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CHANGES//DUBBING Note: Original, Japanese =
OTHER CHARACTERS
BASIC CHANGES
All the beybladers in the English dub are around two years older than in the Japanese version. Of course, all the openings and endings were changed. The Japanese soundtracks are very different to the English songs. The latter were litteraly songs, meaning that there were lyrics, while the former were just music except for the opening and ending tracks. All Japanese Beyblade logos were modified so they had no more Japanese writing on them. All Japanese episode titles were changed to so-so word plays with 'Beyblade'. In the original version, the beyblade's name was different to the holy beast's. For example, Takao's beyblade is called Dragoon [MS], yet his holy beast is Seiryuu; Kai's blade is Dranzer [MS], but his holy beast is Suzaku. Driger is then Byakko and Draciel is Genbu. Those Japanese names simply mean "Blue Dragon", "Red Phoenix", "White Tiger" and "Black Turtle". The sounds used for attacks, beyblade collisions, holy beasts, etc. in the Japanese version were generally kept in the English dub. All the voices were changed though, obviously. In the original, all the main characters have female voice actors, while only Daichi and one or two other secondary characters have one. CUT SCENES // MISTAKES GENERAL Ryuunosuke Kinomiya
Kyouju's computer
Max's speech
Eyecatches
Character Profiles/Screens
Previews
BEYBLADE 2001 Episode 1
Shots of Takao's grandfather and Takao were cut. While Takao and Ryuunosuke are dining around a table, the older man licks his kendo stick...
As they are eating, Takao sees the fish that his grandfather is holding with sticks 'duplicate' itself three times, making a longer series of fish. That is what originally gave him the idea to leng then his winder.After his defeat to Takao, Hiruta runs away yet stills as he sees Kai, his team's captain. The latter tells Hiruta he knew he was bad and slaps him, making his teammate fall down to the ground. In the original, you really see Kai hitting Hiruta. Episode 2
In the original version, only Takao, Kai and Kyouju could see Dranzer and Dragoon. Akira and the Shell Killer members could not. Shots of the end of Ryuunosuke's sword and Takao were cut. Episode 3
Ryuunosuke hits Takao. Shots of Takao and his grandfather were cut. Ryuunosuke taps Takao and makes him fall down. Episode 4
The dubbers cut a shot of a Japanese sign saying "Competitor's Waiting Room". Kai and Kyouju were originally in Block B, not Block C. Takao After Kai defeated Kyouju, Takao was about to punch him but Kyouju stopped him. Kai walked off afterwards. A shot of Rei was cut. Episode 5
In the original version, Kyouju did not know who Rei was before they properly met him. Max's pendant was actually a gift from his mother, not his grandmother. Shots of Max's father explaining
Metal Ball Defense were cut out.
Shots of Taro Mizuhara were cut. Max actually bites the winder. When Takao, Max and Kyouju are bathing in hot springs, they hear something coming from behind the huge rock near the water. So they get out of the water, completly naked... Their back is to us, though.Episode 6
Shots of Rei, the stadium, Blader DJ and President Daitenji were cut out. In the dub, Max asks his father how Rei made his beyblade disappear, yet it
was in fact Takao's that did. Another shot of Rei was cut. Episode 7
The supposed 'birthday party' thrown for Takao was actually a good luck party
in the original version. A particular view of the cage was removed in the dub. Shots of Blader DJ were cut out. Shots of Ryuunosuke and Rei were cut. There were also close-ups of Takao, Kai and Kyouju cut in the dub. In the Japanese version, a map of the world with beybladers could be seen.
In the original, Kai was convinced to join team BBA because he was told there
were a lot of strong beybladers with holy beasts across the world. Episode 16
Episode 35
Episode 38
A short moment later, when Takao
is walking around the building halls, he meets Blot. After a small conversation,
Takao gets scared, takes a broom that was lying beside him and attacks Blot.
However, the other beyblader is not 'materially in his cape' anymore, so Takao
just squashes the piece of clothing on the floor while Blot threatens him
again. In
the dub, the whole scene with the broom was cut.
Episode 40
Episode 41
Before finding Alexander,
Kai looks into laboratories containing giant transparent tubes in which reside
different beasts like a bear, a dolphin, a bird, a snake and a wolf. Scientists extract the animals'
spirits to create holy beasts of their own. Consequently, this is how Wolborg,
Wyborg, Seaborg and Falborg were made. In the English dub, most of the creatures
are not shown.
Episode 42
After Kai has seen Black Dranzer chained in the middle of the room, Volkov explains to him how the beyblade was built. The man shown on the picture below is the one who made Black Dranzer, apparently. It seems he is called Rasputin and that, as a monk, he created Black Dranzer to conquer the world.
There is also a conversation between Yuriy and Ivan while the latter was battling Takao that was cut. Yuriy told Ivan to remember what Volkov had told them about not showing their true strenght. Ivan's reply showed he understood.
Episode 43
As Kai comes to the stadium and Blader DJ announces he has joined the Borgs, Takao goes up to him and asks why he betrayed team BBA. Kai does not answer; he roughly pushes Takao aside and continues his interupted walk to the Beyblade dish. In the dub, we only see Takao standing in front of Kai, then there is a cut, Kai continues walking and Takao talks on the ground.
