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Season · Metal Saga

Beyblade: Shogun Steel

The fourth series of the Metal Saga and seventh Beyblade anime season overall, created by Takafumi Adachi. Set roughly seven years after Beyblade: Metal Fury, it introduces an entirely new protagonist cast led by Zyro Kurogane, the undefeated local champion who looks up to Gingka Hagane, while still folding in old characters as supporting figures for the first time in the franchise. Zyro travels to a town gathered with aspiring champion Bladers and must adapt to the unfamiliar ZeroG Stadium to prove his strength.

What to know

  • Fourth series of the Metal Saga, seventh Beyblade anime season overall, created by Takafumi Adachi.
  • Introduces an entirely new cast led by Zyro Kurogane, replacing Gingka Hagane's team as protagonists for the first time in the franchise, while still bringing back old characters in new supporting roles.
  • Set approximately seven years after Beyblade: Metal Fury.
  • Premiered on TV Tokyo April 8, 2012; the 38th episode ('The Spirit's Blow,' December 23, 2012) was the final TV broadcast, with the remaining 14 episodes released DVD-only for 52 total episodes.
  • First Beyblade dub not to use the 'Beyblade: Metal' prefix since Beyblade: G-Revolution in 2004, though it still nods to a metal material (steel) in its title.
  • Ties Beyblade Burst Rise (GT) for the shortest internationally released season at 26 twenty-two-minute episodes.
  • Ended its Japanese TV run in December rather than the franchise's usual April cutoff, likely reflecting a Beyblade sales slump from 2011 into 2012.

Staff

  • Series creator: Takafumi Adachi

Themes

  • OP (Japanese): Zero-G Bey! Go! by YU+KI
  • ED (Japanese): Looking Up Smiling (We Go!) by YCHRO

Arcs

  • Zyro Kurogane's rise to challenge the champion Bladers

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In this season

Story arcs 2

Battles 1

Bit-beasts & avatars 13

Characters 33

9 more in characters.

Glossary 2

Games & media 6

Special moves 15

Music 3

Organisations 3

People behind Beyblade 10

Places 2

Products & sets 3

Teams 4

Toylines 4

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  • First Beyblade dub since Beyblade: G-Revolution (2004) to drop the 'Beyblade: Metal' prefix, though it still references a metal (steel) in its title.
  • Despite the anime never using the 'crystal-up' mode on the Beys, official setting materials depict the models in that mode.
  • Ended its Japanese TV broadcast in December instead of the franchise's usual April finish, likely due to a sales slump lasting from 2011 into 2012.