G. As Hal-G, he immediately recruited Masqerade in an attempt to help him destroy all the Bakugan standing in his way, by obtaining the Infinity Core.
- Kato: Marucho's butler that debuted in episode 14.
Bakugan
- Angel/Diablo Preyas: The bakugan spawned from Preyas. Angels has a haos attribute and Diablos has a pyrus attribute.
- Beestriker: A bee-like bakugan with a deadly stinger.
- Centiploid: A centpede with huge pincers.
- Dragonoid/Drago: A Huge Dragon-Like creature from Pyrus (Place atributed to fire in Vestroia - the home of all Bakugans)
- El Condor: A creature that looks like a Totem Pole Shaman with an amazing ability to fly.
- Falconeer: A humanoid falcon.
- Fear Ripper: A strange-looking humanoid with oversized claw-like hands.
- Fourtress: A large, muscular humanoid with four arms and three faces.
- Gargonoid: A humanoid creature that has the face and wings of a gargoyle.
- Gryffon: A humanoid griffin. It resembles a manticore rather than a griffin
- Harpus: A harpy bird bakugan with large feathery wings attached to it's arms.
- Hyenoid: A Hyena with a more humanoid body, like a werewolf.
- Juggernaut/Juggernoid: A huge turtle-like creature.
- Laserman: A large robot with shoulder-mounted laser cannons.
- Limulus: A manta ray bakugan fully surrounded in heavy armour.
- Manion: A sphinx with a female human head.
- Mantris: A mantis bakugan.
- Monarus: A female humanoid fairy with butterfly wings.
- Rattleroid: A rattle-snake bakugan with a metal tail also has the ability named poison fangs
- Ravenoid/ Falconeer#2: A humanoid raven covered in plated armor.
- Reaper: A humanoid, horned skeleton with deadly long wings and a long scythe.
- Robotallian: A large robot with strange shielding that appears to have holes in certain areas.
- Saurus: A human-like triceratops.
- Serpenoid: A large snake.
- Siege: An armored humanoid knight with a lance.
- Sirenoid: A female Mermaid-like bakugan with long robes and a harp staff.
- Stinglash: A scorpion with a human-like head.
- Terrorclaw: A large crustacean-like creature.
- Tentaclear: A large eye that emits a shining beam that blinds other Bakugan.
- Tuskor: A large elephant/mammoth with huge tusks.
- Warius: A tall armoured human wielding a mace.
- Wormquake: A large worm with a huge, gaping mouth full of razor-sharp teeth.
Episodes
Cast
Japanese Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Yu Kobayashi | Danma "Dan" Kūsō |
| Chihiro Suzuki | Shun Kazami |
| Eri Sendai | Runo Misaki |
| Keiji Fujiwara | Dorago |
| Mamiko Noto | Alice |
| Risa Mizuno | Julie |
| Ryou Hirohashi | Chōji "Marucho" Marukura |
| Akane Murakami | Saki Misaki |
| Akiko Hokamura | Kenji |
| Ao Takahashi | Joe's Mother |
| Atsushi Ono | Tigres |
| Ayumi Tsunematsu | Harpy, Miyako Kūsō |
| Chiharu Suzuka | Phoenix |
| Eiji Miyashita | Predator |
| Fuyuka Oura | Seiren, Shōko Marukura, Teacher (ep 2) |
| Hideyuki Umezu | Naga |
| Hiroki Yasumoto | Golem |
| Izou Oikawa | Hydra |
| Kinoko Yamada | Doroa |
| Kiyotaka Furushima | Billy, Rock (ep 40) |
| Kokoro Kikuchi | Makoto (ep 9) |
| Marina Inoue | Akira (eps 1,2), Nae, Ryou (ep 4), Shaia |
| Masaharu Satou | HAL-G |
| Miyuki Sawashiro | Chan, Kako |
| Nao Takamori | Wyvern |
| Nobuhiko Okamoto | Kōsuke (ep 9), Tatsuya (ep 5) |
| Sayuri Yahagi | Ai (ep 9) |
| Shintarou Oohata | Diablo |
| Souichiro Hoshi | Joe, Masquerade |
| Susumu Akagi | Lucifer |
| Takashi Kondo | Faust |
| Takayuki Kondou | Angelo, Klaus, Shinjirō Kūsō |
| Tarô Yamaguchi | Glaive |
| Tetsu Inada | Fafnir |
| Tomoko Kaneda | Nene |
| Tsuguo Mogami | Cyclops, Julio, Shuuji (eps 1,2), Tatsuo Misaki |
| Yuka Iguchi | Oberon |
English Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Jason Deline | Drago |
| Scott McCord | Dan |
| Emilie Barlow | Alice |
| Joanne Vannicola | Marucho |
| Julie Lemieux | Runo |
| Zachary Bennett | Shun |
| Katie Griffin | Julie |
| Lyon Smith | Masquerade |
| Ron Pardo | Hal-G |
| Shawn Meunier | Preyas (Marucho's Bakugan), Preyas |
| Stacey Depass | Baku-Pod |
| Stevie Vallance | Tigrerra |
Theme Songs
OP:
- "Number One Battle Brawlers" by Psychic Lover
ED:
- "Air Drive" by ELEPHANT GIRL
- "Hello (ハロー)" by Yoshihito Onda & Za-bon