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Beyblade Burst Premieres in US on Disney XD in December

Toy company Disney XD beginning in December. The announcement lists the series with 51 episodes.

In addition, Disney XD has acquired the seven previous Toonami Asia but was never released in North America.

Sunrights also announced a Beyblade Burst app for iOS and Android devices. The app will allow s to scan their Beyblade Burst toys and battle with them over local wifi. Hasbro will distribute the toys in the United States beginning in January 2017.

The official English website for Beyblade Burst streamed a trailer for the English dub last month:

The series began Disney XD Canada.

The anime Sonic Soldier Borgman) handled the series scripts.

Production company d-rights describes the show:

Beyblades are the most popular battle tops in the world. Boys around the globe put their hearts and souls into fierce Beyblade battles.

Valt Aoi is a fifth-grade elementary school student who is crazy about Beyblade. Valt's best friend since childhood, Shu Kurenai, is hailed as a Beyblade prodigy and has already been named as one of the National Beyblade Tournament's Final Four. Inspired by Shu's accomplishments, Valt sets his sights on reaching this year's national tournament.

But to get to the big leagues, he must first emerge victorious from the district tournament––no easy feat, given the tough opponents standing in his way.

Determined to win, Valt aims to make it to the championship, where he hopes to battle Shu and move on to the national tournament. As he battles, Valt broadens his circle of friends and reaches new heights. Without even realizing it, he has begun to dream of becoming the best Blader in the world.

Toy company Hasbro and d-rights' U.S. subsidiary Sunrights announced plans in February to launch the Beyblade Burst toys and anime outside of Japan. Toys "R" Us launched the toys in Canada last month.

Thanks to I Miss Bionix for the news tip.