Bakugan Battle Brawlers

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**Bakugan Battle Brawlers** (爆丸バトルブローラーズ, *Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu*?) is a Japanese-Canadian action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan, and the Battle Brawlers who possess them. It is the first season of Bakugan between fused by Nelvana + Blue Water Studios.

## Overview

This is the first series of DarkonDragonZX's Bakugan Legacy Series.

* *List article: Bakugan Battle Brawlers/Episodes*
* *Script article: Bakugan Battle Brawlers/Script*

The 100 episodes anime television series was produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto in 2007. *Bakugan Battle Brawlers* made its debut in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2007, and was rebroadcast six days later on BS Japan. Nelvana Enterprises produced the English language version and premiered the series on the Canadian network Teletoon on July 2007, on Cartoon Network on February 24, 2008.

## Story

Dan Kouzo's and Ichigo Ikenami's lives changed one day when random cards fell out of the sky, where they and their friend Shun and Wynton invented a game with called Bakugan. Together with their friends Runo, Wynton, Ryusei, Julie, Lina, Shun, Naru, Kazuo, Kaede and Alice, the group Bakugan Battle Brawlers is formed and its members are accidentally dragged into fighting for the fate of Vestroia (the Bakugan's home dimension) against the Doom Beings.

It is the story of a dimension called Vestroia which loses its natural balance and merges with the Earth and many other alien planets. Evil Bakugan called Naga and Xerxes were tempted and decided to take one of the two Silent and Infinity Cores. So Dan, Ichigo and their friends decided to bring back balance by meeting new friends and allies in the other planets, learn more about the origin of the Bakugan; and facing Naga and Xerxes, who seek to complete the Perfect Cores. Dan Kouzo's and Ichigo Ikenami's lives changed one day when random cards fell out of the sky, where they and their friend Shun and Wynton invented a game with called Bakugan. Together with their friends Runo, Wynton, Ryusei, Julie, Lina, Shun, Naru, Mikan, Kaede and Alice, the group Bakugan Battle Brawlers is formed and its members are accidentally dragged into fighting for the fate of Vestroia (the Bakugan's home dimension) against the Doom Beings.

It is the story of a dimension called Vestroia which loses its natural balance and merges with the Earth and many other alien planets. Evil Bakugan called Naga and Xerxes were tempted and decided to take one of the two Silent and Infinity Cores. So Dan, Ichigo and their friends decided to bring back balance by meeting new friends and allies in the other planets, learn more about the origin of the Bakugan; and facing Naga and Xerxes, who seek to complete the Perfect Cores.

## Introduction Scene

### Long Intro

*Male Narrator: It was... something that suddenly happend one day... Strange cards came to the children's hands... And all around the world... But it wasn't like the cards chose the children... Adults also found the cards in their place... But the adults didn't show any interest on them. The ones who showed interest were only the children... Thought and for everyone's surprise... Suddenly from the cards themselves monsters showed up. And the Battle started! So, all the kids from around the world... Started to get obsessed with the battles between their powerful monsters. And contacting through the net... exchanging information... We were able to set the rules around the world. And becoming friends, meeting on the internet... With twelve children... That's is called...! The Battle Brawlers!*

## Introduction Theme Songs

### Japanese

Japanese Opening Themes
1. **Number One Battle Brawlers** (ナンバーワン・バトルブローラーズ, *Nanbā Wan Batoru Burōrāzu*?) by Psychic Lover (1-59)
2. **Bucchigiri Infinite Generation** (ブッちぎり∞ジェネレーション, *Bucchigiri Infinitto Jenerēshon*?) by Psychic Lover (60-100)

Japanese Ending Themes
1. **Air Drive** (エアドライブ, *Ea doraibu*?) by Elephant Girl (1-54)
2. **Hello** (ハロー, *Harō*?) by Za☆Bon & Yoshihito Onda (55-100)

### English

* **This Is Bakugan** - Daniel Leblanc and Creighton Doane (All Seasons) - Opening
* **This Is Bakugan (Instrumental Version)** - Ending

### Background

Though initially a failure in Japan, the series became popular in the Canada and the US, prompting the creation of three subsequent seasons, all of which aired in the west prior to its release in its home country.

