Beyblade Burst · Season 2 of 7

Beyblade Burst Evolution

  • 2017–2018
  • 51 episodes
  • Japan Apr 3, 2017
  • English Nov 4, 2017

Known as Beyblade Burst God in Japan, this is the second Burst season and ninth Beyblade season overall, airing April 2017 to March 2018. Valt Aoi is scouted from the Japanese Championship to Spain's BC Sol and must win the European League to reach the World League and test himself against the world's strongest Bladers.

Episodes

51 in broadcast order
  1. 01

    Valt arrives in Spain after being scouted by the team BC Sol, meeting junior member Kit Lopez and rival blader Silas Karlisle, who defeats him and cracks Victory Valtryek's Layer in the process.

    JPEN
  2. 02

    BC Sol's manager Kristina Kuroda, trainer Trad Vasquez, and team captain Free De La Hoya — hailed as the world's number one blader — all make their debuts.

    JPEN
  3. 03

    BC Sol's roster is tested in tryouts where team leader Free defeats every member one by one using only his hand launch.

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  4. 04

    The friendly match between BC Sol and Sunbat United kicks off tied 1-1, as Wakiya beats Rantaro before Valt turns the tables and defeats Wakiya.

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  5. 05

    The BC Sol versus Sunbat United exhibition ties again at 2-2 as Silas defeats Valt using Kinetic Satomb's unpredictable movement, before Free evens the score by beating Silas in the following match.

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  6. 06

    BC Sol wins the exhibition against Sunbat United as Rantaro edges out Wakiya in the decisive final match.

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  7. 07

    Stung by Django's departure, Stan blames Valt and begins quietly sabotaging him around BC Sol.

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  8. 08

    Circus performer Cuza Ackermann debuts for Top Wand alongside his pet bird Carl and shape-shifting Bey, Alter Cognite, just as Raging Bulls recruiter Theodore Glass tries to poach Free before the match.

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  9. 09

    BC Sol clinches its match against Top Wand as Free defeats Cuza and Valt finishes the job in a decisive fifth round, despite Rantaro dropping his own earlier bout to Rodrick.

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  10. 10

    BC Sol's win over Top Wand boosts both the team's and Valt and Rantaro's individual rankings, sparking friction with the rest of the roster.

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  11. 11

    BC Sol suffers back-to-back defeats in the European League, losing 3-0 to both Sweden's BK Nord and Portugal's BC Galleon, straining relationships across the roster.

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  12. 12

    BC Sol's next European League opponent is AS Gallus, whose captain turns out to be Daigo Kurogami, now wielding an evolved Krusher Doomscizor.

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  13. 13

    BC Sol defeats AS Gallus in the European League as Daigo bests Valt twice around Stan's win over Allan and Silas's win over Ruck.

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  14. 14

    BC Sol's next European League opponent is the Royals from England, with Valt named captain alongside Rantaro and Silas.

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  15. 15

    BC Sol rallies to win the European League's final round against the Royals, with Valt and Rantaro taking their matches before Silas avenges his earlier loss by defeating Ghasem, sending the team on to the World League.

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  16. 16

    Alarmed by Shu's disappearance, Valt, Rantaro, Wakiya and Daigo travel to Mexico's Snake Pit training facility, picking up Cuza along the way.

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  17. 17

    The group infiltrates Snake Pit headquarters and meets its leader Ashtem, who explains they must defeat a roster of Shadow Bladers wielding dark mirror-Beys of the group's own Beyblades.

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  18. 18

    Daigo defeats Black Eye and Cuza defeats Gray Eye, getting both Shadow Bladers kicked out of the Snake Pit's ranks.

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  19. 19

    Valt defeats Azure Eye by debuting his new Genesis Reboot technique, getting him expelled from the Snake Pit, while Red Eye crashes Wakiya's match to defeat both him and Violet Eye at once.

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  20. 20

    BC Sol begins preparing for the World League as Cuza officially transfers from Top Wand to join the team.

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  21. 21

    Big Five member and movie star Joshua Burns debuts while filming nearby, inviting BC Sol to appear as extras in his production.

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  22. 22

    Filming continues with Joshua defeating Rantaro, before Wakiya steps in for Valt's scheduled match to make one more recruitment pitch and loses to Joshua as well.

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  23. 23

    With BC Sol lacking a BeyTrainer after Trad's departure, Kit suggests bringing in Raul Comas, despite Kristina's reservations stemming from her grandfather Jinbei's old warnings about him.

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  24. 24

    Joshua's sister Karina Burns debuts as the World League officially begins with matchups including the Raging Bulls versus the Rocks and BC Sol versus Tango Rhythms.