Episode 46
Episode 50
BEYBLADE 2002 Episode 4
In the Japanese version, you could see Kyouju and Hiromi being grabbed by the kidnappers.
A short scene of Hiromi being pushed over was cut. There was originally a shot of Kyouju and Hiromi inside the van. In the kidnappers' first phone call, they actually threatened to kill Takao's
two friends if he did not do as they asked. After the third call, Takao slammed the phone down. A scene of Takao being knocked off his bike by the car was cut. The explosion was cut out when Takao, Kyouju and Hiromi left by boat. In Takao's flashback, there w Episode 5
Kai knocks Yuuya down when the window is smashed. In the original version, Kai and Dunga had already met before. The scenes where Yuuya follows Kai were longer in Japanese. Yuuya actually listened at Kai's door and Kai caught him. A short scene of Yuuya protecting himself from things falling from above him was cut. A shot of Yuuya hanging from the rooftop was cut. Episode 16
Episode 22
Episode 27
Episode 28
A short clip of Takao riding the bike he took was removed. When Takao is riding the bike and is at a certain distance behind Max's father's car, both Max and his father turn around to look at him, and Takao eventually manages to jump on a piece of metal to get in front of the car. In the dub, we can only see Takao behind, then Takao in front right after. Some scenes of the police cars skidding after crashing were cut. A clip of two other cars being shot at and one landing on top of the other was cut. Instead, all that is seen in the dub is two cars upside down, their windshield destroyed, without any explanation. Shots of Takao before and after ripping his Beyblade were deleted or shortened. Episode 29
In the original version, the police officers are silent when watching the smashed cars, but they were made to say "Good thing everyone is alright" in the dub to ensure that no death would be inferred. Episode 37
Episode 41
Episode 44
Episode 51
BEYBLADE MOVIE Instead of "Beyblade: Fierce Battle", the movie was originally called "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Gekitou!! Takao Vs. Daichi". In Japan, the movie was originally showed just before G Revolution started airing, as it is supposed to be in chronological order. During the final match of the Japanese tournament, a sign in the background says "Go Shoot" instead of "Let it rip" in the English version of the movie. BEYBLADE G REVOLUTION
Title Screen
Dranzer's Fire
Max's Favourite Condiment
Episode 1
Takao calls Daichi 'monkey' (yamazaru).
In the dub, he did refer to him that way in this episode, yet Takao keeps
calling him 'monkey' during the season. There
were several shots of the sign/banner of Takao's beyblading lessons. The kid that was blading against Takao had a blade called Soguro. In the English dub, it had no name. Daichi
originally believed that a Beyblade stadium was a rice bowl. A
shot of Takao and Hiromi each were cut. A
shot of Takao waving his arms was cut.
When Takao still declined
Daichi's Beyblade challenge, Daichi said something which angered Takao...
Shots
of Max
Episode 2
When Rei announces his departure to team BBA, Takao is upset and grabs him by the front of his shirt. Kyouju tries to calm Takao down yet he gets punched and falls to the
ground. This shocks Max.
Hitoshi's Metal Driger flies at Daichi's head.
A shot of Max on his bike was cut. While eating, Takao asking for
more rice was not in the dub. A scene of Takao walking towards Rei was
cut out.
Episode 3
This shot of Takao was cut.
Also, this picture
of Dragoon was not showed.
There were scenes showing people at the pool cut out. In the
original, the note Shippu no Jin sent for Takao said to meet him at the park at
7:30 PM while in the dub Rei said the rendezvous was at 8 o'clock sharp. However,
the clock at the park indicated 7:30 PM when the two meet for the battle. Shippu
no Jin's attack was "Wave Buster Illusion" in the Japanese version,
not "Wave Buster Attack". The music playing on Rick's radio,
in the original version, is the fifth track of the Original Soundtrack of G
Revolution, "Max no Theme".
Episode 4
Takao's head is smacked by his grandfather.
Daichi was tied and gagged. At night, he started crying since Takao forgot to untie
him. It is Takao's grandfather who finaly realises that he is still tied up,
but him appearing scares Daichi.
Daichi kicks Takao.
While he watches the cat on top of a building, Kai was actually silent in the
Japanese version.
On the way to his hometown in China, Rei was not originally talking on the boat. In the Japanese version, Kyouju is seen
working on his beyblade, Einstein MS.
A
simple shot of team Bai Hu Zu was cut in the dub.
While Rick
beyblades in alleys against random bladers, there were originally people waving
money, betting on the outcome of the battle.
Shippu no Jin glares at Daichi.
