Bakugan: Battle Planet
Bakugan: Battle Planet (爆丸バトルプラネット, Bakugan Batoru Puranetto) is an anime television series serving as a reboot of the 2007–2012 series Bakugan Battle Brawlers. The series is produced by Man of Action, Nelvana and Spin Master Entertainment and animated by TMS Entertainment. Battle Planet premiered in North America in December 2018, airing on Teletoon in Canada and Cartoon Network in the United States, and later debuted in Japan in April 2019.
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| 爆丸バトルプラネット (Bakugan Batoru Puranetto) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Directed by | Kazuya Ichikawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Written by | Kazuhiko Inukai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music by | Voodoo Highway (International) Yasuharu Takanashi (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Studio | TMS Entertainment Man of Action Nelvana Animation Spin Master Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Original network | Canada: Teletoon Japan: TV Tokyo United States: Cartoon Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Original run | December 31, 2018 – February 9, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Episodes | 50 (100 segments) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The second season, titled Bakugan: Armored Alliance (爆丸アーマードアライアンス, Bakugan Āmādo Araiansu), premiered on February 16, 2020, in Canada, and on March 1 in the U.S. It was released exclusively online in Japan on April 3, 2020. The third season Bakugan: Geogan Rising (爆丸ジオガンライジング, Bakugan Jiogan Raijingu) premiered on January 24, 2021, in Canada, with its first thirteen episodes streaming on Netflix in the United States starting April 15, 2021. The second half was released on Roblox's Bakugan hub on September 8, 2021, and on Netflix on September 15.
A fourth season, Bakugan: Evolutions, debuted in Canada on Teletoon on February 6, 2022.
A fifth and final season titled Bakugan: Legends streamed on Netflix on March 1, 2023.
On June 16, 2023, a trailer for another Bakugan reboot was released on YouTube. The reboot was released on Netflix on September 1, 2023, and also started airing on Disney XD on September 23, 2023. The first two episodes were previewed on Roblox on August 4, 2023.