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between October 7, 2012 to March 23, 2014, in a different time slot from that of the original series. Following the end of the first series, Yuma and his friends now find themselves up against the evil forces of Barian World. The English-language adaptation, produced by

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programming block on August 17, 2013. The series would eventually move to Hulu on July 14, 2014, beginning with Episode 114. Since then, most of the episodes have aired on Mondays on Hulu. On December 14, 2014, the episodes on Hulu began to be uploaded on Sundays instead of Mondays, with the exception of December 6, 2014, which saw Episode 135 being uploaded on a Saturday, because the following Sunday was

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. The regular airing pattern was broken again when the series finale (Episode 146) aired on February 21, 2015, a Saturday, instead of on a Sunday. Six pieces of

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are used for the series: three opening and three ending themes. For episodes 74–98, the opening theme is by

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), while the ending theme is by FoZZtone. For episodes 124–145, the opening theme is by Diamond☆Yukai, while the ending theme is * by REDMAN. However, for Episode 146, the Season 3 Japanese opening theme was not used. For the Konami English dub version, the opening theme is "Halfway to Forever" for all episodes that air in the US.

Series overview

Episode list

Season 1: Barian Invasion (2012–13)

Season 2: Mythrian Number War (2013)

Season 3: Barian Emperor Onslaught (2013–14)

Specials

See also

References