The dubbers added a flashback from episode 3, when Max first met Rick. Episode 5
Daichi reaches out to grab more food, yet Hiromi and Takao smack his head down on the table. A shot of Kyouju was cut. A shot of Takao, Daichi and Hiromi was cut. A short scene of Kyouju placing his injured arm under the tap was removed. A shot of Hiromi looking at Takao was cut. In the dub, it was said that the match between Kyouju vs. Kotarou was part of Block B, yet Takao, Kyouju and Kotarou were all in Block A. Only Daichi and Kai were in the other block. There was a short scene of Takao punching lockers. There was a sign of the match between Takao and Kotarou. A close-up of Kotarou's beyblade inside Dragoon's attack, Galaxy Storm, was cut. Kotarou originally talked before Takao did his special attack. A shot of Dragoon was cut. A shot of Kotarou falling backwards was cut. A short scene of Kotarou watching Takao's Galaxy Storm attack was cut. Episode 6
A shot of Kotarou was cut. In the original version, Daichi jumps on Takao's head. Takao throws him off and Daichi lands on Hiromi. Both of them fall to the floor. A shot of Takao was cut. Shots of Daichi with ripped pants were not shown in the dub. Takao shakes Kyouju in the original version. In the Japanese version, Gaia Dragoon shoots up and through the stadium roof, shattering glass in the process, and falls back down. A shot of Kai was cut. A shot of Daichi and Blader DJ was removed. Episode 7
In the original version, Rick was switching his music on, not off. Rei grabs
Lai by the shirt.
Episode 8
Hiromi
punches Daichi because he still called her 'obaasan'. She also sat on him.
Hitoshi announces to Takao, Daichi, Kyouju and Hiromi that Kai chose not to join team BBA. Takao does not take him seriously
and starts shaking his brother, which angers him. Hitoshi pushes Takao to the ground to make him realise how serious the situation really is and that he has to choose a partner. In the dub, one second you see Takao and Hitoshi standing, the next Takao is on the ground and looks shocked while Hitoshi shows his fist.
In the Japanese version, you could
actually see Takao and Daichi falling from the cliff into the river. The
nuts Takao and Daichi ate in the forest were in fact mushrooms. Takao
and Daichi could be seen surrounded by fire, in the forest. They
were almost hit by a tree. Their
tent was on fire. Episode
9
Instead of asking where New York city was,
Michael originally pushed Max to
the floor, which made the members of PPB All Stars laugh. Daichi
caught the baseball. A
kid cleaned up Takao and Daichi. After, he stole their blades, which was left in
the dub. In the
Japanese version, when Daichi was looking for the thief in a shop, the
shopkeeper could not help him because he did not understand Japanese (being
American) and thought Daichi wanted to buy the cap he was pointing at. Takao
pushed Daichi to the ground. Episode
10
A close-up of team BBA was cut.
Screens showing the upcoming matches were edited.
Daichi was picking his nose.
Shots of President Daitenji, Driger, Galeon, Rei and Rai were cut.
Episode 11
Shots of Takao and team Bai Hu Zu were cut.
A shot of Kyouju and Hiromi looking for Takao was cut.
A shot of Raul and Kai was cut. One of Raul was moved to a different
time.
Shots of Blader DJ, Barthez's Soldiers & PPB All Stars and the crowd
cheering the latter were cut.
In the Japanese version, the crowd was actually chanting 'USA' instead of 'PPB'. Originally,
there was a shot of where Claude was hit by the needle and one of him falling to
the ground. Shots of the Statue of Liberty were cut. Takao
punched the ground.
Episode 12
After their defeat or when they did not obey his orders, Barthez would
Shots of Barthez's Soldiers were cut out. Ones of
them going to help Mathilda too. Shots
of Barthez's laptop, Blader DJ, Rei, Kyouju, Hiromi and Daichi were cut. After
his match, Claude started punching the ground. After three times, Mihaeru
stopped him.
Episode 13
Tao brings Takao to a clothing store and makes him cross-dress (dress like a girl).
The shopkeeper then yells at them and Tao and Takao fight after being thrown out
of the shop.
A shot of Tao was cut. Shots
of Blader DJ, Kai, Hiromi, team BBA, Kyouju, Neo Borg, the television, the crowd
and stadium were cut.
Episode 18
Mihaeru's special attack
Episode 23
Kai observes Driger's moves and, after a while, he decides to attack with Blazing Gigus. In the dub, the whole attack was cut ridiculously since we see Kai's face changing colour for the special move, then only feathers shooting out of nowhere trying to strike Driger.
Episode 29
Episode 30
Episode 36
Episode 38
During the interview, Ming Ming punches the interviewer.
Some hits from Garland were removed in the dub, when Kai and him are having a practice match. For example, sometimes Garland's arm will be extended, but viewers never saw him extend it.
There is also some blood in that fight.
Episode 41
Episode 42
A shot of Takao's television showing paramedics surrounding Kai's fallen
figure was removed in the dub. This scene showed the real extent of the damage
Brooklyn inflicted on Kai.
Episode 48
This short scene of Yuriy crying, showed
after Dranzer MS shattered in the hall, in the original, was omitted in the dub version. The only possible reason is that they did not want to make Kai's fall seem like a serious death.
Episode 49
Episode 50
Episode 51
At the very end of the
series, there was a cut scene where all the main teams and characters of
Beyblade where shown while Kaze No Fuku Basho played. All those shots were cut except for the last one,
featuring Takao, Kai, Max, Rei, Daichi and Kyouju with "... Thank you!".
[Episode 52
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