Monday, April 6, 2009

Modern Toy and Game: Bakugan

Modern Toys and Game: Bakugan
By; SmartWeb

Bakugan Battle Brawlers and also known shortly as Bakugan is a Japanese anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. At its root called as Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them.

In an alternate dimension of Earth known as Vestroia a community of creatures known as Bakugan live in relative harmony. However, as the series opens, an evil Bakugan, Naga, decides to take a power relic, known as the Silent Core, from the rest of society and assimilate the core into himself to make him stronger and a ruler over the Bakugans. The negative energy of the Silent Core is too much for Naga to handle and it explodes. This explosion causes the Infinity Core to be shot into earth. These Silent and Infinite Cores must be found and brought back together in order to restore balance to Vestroia and allow the Bakugan to live in peace.
Many people in the human world began to find random metallic cards falling from the sky. The cards showed a Bakugan, the Bakugans traits and their environment. Children throughout the world began playing games with these cards which would spawn real events in the Vestroia dimension.
The series protagonist, Dan Kuso, became quite skilled in the game of Bakugan. Dan along with his friends Shun, Runo, Marucho, Julie, and Alice form a group called the Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Together they use and learn about the Bakugan including the alternate dimension of reality they come from, Vestroia, and many of the Bakugan's individual abilities.
This soon leads the group to help in the fight to save Vestroia against the antagonists Masquerade, Hal-G, and the Bakugan Naga. Ultimately the Bakugan Battle Brawlers are in a race against these antagonists to get the Silent and Infinite Cores, and reunite them to bring balance back to Vestroia.
As the original 52 episodes come towards an end Naga and Hal-G launch a massive assault on the Battle Brawlers home city to find and locate Wavern, the Bakugan in possession of the Infinity Core. In the end, a powerful and good Bakugan. Drago, distories Wavern to make sure that the Infinity Core does not fall into the hands of Naga. Drago then absorbs the Infinity Core and becomes the ultimate Bakugan with no attribute limits. He and Dan battle Hal-G and Naga in a final battle, but Drago is injured in an attack from Naga's defensive Bakugan.
The other Battle Brawlers soon join in the fight with their own Bakugan to help Drago finish off the defensive Bakugan and ultimately Naga. In the end, Naga is destroyed, and the Silent Core is absorbed by Drago. As this happens all of the Bakugan in the human dimension must return to Vestroia. The series ends with Dan taking Runo on a date a couple of months after the final battle. As he is walking he looks to the sky and sees an image of Drago which tells him,"I'll never forget you, my friend"
In February 2009 Digital Blue announced a new line of Bakugan branded electronics for the 7-11 age group. Products include branded digital cameras, alarm clocks and other electronics.
The story of the Bakugan could inspire a hero spirit, ambitious, curious, work hard. Although, parents have to guide their kids while playing or watching Bakugan.

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