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Under The Microscope

February 1, 2001 TV Episode Bakuten Shoot Beybrade

Series title: 爆転シュート&#12505

Studio
Madhouse Ltd.
Animation studio
Madhouse

Synopsis

The Bladebrakers reach America at last.Surprisingly though, when they arrive, Tyson's Grandpa appears with a spectacular embarrasing show for the crowd. Ray arrives with the bus and the Bladebrakers go to the BBA research center. They get a tour by one of the workers and Max runs into his mom. They reach the area where their students train hard to improve. Max's Mom's assistant gloats about how much better they are than the Bladebrakers.So naturally, Tyson challenges them to a match. The first round is Tyson vs. some weird dude who uses sound to make blade go up in the air, Tyson has a little trouble at first,but soon, he is able to beat him with no problem.Next is Ray, he faces off against another weird dude who uses bright colors(come on,this is getting lame). The dude tries to beat Ray by blinding him with the light,but it has no affect on Ray and the battle is overwith. The final match is Max vs. his mothers assistant. This battle is over with before you can say ABC. She beats Max easily with no problem. Tyson gloats on how they weren't even a challenge,but they find out that they were being used as test subjects and that the students they fought were some of the weakest in the class. Tyson and the others are mad that they were used as lab rats, and Max is dissapointed in his mother.

Characters

Takao Kinomiya, Kai, Dragoon.
Featuring (English Version): Tyson, Kai, Max, Ray, Kenny, Dizzi, Grandpa, Mr. Dickenson, Brad Best, A.J. Topper

Credits

Producing

Producer
Scott Dyer, Michael Hirsh, Toper Taylor (Executive Producers)
Supervising Producers
Marianne Culbert, Jocelyn Hamilton

Animation

Animator
Shigeru Kato, Kiyoshi Nakahara

Voices

Voice
Motoko Kumai (Takao Kinomiya), Houko Kuwashima (Kyouju), Ai Orikasa (Max), Aya Hisakawa (Rei Kon), Urara Takano (Kai Hiwatari)
Voice Talent, English Version
Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin (Tyson), David Reale (Kai), Gage Knox (Max), Daniel DeSanto (Ray), Alex Hodd (Kenny), Julie Lemieux (Dizzi), George Buza (Grandpa), Bill Colgate (Mr. Dickenson), Mark Dailey (Brad Best), Eric Woolfe (A.J. Topper), Vincent Corazza

Music

Music
Yoshihisa Hirano
Music, English Version
Martin Kucaj

Crew

Based On The Original Manga By
Takao Aoki
Character Design
Takahiro Umehara

Production notes

Based on the "begoma" toy craze of Takara's fighting gyroscopes.

This is the first of the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade series.