## Characters

### Battle Brawlers

#### Actual Battle Brawlers

* Daniel "Dan" Kouzo : Pyrus Battle Brawler (Leader of the Battle Brawlers) - The first main protagonist of the series, Dan is a boy who loves playing Bakugan and gets frustrated easily as a skilled brawler. His greatest ambition is to be the number 1 Battle Brawler in the world. - His Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Dragonoid (Drago).
	+ Bakugan:  Dragonoid → Delta Dragonoid → Ultimate Dragonoid → Infinity Dragonoid → Perfect Dragonoid.
* Indigo "Ichigo" Ikenami : Darkus Battle Brawler (Vice Leader of the Battle Brawlers) - The second main protagonist of the series, Ichigo is the Reploid boy who was born in Abel City, He's a Legendary Reploid Darkus Brawler in the world, he's seems to be not a good mood for lone wolf when the villains calling him "Defective" when he was a loner for his destiny, He is a teenager boy starting to be played Bakugan as rookie bralwer and played with patient and clear minded thinking. - His Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Leonidas (Leon).
	+ Bakugan:  Leonidas → Omega Leonidas → Ultimate Leonidas → Silent Leonidas → Perfect Leonidas.
* Shun Kazami : Ventus Battle Brawler - Shun is the former first-ranked Bakugan Brawler who later moves down to eleventh position, and then up to fifth position. He is a master of Bakugan, and is also Dan's childhood friend. Shun is a loner, a boy of very few words, yet is willing to help his friends at every turn almost. - His Guardian Bakugan is Ventus Skyress.
	+ Bakugan:  Skyress → Storm Skyress.
* Wynton Marukura : Aquos Battle Brawler - Wynton is a boy who is very generous and intelligent karate fighter man, He's a bit like a walking encyclopedia. He loves to play Bakugan and he also likes to work on strategies. He used to be very obedient to his parents just because he wanted to please them, but that changed when he met the Brawlers. He now has no regrets for the past, realizing that he only wanted to make his parents happy. - His Guardian is Aquos Sharktor.
	+ Bakugan:  Sharktor → Hydro Sharktor.
* Runo Misaki : Haos Battle Brawler - Runo is a tomboy who loves playing Bakugan with people that have skills to show off. She also helps her parents and her younger brother run their family restaurant, she is also Hikaru's older sister - Her Guardian Bakugan is Haos Tigrerra.
	+ Bakugan:  Tigrerra → Blade Tigrerra.
* Julie Makimoto : Subterra Battle Brawler - Julie is a girl who tries to stay happy even when the worst has happened; her acting happy after something bad happened is generally just to hide up her true feelings. Julie forgets things easily, proving that she is a little scatterbrained at times. - Her Guardian Bakugan is Subterra Gorem.
	+ Bakugan:  Gorem → Hammer Gorem.

