Beyblade is a line of spinning-top toys originally developed by Takara, first released in Japan in July 1999, along with its debut series. Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2006, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. Various toy companies ar ...

'' is a 2001 Japanese

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television series based on Takao Aoki's manga series of the same name, which itself is based on the

spinning top game from

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. The 51-episode series was produced by Madhouse under the direction of Yoshio Takeuchi. A second season, titled ''Beyblade V-Force'', was first broadcast on

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from January 7 to December 30, 2002. The season was licensed for English adaptation, broadcast, and release by

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. The series was broadcast on the sibling cable channel YTV in

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and

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in the

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in 2002. The season uses four pieces of theme music: Two opening themes and two ending themes. From episodes 1-21, the first opening theme is "OFF THE CHAIN" by TOSS & TURN while the ending theme is "URBAN LOVE" by Shiori. From episodes 22-51, the second opening theme is by FAIRY FORE while the ending theme is "What's The Answer?" by Retro G Style (R.G.S). For the English version, the opening and ending themes are "Let's Beyblade!" by Sick Kid ft. Lukas Rossi. __TOC__

Episode list

References

{{Beyblade Beyblade Season2 2002 Japanese television seasons