Beyblade X

ベイブレードエックス

6.9(1,999)

MAL Score

Ranked #5516

Popularity #8253

Adventure
Sports

Duration: 24 min
Aired: Oct 6, 2023 to ?
Status: Currently Airing

Synopsis

In the vibrant X City, the iconic X Tower rises as a beacon for aspiring Beyblade players, representing the ultimate achievement in competitive battling. This remarkable twin-skyscraper serves as the central hub for professional Beybattles, where only the most skilled contenders strive to conquer all one hundred floors and face off against the reigning champions, Team Pendragon, perched at the very top.

Eager to make his mark, amateur Blader Bird Kazami arrives in the city with dreams of going pro. However, his initial attempt to qualify ends in disappointment, leading his teammates to dissolve their group. Just when hope seems lost, Bird encounters the laid-back Ekusu Kurosu, who, under the alias "Kamen X," seeks redemption after having once been a part of the legendary Team Pendragon. Together, they also enlist the talents of Multi Nanairo, a savvy Beyblade expert and social media influencer. As the newly formed Team Persona, they embark on a thrilling journey to navigate the challenges of sponsorships, public opinion, and fierce rivalries, all while aiming for the pinnacle of X Tower.

Otaku Consensus

Beyblade X lands as a leaner, more sports-minded franchise entry, with OLM’s CG-assisted match presentation, Katsuhito Akiyama and Moto Terada’s brisk direction, and Kazuho Hyoudou’s pro-circuit structure giving it more texture than a simple toy-battle reset. Its reception sits in respectable niche territory rather than breakout-hit status, reflected by a 6.87 MAL score and 64/100 AniList score; the recurring weakness is that its kids-anime and episodic format can make outcomes and character beats feel mechanically predictable.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Beyblade X if you want a competitive hobby anime that treats battles less like playground arguments and more like a public-facing sport with branding, rankings, image management, and spectatorship built into the format. It scratches the same collection-and-combat itch as Yu-Gi-Oh! or Pokémon, but its appeal is closer to a compact sports series: quick matches, visible performance pressure, and a cast defined by how they handle the professional scene around them. The production is also unusually polished for a long-running kids franchise, with OLM using CG for the spinning-top action and high-profile theme songs from ONE OK ROCK and aespa. If you want tournament momentum without heavy lore sprawl, this is the clean modern Beyblade entry to sample.

Key Characters

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Bird Kazami(VA: Shuuichirou Umeda)
Bird is the series’ clearest sports-anime lens: an earnest competitor whose appeal comes from visible insecurity and improvement rather than instant prodigy status.
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Ekusu Kurosu(VA: Souma Saitou)
Ekusu gives the cast its cool-headed ace energy, with Souma Saitou playing him as relaxed on the surface while carrying the pressure of a former elite player.
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Multi Nanairo(VA: Ruriko Noguchi)
Multi stands out because she connects Beyblade skill with online presentation, making her as much a strategist of audience attention as a technical player.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
OLM’s production leans on CG for the Beybattle sequences, a practical choice that gives the spinning tops readable speed, collisions, and arena movement without relying only on impact stills.
2
The creative package is unusually manga-forward for a toy-franchise anime: Homura Kawamoto and Hikaru Muno are credited with the original story, while Posuka Demizu provides the original character designs.
3
The series uses a pro-sports framework instead of a purely schoolyard competition setup, bringing sponsorships, public image, and media attention into the characters’ progression.
4
Its structure is largely episodic, matching AniList’s 60% episodic tag, which makes it easy to follow weekly while keeping the focus on short competitive tests rather than dense mythology.
5
The music package signals a push beyond standard kids-show branding, with ONE OK ROCK performing the first opening and aespa performing the first ending.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Beyblade X premiered on October 6, 2023 and is still listed as currently airing, placing it in the long-running weekly tradition of the Beyblade franchise rather than the short seasonal model.
Fun fact 2: Posuka Demizu, credited for the original character designs, is widely known as the artist of The Promised Neverland, giving this entry a notable design pedigree outside the toy-anime space.
Fun fact 3: Homura Kawamoto, one of the original story credits, is best known to many anime and manga fans for Kakegurui, making Beyblade X an unexpected crossover of gambling-game tension and children’s sports branding.
Fun fact 4: The show’s audience profile is strongly youth-oriented on AniList, with the Kids tag at 88% and Primarily Child Cast at 79%, but its professional competition framing gives older franchise followers a different angle to track.
Fun fact 5: Despite being a recognizable legacy brand, its database footprint is still modest: the provided MAL data lists 1,999 votes, a 6.87 score, rank #5516, and popularity #8253.