What to know
- Second season of the Original Series, titled Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 in Japan; retitled for Western markets since it aired after 2002.
- Set one year after Season 1; the Bladebreakers face the Saint Shields (guardians seeking to reseal the bit-beasts) and Team Psykick (a corporation stealing bit-beasts via 'Cyber Bit-Beasts').
- New main character Hilary Tachibana joins the regular cast.
- Adopted a simpler, more stylized art style and used CG animation for Beybattles, departing from Season 1's manga-close look.
- Bit-beasts now appear in color rather than their earlier ghost-like translucence.
- Villain Dr. Zagart is revealed to be trying to use the four sacred bit-beasts to turn his android 'son' Zeo into a real human.
- A tie-in video game, Beyblade VForce - Super Tournament Battle, was released.
- Aired in the US as Beyblade VForce on ABC Family in summer 2003; received a mixed critical reception.
Themes
- OP (Japanese): OFF THE CHAINS
- OP (Japanese): Jet
- OP (English): Let's Beyblade!
- ED (Japanese): URBAN LOVE
- ED (Japanese): What's The Answer?
- ED (English, instrumental): Let's Beyblade!
Arcs
- Saint Shields arc
- Team Psykick / Battle Tower arc
- Dr. Zagart and Zeo arc
- World Championships
In this season
Games & media 1
- Bakuten Shoot BeybladeOriginal
Related entries
Claims We Could Not Check
Attributed, not verified by us
- The series' 'Cyber' Bit-Beasts and renewed bit-beast focus echoed earlier Beyblade incarnations that emphasized them more heavily.
- An official Japanese website existed for the series.