Beyblade: Shogun Steel,[1] also known as Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G (メタルファイトベイブレード ZERO-G, Metaru Faito Beiburēdo ZERO-G), is a Japanese manga by Takafumi Adachi that was based on Hasbro and Takara Tomy's Beyblade franchise. It was published between April 2012 and December 2012 in CoroCoro Comic, and serves as the conclusion to the Beyblade Metal Saga , whereas the previous installments focused on metal parts, the line of Beyblades in Shogun Steel focused on zero gravity battles with the advent of a new stadium system.[2]
Beyblade: Shogun Steel | |
メタルファイトベイブレード ZERO-G (Metaru Faito Beiburēdo Zero-G) | |
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Created by | Takafumi Adachi (manga) Kunihisa Sugishima |
Manga | |
Written by | Takafumi Adachi |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Magazine | CoroCoro Comic |
Demographic | Children |
Original run | April 2012 – December 2012 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kunihisa Sugishima |
Produced by | Mamiko Aoki Yoshikazu Beniya |
Written by | Katsumi Hasegawa |
Music by | Neil Parfitt and Scott Bucsis |
Studio | SynergySP |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
English network | |
Original run | April 8, 2012 – December 23, 2012 |
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Furthermore, this manga was adapted into an anime season that aired on TV Tokyo in Japan from April 8, 2012, to December 23, 2012 and marks the seventh overall anime season in the franchise. The entire season was released on DVD on February 12, 2019, from Cinedigm.[3]
Seven years have passed since the God of Destruction met his end at the hands of a Legendary Blader. A new era of Beyblade has begun, bringing with it new Blades. When Zyro Kurogane witnessed this final battle with the lord of destruction years ago, a fire began to burn within him to push forward to a new future – while Zyro is the champion in his hometown, he wants to test himself and seek out more significant opponents. Thus, he heads to Metal Bey City, Gingka's hometown. When Zyro arrives and discovers that Gingka is nowhere to be found, he learns that bladers from all over the world have come to test themselves against the Cyclone Bey stadium. Wanting to push his skills to the next level, Zyro takes part in the new era of Beyblade and tests his might against the Cyclone stadium. In this series, Zyro is also guided by Gingka to become a true Blader.
As with previous entries in the franchise, Shogun Steel was localized into English by Nelvana. The series premiered on YTV in Canada and Cartoon Network in the United States on September 17, 2015. It would be the final series to be dubbed by Nelvana. The series started rerunning on Disney XD on January 3, 2021.[4]