first season on January 29, V-Force on February 26, and G-Revolution on March 26, 2019. Several spin-off series have since been produced, including Beyblade: Metal Saga, the BeyWheelz series, and Beyblade Burst. 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 will be produced by Mary Parent through her Disruption Entertainment banner. In February 2022, it was reported that Jerry Bruckheimer will be producing the film. Merchandise Beyblade developed a cult following when the series' popular spinning top toy was launched worldwide. Now with the released fourth season of the Metal Fight Beyblade series, Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G, aka Beyblade Shogun Steel, a toy line which consists of Beyblades from the anime including Samurai Ifraid W145CF, MSF Shinobi Saramanda SW145SD, MSF Pirates Orojya 145D, Thief Phoenix E230GCF, Guardian Reviser 160SB, MSF Archer Gryph C145S, Pirates Killerken A230JSB, and many more are being released in Asia. Beyblade, Let It Rip! The Official Album was released in the UK to coincide with the show's popularity. It featured the anime's opening theme, as well as songs by artists including Nickelback and Busted. In Germany the Album Beyblade V-Force was released. Like the UK Album it featured the Opening song and other songs by artists like Noel Pix or Petra Scheeser (Wind). It was produced by Arts of Toyco. Toys Originally developed and manufactured by Takara Tomy, first released in 2000. The toys include a 'launcher' – a device for bringing the spinning top up to speed in a plastic arena known as a Beystadium, with a slightly dished base, where they subsequently strike each other. The last top still spinning wins. Beyblade is largely a game of power and angle, although many players believe a particular launch style can influence the outcome of a game. Later on, Hasbro started to make beyblade spinning tops too. Reception Common Sense Media described the series as a "formulaic toy-inspired series [that] has some good messages." Don Houston of DVD Talk wrote, "The show is just one long repetitive commercial, and not a well made commercial at that." References External links Official Website Beyblade at Internet Movie Database Beyblade blog Author of the BeyBlade logo – George Peter Gatsis Beyblade 2001 anime television series debuts