Bakugan - Player of Fate

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Anime television series
title Bakugan - Player of Fate
Original title 爆 丸 バ ト ル ブ ロ ー ラ ー ズ
transcription Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2007-2008
Studio TMS Entertainment ,
Nelvana
Episodes 189 in 4 seasons
genre Shōnen , action , science fiction
First broadcast April 10, 2007 on TV Tokyo
German-language
first broadcast		 January 19, 2009 on Cartoon Network Germany
synchronization

Bakugan - Player of Fate ( Japanese. 爆 丸 バ ト ル ブ ロ ー ラ ー ズ , Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu , Bakugan for short ) is an anime television series that has a game as its theme. The game was released by Sega Toys in Japan. The series is directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto , who developed and produced the series with the animation studios Japan Vistec and TMS Entertainment based on an original concept from Sega Toys. The series can be classified into the genres of shōnen , action and science fiction .

action

In the year 2050, strange balls and cards will fall from the sky all over the world and will be picked up by many children and adults alike. It is later discovered by chance that these spheres, now called Bakugans, are living beings from a planetary system called Vestroia. Children from all over the world are starting to organize themselves over the Internet and fight fights with these Bakugans, not knowing that they are real living beings.

The twelve-year-old Dan Kuso, who lives in Kobe, finds a Pyrus-Bakugan named Dragonoid ("Drago") who can speak. Through Drago it comes to light that the Bakugans are real living beings and despise the way people treat them. After a few arguments, Dan and Drago become friends. The Bakugans of other children around Dan, Runos “Tigrerra” and Maruchos “Preyas”, can also speak. Together the three found the community of "Destiny Players", which Julie with "Gorem" and Shun with "Skyress" soon join.

Suddenly an evil Bakugan called Naga tries to take the Core of Tranquility, a huge ball of negative energy that, along with the positive core of Infinity, balances Vestroia. Dan and his friends manage to bring the two cores together and stabilize both the earth and Vestroia. The Bakugans then leave their owners to be there for their conspecifics in New Vestroia.

game

At the beginning of the game, a goal card is thrown. If the gate card touches the ground, it dissolves and creates a combat area of ​​around 10 kilometers, which is called the inner card area. In addition, this gate card freezes the time in the outer card area and lets Bakugans mutate into their true forms. Furthermore, the goal card thrown by the player can also increase the G-Power of his Bakugan and change the rules in his favor.

Then you have to throw the Bakugan on the goal card. If two Bakugans land on the same goal card, a fight begins. Ability cards are used that can be used several times and give the respective Bakugan additional powers. If a Bakugan wins, the Bakugan's partner now owns the gate card on which the fight took place. The winner is the one who wins three goal cards first. Every Bakugan has a G-Power Level, which determines the power of the respective Bakugan.

Characters

Daniel (Dan) Kuso

Dan is a twelve year old boy who developed the game Bakugan with his friends. He is bright and has a lot of temperament and ambition. His dream is to become the world's best Bakugan player. At the beginning he doesn't get along very well with Drago, but after some difficulties Dan is accepted by Drago and the two become a team. Dan used to only play Bakugan with Kraft, but with Drago's help he now plays with a strategy. His signature feature is the sunglasses that Dan always wears during the day, pushed up into his hair.

Shun Kazami

Thirteen-year-old Shun is Dan's best friend. When his mother comes to the hospital and he has to move in with his grandfather, he is no longer allowed to play Bakugan. Shuns Bakugan is Skyress. He will also be trained as a ninja throughout history. He is the most calm and withdrawn character in the story, but that changes over the course of the series. He has long, black hair that is tied in a braid at the nape of the neck (similar to that of the anime samurai). However, after the series ends, he no longer has this braid.

Marucho Maruko

Eleven-year-old Marucho is a rich boy who moves to Dan's neighborhood after a while. He too is a gambler of fate, his Bakugan is Preyas. Marucho is particularly strategic when playing Bakugan. In the past he often bowed to the will of others, which over time became a great burden for him. He has blonde hair and blue eyes.

