The anime is aimed at children but that is not to say that has stopped older generations from watching the show.
The anime is based on 4 individuals who come together more and more as a team as they go around the world competing in the World beyblade championships. The idea of the sport or game is to use "spinning tops"- customise them- and win against their opponent. In some cases bit beasts can be used if the blader has one.
The actually idea of using spinning tops to fight against someone else is a bit.... but then again this anime is aimed at kids in the first place, and spinning tops sounds quite straight forward. Of course in the show the anime makes the battles seem intense etc but its anime of course it will but the actually spinning tops that was released do not make it feel the same and this is where a lot of older generation anime fans look down on the anime. So yeah the idea of spinning tops going against one enough isn't a greatest of ideas but it still worked didn't it? And the creator has got to get some credit of that!
The storyline is much better in my opinion. Throughout the anime you get to learn about each of the team members, where they come from, why they act the way they are, past storyline. And through each storyline you get to see the way their team is formed and how they become friends over time as well as help each other out with their own difficulties. And for me that was the most interesting thing about this anime.
Each character is very well thought of and the back stories for each character (though the dub version slightly differs from the Japanese one) is interesting and makes you want to learn more.
The anime is told with a mix of seriousness and comic relief (mainly from the main character). Though the anime is not dumb-down. It should be noted that there were many scenes deleted or edited from the dub version of the show since Nelvana thought it was inappropriate to have in an anime aimed at kids (unlike the Japanese version).
Overall I consider it a great anime to watch though it really does depend on what you are interested in. I was more interested in the relationships within the show but the idea of spinning tops I didn't really get. While others might be interested in the customising beyblades and the battles of the show rather than the main characters. There will be others who dislike the show and consider it dumb and pointless, while other fans will enjoy everything about it.
The anime is based on 4 individuals who come together more and more as a team as they go around the world competing in the World beyblade championships. The idea of the sport or game is to use "spinning tops"- customise them- and win against their opponent. In some cases bit beasts can be used if the blader has one.
The actually idea of using spinning tops to fight against someone else is a bit.... but then again this anime is aimed at kids in the first place, and spinning tops sounds quite straight forward. Of course in the show the anime makes the battles seem intense etc but its anime of course it will but the actually spinning tops that was released do not make it feel the same and this is where a lot of older generation anime fans look down on the anime. So yeah the idea of spinning tops going against one enough isn't a greatest of ideas but it still worked didn't it? And the creator has got to get some credit of that!
The storyline is much better in my opinion. Throughout the anime you get to learn about each of the team members, where they come from, why they act the way they are, past storyline. And through each storyline you get to see the way their team is formed and how they become friends over time as well as help each other out with their own difficulties. And for me that was the most interesting thing about this anime.
Each character is very well thought of and the back stories for each character (though the dub version slightly differs from the Japanese one) is interesting and makes you want to learn more.
The anime is told with a mix of seriousness and comic relief (mainly from the main character). Though the anime is not dumb-down. It should be noted that there were many scenes deleted or edited from the dub version of the show since Nelvana thought it was inappropriate to have in an anime aimed at kids (unlike the Japanese version).
Overall I consider it a great anime to watch though it really does depend on what you are interested in. I was more interested in the relationships within the show but the idea of spinning tops I didn't really get. While others might be interested in the customising beyblades and the battles of the show rather than the main characters. There will be others who dislike the show and consider it dumb and pointless, while other fans will enjoy everything about it.