### Battle Brawlers

#### Original Battle Brawlers

* Ryusei Kudo : Subterra Battle Brawler - Ryusei is the former second-ranked Bakugan Brawler who later moves down to twelfth position, and then up to sixth position. He is a childhood friend of Ichigo who grown up in the streets and known for his rebellious attitude yet also kind heart as he often look out for his friends - His Guardian Bakugan is Subterra Robardso.
	+ Bakugan:  Robardso → Drill Robardso.
* Kazuo Sanada : Haos Battle Brawler - Kazuo is a highly person and is notable for his personality role player and A determined and level headed young man. - His Guardian Bakugan is Haos Orbital.
	+ Bakugan:  Orbital → Halogen Orbital.
* Kaede Hyuga : Aquos Battle Brawler - Kaede is the former third-ranked Bakugan Brawler who later moves down to thirteenth position, and then up to seventh position. She is a childhood of Shun known for her mature, serene and intelligent she often give advice to the brawlers in many difficult situation - Her Guardian is Aquos Opeus.
	+ Bakugan:  Opeus → Glacier Opeus.
* Alice Gehabich : Darkus Battle Brawler - A girl from Moscow who knows almost everything about Bakugan; usually, she just gives advice to the brawlers rather than brawl herself. She is also the granddaughter of Michael Gehabich. - Her Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Hydranoid.
	+ Bakugan:  Hydranoid → Dual Hydranoid → Alpha Hydranoid.
* Naru Hinasaki : Pyrus Battle Brawler - Naru is a childhood friend of Wynton notable for he stubborn personality. Her parents runs a Bakugan Shop which is owned by the Kurama Group which the brawlers occasionally visit to gather new cards and Bakugan - Her Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Mortres.
	+ Bakugan:  Mortres → Solar Mortres.
* Lina Hamato : Ventus Battle Brawler - Lina is a artist drawer and she was extremly popular artist about her sketchbook, her parents run a Artwork Shop which is owned by her family - Her Guardian Bakugan is Ventus Gardina.
	+ Bakugan:  Gardina → Zephyr Gardina.

#### The Ikenami Clan

* Akina Ikenami : Darkus Battle Brawler - Ichigo's twin younger sister - Her Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Grydanoid.
	+ Bakugan:  Grydanoid.
* Chikako Ikenami : Haos Battle Brawler - Ichigo's younger sister and Arata's twin - Her Guardian Bakugan is Haos Crysalix.
	+ Bakugan:  Crysalix.
* Goro Ikenami : Pyrus Battle Brawler - Ichigo's cousin. - His Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Magmus.
	+ Bakugan:  Magmus.
* Hiraku Ikenami : Ventus Battle Brawler - Ichigo's youngest brother and Reika's twin brother - His Guardian Bakugan is Ventus Rowllus.
	+ Bakugan:  Rowllus.
* Reika Ikenami : Aquos Battle Brawler - Ichigo's youngest sister and Hiraku's twin sister - Her Guardian Bakugan is Aquos Seadros.
	+ Bakugan:  Seadros.
* Arata Ikenami : Subterra Battle Brawler - Ichigo's younger brother and Chikako's twin brother - His Guardian Bakugan is Subterra Cidaroid.
	+ Bakugan:  Cidaroid.
* Ken Ikenami : Darkus Battle Brawler - Ichigo's cousin. - His Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Crovenoid
	+ Bakugan:  Crovenoid.

#### Allied Brawlers

* Chan Lee : Pyrus Battle Brawler - - Her Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Ashura.
	+ Bakugan:  Ashura.
* Klaus von Hertzon : Aquos Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Aquos Sirenoid.
	+ Bakugan:  Sirenoid.
* Julio Santana : Haos Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Haos Tentaclear.
	+ Bakugan:  Tentaclear.
* Winston Newman : Ventus Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Ventus Skivernor.
	+ Bakugan:  Skivernor.
* Declan Stark : Subterra Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Subterra Ponganoid.
	+ Bakugan:  Ponganoid.
* Riley O'Neil : Darkus Battle Brawler - - Her Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Widowneer.
	+ Bakugan:  Widowneer.
* Kai Homura : Pyrus Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Lyhica.
	+ Bakugan:  Lyhica.
* Irina Clovis : Haos Battle Brawler - - Her Guardian Bakugan is Haos Cheetor.
	+ Bakugan:  Cheetor.
* Billy Gilbert : Subterra Battle Brawler - Julie's Childhood Best Friend - His Guardian Bakugan is Subterra Cycloid.
	+ Bakugan:  Cycloid.
* Reggie Jones : Aquos Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Aquos Clawobster.
	+ Bakugan:  Clawobster.
* Komba O'Charlie : Ventus Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Ventus Harpus.
	+ Bakugan:  Harpus.

