Battle Spirits Brave

Battle Spirits Brave (バトルスピリッツ ブレイヴ) is an anime inspired by Bandai's Battle Spirits trading card game, and produced by Sunrise. It is a sequel to Battle Spirits Shounen Gekiha Dan and the second of the Dan Bashin Saga of the Otherworldly Records Series. It began airing September 12th, 2010 at 7:00 AM on TV Asahi's Sunday Morning Kids Block. It was succeeded by Battle Spirits Heroes by TV production order, and Battle Spirits Saga Brave following series order.
It was directed by Akira Nishimori, and composed by Atsuhiro Tomioka. Character designs were provided by Yoshinori Yumoto and Tetsuya Ishikawa. For more information on this anime's staff, see Brave Staff by Episode.
This series is currently licensed and dubbed in Italy and Thailand. There is no official English language version.
==Plot==
Dan wishes to have exciting battles like in Grand Rolo again. He gets his chance when Mai invites him to the future, where the humans are being conquered by demons. There, he joins the crew of The Beautiful Sophia, and creates a deck based upon the newest type of cards, Brave.
==Characters==
===Main===
*Dan Bashin
*Mai Viole
*Clackey Ray
*Youth Glynnhorn
*Plym Machina
*Kennzo Hyoudo
*Stella Korabelishchikov
*En
*Fant
*Kazan
*Hideto Suzuri
*Zolder Grave
*Angers Loche
===Mazoku===
*Barone
*Zazie
*Duc
*Rugain
*Gilfam
*Geraid
*Flora Perfume
*Eolus
*Shima
*Gaspard
*Metalcas
*Solon
*Lucretia
*Rahze
*Balgada
*Keito
*Gilgis
* Watari
*Memnon
*Selecous
*Veneld
*Alcor
*Elis
===Other===
*Zack
*Lucha/Great Eagle
*Salma
*Gizelle
*Ed
*Karen
*Otherworld King
*Olga
==Episodes==
==Music==
===Opening theme===
1: "Free" (eps 1-50)
Lyrics, Composition: Tatsuro / Arrangement: Takayuki Kato / Performance: Karasu
===Ending Themes===
1: "Netsuretsu ANSWER" (熱烈ANSWER; Passionate ANSWER) (eps 1-49)
Lyrics: Aki Hata / Arrangement: Takeshi Masuda / Performance: Daisuke Ono
2: "Kimi ga Matteru" (君がまってる; Waiting for You) (ep 50)
Lyrics, Composition, Performance: Mitsuhiro Oikawa / Arrangement: Takano Rose
===BGM===
Battle Spirits Original Soundtrack
==Releases==
17 DVDs were released. Each volume contained 3 episodes, except for the last, which had 2. At least 2 DVDs were released per month, aside from the last volume, which was released alone.
Animation quality was not changed at all from the TV broadcast. The DVDs contained extended episode previews. Additionally, a short scene was included in episode 28, which was cut from the TV broadcast. Extras on the DVDs included textless versions of the OP and ED sequences.
Volume 1- Released 3/04/2011
Volume 2- Released 3/04/2011
Volume 3- Released 5/03/2011
Volume 4- Released 5/23/2011
Volume 5- Released 5/03/2011
Volume 6- Released 5/03/2011
Volume 7- Released 6/02/2011
Volume 8- Released 6/02/2011
Volume 9- Released 7/02/2011
Volume 10- Released 7/02/2011
Volume 11- Released 8/02/2011
Volume 12- Released 8/02/2011
Volume 13- Released 9/02/2011
Volume 14- Released 9/02/2011
Volume 15- Released 10/04/2011
Volume 16- Released 10/04/2011
Volume 17- Released 11/02/2011
==Related Articles==
Battle Spirits Brave (manga)
Battle Spirits Brave X (manga)
==Gallery==
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