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Sure it maybe about spinning tops. But c'mon, in game gimmick animes, cards and electronic geegaws are so mainstream, they became boring. Atleast for me. Beyblade brings a nice new spin on game anime, pardon the pun.

I love the characters! For me, I can see the great divercity in all of the characters, and I have found some characters who show up a little later (not in this DVD, but later in the series, which I have watched in whole) plainly hilarious! Who wouldn't find Max's antics even a little funny?

The plot may have it's loop holes, but what anime doesn't? I dont want to go too in depth about the plot in fear of spoiling it for you. But the plot is a bit more than spinning tops and tournaments, and in the the end of the first season it does get a little dark and somewhat disturbing. I dare anyone here to go over a poisonous snake pit on monkey bars. (The end of the season will explain that one)

Kids in the family will LOVE this. But it may not be exactly for the very young viewers (no one younger than 9 or 8), as it does get a little dark at times.

If you're over 9 and maybe seen the dub, you dont know what you're missing. The dub cut out all the good stuff to be honest. And I'm proud to say that I'm glad my 12 year old cousin got me into this series.

It's a well-worth item for pre-teens, and maybe even for family viewing. And I have a feeling girls will love this one just as much as boys. Though maybe for different reasons.

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Now... I don't know what that other person down there was ranting on about how Beyblade is childish, stupid, blah blah blah... Right.

You see... those are the kinds of people that maybe watch 5 mins of it, come to the conclusion that the show is meant for people with the mentality of a banana, and then go and rant. They don't appreciate the story, the characters, whatever.

Now the concept may be a bit... odd. Spinning tops. Alot of people think that the game originated from the show. Wrong. Show came after manga came after game. Top came first. Manga created by Aoki Takao. Manga adapted to TV show by d-Rights. Aired on TV-TOKYO in 2001. Yeah... it's an uberly long commercial for a toy line that's been around since 1996. But it still rocks.

The story revolves around a 10-year-old boy named Kinomiya Takao (or 13-year-old named Tyson Granger according to the dub >>;) that is a beyblader. He has been beyblading practically his entire life, ever since his older brother started when he was Takao's age. That, and he manages to do kendo as well. =P

I'd go on, but that's too much to type. Later on you get introduced to the rest of the main characters -- the enigmatic Hiwatari Kai, kitty-boi Kon Rei, and the hyper cutie Mizuhara Max.

For a show about spinning tops, it's gained some older fans too (like me ^_~). I'd watch it if I were you.

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I agree that this serie is an toy selling tool, but at the same time, i can't help but to love the cute characters. They are boys with attitude. Afterall, characters are what you watch for in shows that keeps you coming back for more. This serie is definately targeted at a younger audience than most animes. However, even though it's light and funny toned there are some seriousness to it, like Kai's past and evil scientists themes.
As for audience gender, this serie would most likely attract boys for the combat nature and lack of more female characters (ok, there are only 3 worth mentioning, Mariah, Hiliray, and Salima). But girls may be attracted to the (again) cute boy characters.