Beyblade Burst · Season 1 of 7

Beyblade Burst

  • 2016–2017
  • 51 episodes
  • Japan Apr 4, 2016
  • English Sep 10, 2016

Beyblade Burst is the first season of the Burst Series and the eighth Beyblade anime season overall, airing on TV Tokyo from April 2016 to March 2017. Fifth-grader Valt Aoi, devoted to improving with his partner Bey Valtryek, is inspired by his friend Shu Kurenai, a Beyblade prodigy ranked among the tournament's 'Supreme Four,' to aim for the National Tournament.

Episodes

51 in broadcast order
  1. 01

    Valt Aoi, an enthusiastic Beyblader, is invited by his friend Shu Kurenai to join a local tournament.

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  2. 02

    Fresh off his tournament win, Valt lets overconfidence get the better of him and Rantaro exploits it, shutting down his Rush Launch to win their rematch.

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  3. 03

    Valt overcomes Ken Midori's puppet-master tactics to advance in the district tournament while trying to master his Rush Launch technique.

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  4. 04

    With permission from Principal Shinoda, Valt sets out to start an official Beyblade Club at school, but finds recruiting reluctant classmates tougher than expected.

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  5. 05

    A new blader tries to shake Valt's confidence with underhanded intimidation tactics before their official tournament match, but Valt shrugs it off and defeats Daigo Kurogami to move on in the bracket.

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  6. 06

    The Beyblade Club rallies to help Valt fix the biggest weakness in his Rush Launch: his own hot temper.

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  7. 07

    Valt perfects his new Flash Launch just as tension flares between Hoji and Wakiya, who wants his friend to deliberately throw their upcoming match against Valt.

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  8. 08

    The district tournament's fourth round arrives as Valt squares off against Hoji Konda, edging out a win to reach the semi-finals.

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  9. 09

    The gang crosses paths with a musical blader before Wakiya lures Valt into an unofficial battle at his mansion.

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  10. 10

    Humiliated by his loss to Wakiya, Valt spirals into an obsessive slump, pushing himself too hard to make up for it.

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  11. 11

    Valt discovers the severity of Shu's shoulder injury just as the semi-finals begin.

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  12. 12

    Valt's grueling semi-final battle against Wakiya finally reaches its conclusion as he claims victory and advances to the tournament finals.

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  13. 13

    Orochi puts up a ferocious fight in the tournament finals even as Shu's injured shoulder continues to flare up mid-match.

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  14. 14

    The tournament finals begin between Valt and an early-leading Shu, but the match is derailed when the two argue over whether Shu should even be competing on his injured shoulder, leading to a temporary falling-out between the friends.

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  15. 15

    The district tournament final between Valt and Shu intensifies as both push their special moves to the limit.

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  16. 16

    The Beyclub travels to Xander's family dojo to find Shu, discovering the grounds are riddled with ninja-style training traps.

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  17. 17

    Xander shows off his mastery of Xeno Xcalius, defeating both Valt and Rantaro in quick succession while pushing them through his relentless training regimen.

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  18. 18

    A mysterious rival blader called the Shadow-Walker, Ukio Kibuki, debuts alongside his ominous Über Unicrest as the Beigoma Academy Beyclub squares off against a rival squad, the Sword Flames, in a single-elimination team battle format.

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  19. 19

    The team battle against the Sword Flames continues as Rantaro also falls to Ukio Kibuki's Über Unicrest, putting the Beyclub further behind.

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  20. 20

    Ken steps up in the team battle and defeats both Ukio Kibuki and Yugo Nansui in succession, dramatically cutting the rival Sword Flames team down to a single remaining member.

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  21. 21

    The team battle against Sword Flames concludes as Xander Shakadera personally defeats both Ken and Valt, handing the overall victory to his team despite the Beyclub's late rally.

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  22. 22

    Invitations to the Regional Tournament arrive for Valt and several rivals, kicking off a new stage of competition where Zac Kaneguro, one of the mysterious Supreme Four, makes his debut.

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  23. 23

    The Regional Tournament's first round continues with Rantaro besting Haruto Aota, while Daigo faces off against Yugo Nansui in a match marred by controversy — Daigo secretly reflects sunlight off his launcher to blind his opponent, winning underhandedly and setting up a moral reckoning for later episodes.

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  24. 24

    The Regional Tournament semi-finals get underway as Wakiya defeats Hoji, whose difficult family history is revealed along the way, while Valt overcomes Rantaro to keep his own run alive.

