Bakugan Battle Planet

Bakugan: Battle Planet
Production
Studio	TMS Entertainment Co. Nelvana
Network	Cartoon Network Teletoon
Episodes	100 (11 minutes)
Original run	23 December 2018–
Series Guide
Followed by	Bakugan: Battle Planet Season 2

Bakugan: Battle Planet is the name of the first season of the upcoming Bakugan reboot.

The season follows the adventures of Dan Kouzo and his best friends, the first kids on Earth to bond with the mysterious alien creatures known as the Bakugan. The storyline will revolve around friendship, battling, and competition.

The animated series is slated to begin airing in North America in December 2018. The toy line will release in the first quarter of 2019 in North America and other select regions, with a worldwide release to follow in the second quarter of 2019. There will also be online content for the series. A second season is already being planned.

Development

A Bakugan relaunch was first mentioned in Spin Master's Q3 2015 Financial Results conference call. On November 16, 2017, "Bakugan Battle Planet" was filed as a trademark by Spin Master on November 16, 2017. Their 2017 Business Segment Report contained art for Bakugan Battle Planet.

During Spin Master's Q4 2017 financial results conference call, more details about the reboot were discussed. The episodes will be two eleven-minute programs rather than the traditional 22-minute format. The possibility of a movie is also in discussion. For the toy line, Spin Master mentioned "advanced innovation" being brought to the toys and confirmed that it would be a global release. A second trademark was filed on March 29, 2018, depicting a proper logo.

In its Q2 2018 financial results conference call, Spin Master set a tentative release date for the show and its toy line for Spring 2019. In October, the show was pushed forward to a December 2018 release. A few days later, Battle Planet was confirmed to consist of 100 11-minute episodes which also can be marketed as 50 22-minute episodes. On October 15, some voice actors for the series and character names were revealed via Twitter; Dan Kouzo would be voiced by Jonah Wineburg, Shun by Ticoon Kim, and Wynton Styles by Deven Mack.

In early November, new toys were listed on Amazon, showing off some of the new Bakugan and the new attribute symbols.

The Bakugan.com official site, leading up to December 1st, had a sign-up form for email newsletters regarding Battle Planet information, as well as a countdown to December 1st. After December 1st, no new information was revealed, but a new countdown timer was set to December 17th, promising that "all will be revealed." There were two other notable changes: the sign-up form changed, from simply prompting "Enter Your Birthday" then asking for an email, to "Sign up for our Baku-Blast! Enter your age to begin," as well as a new "Incoming Transmission" message at the top of screen which, upon clicking, would play a short clip of an unknown Pyrus Dragonoid blasting fire at the screen before returning to the main page.

Characters

• Dan Kouzo
• Wynton Styles
• Shun Kazami
• Lia Venegas
• Lightning
• ‎Benton Dusk
• China Riot
• Magnus Black
• Masato Kazami
• Philomena Dusk
• ‎Strata the Hunter
• AAY
• BEE
• CEE
• DEE
• E

Physical Game

Like the original series, Bakugan: Battle Planet will have an integrated toy line featuring physical toys, marble-like balls that transform into collectible characters once rolled over a magnetic card. Along with the physical game, mobile app and online integration are also in the works.

The toy line is set to release in North America and other select markets in the first quarter of 2019, with a full global roll-out in the second quarter.

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