#### Other Battle Brawlers

* Marucho Marukura : Aquos Battle Brawler - Wynton's younger brother - His Guardian Bakugan are Aquos Preyas & Preyas II Angelo & Diablo.
	+ Bakugan:  Preyas & // Preyas II Angelo & Diablo.
* Hikaru Misaki : Subterra Battle Brawler - Runo's younger brother - His Guardian Bakugan is Subterra Albedo.
	+ Bakugan:  Albedo.
* Mayoi Kouzo : Darkus Battle Brawler - Dan's younger sister - Her Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Pharos.
	+ Bakugan:  Pharos.
* Asahi Haruto : Pyrus Battle Brawler - The friend of Lina. He uses Pyrus Bakugan - His Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Infernus.
	+ Bakugan:  Infernus.
* Joe Osamu : Haos Battle Brawler - A boy who runs the Bakugan Web Chat, and was initially mistaken for working for Masquerade and Marduk. - His Guardian Bakugan is Wavern.
	+ Bakugan:  Wavern.
* Rie Kurama : Ventus Battle Brawler - A girl who was very sickly the Bakugan Web Chat and she is Shinji's daughter - Her Guardian Bakugan is Heranca.
	+ Bakugan:  Heranca.
* Katie Lowery : Dextra Battle Brawler - Katie is a childhood friend of Ichigo known her to keep eye on him.
* Tim Tanner : Subterra Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Subterra
	+ Bakugan:
* Parker Griffin : Aquos Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Aquos
	+ Bakugan:
* Yuri Middaugh : Darkus Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Darkus
	+ Bakugan:
* Tristan Brook : Ventus Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Ventus
	+ Bakugan:
* Clement Cook : Pyrus Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus
	+ Bakugan:
* Oliva Stevens : Haos Battle Brawler - - Her Guardian Bakugan is Haos
	+ Bakugan:

#### Kurama Group

* Shinji Kurama : Pyrus Battle Brawler (Served as the Battle Brawlers Advisor and Mentor) - He is CEO of Kurama Group and wise mentor figure for the brawlers particularly Dan and Ichigo. When gate cards fall out of the sky all over the world create the game known as Bakugan and began selling Bakugan and Gate Cards and created the Bakugan Battle Tournament - His Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Dragius.
	+ Bakugan:  Dragius → Delta Dragius → Ultimate Dragius.
* Charlotte Bergeron : Darkus Battle Brawler (Served as the Battle Brawlers Vice Advisor and Vice Mentor) - She is Vice CEO of Kurama Group and wise vice mentor that She works at the Kurama Exprees as the vice CEO who sacned people how to play Bakugan Tournament - Her Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Dragizard.
	+ Bakugan:  Dragizard → Omega Dragizard → Ultimate Dragizard.
* Mitchell Haylan : Subterra Battle Brawler - Shinji Assistant - His Guardian Bakugan is Subterra Geckoid.
	+ Bakugan:  Geckoid → Armor Geckoid.
* Nicole Platz : Aquos Battle Brawler - Shinji Assistant - Her Guardian Bakugan is Aquos Butterclaw.
	+ Bakugan:  Butterclaw → Tidal Butterclaw.
* Bian Cunxin : Ventus Battle Brawler - Charlotte Assistant - His Guardian Bakugan is Ventus Cardinoid.
	+ Bakugan:  Cardinoid → Skiver Cardinoid.
* Sae Byeok-hun : Haos Battle Brawler - Charlotte Assistant - Her Guardian Bakugan is Haos Yammark.
	+ Bakugan:  Yammark → Saint Yammark.

