Beijing Glorious Animation, Future Planet and Takara Tomy co-produced this 52-episode animated take on Luo Guanzhong's classical novel, airing in China from August 2009 and reaching Japanese broadcast in April 2010. Though the show has no story connection to Beyblade, Takara Tomy timed a set of reworked RC Beyblade and Hard Metal System molds to its Chinese premiere, renaming stock tops after figures like Guan Yu, Lü Bu and Zhuge Liang. The lineup covers eight remote-controlled releases split across two radio channels plus eight Hard Metal System tops.
What to know
52-episode China-Japan co-production based on a 14th-century novel
Chinese broadcast began August 2009; Japanese broadcast followed April 2010
Every tie-in top reuses existing RC Beyblade or Hard Metal System molds under new character names
Eight remote-controlled releases (SR-01 through SR-08) split between 27 MHz and 40 MHz channel pairs
Eight Hard Metal System releases (SH-01 through SH-08) built on the Advance Eterner, Dark Gargoyle MS, Advance Averazer and Advance Striker molds