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  25. 25

    BC Sol sweeps Tango Rhythms in the World League opener while Xander reveals his evolution into Surge Xcalius in a letter to Valt, describing his reunion with old rival Ren Wu Sun and his tryout into SB Rios under trainer Banner Clay.

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  26. 26

    With Rickson's coaching, Valt masters his Genesis Reboot technique just as BC Sol faces the Royals in the World League's second round, now training under former BC Sol member Ivan, who has joined as the Royals' BeyTrainer.

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  27. 27

    The gang returns to Japan for Sunbat United's World League match against SB Rios, where Wakiya sets up a battle royale with Valt, Rantaro, and Xander to hype the press conference — Valt wins, but the session reveals it was Xcalius that had actually burst Wakiya's practice Bey.

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  28. 28

    The group travels to France to watch Daigo's AS Gallus battle BC Galleon, meeting new teammate Clio Delon, whose eerie magic tricks once traumatized a young Cuza.

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  29. 29

    BC Sol arrives in Brazil for its World League semi-final against SB Rios, but Cuza's mishap at the BeyCarnival parade creates tension with the locals.

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  30. 30

    The World League semi-finals get underway on two fronts: BC Sol versus SB Rios, where Xander beats Silas and Rickson beats Stan, and AS Gallus versus the Raging Bulls, where Joshua beats Ruck and Clio beats Bobby.

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  31. 31

    The World League semi-finals continue as Ren Wu defeats Cuza before Valt turns things around and beats Ren Wu, tying BC Sol's match with SB Rios at 2-2.

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  32. 32

    The Raging Bulls defeat AS Gallus as Joshua finishes off Daigo, while BC Sol claims its semi-final against SB Rios when Valt defeats Xander, who realizes afterward that Valtryek's evolution isn't finished yet.

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  33. 33

    Lui makes his Evolution debut with his new Nightmare Lúinor as the World League final begins between BC Sol and the Raging Bulls, tied 1-1 after Rantaro beats Yellow Eye (secretly Richard Yello) and Joshua beats Cuza.

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  34. 34

    BC Sol and the Raging Bulls tie 2-2 in the World League final as Free beats Silas and Valt beats Joshua, prompting a frustrated Joshua to defy his captain's orders and represent the Raging Bulls again for the fifth match.

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  35. 35

    The World League final concludes as Silas defeats Joshua in the decisive fifth match, crowning BC Sol as World League Champions.

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  36. 36

    Lui defeats the mysterious masked blader Red Eye, who turns out to be Shu Kurenai.

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  37. 37

    Trad secretly films Free's loss to Lui and leaks the footage, exposing the defeat to BC Sol.

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  38. 38

    Free rejoins BC Sol as captain after leaving the Raging Bulls, though Shasa stays cold toward him.

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  39. 39

    BC Sol arrives in America for the International Blader's Cup, and Valt and Kit wander off to find a hidden underground blading scene.

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  40. 40

    Norman privately reveals to Valt, Rantaro and Cuza that he is secretly Gold Eye, while Boa discovers Ashtem is using Snake Pit bladers to hunt for the ultimate Beyblade and tries to warn Norman.

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  41. 41

    The Cup's first round concludes as Shu overcomes Boa and Norman defeats Cuza, debuting his powerful Twin Noctemis and its Colossus Hammer finisher.

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  42. 42

    The Cup's first round wraps up with wins for Free, Lui and Silas, while Wakiya grows suspicious that Ashtem is manipulating the tournament through Boa and Norman's unofficial Snake Pit records.

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  43. 43

    The Cup's second round concludes across five simultaneous matches.

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  44. 44

    Raul completes the Genesis Special, turning Genesis Valtryek into Strike Valtryek, though it trades away spring-loaded attacks for its new power.

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  45. 45

    The Cup's fourth round splits winners from losers as Silas, Free, Lui and Kurt all advance.

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  46. 46

    Reeling from his broken Reboot Driver, Valt is pulled out of his slump by Free, who has been quietly pushing his own limits.

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  47. 47

    Free finally overcomes Lui in their prolonged fifth-round rematch, while Shu shatters Norman's Twin Noctemis to advance.

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  48. 48

    Valt needs Cuza to beat Kurt to secure his own semifinal spot, and Cuza delivers before Valt himself defeats Kurt in a tiebreaker, earning the champion's respect along the way.

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  49. 49

    The semifinals begin with Shu overpowering and destroying Lui's Nightmare Lúinor, while Valt falls behind against Free in a tense back-and-forth battle.

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  50. 50

    Valt's semifinal against Free ends when Free is injured and forced to forfeit.

