Beyblade: Burst

The eighth-twelfth seasons of Beyblade, the first of which premiered in Japan in April 2016.

As with any other Beyblade season, you have the usual plot where a kid goes through a tournament to become the best beyblader in their region. This time around, that kid is Valt Aoi (a possible pun on Matoi).

Aired on Teletoon and Disney XD in Canada.

Five seasons have aired in Japan, with four of them getting complete dub releases thus far. The fifth season even had *Burst* beat out the *Metal Saga* as the longest-running Beyblade continuity.

Unfortunately, its robust run was not to last, as, while it was renewed for a sixth season (Tropes Fanon previously thought there would be a brand-new Beyblade continuity), said sixth season was its last... in Japanese markets, since international markets got a seventh season set for an April 2023 broadcast.

## Tropes

* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Unlike Yo-kai Watch (until December 2016 when Disney XD Canada began broadcasting the show), this season of Beyblade actually subverts this just because Disney XD Canada airs the show *and* Disney XD in the US picked it up in 2016. That said, *Beyblade* might move to another network (or even leave American TV altogether) after the continuity ends its English broadcast, like what *Pokémon* did.
	+ This also marks the first time that a Beyblade season aired on a Disney network since 2003 (the first three aired on Freeform and Toon Disney, though unlike this one, those seasons played this trope straight; the reason why *Burst* is airing on Disney XD was rumored to be because Cartoon Network was airing Teen Titans Go! a lot, but it was just due to Disney buying out the US broadcasting rights to all Beyblade series).
	+ This is also the first Beyblade season that Nelvana did not pick up, despite Nelvana co-funding the Metal Saga (and some other *Beyblade* spin-offs).
	+ Exaggerated between Japan and the US in the case of the seventh season; the season was developed solely for Western markets.
* Obscurity, much?: Until Disney XD picked the series up in the US, the series was fairly obscure in America. It's gotten fairly popular (at least, by *Beyblade* standards) since its US premiere.
* This gave us inspiration: Beyblade Burst GT is the Japanese name for season 4, but since Dragon Ball GT is far better known in the US, the season was renamed *Beyblade Burst Rise* outside of Japan.
* Downwards Funnel: One of the few anime franchises *not* to take a break in the wake of COVID-19, likely due to becoming a net anime with shorter episodes one season prior. Of course, this meant some episodes had to be produced remotely...
* Dubless Series: Besides its original Japanese, the first season was dubbed into English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, and Portuguese according to Anime News Network. While the English dub at least covers the entire anime, the other dubs stop at some point:
	+ The Arabic dub only covers the first season.
	+ The Italian dub stopped after *Evolution*.
	+ The German dub so far covers the first six seasons. As of 2023 it's too early to say for *QuadStrike*.
	+ As of this writing, it's too early to say for *Surge*, since dubs in French, Spanish, and Portuguese haven't been confirmed yet.