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  25. 25

    While Valt and Rantaro train hard, Supreme Four member Zac Kaneguro sneaks around town in a flimsy disguise to dodge his fans, revealing his new Bey, Zillion Zeutron, along the way and casually defeating both Hoji and Wakiya.

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  26. 26

    Daigo quits the Beyclub in shame after his cheating comes to light, confessing his foul play to Yugo and the wbba. and accepting disqualification, though he rejoins the club by episode's end.

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  27. 27

    With Shu and Wakiya now official members, the Beyclub becomes a full five-player team and heads to Wakiya's family cabin for a special training camp built around his brand-new Biting Stadium.

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  28. 28

    The Team Red versus Team Blue practice battle continues at Wakiya's estate, interrupted when Toko and Nika wander off and get lost in a storm.

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  29. 29

    The National Team Tournament begins as Valt meets Quon Limon, an old dojo friend of Xander's, ahead of the competition.

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  30. 30

    The Beigoma Academy Beyclub wins its opening Team Tournament match against Ice Blaze, advancing into the next round alongside two other squads.

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  31. 31

    The Team Tournament rolls on as Rideout and the Super Stars both advance past their opponents.

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  32. 32

    Zac finally reveals himself as the masked blader who's been lurking around the Beyclub, inviting everyone to a party where his special guest — Lui Shirosagi, the reigning national champion and last of the Supreme Four — makes a striking debut.

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  33. 33

    The Beyclub beats the Sword Flames in the Team Tournament's third round, but the victory is bittersweet as Daigo notices Shu's shoulder injury clearly hasn't healed and later catches him secretly launching left-handed to compensate.

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  34. 34

    The Beyclub faces off against Ken's new team, the Beasts, in the Team Tournament's fourth round.

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  35. 35

    The Beyclub's battle against the Beasts wraps up with a hard-fought win, keeping their tournament run alive.

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  36. 36

    Rideout defeats the Super Stars in a hard-fought semi-final battle, while the two remaining teams use their downtime to train for the finals.

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  37. 37

    Ryota is discharged from the hospital just as the Team Tournament finals begin between the Beyclub and Rideout.

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  38. 38

    Lui finally steps onto the field in the Team Tournament finals, facing Valt directly and defeating him with ease.

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  39. 39

    Valt and Lui battle through the final three rounds of the Team Tournament finals, but Lui's overwhelming Lost Spiral ultimately seals the win for Rideout, crowning them Team Tournament champions.

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  40. 40

    A scheming young scientist named Naoki Minamo tricks and defeats Valt in a bid to study Valtryek up close, kicking off the newly-launched Individual Tournament.

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  41. 41

    Valt gets his rematch against Naoki Minamo in the Individual Tournament's first round and wins decisively, putting the earlier trickery behind him.

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  42. 42

    Shu defeats the mysterious Jin Aizawa in the first round of the Individual Tournament, but the celebration is cut short when Valt discovers Naoki tried to sabotage the match to get Jin disqualified.

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  43. 43

    Valt takes on his old friend Quon Limon in the Individual Tournament's second round and wins, debuting a new technique called the Winged Launch in the process.

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  44. 44

    The Individual Tournament's second round continues with Ken defeating his old teammate Ben Azuki, while Shu, Wakiya, Xander and Lui all advance to the quarter-finals without incident.

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  45. 45

    Shu defeats Wakiya in the Individual Tournament quarter-finals, though the win costs Spryzen a visible crack in its Layer.

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  46. 46

    Valt trains against four teammates at once in a Battle Royale ahead of his quarter-final against Xander, while Xander settles a long-awaited grudge match with Quon that ends in a simultaneous double-burst.

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  47. 47

    Zac takes on the Atlas Anubion-wielding Akira Yamatoga in the quarter-finals and wins, coming away with newfound respect for his opponent's skill.

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  48. 48

    Valt defeats Zac in their semi-final battle, prompting a stunned Zac to announce his retirement from competitive Beyblading.

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  49. 49

    Shu's semi-final rematch against Lui reaches a brutal conclusion as Lui wins decisively, destroying Shu's Storm Spryzen in the process — the first Bey ever destroyed in the Burst series.

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  50. 50

    The National Individual Tournament final finally arrives, pitting Valt against reigning five-time champion Lui Shirosagi.

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  51. 51

    In the explosive season finale, Valt's battle against Lui Shirosagi comes to a close in the champion's favor, securing Lui's fifth consecutive National Championship.

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JP is the Japanese broadcast; EN is the English one, where the season had it.