Runo Misaki

Runo is 12 years old and lives near Dan. Runo is very stubborn and therefore often argues with Dan. Runos Bakugan is Tigrerra. Because of her quick-tempered temper, she bears a characteristic resemblance to Dan and unconsciously harbors feelings for him. Her hair color is light blue and her eye color is green. In the second series Bakugan: New Vestroia she is already a supporting character and appears less and less in the 2 following series.

Julie Hannigan

Twelve year old Julie is also a fate player. Your Bakugan is Gorem. She's attached to Dan all the time, but later falls in love with Billy. Her sister Daisy was almost always better than Julie at everything, which often annoys her. She is very gentle, but can still act well in a fighting situation. Her hair color is silver and her eyes are dark blue. It also appears less and less in the 3 following series.

Alice Aldrin / Masquerade

Like the others, twelve-year-old Alice is one of the fate players, but does not play Bakugan herself. However, she is an excellent Bakugan strategist. Your grandfather Michael is a famous scientist. When Alice visited her grandfather in the laboratory, one of his inventions ensured that the negative energy from Verstroia was brought to earth. This also affected Alice and her grandfather as both were exposed to the negative energy. Then Michael became Hal-G, and Alice got a second personality: Masquerade.

Joe Brown

Joe, also known as "Webmaster Joe", created the homepage for the Bakugan players. He is very sick at the beginning and has to stay in the hospital. When the Bakugan Wavern appears to him in a dream, he gets well again and supports the fate players. Wavern will be Bakugan, she is Naga's younger sister. He usually has a friendly smile on his face. Even in combat situations, he never seems to get angry or aggressive. He is only one of the main characters in the first series and never appears again afterwards.

Bakugans

Dragonoid - Pyrus (fire) He developed first. After defeating his friends with Dan, he becomes the Überbakugan. He later separates from the two cores to save his country. His nickname is Drago . It later evolves into Delta Dragonoid. Drago used to want to save his world Vestroia on his own, but later he realized he needed the help of the players and their Bakugans.

Skyress - Ventus (wind / air) It develops after the test in the Doom dimension in Ventus Storm Skyress. She is Shun's mum's gift to Shun, so she's been with Shun the whole time, regardless of whether he played or not. She found it difficult to part with Shun later.

Preyas - Aquos (Water) Preyas develops by bringing his brothers Diablo and Angelo to him. It has the Aquos property, but can change it in any other property. It is the only species of Bakugan that can change its properties by itself.

Gorem - Subterra (Earth) He develops after the test in the Doom dimension in Hammer Gorem. He wanted to spend his whole life just with Julie, he always relied on her, and all he thought about was her safety.

Tigrerra - Haos (light) Just like her friends, she develops after the test in Blade Tigrerra. Tigrerra has always relied on Runo.

Hydranoid - Darkus Hydranoid is the Bakugan of Masquerade. Like Drago, it develops more often: once in the real world and once after the fight against the Darkus soldier in the Doom dimension. When Hydranoid first messed with Drago, he had the highest power level of any other Bakugan without advancing. Later he developed into a Duo Hydranoid and he had connected Drago as Delta Dragonoid in the Doom dimension. When he fought each other as Alpha Hydranoid with Drago as Überdragonoid, Hydranoid lost the fight. Later he was no longer Masquerades Bakugan, but the Bakugan of Alice and a member of the Destiny Players.

Wavern - property of the white Wavern, like her brother Naga, has the whites of the forgotten. It carries the core of infinity within itself. She has teamed up with Joe (a new member of the Destiny Players) to aid the players against the fight against Naga.

Naga - quality of the White Naga carries the essence of calm within itself. He is Wavern's brother. Later he gets the core of calm. He wanted to take in the core of calm in order to get more power. Wavern wanted to prevent Naga from destroying the homeworld of Vestroia, and that's why she took in the core of infinity.

