Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Bakugan Battle Brawlers (爆丸 バトルブローラーズ, Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu) is a Japanese-

Canadian anime adventure[1] television series produced by TMS Entertainment, Dentsu Inc.,
and Nelvana Limited under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of
creatures called Bakugan and the "battle brawlers" who possess them. The Bakugan franchise itself
is a joint venture between Sega Toys and Spin Master.[3][4]
Although originally broadcast by TV Tokyo in Japan, follow-up seasons (New
Vestroia and Gundalian Invaders) premiered in Canada and the US before Japan. The fourth and
final season, Mechtanium Surge, was never broadcast in Japan and instead aired in North American
markets. However, a Japan-exclusive manga series, Baku Tech! Bakugan, ran from August 15,
2010 to January 15, 2014. This received an anime adaption aired on TV Tokyo from April 7, 2012 to
March 30, 2013, followed by a second season called Baku Tech! Bakugan Gachi which ran from
April 6, 2013 to December 28, 2013.[5]
In 2015, Spin Master revealed plans to relaunch Bakugan. The relaunch was later announced on
November 30, 2017 to occur in the first quarter of 2019, with the series title announced as Bakugan:
Battle Planet.[6] The new series premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on December 23,
2018, while Canada's Teletoon premiered the series on December 31, 2018.[7][8]

Season 1[edit]
Dan Kuso's life changes one day when joker cards fall out of the sky and he grabs one, which he
and his friend Shun use to invent a game they call "Bakugan." With other friends, they formed a
group called the "Bakugan Battle Brawlers." They are then accidentally dragged into fighting for the
fate of Vestroia (the home dimension of the Bakugans).
Vestroia loses its natural balance and merges with the Earth and many other worlds. A rogue
Bakugan called "Naga" has been tempted to capture the power of the Infinity and Silent Cores,
which together formed the Perfect Core that balanced Vestroia, but Naga has absorbed too much
negative energy and thus has been trapped within the Silent Core, destabilizing Vestroia. Naga now
seeks the mighty Infinity Core so that he can complete the all-powerful Perfect Core and
have almighty power and absolute control over the Earth and Vestroia.

Season 2: New Vestroia[edit]

Two of the six Battle Brawlers (Dan and Marucho) return to New Vestroia and discover that it has
been colonized by an alien race called the Vestals, who are unaware that the Bakugan are intelligent
beings. However, three Vestals--Mira, Ace and Baron--encounter Shun, an old friend of Dan and
Marucho. In this way, Dan learns the truth about Bakugan, and as a result, he forms the Bakugan
Brawlers Resistance.
While battling against the evil Vexos, the top Vestal brawlers, who follow the rules of their Prince.
The Brawlers destroy each of the three Dimension Controllers that keep the Bakugan in their ball
form, liberating New Vestroia. The Resistance splits up, but reassembles six months later when they
learn that King Zenoheld of Vestal has attacked the Six Ancient Warriors in an attempt to steal the
Attribute Energies. The Six Ancient Warriors engage in a 6-on-1 battle with Zenoheld, but are unable
to defeat Zenoheld's Mechanical Bakugan, Farbros.
In desperation, the Ancient Warriors give the Resistance Bakugan their attribute energies to protect
them from Zenoheld, who has the Bakugan Termination System, a machine built to wipe out all
Bakugan but needs the Attribute Energies to power it. These energies result in the six Bakugan
evolving. After losing half the energies, the Brawlers decided to attack instead, engaging in a
temporary alliance with Spectra Phantom, the former leader of the Vexos, along with his sidekick
Gus Grav. However, the remaining energies are taken and the Brawlers rush to New Vestroia to
evacuate all the Bakugan. Drago, however, refuses to give up, manages to destroy the BT System
by absorbing all 6 Attribute Energies and evolves again into a Helix Dragonoid.
Things quiet down until Spectra resurfaces again to battle Dan; when he loses, he concedes that
Dan is number one and joins the Brawlers, returning to his original self, Keith Clay. Keith reveals that
Zenoheld is working on a powerful weapon called the Alternative System and helps construct Battle
Gear for Drago. Meanwhile, the Vexos begin crumbling from within as both Volt and Lync decide to
leave, feeling that Zenoheld and his son Hydron have finally gone too far, but they quickly disposed
of by Prince Hydron. In the final battle, the Brawlers with Gus, who joins as their newest member,
manage to destroy the Alternative System and the Resistance go their separate ways.

