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B-Daman CrossFire to Premiere on CW's Vortexx on August 17
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
A commercial on The CW television channel announced that Takara Tomy and d-rights' B-Daman CrossFire anime series will premiere in the United States on Saturday, August 17 at 10:30 a.m. The series will be part of the Vortexx block, which is now running Dragon Ball Z Kai, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. CW describes the story:
The story takes place in year 20XX - in the town of “East City,” where the toy “B-Daman” is popular with children.“Riki Ryugasaki” is an elementary school boy in this town.
He wants to be an adventurer when he grows up and his favorite word is “mystery.” Riki has a lively personality, but can be a bit of an airhead at times - he marches to the beat of his own drum.
One day Riki is taken to his first B-Daman event by his childhood friend and classmate, “Sumi Inaba.” Although he doesn't participate as a player, Riki's natural curiosity sparks an interest towards B-Daman. And when Riki hears an urban legend about “a secret B-Daman tournament (a tournament that only a very selected group of players are allowed to participate)” spreading amongst the children of the town, he is even strongly attracted to B-Daman.
The Japanese company d-rights confirmed with ANN last year that the company plans to release the Cross Fight B-Daman television anime worldwide under the name B-Daman CrossFire. The plans included a home video release along with the English-dubbed television broadcast. The company also confirmed with ANN that it plans to release the Cross Fight B-Daman eS sequel series, with a target date of fall 2014.
In 2010, Takara Tomy relaunched its B-Daman game franchise of marble-shooting toys under the name Cross Fight B-Daman, with original character designs by Yūji Nagai (A Penguin's Troubles (manga). The Cross Fight B-Daman anime is a tie-in to the new version of the toys, and Kenji Fujisaki adapted Nagai's character designs for television. The first series premiered in October 2011, and Cross Fight B-Daman eS premiered in Japan last October.
Thanks to Adam Martinez for the news tip