Storyline

Beyblade Burst is the first season of the Burst Series and the eighth Beyblade anime season overall, airing on TV Tokyo from April 2016 to March 2017. Fifth-grader Valt Aoi, devoted to improving with his partner Bey Valtryek, is inspired by his friend Shu Kurenai, a Beyblade prodigy ranked among the tournament's 'Supreme Four,' to aim for the National Tournament. It later streamed on Netflix from 2017 until its 2021 removal, and remains available on Prime Video and Apple TV, having previously run on Disney XD and DisneyNOW.

Characters

68In the wiki
All 68 characters

Ordered by how many of this season's episodes the guide places each character in.

Beyblades

150 released for this seriesThe toy catalogue
All 150 Beyblades
1 named on screen in the episodes

Stadiums and places

4In the wiki

Special moves

141In the wiki
All 141 moves

Did you know

58
  • First season of the Burst Series and eighth Beyblade anime season overall.

  • Aired on TV Tokyo April 4, 2016 to March 27, 2017, Mondays at 5:55pm JST.

  • Follows fifth-grader Valt Aoi and his Bey Valtryek as he pursues the National Tournament, inspired by prodigy Shu Kurenai.

  • Streamed on Netflix 2017-2021; also available on Prime Video and Apple TV; previously on Disney XD/DisneyNOW.

  • First letters of most main characters' first names match the first letters of their Beys' names (e.g., Valt Aoi and Victory Valtryek).

  • First Beyblade season not localized in English by Nelvana.

  • Most main characters' first names begin with the same letter as their Bey's name, and the Bey names are themselves alliterative.

  • This season's Beys are themed after figures and beings from mythology.

All 58 notes
  • Many characters wear an inverted-triangle motif representing the three parts of a Beyblade: Energy Layer, Disc and Performance Tip.

  • The only Burst season whose Japanese title-card music is not reused in the international release.

  • The first Beyblade season not localized into English by Nelvana.

  • The episode is based on the second chapter of the Burst manga

    Episode 03
  • The show's US premiere schedule was disrupted, delaying this episode's airing

    Episode 03
  • The Japanese ending theme's color palette was updated starting with this episode

    Episode 03
  • The episode's events are based on chapter seven of the Burst manga

    Episode 04
  • Valt's tournament profile picture changes from a biting-tongue pose to a casual one starting this episode

    Episode 05
  • The English dub replaces a plot point about Shu's parents with a scene about his cooking

    Episode 05
  • A scene of Valt crashing into mall doors was cut from the English dub

    Episode 06
  • The dub softens the doctor's warning about Shu's injury compared to the original

    Episode 11
  • Valt's hands are recolored in the localized version after handling ice packs

    Episode 11
  • Shots revealing Wakiya's hidden training weights are cut in the dub

    Episode 11
  • The dub removes several physical and emotional details from the Valt-Shu argument scene

    Episode 14
  • A background detail on Toko's tablet is cut in the localized version

    Episode 14
  • A shot of Valt falling after being knocked over by Xander is removed in the dub

    Episode 14
  • The dub replaces a shot of Shu collapsing from exhaustion with him fist-bumping Xander

    Episode 15
  • The dub removes a shot of Valt drawing his launcher before his first battle

    Episode 16
  • A scene of Ken nearly falling off a cliff was replaced in the dub with his moving-away reveal

    Episode 19
  • This is the final episode with Antony Kim voicing Daigo in the English dub

    Episode 20
  • Zach LeBlanc becomes Daigo's new English dub voice starting this episode

    Episode 21
  • A scene of Wakiya revealing hidden body weights is cut from the dub, echoing episode 11

    Episode 25
  • The episode's full English title was revealed later as "Let's Do This Thing! On to Nationals!"

    Episode 26
  • A scene of Yugo punching a wall in anger is cut from the international release

    Episode 26
  • In the manga, the same training camp is a school trip rather than a spontaneous club outing

    Episode 27
  • Wakiya is shown to be afraid of heights

    Episode 28
  • The bridge's collapse after the rescue is implied but not shown in the English dub

    Episode 28
  • Valt's shocked expression references Edvard Munch's painting The Scream

    Episode 29
  • A shot of Valt hitting a tree is cut from the dub but its effect is still implied

    Episode 29
  • The original version has Valt fart during an interview; the dub rewrites the joke entirely

    Episode 30
  • This episode marks the only appearance of a Single Layer Beyblade in the anime

    Episode 31
  • The Platinum version of Amaterios appears rather than its original Rare Bey Get release

    Episode 31
  • A scuffle between Valt and Ben is softened in the localized release

