Beyblade is a Japanese anime series that was produced by TV Tokyo. It was released on January 8, 2001 and ended on December 24, 2001. The English dub was censored in order to make it more family friendly; as a result violence and sexuality was toned down.
Censorship[]
International censorship[]
- Episode 1
- The scene that shows the old man licking his kendo stick was cut.
- The scene that shows Takao hitting Hiruta was cut.
- Episode 3
- The scene that shows Ryuunosuke tapping Takao which results in him falling was cut.
- Episode 5
- The scene that shows Max biting the winder was cut.
- The scene that shows Takao, Max and Kyouju getting out of the hot springs naked was cut.
- Episode 40
- The scene that shows Kai sneaking up in the Abbey was cut.
- The whole Kai going to the dugeon scene where he meets Zangiev and gets frightened due to remembering his past was cut.
- Episode 43
- The scene that shows Kai roughly pushing Takao aside was cut.
Where to find it uncensored[]
The Japanese subtitled version is completely uncensored.