### Antagonist

#### Doom Beings

***One of the Main Antagonist Group of the First Series***

* Hal-G  (Deceased): Alter Ego of Michael Gehabich - He assisted Naga in his quest to get the Vestroia Infinity Core from Wavern. - His Guardian Bakugan is Naga.
	+ Bakugan:  Naga →  Silent Naga (Deceased): The first primary antagonist of the season. A rogue Bakugan who wanted to control all power in Vestroia by stealing the completed Perfect Core of Vestroia.
* Veg-Z  (Deceased): Alter Ego of Scott N. Lowery - He assisted Xerxes in his quest to get the Doom Dimension Silent Core from Heranca. - His Guardian Bakugan is Xerxes.
	+ Bakugan:  Xerxes →  Infinity Xerxes (Deceased): The second primary antagonist of the season. A rogue Bakugan who wanted to control all power in Doom Dimension by stealing the completed Perfect Core of the Doom Dimension.
* Masquerade : Darkus Battle Brawler - The top 20-ranked Bakugan player whose goal is to send all Bakugan to the Doom Dimension with his Doom Card, so he can evolve his Hydranoid and have the ultimate Bakugan. - His Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Hydranoid (See Above).
* Marduk : Darkus Battle Brawler - The most top 20-ranked Bakugan player whose goal is to send all Bakugan to the Doom Dimension with his Doom Card, so he can evolve his Vladitor and have the ultimate Bakugan. - His Guardian Bakugan is Darkus Vladitor.
	+ Bakugan:  Vladitor → Battle Ax Vladitor → Sword Blade Vladitor.
* Kain  (Deceased): Pyrus Battle Brawler - - His Guardian Bakugan is Pyrus Quetzaloid.
	+ Bakugan:  Quetzaloid (Deceased)

## References

### Miscellaneous Trivia

* This is the only series:
	+ Not to have Bakugan Interspace in it.
	+ Without any alien brawlers.
	+ Not to feature Aranaut or Ren Krawler.
	+ Not to feature the title of the next episode in the recaps.
	+ Where no human Brawler was killed—only Bakugan.
		- Those main villains also die, Hal-G, Veg-Z and their Bakugan and masters, Silent Naga and Infinity Xerxes.
	+ Regular Bakugan battled without an enhancement like Bakugan Traps, Battle Gear, or BakuNano.
		- No Ultimate Formations were seen, either.
	+ Where both the Aquos, Haos and Subterra human members of the Battle Brawlers are both three female.
	+ Where both the Pyrus and Ventus reploid members of the Battle Brawlers are both female.
	+ Where Drago and Leonidas' final evolution isn't thier first form in the third season.
* The title card, eyecatch, and character introductions for this season and New Vestroia feature a stylized script that corresponds with the Japanese katakana and hiragana alphabets. The title card and eyecatch read "Acquire the Power of the Six Attributes" (むっつのしゅぞくなるものそれぞれにいまちからをあたえよう). The character introductions use the characters' Japanese names.
* All the Japanese episode titles are named after well-known Japanese songs, mostly from the 70s. This will be the trend for future seasons, with addition to movie references.
* Some references to the Dragon Ball franchise appeared throughout the series, due to its Director and Script Supervisor, Mitsuo Hashimoto and Atsushi Maekawa respectively, are involved in the said franchise.
* Teletoon received an earlier version of the season, where the art style in some is noticeably inferior compared to the Japanese dub.

### Errors and Changes

* The English dub had made changes to the episodes when it was aired internationally. The following are:
	+ Locallization of names such as Danma Kouzo to Daniel Kouzo, Ichikuro Ikenami to Indigo Ikenami and Phoenix to Skyress, among others.
	+ Replacing Japanese BGM (composed by Takayuki Negishi) with Japanese dub made ones.
	+ Deleting some scenes from the original version in order to meet the time limit for airing the episode. Violent scenes are also deleted as it may be too violent to kids.
	+ Reference to death is removed.
	+ The opening song is replaced with the one made for the English version and removed the ending theme from the original version.
	+ Mistranslation/mispronunciation of some Bakugan and ability names when dubbed into English.
	+ In the Arabic dub, Julie, Runo, Naru, Lina, Kaede Alice and Charlotte's outfits were censored by having their midriffs and legs covered. Most of the names were also localized.