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  51. 51

    Valt defeats Shu in the International Blader's Cup final to become World Champion, freeing Shu from Spryzen's possession and prompting him to leave the Snake Pit Organization for good.

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

Storyline

Known as Beyblade Burst God in Japan, this is the second Burst season and ninth Beyblade season overall, airing April 2017 to March 2018. Valt Aoi is scouted from the Japanese Championship to Spain's BC Sol and must win the European League to reach the World League and test himself against the world's strongest Bladers. Netflix carried the first 26 episodes from November 2018 and the remaining 25 in 2019, later removing them in stages during 2021-2022; it also streams on Prime Video, Apple TV and DisneyNOW.

Characters

88In the wiki
All 88 characters

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

Beyblades

157 released for this seriesThe toy catalogue
All 157 Beyblades
3 named on screen in the episodes

Stadiums and places

7In the wiki

Special moves

33In the wiki

Did you know

49
  • Known as Beyblade Burst God in Japan; second Burst season, ninth Beyblade anime season overall.

  • Aired on TV Tokyo April 3, 2017 to March 26, 2018, Mondays at 5:55pm JST.

  • Valt Aoi joins Spain's BC Sol and must win the European League to advance to the World League.

  • First time in the franchise that Europe fields separate national teams instead of one combined European team.

  • Character first-and-last-name initials mirror an inverted version of their Bey's name initials, e.g. Cuza Ackermann/Alter Cognite and Silas Karlisle/Kinetic Satomb.

  • Shares elements with Beyblade: Metal Masters (international tournaments) and Beyblade: Metal Fury (Bey upgrades/evolutions).

  • A stage musical adaptation of the season was performed in South Korea in June 2018.

  • Character first-and-last-name initials mirror an inverted version of their Bey's name initials (e.g. Cuza Ackermann -> Alter Cognite; Silas Karlisle -> Kinetic Satomb).

All 49 notes
  • First time in the franchise Europe fields separate national teams rather than one combined team.

  • The English title likely derives from the Japanese opening song name, EVOLUTION BURST!.

  • Shares narrative elements with Beyblade: Metal Masters (international tournaments) and Beyblade: Metal Fury (Bey upgrades).

  • A stage musical of this season was performed in South Korea in June 2018.

  • This is the first episode to show a Beyblade evolving on screen

    Episode 01
  • It is the only Evolution episode with a unique title card soundtrack

    Episode 01
  • A visual error reuses old Wild Wyvron footage instead of Tempest Wyvron

    Episode 04
  • A dub cut removes discussion of the Vortex Frame removal

    Episode 04
  • A shot of Cuza switching Cognite's Trans Driver mode is cut from the dub

    Episode 08
  • Shasa's eyes are miscolored blue instead of purple in one scene

    Episode 11
  • A color error briefly shows Doomscizor's God Chip in the wrong shade

    Episode 12
  • The dub avoids explicitly stating Ghasem's father died in a boxing match

    Episode 14
  • Cobra illustrations in the episode inaccurately show slit rather than round pupils

    Episode 16
  • The English dub softens Red Eye's claim about Shu, saying he is "gone" rather than dead

    Episode 16
  • This is the first episode to show Rantaro actually wearing his jacket

    Episode 18
  • Valt's sharp teeth are reverted to normal in the localized version after a fall

    Episode 19
  • Several visuals before the Red Eye battle are cut in the dub

    Episode 19
  • Richard Newman takes over voicing Raul in the English dub from this episode on

    Episode 21
  • Kristina's restraints are altered in the dub for this and the next episode

    Episode 21
  • Blast Jinnius is animated missing its 5 Disc for most of the episode

    Episode 22
  • The masks of the defeated Shadow Bladers are shown discarded on the ground

    Episode 24
  • Several rowdy training-scene visuals are trimmed and recolored in the dub

    Episode 25
  • Boa is now shown with a scar across his nose from this episode onward

    Episode 27
  • Visuals of Deep Caynox's gimmicks are cut from the localized release

    Episode 28
  • The explosion at Big Ben is edited out of the dub's aftermath shots

    Episode 28
  • Chaotic parade visuals involving the float are trimmed from the dub

    Episode 29
  • Bobby Dylan is later renamed Dylan Summers in a subsequent episode

    Episode 30
  • The English dub cuts the visual details pointing out Nightmare Lúinor's stats during Kit's explanation

    Episode 36
  • A shot of Valt after being told to get out of the way is mirrored in the localized version

    Episode 36
  • A frame shows Boa's black iris rings briefly vanish as he blinks near John's group

