is a Japanese multi-media franchise by
Takara Tomy
is a Japanese entertainment company that makes children's toys and merchandise. It was created from a merger on March 1st 2006 of two companies: Tomy (founded in 1924 as Tomiyama, changing the name to Tomy in 1963) and long-time rival Tak ...
that includes a dice game,
manga series, an
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
television series and a video game for the
Nintendo 3DS.
It is similar to
Takara
Takara Co., Ltd. (株式会社タカラ) was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy Co., Ltd. to form Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was 遊びは文化」("playing is culture").
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Battle Beasts
is a line of small 2" tall action figure toys, in the form of an anthropomorphised animals with body armor and a unique weapon. Several figures have their left hand replaced by a weapon of some kind. Battle Beasts were created and largely produce ...
toyline.
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Anime
On September 4, 2012 Japanese book publisher
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
announced the franchise would receive an anime television adaptation.
The series, produced by
SynergySP, premiered on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certifie ...
on January 13, 2013 at 8:44 a.m. It ran for thirty-eight 11-minute episodes in a half hour block shared with ''
B-Daman Fireblast
''B-Daman Fireblast'', known in Japan as , is the second B-Daman anime series in the ''Crossfire'' saga, succeeding '' B-Daman Crossfire'', and is based on the Emblem Charge System introduced in the toyline in September 2012. It premiered o ...
'', which both concluded on September 29, 2013. Similar to SynergySP's ''
Beyblade: Shogun Steel'', ''Beast Sagas
internet streaming
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and international versions were released as twenty-six 22-minute episodes. Two 11-minute episodes were merged into a 22-minute one and included the addition of seven unreleased episodes, which were previously announced as a second season.
In 2014, voice actress
Erin Fitzgerald
Erin Fitzgerald is a Canadian voice actress who provides voice-overs for a number of cartoons, video games and English language dubs of Japanese anime. In animation, she voices Raven Queen in '' Ever After High'' and C.A. Cupid in both '' Monste ...
listed ''Beast Saga'' on her resume. An English version of the show premiered on
Toonami Asia on April 19, 2015. The English dub is recorded in Hong Kong. On February 24, 2021,
Cinedigm announced they would stream the series on their
CONtv
CONtv is an Over-the-top content, OTT streaming service launched in March 2015 as a joint venture between Cinedigm and Wizard World.
The service is catered towards fans of geek and nerd culture, featuring cult classic films and television serie ...
service in North America. The English dub became available at an undisclosed date. It also became available on Cineverse.
[https://www.cineverse.com/details/BEASTSAGA/Beast-Saga]
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2010s toys
2012 manga
2013 anime television series debuts
Action figures
Manga series
Shueisha franchises
Shueisha manga
Takara Tomy
Takara Tomy franchises
TV Tokyo original programming
Animated television series about animals
Shōnen manga