Manga
Written and illustrated by Takao Aoki (manga artist), Beyblade was serialized in Shogakukan's children's manga magazine CoroCoro Comic from August 10, 1999, to June 15, 2004.[2][3] A, titled Shoot Gaiden Beyblade Daichi (シュート外伝 ベイブレード大地), was in parallel serialized in Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic (magazine) from June 30, 2001, to December 29, 2003.[4][5] Shogakukan collected both stories chapters in fourteen volumes, released from January 20, 2000, to July 28, 2004.[6]
The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media, with the fourteen volumes released from October 20, 2004, to December 12, 2006.[7][8][9] Chuang Yi published the series in English, with one edition in Singapore and a separate edition in Australia and New Zealand.[10][11]
A second series by Aoki, titled Beyblade Rising (爆転SHOOT ベイブレード RISING), was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine CoroCoro Aniki from July 15, 2016, until March 15, 2021, when the magazine ceased its publication;[12][13][14] the series continued on the CoroCoro Online website, with two chapters published on June 15 and 25, respectively.[15][16] Shogakukan collected its chapters in four volumes, released from December 12, 2017, to August 11, 2021.[17][18]
Anime
The series was adapted in a television anime series produced by Madhouse, making it the studio's first use of digital ink and paint. Spanning 51 episodes, the series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from January 8, 2001, to December 24, 2001. A sequel series produced by Nihon Animedia titled Beyblade V-Force ran for another 51 episodes from January 7, 2002, until December 30, 2002. The third series, Beyblade G-Revolution, ran for 52 episodes from January 6 to December 29, 2003.
All three seasons were licensed for English adaptation, broadcast, and release by Nelvana. The series was broadcast on the sibling cable channel YTV in Canada and ABC Family in the United States in 2002. Reruns were also seen on Toon Disney, as part of Jetix from 2004–2005, and again in 2006, as part of Jetix's "Anime Invasion Sundays" block. The series was distributed by Geneon Entertainment for its first two seasons and Funimation for the third season. The license for all three seasons were acquired by Discotek Media on November 30, 2018. They released all three on English dub-only standard definition Blu-ray; the first season on January 29, V-Force on February 26, and G-Revolution on March 26, 2019.
Live-action film
A Deadline Hollywood piece in May 2015 reported that Paramount Pictures had acquired the rights to make a live action film based on Beyblade after the box office success of Hasbro's Transformers and G.I. Joe film series. The film was announced to be produced by Mary Parent through her Disruption Entertainment (later Legendary Entertainment) banner.[25] In February 2022, it was reported that Jerry Bruckheimer would be producing the film.[26]