    Episode 37
  • The English dub trims the shot of Shu slashing Valt so his silhouette is already destroyed by the time it cuts in

    Episode 38
  • The English dub removes the visual breakdown of Boom Khalzar's stats and abilities

    Episode 40
  • The English dub drops Shu's line about being "long gone," though it resurfaces later when Valt recounts the talk

    Episode 41
  • The episode preview misnames Spryzen Requiem as "Requiem Spryzen"

    Episode 41
  • The English dub miscounts the draws in Valt and Cuza's battle, saying five when only four of the five rounds ended in a draw

    Episode 42
  • Drain Fafnir's image appears mirrored during Raul's explanation of Free's Slow Motion Burst

    Episode 43
  • The English dub removes the visual breakdown of Drain Fafnir's Nothing Driver

    Episode 47
  • The English dub removes the shot of Cuza switching Cognite's Trans Driver to Attack Mode

    Episode 48
  • Lui's defeat and destroyed Beyblade parallel his loss to Shu in the previous season's forty-ninth episode

    Episode 49
  • In the manga, Free is shown hospitalized after the injury, likely softened in the anime for younger viewers

    Episode 50
  • Valt and Shu's final battle holds the season's record for most draws, with fifteen total

    Episode 51

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

Soundtracks

4 songsEvery Beyblade song
  1. Opening
    EVOLUTION BURST! Kenichi Kitagawa
    Japanese The whole season
  2. Opening English The whole season
  3. Ending
    Beyxercise Señor Anamy
    Japanese Episodes 1–26
  4. Ending
    Beyxercise Señor Anamy
    Japanese Episodes 27–51
  5. Ending (instrumental) English The whole season
  6. Insert song English The whole season

The background score of Beyblade Burst Evolution was written by Zain Effendi.

Released on

  • Beyblade Burst

    Vocal collection · Jun 28, 2019 · d-rights

    The only Japanese Burst release: seven television-size themes and their instrumentals. It does not carry the first season's own two themes, which were never released at all.

    14 tracks
    1. EVOLUTION BURST!
    2. Beyxercise
    3. Beyxercise 2
    4. Chouzetsu Muteki Blader!
    5. BEY-POP
    6. BEY-POP SWING
    7. Gatti'n'Roll!!
    8. EVOLUTION BURST! (instrumental)
    9. Beyxercise (instrumental)
    10. Beyxercise 2 (instrumental)
    11. Chouzetsu Muteki Blader! (instrumental)
    12. BEY-POP (instrumental)
    13. BEY-POP SWING (instrumental)
    14. Gatti'n'Roll!! (instrumental)
  • 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

  • Planning: Shuji Wada, Makoto Wada, Takashi Ishimoto
  • Executive Producer: Atsushi Oya, Toshinori Irie, Yuya Yokoyama, Naohiko Furuichi
  • Series Draft: Ryo Shibata, Fumihiko Takahara
  • Series Composition: Hideki Sonoda
  • Character Design: Toshiaki Ohashi
  • Avatar Design: Yoshihiro Nagamori
  • Chief Director: Katsuhito Akiyama
  • Director: Kentaro Yamaguchi
  • Coloring: Aya Ouchi
  • Art Director: Kuniaki Nemoto
  • CGI Director: Dai Seo
  • Music: Zain Effendi
  • Sound Director: Yuki Matsuoka

Cast

  • Valt Aoi: Marina Inoue / Sabrina Pitre
  • Silas Karlisle: Takuma Terashima / Connor Parnall
  • Free De La Hoya: Ryoko Shiraishi / Sean Thomas
  • Lui Shirosagi: Romi Park / Travis Turner
  • Cuza Ackermann: Junko Takeuchi / Valin Shinyei
  • Rantaro Kiyama: Fumihiro Okabayashi / Matt Hill
  • Daigo Kurogami: Ayahi Takagaki / Zach LeBlanc
  • Wakiya Murasaki: Yu Kobayashi / Cole Howard
  • Kristina Kuroda: Miyuki Sawashiro / Siobhan Williams
  • Kit Lopez: Satsumi Matsuda / Advah Soudack
  • Shu Kurenai (Red Eye): Junya Enoki / Adrian Petriw
  • Xander Shakadera: Rikiya Koyama / Andrew Francis

Themes

  • OP (Japanese): EVOLUTION BURST!
  • OP (English): Evolution
  • ED (Japanese, eps 1-26): Beyxercise
  • ED (Japanese, eps 27-51): Beyxercise 2
  • ED (English, instrumental): Evolution
  • Eyecatcher (English): Made for This

Arcs

  • European League
  • World League

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