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Characters: The main characters range from ok to pretty bad. The best characters are the villains or the side characters.8 The protagonist, Dan, is far from the worst protagonist I've seen but he does not make this show any better

Plot: It exists, it's not too convoluted. It's also not that interesting. The lore is vague and not elaborated on enough

Action: The main selling point of most shows like Bakugan (including Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, and Beyblade). Bakugan's battles are bad. The animation uses repeated frames and not in a good way (Beyblade has resued animations for launches, but Bakugan reuses frames for almost everything). The rules of the game are never properly explained, which means there is no tension because you don't know who has the upper hand or what is even going on. The focus on numerical power levels instead of different strategies makes it somewhat easier to follow, but not any more entertaining to watch.

This movie is far from the best of the Beyblade franchise. But it's much further from the worst. The characters are fairly likable, the pacing is better than some seasons, and the battles are fun. Really this feels more like a series of episodes combined together into one, since the tone is very similar to that if the show. My only complaint is their attempt at using CGI for the bit-beasts. While in most other series, the spirits are drawn while the beys are done in 3d this movie makes both 3D and it just feels off

Builders create fighting robots that battle it out in the Battlebox. With the new fight card format, we get to see more fights as well as many fan-favorites battling it out every episode.

The fight card format makes each robot have 4 hand-picked fights throughout the season, and the 16 with the best record advance to the single-elimination bracket. This format allows bots like former champion Tombstone to take on strong opponents without having to wait for the quarterfinals or semis. It also makes matchups fans want to see happen much more often.