    Episode 31
  • The international version replaces "Burst Finish" with "Battle Above My League" in a montage

    Episode 32
  • This episode introduces the second Japanese opening theme for Beyblade Burst

    Episode 33
  • A dub line referencing the Gettysburg Address is added as a joke

    Episode 33
  • A dub cut removes shots of Valt being thrown around by Lui's training equipment

    Episode 36
  • A shot of Wakiya panicking up a tree is removed in the localized version

    Episode 37
  • Shots of Shu adjusting his grip for a left-handed launch are cut in the dub

    Episode 37
  • The dub misstates a scoring rule during Lui's Ring-Out Finish

    Episode 39
  • Lúinor injuring Shu's eye is shown onscreen in the manga but not in the anime

    Episode 39
  • The dub changes Naoki's deceptive phone call trick from an injury to a bakery story

    Episode 40
  • Naoki breaks the fourth wall to insult Valt's intelligence

    Episode 40
  • The dub changes Wakiya's excuse for a timeout from a bathroom break to losing his Bey

    Episode 40
  • A confrontation scene involving Rantaro is softened in the localized release

    Episode 42
  • The dub softens Wakiya's emotional reaction to losing, cutting several shots

    Episode 45
  • Shu's Crux Boost technique references the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross

    Episode 48
  • This is the first time in Beyblade Burst that a Bey is destroyed in battle

    Episode 49
  • Several intimate shots between Lui and Valt are trimmed in the localized version

    Episode 51
  • The English dub changes Valt's timeout excuse from a bathroom break to a quick promise

    Episode 51

Notes recorded for this season and its episodes; attributed, not verified by us.

Soundtracks

5 songsEvery Beyblade song
  1. Opening
    Burst Finish! Tatsuyuki Kobayashi
    Japanese The whole season
  2. Opening
    Our Time Steven Allerick Chen
    English The whole season
  3. Opening
    Here is BeyBattle هنا بي باتل
    Arabic
  4. Ending
    Believe SHIKURAMEN
    Japanese The whole season
  5. Ending (instrumental)
    Our Time (instrumental) Steven Allerick Chen
    English The whole season
  6. Insert song English The whole season

The background score of Beyblade Burst was written by Yusaku Tsuchiya (土屋雄作).

Released on

  • Beyblade Burst: Beginnings

    Soundtrack EP · Sep 18, 2020 · Lakeshore Records

    Five songs from the English release, including two that play inside episodes rather than over the credits.

    5 tracks
    1. Our Time — Steven Allerick Chen
    2. Evolution — Steven Pagano and Dave Vives
    3. Battle Above My League — Fenwick & the Futures
    4. Made for This — Ian Everson and Vaski
    5. Journey into Tomorrow — Tony Rodini

Credits and music

Staff

  • Executive Producers: Yuya Yokoyama, Naohiko Furuichi, Wataru Sato
  • Series Composition: Hideki Sonoda
  • Character Design: Toshiaki Ohashi
  • Director: Katsuhito Akiyama
  • Assistant Director: Kentaro Yamaguchi
  • Art Director: Atsushi Yokoyama
  • CGI Director: Dai Seo
  • Sound Director: Yuki Matsuoka
  • Music: Yusaku Tsuchiya
  • Animation Producer: Isami Abe
  • Animation Production: OLM Team Abe

Cast

  • Valt Aoi: Marina Inoue / Sabrina Pitre
  • Shu Kurenai: Junya Enoki / Adrian Petriw
  • Rantaro Kiyama: Fumihiro Okabayashi / Matt Hill
  • Ken Midori: Tsubasa Yonaga / Gabe Khouth
  • Daigo Kurogami: Ayahi Takagaki / Antony Kim (eps 1-20), Zach LeBlanc (eps 21+)
  • Xander Shakadera: Rikiya Koyama / Andrew Francis
  • Wakiya Murasaki: Yu Kobayashi / Cole Howard
  • Nika Aoi: Aoi Inase / Sabrina Pitre
  • Toko Aoi: You Taichi / Sabrina Pitre
  • Chiharu Aoi: Masumi Asano / Kelly Sheridan
  • Ryota Kurogami: Haruna Sakurai / William Ashman
  • Principal Shinoda: Nobuo Tobita / Richard Newman

Themes

  • OP (Japanese): Burst Finish!
  • OP (English): Our Time
  • ED (Japanese): Believe
  • ED (English, instrumental): Our Time
  • Eyecatcher (English): Battle Above My League

Arcs

  • Japanese National Tournament

The Beyblades listed are the toy catalogue's entries whose product pages name this series.