Beast Saga
Beast Saga | |
![]() Cover of the first manga volume | |
ビーストサーガ (Bīsuto Sāga) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Manabu Honjō |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Saikyo Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 4, 2012 – October 4, 2013 |
Volumes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Katsumi Ono |
Produced by | Rika Sasaki Yoshikazu Beniya |
Written by | Michihiro Tsuchiya |
Music by | Koichiro Kameyama |
Studio | SynergySP |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
English network | |
Original run | January 13, 2013 – September 29, 2013 |
Episodes | 52 (+14 unaired) |
Video game | |
Beast Saga: The Strongest Clash In The Colosseum | |
Developer | Nippon Columbia |
Publisher | Takara Tomy |
Genre | Action game |
Platform | Nintendo 3DS |
Released | July 25, 2013 |
Beast Saga (ビーストサーガ, Bīsuto Sāga) is a Japanese multi-media franchise by Takara Tomy that includes a dice game, manga series, an anime television series and a video game for the Nintendo 3DS.[1][2][3][4] It is similar to Takara's earlier Battle Beasts toyline.
Characters
- Liogre (ライオーガ, Raiōga)
- Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki
- Big Cero (ビッグセロウ, Bigguserou)
- Voiced by: Gou Inoue
- Leoparmint (レパーミント, Repaminto)
- Voiced by: Yoko Honda
- Minedrill (マインドリール, Maindorīru)
- Voiced by: Tadashi Miyazawa
- Ogre (オーガ, Ōga)
- Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi
Anime
On September 4, 2012 Japanese book publisher Shueisha announced the franchise would receive an anime television adaptation.[2] The series, produced by SynergySP, premiered on TV Tokyo on January 13, 2013 at 8:44 a.m.[5] It ran for thirty-eight 11-minute episodes in a half hour block shared with B-Daman Fireblast, which both concluded on September 29, 2013. Similar to SynergySP's Beyblade: Shogun Steel, Beast Saga's internet streaming and international versions were released as twenty-six 22-minute episodes.[6] Two 11-minute episodes were merged into a 22-minute one and included the addition of seven unreleased episodes, which were previously announced as a second season.[7][8]
In 2014, voice actress Erin Fitzgerald listed Beast Saga on her resume.[9] An English version of the show premiered on Toonami Asia on April 19, 2015.[10]
Episodes
References
- ^ "Takara Tomy's Beast Saga Anime Slated for January". Anime News Network. November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ a b "Takara Tomy's Beast Saga Franchise Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. September 4, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ "Beast Saga TV Anime Slated for January 13". Anime News Network. December 4, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ "Beast Saga Is A Brawler Game With A Lion, A Shark, And A Giraffe". Siliconera. CraveOnline. May 27, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "Beast Saga TV Anime's 1st Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. December 29, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "「ビーストサーガ 第26話 絶望と勇気」の動画視聴". U-NEXT. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "Beast Saga Franchise Gets 2nd Anime Series". Anime News Network. October 10, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "皆様、お待たせしました!本日より、遂にdアニメストアでの全話配信がスタートしました!未放送だったソアラ聖国編では、ライオーガたちとともに、キャプテンイーグルはじめ風の戦士団が大活躍します。ライオーガのアツい思い、仲間たちの結束力、オーガの成長ぶり、そして数々のギャグと名(迷?)ゼリフが満載のビーストサーガ。テレビで観た、という方も是非第1話から通してお楽しみください。面白さ、再発見すること間違いなしです!視聴方法は、こちら!". Takara Tomy. Facebook. August 21, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "English Dub Voice Actress Lists Beast Saga Credits". Anime News Network. September 5, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
- ^ "Beasts battle it out for honor in new show 'Beast Saga' only on Toonami". Click the City. April 17, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
External links
- Beast Saga (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia