Beyblade (season 1)

Beyblade
Season 1
The cover of the first DVD compilation of Beyblade.
No. of episodes51
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original releaseJanuary 8 (2001-01-08) –
December 24, 2001 (2001-12-24)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Beyblade is a 2001 Japanese collaboration anime television series based on Takao Aoki's manga series of the same name, which itself is based on the Beyblade spinning top game from Takara Tomy. The 51-episode series was produced by Madhouse under the direction of Toshifumi Kawase.

The series was first broadcast on TV Tokyo in Japan from January 8 to December 24, 2001. The season was licensed for English adaptation, broadcast, and release by Nelvana. The series was broadcast on the sibling cable channel YTV in Canada and ABC Family in the United States in 2002.

The opening theme is Fighting Spirits -Song for Beyblade- (僕らの時代へ -go ahead-, Bokura no Jidai e -go ahead-) by System-B while the ending theme is "Cheer Song" by System-B. For the English version, the opening and ending themes are "Let's Beyblade!" by Sick Kid ft. Lukas Rossi. On March 21, 2024, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Beyblade, Lukas Rossi, in collaboration with the OGBeyblade community, will be performing a live rendition of 'Let's Beyblade![1]

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