Top 10 Most Censored Beyblade Moments

“Beyblade G-Revolution” (2003)

One of the more harrowing moments from the franchise, Kai’s battle against Brooklyn proved to be so intense and severe that at the end, he can’t help but crumple down, his Beyblade shattering to pieces. Originally, there was no dialogue here, concluding with Tala crying in the hospital – signifying that the veteran Bladebreaker had perhaps died from his wounds. Of course, the dub couldn’t even hint at something like this. Tala’s scene in the hospital was completely removed, while they gave Kai a mini-monologue to make it appear that he had just passed out. Too bad so much of the tension was drained out as a result!

“Beyblade Burst” (2016-17)

You know this is a typical human reaction, right? Well, not for those in charge of making the quick-fire edits to the Burst series, who decided that the red on Ken’s cheeks needed to be erased. Yeah, apparently anytime a male character blushed on this show, it was edited out. And we honestly have no idea why? It’s not like it infers anything lewd, it just shows embarrassment or excessive happiness. Were they worried it made the characters look too feminine and might distract their target audience?

“Beyblade G-Revolution” (2003)

The second time this villain unleashed his master plan, he wasn’t so much an evil cultist as he was a glorified CEO. Much less menacing, but still deserved his competence for nearly turning the entire Beyblading scene into a massive pay-to-win scheme. The dub had him getting tramped by his former customers in a comic fashion, but in the original he meets a much more…vulgar fate. Turns out birds and dogs really don’t take kindly too him. Knowing Boris, he’ll probably create an anti-canine Beyblader group in revenge.

“Beyblade Burst Rise” (2019-20)

This one is a little less to do with content deemed not worthy for children, and more in line with Hasbro flexing their corporate power in order to make sure nothing interferes with selling their products. Fans of the sub will likely notice that the scene with Aiger changing Union Achilles to its alternate form is heavily chopped up. The reason for this is the GT Layer System established in the anime was not present among Hasbro’s hypersphere toyline.

“Various”

This is just par for the course when it comes to anime being dubbed for western audiences, and Beyblade was no exception. Drum became Dante, Akaba became Akabane, etc. However, there are some major tune ups when it comes to the names of the Blades themselves. Despite stemming from mythology, a few evoked too much concern because of their religious connotations, and were swiftly changed to family-friendly versions. Instead of Satan, we got Satomb, Diablos was switched to Develos, Dead Hades got demoted to Dread Hades, and Kaiser Kerbeus now goes by King Kerbeus.

“Beyblade G-Revolution” (2003)

A sport about spinning tops potentially injuring the participants? A-okay. Male characters in dresses in what’s meant to be a gag-sequence? Not in our anime! Considering any form of LGBT content in kid’s shows was a major red flag over in the west, any allusions to such a thing were cut right out, even something as harmless as this. Here’s the kicker though, erasing this scene robbed fans of some character development for Tyson, since its hinted here he’s got some underlining romantic affection for Hilary! Sorry shippers, you were done dirty.

“Beyblade” (2001)

The build up to Kai’s betrayal was a true highlight of the original series, a journey that took him through a mysterious and sinister abbey, concluding with the realisation that he actually grew up there. It was spooky and provided a decent enough twist for the anti-social Bladebreaker, but the original eclipsed it completely. How so? By having Kai encounter a prisoner in the abbey; a member of Boris’s personal army who had failed to carry out his will. While we don’t see any upsetting content, the implications alone were pretty severe.

“Beyblade V-Force” (2002)

A rather peculiar subplot to add to the many crazy narrative decisions thrown into V-Force, Wyatt was a out of the blue sycophant who desperately wanted to be Kai’s friend, eventually signing up to become a user of the Cyber Bit-Beast, a process that would eventually drive him mad. This would lead Kia to get even more mopey and seek out vengeance for his beloved Wyatt all throughout the season. Sounds weird right? Well, you’d be right. In the original, Wyatt actually dies as a result! Heavy stuff, but at least it gave his character some weight!

“Beyblade G-Revolution” (2003)

We’ve had the spirits of an ancient monsters create hurricanes, firestorms and nearly end the world at one point. But seeing the humans who control them get socked in the face? Out of the question. Angered that his team aren’t using underhanded methods to win
their matches, Barthez resorts to violence against Miguel and Mathilda by knocking them flat inside the locker room. Doesn’t ring any bells? Well, that’s because it was completely cut in the dub, which is a damn shame since it adds a whole other level of villainy and tragedy to the whole scenario!

“Beyblade” (2001)

Back in the day, this Bit-beast was the be all and end all. The colour scheme, the ability to absorb other Beyblade spirits, the fact it could apparently destroy pillars with ease – we all wanted it! Though it never crossed our minds as to how it was made. We just saw it chained down and our edgelord brains were immediately smitten. Well, that’s because the scene involving its assembly was shafted…since apparently the one who made Black Dranzer was none other than Rasputin! That’s right! The lover of the Russian Queen also made Beyblades in his spare time! We need animated flashbacks of historical figures playing Beyblade ASAP!