Season 3: Gundalian Invaders[edit]

After defeating Zenoheld, the Brawlers return to Earth and with the help of newcomer Ren, they set
up Bakugan Interspace. However, Ren is not all that he seems to be and reveals that he is a
Gundalian in need of help, saying that his planet Gundalia, is under attack by Neathia. Shun is not
convinced and discovers, that Ren is lying once Princess Fabia showed and proved Ren's story
wrong. The Brawlers agree to help Fabia and head to Neathia to help fight off the Gundalians.
Meanwhile, Ren begins showing signs of distrust for Barodius (Gundalia's Tyrannical Emperor) and
eventually defects to rejoin the Brawlers. Unfortunately, Jake is captured by Kazarina (Gundalia's
leading Bakugan biologist) and brainwashed, so the Brawlers head to Gundalia to rescue him along
with Ren's imprisoned teammates (who were imprisoned for failure), joined by Nurzak (a former
advisor to Barodious, who turned against him when he saw he would lead Gundalia to ruin) and
Mason Brown (a teammate who had escaped imprisonment, and who had also sided with Neathia).
Once they do, the Twelve Orders mount a final attack on Neathia. The Brawlers rush back in time to
defend the planet while Dan and Barodius engage in their final battle. Ren and Mason's teammates
Jesse Glenn, Lena Isis and Zenet Surrow are freed from their brainwashed state after Kazarina's
demise. Linehalt uses his Forbidden Powers to restore the war-torn Neathia, while Barodius and
Dharak are destroyed by an overload of vast energy and power from the Sacred Orb (which they
tried to take anyway, despite Dan and Drago defeating them), which grants Drago new strength and
abilities, allows him to evolve into Titanium Dragonoid and granting him the status of ruler
over all Bakugan.

Season 4: Mechtanium Surge[edit]

Part 1[edit]
The Brawlers' reign as number one in Bakugan Interspace is ended by two new powerful teams:
Team Anubias and Team Sellon. To make matters worse, Dan and Drago continuously suffer from
visions sent to them by Mag Mel and Razenoid. These cause them to lose fans rapidly when Drago
loses control in battle several times, threatening the lives of all the children in Interspace. Shun and
Marucho find themselves unable to help as Dan is keeping everything to himself. When Dan loses
control once again and nearly kills Anubias in battle, all of Dan's fans abandon him and he leaves for
New Vestroia to train. Shun, meanwhile, takes the reins of leader of the Battle Brawlers and charges
himself with the task of returning the Brawlers to their former glory. He becomes more and more
uncaring and brushes off all opinions but his own while Marucho tries to help him be a better leader.
Paige and Rafe show up to learn from them, but find them in disarray. Meanwhile, Dan and Drago fix
their problem and prepare to come back. Eventually, Dan controls Drago's powers as Marucho and
Shun reunite and join up with Paige and Rafe. When the Chaos Bakugan start destroying
Interspace, Spectra appears out of nowhere to help the Brawlers out and destroys many of the
Chaos Bakugan. Afterwards, Dan returns, but is out of sync and accidentally defeats his fellow
brawlers with Zenthon. He tells them later about Mag Mel (Spectra left beforehand, disappointed in
Dan having changed). Shun walks out and dismisses Taylean's words. Dan later has a vision (which
is true) about Gundalia being attacked by Mag Mel (who is now free). Dan arrives and tells them
about Gundalia, which Paige confirms unexpectedly. The Brawlers dismiss Dan and don't let him go,
but Dan says somewhat angrily that he's not asking; he's telling them that he is an original brawler
and isn't gonna be cut from this fight. They let him come along and save Ren's home world.
Then they face Mag Mel and discover Interspace being destroyed, so they go back to Earth to save
it but they are trapped and must figure a way to save the gate, the key, the battlers and Interspace.
Just then, Anubias and Sellon reveal themselves as artificial life forms created by Mag Mel to assure
his resurrection and succeeded in taking Dan's Key. In a new battle, Dan finds out that Mag Mel is
actually Barodius, who survived his last encounter on Neathia after being transported to the dark
reversed dimension created by Code Eve. He later plans to destroy Earth, Gundalia, Neathia, Vestal
and New Vestroia by sending every civilization to the dark reversed dimension. Dan and Drago have
a final brawl against Mag Mel and Razenoid with Drago evolving one more time into the legendary
Fusion Dragonoid. They manage to win, but before "disappearing", Mag Mel says that his final
demise will cause another disaster to befall on Dan and Drago.

Part 2[edit]
A few months later, Bakugan City is shown to have a peaceful start as humans have now
communed with the Bakugan from New Vestroia. Not all is well when 4 Mechtogan led by
Coredegon, who have broken free from their Bakugan, start terrorizing the place. Not only that, but
some new enemy called Wiseman has appeared with ancient Bakugan called the Nonets. At the
beginning, The Brawlers get confused because Wiseman somehow had the appearance of Gunz
Lazar, the new Haos Brawler who disappeared after the four Mechtogan attacked Bakugan City. But
it was later revealed that Wiseman was actually Coredegon in disguise while the real Gunz was put
in a coma so his negative energy was absorbed. After Coredegon alongside his pals (in his
combined form as a Mechtogan Destroyer) sent the Brawlers to the Doom Dimension, he completely
destroyed the Earth and New Vestroia. With Gunz back to his normal state, Dan and the others
travel through time in order to stop Mechtavius Destroyer from killing every human and Bakugan. In
the final battle, Dragonoid Destroyer, who is Drago's last Mechtogan, acquires an infinite power that
comes from the bond between Bakugan and humans all over the world, which gave them a chance
to defeat the Nonet Mechtogan and send them back between dimensions. Dan's friends throw him a
party, but soon discover Dan is missing. Shun sees Dan and Drago sailing off using a boat borrowed
from Kato. Dan says that another adventure is waiting for him and Drago, and that he had enough
time in the spotlight, such that he wants to let other Brawlers to rise to his rank.