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| studio = TMS Entertainment<br />Japan Vistec<br />Nelvana
| network = TV Tokyo (JP)<br />Teletoon (CA)<br />Cartoon Network (US)
| original run = April 5, 2007<ref name="Airdate">[http://www.tms-e.com/tv_movie/bakugan/ TMS Entertainment's ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' website]</ref>–March 20, 2008
| episodes = 52
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Though initially a failure in Japan, the series became popular in the Canada and the US, prompting the creation of three subsequent seasons, all of which aired in the west prior to its release in its home country.
== Plot ==
[[Dan Kuso]]'s life changed one day when random cards fell out of the sky. Children all around the world invented a game called Bakugan out of these cards and the strange toys that turned into creatures. Together with his friends [[Runo Misaki]], [[Marucho Marukura]], [[Julie Makimoto]], [[Shun Kazami]], and [[Alice Gehabich]], they formed the Bakugan Battle Brawlers.
Unbeknownst to them, they would soon be dragged into a fight for the fate of [[Vestroia]]—the Bakugan's home dimension—against [[Naga]], [[Masquerade]], and the [[Doom Beings]] that seek to take over the world with the power of the [[Perfect Core]].
== List of Characters ==
===Battle Brawlers===
[[File:2011-04-14 1102.png|thumb|The Battle Brawlers in the intro]]
*[[Dan Kuso]] {{attribute|Pyrus|desc=no|size=10px}}: The main protagonist of the series, Dan is a boy who loves playing Bakugan and gets frustrated easily. His greatest ambition is to be the number one battle brawler in the world.
**Bakugan: [[Dragonoid (Generation 1)|Dragonoid]] ([[Drago (Dan Kuso)|Drago]]) → [[Delta Dragonoid]] → [[Ultimate Dragonoid]] → [[Infinity Perfect Dragonoid]]
*[[Runo Misaki]] {{attribute|Haos|desc=no|size=10px}}: Runo is a tomboy who loves playing Bakugan with people that have skills to show off. She also helps her parents run their family restaurant.
**Bakugan: [[Tigrerra]] → [[Blade Tigrerra]]
*[[Marucho Marukura]] {{attribute|Aquos|desc=no|size=10px}}: An extremely rich boy who is very generous and intelligent, a bit like a walking encyclopedia. He loves to play Bakugan and he also likes to work on strategies. He used to be very obedient to his parents just because he wanted to please them, but that changed when he met the Brawlers. He now has no regrets for the past, realizing that he only wanted to make his parents happy.
**Bakugan: [[Preyas (Marucho Marukura)|Preyas]] → [[Angelo/Diablo PreyasII (Marucho Marukura)|Preyas II]]
*[[Julie Makimoto]] {{attribute|Subterra|desc=no|size=10px}}: Julie is a girl who tries to stay happy even when the worst has happened; her acting happy after something bad happened is generally just to hide up her true feelings. Julie forgets things easily, proving that she is a little scatterbrained at times.
**Bakugan: [[Gorem]] → [[Hammer Gorem]]
**Bakugan: [[Alpha Hydranoid]]
====The Doom Beings==== [[File:Naga3.png|thumb|Silent Naga]]
*[[Naga]]: The primary antagonist of the season. A rogue Bakugan who wants to control all power in Vestroia by stealing the completed [[Perfect Core]].
*[[Hal-G]]{{attribute|Darkus|desc=no|size=10px}}: He assists Naga in his quest to get the Infinity Core from Wavern.
*[[Masquerade]] {{attribute|Darkus|desc=no|size=10px}}: The top-ranked Bakugan player whose goal is to send all Bakugan to the Doom Dimension with his Doom Card, so he can evolve his Hydranoid and have the ultimate Bakugan.
**Bakugan: [[Reaper]], [[Hydranoid]] → [[Dual Hydranoid]] → [[Alpha Hydranoid]]
==Media==
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{{main|List of Bakugan Battle Brawlers Episodes}}
The fifty-two episode anime television series was produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto in 2007. ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' made its debut in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2007<ref name=Airdate />, and was rebroadcast six days later on BS Japan. Nelvana Enterprises produced the English language version and premiered the series on the Canadian network Teletoon on July 2007 and then on Cartoon Network on February 24, 2008.
* [[List of Bakugan Battle Brawlers DVDs|Bakugan Battle Brawlers DVDs]] (Original Japanese)
**Where Drago's final evolution isn't his first form in the next season.
*All the Japanese episode titles are named after well-known Japanese songs, mostly from the 1970s.
*In response to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami] in March 2011, ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' was distributed for free online for a short time by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS_Entertainment TMS Entertainment], in order to help relieve the psychological stress of the disaster. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS_Entertainment Press release from TMS Entertainment]</ref>
=== Localization Changes ===
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The_brawlers_at_Runo's_dinner.png|At [[Runo]]'s cafe, after the top Brawlers were defeated by [[Masquerade]]
Bakugan ep 35 i.png|[[Dan]] facing [[Marucho]], [[Julie]], and [[Shun]] in order to have [[Drago (Dan Kuso)|Drago]] evolve
2011-04-14_1143.png|The Battle Brawlers unamused
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