Anime Fans: Have You Heard of Beyblade? Here’s to the Glory of Hardcore Spinning Tops

So if you don’t know what a Beyblade is or if you’ve never even seen any part of the anime I got one question for you: do you even let it rip, bro? If the answer is no then allow me to enlighten you on the wonders of Beyblade. I’m going to mainly reference the original Beyblade anime that aired in the very early 2000s. The show follows a boy named Tyson who enters a regional Beyblade tournament. During this tournament he defeats a few people, and they end up making a team called the Bladebreakers with him. They tour through China and America to have matches so that they can qualify for the championship tournament. Along the way there’s plenty of action and surprisingly drama for this kind of show. The show never took itself too seriously, and even when there was drama it didn’t feel as dramatic as a real drama show. The Bladebreakers: Tyson, Kai, Ray, and Max [divider type=”space_thin”]Why do I like the show? Because it’s a fully fleshed-out anime about spinning tops with Beyblade spirits inside of them to give them power. The show is literally tops spinning around and smashing into each other while their owners yell and use their willpower and bonds to actually make the Beyblade do what they want it to do. There’s tiger spirits, dragons, a phoenix — you name it there’s a Beyblade spirit for it. The battles in the show were usually intense with sparks flying and Beyblade spirits being unleashed and clashing with each other. Sometimes spirits would be unleashed in an eruption…