I have no particular nostalgia for the original series. I remember watching it from time to time but I don't actually remember the story. However I was pretty pumped about this series when the trailers played on Cartoon Network.
There are 3 seasons. Metal Fusion, Metal Masters and Metal Fury.
The main character is Gingka who, surprise! He wants to be the best blader in the world because he wants revenge for his fathers death. The first 10 episodes are your typical "get to know the main characters" episodes and have minor conflicts (most of which are orchestrated by Doji, who is one of the two main villians of the first season) Then the main plot kicks in. Gingka and friends have to stop Ryuga and Doji from using the Forbidden Beyblade: Lightning L'drago. It's a pretty straight forward premise but in my opinion it's the character conflicts (yes there are these kinda stuff here) battles and ACTUAL motivational themes that kept me going. The battles are fun, exciting and for the MOST part creative. My main problem tho is how they can get predictable, a character usually loses at first, then picks himself /herself up and has a rematch (and Wins) My favorite episodes tend to be the ones where Gingka loses, and in one case he has to start all over due to a loss and it was actually pretty powerful. The plot goes along like you'd excpect with a slight twist in the end.
Now the second season is a whoooole lot better in my opinion. More simple and straight forward- a world tournament. But this time there is ONE goal, not much filler. Just our team of Ginkga, three familiar characters and a new one from America, Who are trying to win the Beyblade world cup for Japan. There isnt really a main villian until pretty late but it doesn't feel forced because it still has to do with the tournament. The battles are SO MUCH MORE FUN, the new characters are much more interesting, The writing is better, the ending feels more epic and satisfying and I have never been so happy to see a certain bratty, spoiled kid get defeated in my life. 9/10 for this season
Metal Fury, the last season picks up RIGHT after Metal Masters and features ancient history, lights in the sky, a god... Wait what? Yes you heard me, a God in the form of a Beyblade, which is really dumb but it actually kinda works if you don't think to much about it. And a doomsday clock. Similar to the first season our Gang of bladers must stop the God Of Destruction: Nemesis (which isn't really accurate to greek or roman mythology), and to do this they need to track down 9 legendary bladers around the world. Ginkga and Kyoya are of course two of them. But hey I haven't mentioned Kyoya or Ryuga that much have I... Kyoya is Gingkas main rival, they're sort of friends but still not really, Gingka actually only beats him twice throughout the whole series and it's pretty established that they are VERY equal (which means they are both the SECOND strongest) speaking of rival... AND strongest... Ryuga... Damn what a character, you can say whatever you want about the writing for this show, yes it is sloppy but Ryuga is an EXCELLENT character. He is of course the main villian of the first season (kinda, you have to watch to understand) then he is an anti hero. He helps when he feels like it. Then in the last season he goes back to more of a villian role as he himself is trying to obtain the power of the legendary bladers, so you hate him, but respect him to loving his badassery. Also a very annoying character from the first two seasons really steps up in this one to become a strong blader of his own, never giving up (which pays off in the end)
All and all this season is a bit weird, it's shorter, but instead of just having fewer episodes they began airing shorter episodes after a certain point in the season, it does feel pretty rushed but I don't know what they could have done. It is tho, pretty fun to see the season start off pretty innocent and getting pretty dark and depressing towards the end.
This series has a special place in my heart, I keep going back (all of the episodes are on Youtube) I know it's pretty corny, stupid and weird but somehow I don't care. It makes me laugh, it manages to make me cry (for real, I'm not even kidding, I'm almost 20 and it has a few really sad moments) and it makes me excited, what more can I ask for? I'm not expecting anyone to watch it, it has just stuck with me for 10 years now and I can't get over it.
That's my really long, sentimental review of this really insignificant show, complete with spelling errors, sloppy writing and over simplifications.
There are 3 seasons. Metal Fusion, Metal Masters and Metal Fury.
The main character is Gingka who, surprise! He wants to be the best blader in the world because he wants revenge for his fathers death. The first 10 episodes are your typical "get to know the main characters" episodes and have minor conflicts (most of which are orchestrated by Doji, who is one of the two main villians of the first season) Then the main plot kicks in. Gingka and friends have to stop Ryuga and Doji from using the Forbidden Beyblade: Lightning L'drago. It's a pretty straight forward premise but in my opinion it's the character conflicts (yes there are these kinda stuff here) battles and ACTUAL motivational themes that kept me going. The battles are fun, exciting and for the MOST part creative. My main problem tho is how they can get predictable, a character usually loses at first, then picks himself /herself up and has a rematch (and Wins) My favorite episodes tend to be the ones where Gingka loses, and in one case he has to start all over due to a loss and it was actually pretty powerful. The plot goes along like you'd excpect with a slight twist in the end.
Now the second season is a whoooole lot better in my opinion. More simple and straight forward- a world tournament. But this time there is ONE goal, not much filler. Just our team of Ginkga, three familiar characters and a new one from America, Who are trying to win the Beyblade world cup for Japan. There isnt really a main villian until pretty late but it doesn't feel forced because it still has to do with the tournament. The battles are SO MUCH MORE FUN, the new characters are much more interesting, The writing is better, the ending feels more epic and satisfying and I have never been so happy to see a certain bratty, spoiled kid get defeated in my life. 9/10 for this season
Metal Fury, the last season picks up RIGHT after Metal Masters and features ancient history, lights in the sky, a god... Wait what? Yes you heard me, a God in the form of a Beyblade, which is really dumb but it actually kinda works if you don't think to much about it. And a doomsday clock. Similar to the first season our Gang of bladers must stop the God Of Destruction: Nemesis (which isn't really accurate to greek or roman mythology), and to do this they need to track down 9 legendary bladers around the world. Ginkga and Kyoya are of course two of them. But hey I haven't mentioned Kyoya or Ryuga that much have I... Kyoya is Gingkas main rival, they're sort of friends but still not really, Gingka actually only beats him twice throughout the whole series and it's pretty established that they are VERY equal (which means they are both the SECOND strongest) speaking of rival... AND strongest... Ryuga... Damn what a character, you can say whatever you want about the writing for this show, yes it is sloppy but Ryuga is an EXCELLENT character. He is of course the main villian of the first season (kinda, you have to watch to understand) then he is an anti hero. He helps when he feels like it. Then in the last season he goes back to more of a villian role as he himself is trying to obtain the power of the legendary bladers, so you hate him, but respect him to loving his badassery. Also a very annoying character from the first two seasons really steps up in this one to become a strong blader of his own, never giving up (which pays off in the end)
All and all this season is a bit weird, it's shorter, but instead of just having fewer episodes they began airing shorter episodes after a certain point in the season, it does feel pretty rushed but I don't know what they could have done. It is tho, pretty fun to see the season start off pretty innocent and getting pretty dark and depressing towards the end.
This series has a special place in my heart, I keep going back (all of the episodes are on Youtube) I know it's pretty corny, stupid and weird but somehow I don't care. It makes me laugh, it manages to make me cry (for real, I'm not even kidding, I'm almost 20 and it has a few really sad moments) and it makes me excited, what more can I ask for? I'm not expecting anyone to watch it, it has just stuck with me for 10 years now and I can't get over it.
That's my really long, sentimental review of this really insignificant show, complete with spelling errors, sloppy writing and over simplifications.