Production and publication

The series was initially produced with 51 episodes by TMS Entertainment . It was directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto , the character design was created by Yoshihiro Nagamori, and the artistic director was Eiji Iwase. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo in Japan on April 10, 2007 . A second season followed in 2009, the third season has been broadcast since May 23, 2010. A fourth season followed in 2011.

After being broadcast on TV Tokyo, the series was translated into English, Spanish and German, among others. The English version started three months after it was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo on the Canadian television station Teletoon , where the series was increased by one episode. Furthermore, the series started in the USA on the Cartoon Network from February 24, 2008, before it was broadcast on October 25, 2008 in the Philippines . In Spain , Bakugan - Players of Destiny started on February 2, 2009 under the name Los Guerreros Bakugan .

The German version started on Tele 5 in March 2009, where, according to the Tele München Gruppe , the series is set for a target group from 14 to 49 years and achieved a market share of 10% among children with an audience of 232,000 viewers.

synchronization

role Japanese speakers ( seiyū ) German speaker
Daniel "Dan" Kūsō Yu Kobayashi Niclas Lutz
Shun Kazami Chihiro Suzuki David Turba
Runo Misaki Eri Sendai Julia Meynen
Drago Keiji Fujiwara Jaron Lowenberg
Alice Aldrin / Masquerade Mamiko Noto Cathlen Gawlich / Wanja Gerick
Julie Hannigan Risa Mizuno Julia Stoepel
Chōji "Marucho" Maruko Ryō Hirohashi Cathlen Gawlich

music

The music for the Japanese version of the series was composed by Takayuki Negishi (根 岸 貴 幸Negishi Takayuki ).

The following songs were used for the opening credits:

  • In Bakugan Battle Brawlers ( 爆 丸 バ ト ル ブ ロ ー ラ ー ズ ):
    • Number One Battle Brawlers ( ナ ン バ ー ワ ン ・ バ ト ル ブ ロ ー ラ ー ズ Nanbā Wan Batoru Burōrāzu ) interpreted by Psychic Lover ( サ イ キ ッ ク ラ バ ー Saikikku Rabā )
    • Bucchigiri Infinte Generation ( ブ ッ ち ぎ り ∞ ジ ェ ネ レ ー シ ョ ン Butchigiri ∞ Generēshon ) interpreted by Psychic Lover
  • In Bakugan Battle Brawlers New Vestroia ( 爆 丸 バ ト ル ブ ロ ー ラ ー ズ ニ ニ ュ ー ヴ ェ ス ト ロ イ ア ):
    • Cho! Saikyo! Warriors ( 超! 最強! ウ ォ ー リ ア ー ズ ) interpreted by Psychic Lover

The credits were underlaid with the titles:

  • Air Drive from Elephant Girl
  • Hello from Yoshihito Onda & Za-bon
  • Bang! Bang! Bakugan by Yoshifumi Ushima

The following titles were used in the West:

Opening credits:

  • This is Bakugan by Neil Parfitt

Credits:

  • This is Bakugan (instrumental) by Neil Parfitt

Computer games

The following computer games (action adventures) were released for the series:

  • Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2009, publisher Activision ) for PS2, PS3, XBox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS
  • Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Battle Trainer (2010, Activision) for Nintendo DS
  • Bakugan Dimensions (2010, Publisher SpinMaster) an MMO (PC)
  • Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Arcade Battler (2010, publisher Sega ) arcade game
  • Bakugan: Defenders of the Core (2010, Activision) for Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, PS3, and Xbox 360
  • Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance (2011) for Nintendo DS

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bakugan Battle Brawlers (TV) - Anime News Network. Retrieved March 18, 2009 (The original number is 51 episodes. The US version has been increased by one episode.).
  2. ↑ press release. (PDF) (No longer available online.) March 6, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 18, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tmg.de   (unavailable)

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