Bakugan Battle Brawlers — What Started It All!

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Bakugan Battle Brawlers — What Started It All!

Bakugan Battle Brawlers is a Japanese anime television series that centers on the lives of creatures called the Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them. It is a show filled with action and adventure, and it has spawned a hugely successful trading card game and many collectibles for the fans and the kids to collect and play with.

Bakugan Battle Brawlers is produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec, with the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto (who was also the director for the famous Dragon Ball anime series). The series debuted in Japan in 2007. With its success, Nelvana Limited produced an English language version and aired the series on the Canadian network Teletoon later that same year. The English series has 52 episodes compared to the Japanese version's 51 episodes. Cartoon Network also jumped into the series' success and began airing Bakugan Battle Brawlers in the United States. Further success of the show spawned a trading card game and miniature figures and collectibles, by Sega Toys and Spin Master.

Bakugan Battle Brawlers focuses on six main characters --- Dan, Shun, Runo, Marucho, Julie, and Alice --- all of whom are exceptional Bakugan battle brawlers. As the series moves along, more characters are introduced, some friends while some are foes. The Bakugan warriors also have their share of the limelight, most especially Drago, the Pyrus Dragonoid that main character Dan possesses and fights with. Along the series, friendships are made, bonds are forged, rivalries become fiercer, and the battles become more challenging!

Bakugan Battle Brawlers is only the first season of the Bakugan anime series. The latest season of the show is titled Bakugan: New Vestroia, where our Bakugan heroes travel to New Vestroia to help the Bakugans with their plight. A third season is in the works, and is scheduled to come out in 2010. It will be called Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders. What adventures await our heroes?