Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders

Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders
Naming
Dubbed	Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders
Translated	Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders
Katakana	爆丸バトルブローラーズ ガンダリアンインベーダーズ
Romanized	Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu Gandarian Inbēdāzu
Involvements
Producers	Sega Toys Spin Master TMS Entertainment Maxpire Entertainment Nelvana
Licensor	Nelvana
Director	Mitsuo Hashimoto
Broadcasters
Japanese Network	TV Tokyo
English Network	Teletoon Cartoon Network
Stats
Japanese	April 03, 2011 - January 22, 2012
International	May 23, 2010 - January 29, 2011
Number of episodes	39
Navigation
Previous	Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia
Next	Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge

Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders (爆丸バトルブローラーズ ガンダリアンインベーダーズ, Bakugan Batoru Burōrāzu Gandarian Inbēdāzu^?) is the third season of the anime series, Bakugan Battle Brawlers. It contains a total of 39 episodes and made its debut on May 23, 2010 in Canada and on May 29, 2010 in the United States. The original Japanese version began airing on April 3, 2011 on TV Tokyo at 9:00 AM JST.

Story

Dan Kuso, Marucho Marukura, and Shun Kazami get caught up in a war between two different alien factions in another universe, teaming up with three new brawlers: the Neathian, Fabia Sheen, the new human, Jake Vallory, and the undercover Gundalian, Ren Krawler, in order to stop the evil Gundalian invaders, the Twelve Orders, from destroying Neathia, and possibly Earth. They meet these extraterrestrials when they enter through the virtual reality Bakugan Interspace. At first, the Brawlers are deceived into thinking that Neathia had started the war against Gundalia but, as the story progresses, the Brawlers realize that its actually the other way around. The stakes are high! Will the Battle Brawlers defeat the Twelve Orders, saving the Bakugan once more? Or will they lose this time?

New Game Features

• Bakugan Battle Gear
• Reference Cards
• Bakugan Super Assault
• Special Evolution
• Bakugan Mobile Assault
• Bakugan Deluxe Battle Gear
• BakuMeter
• Baku-Egg
• DNA Code

Bakugan Dimensions

Main article: Bakugan Dimensions

The MMORPG Bakugan Dimensions was closely tied to Gundalian Invaders, launching a month after the anime began airing and having tie-ins to the physical toy line that released with it. The game would last a bit over a year before being shut down on June 30, 2011, around the end of the first arc of Mechtanium Surge.

Trivia

Theme Songs

English

• This Is Bakugan - Creighton Dan and Daniel Leblanc
• This Is Bakugan (Instrumental Version) - Ending

Japanese Openings

• Ready Go! by Sissy (1-13)
• Mega Meta by Yu Kobayashi (14-39)

Japanese Endings

• Love The Music by LISP feat. Yu Kobayashi (1-13)
• Tan Kyu Shin by Kreva (14-31)
• Love Go! Courage Go! by TAKUYA (32-39)

Background

According to Sega Toys president Isao Kokubun, the third season ties into the global online game project entitled Bakugan Dimensions. It is followed by Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge.

Characters

Battle Brawlers/Castle Knights

• Dan Kuso : The main character of the series. He uses the Pyrus Attribute.
  • Bakugan: Helix Dragonoid → Lumino Dragonoid → Blitz Dragonoid → Titanium Dragonoid
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: JetKor → Explosix Gear → Axator Gear
  • Bakuagn Mobile Assault: Raytheus → Jakalier
  • Ultimate Weapon: Dragonoid Colossus (Deceased)
• Marucho Marukura : The brain of the group who uses the Aquos Attribute.
  • Bakugan: Akwimos
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Gigarth
• Shun Kazami : The ninja Ventus brawler who uses calm stragies to take down foes.
  • Bakugan: Hawktor
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Swayther
• Jake Vallory : The new Subterra member of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers who lives in Dan's new town.
  • Bakugan: Coredem
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Rock Hammer
• Fabia Sheen : The new Haos Brawler, the princess of Neathia and younger sister of the queen of Neathia.
  • Bakugan: Aranaut
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Battle Crusher
• Ren Krawler : The Gundalian traitor. He started with the brawlers (spying for Gundalia), then back with the Gundalians trying to beat the Brawlers, then recently, back with the Brawlers as a Castle Knight. He uses the Darkus attribute and was the leader of the Gundalian Agents.
  • Bakugan: Linehalt
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Boomix
• Serena Sheen: The queen of Neathia, she is also Fabia's older sister. She doesn't battle, but sends Fabia to get the brawlers and watches over the city.
• Captain Elright : The Captain of the Neathian Force.
  • Bakugan: Raptorix
• Julie Makimoto: Moved to Bayview like Dan. She helps Jake with his first battle in Brawler To Be as a former Subterra brawler. However this time she does not battle.
• Linus Claude : One of the strongest Brawlers on the Neathian side and a Castle Knight. He is a Pyrus brawler.
  • Bakugan: Neo Ziperator (Deceased); Rubanoid
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Destrakon Gear

Gundalians

Twelve Orders: The strongest Gundalian brawlers, led by their emperor, Barodius. Six of them are the strongest brawlers of their element, while the other six (also referred to as the "Gundalian Agents") are the most promising of the younger brawlers.

• Barodius (Deceased): The Emperor of Gundalia and the Darkus Brawler of the Twelve Orders. He wants to get the Sacred Orb for himself.
  • Bakugan: Dharak → Phantom Dharak (Deceased)
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: AirKor
• Kazarina (Deceased): The Haos Brawler of the Twelve Orders. She was always by Barodius' side. She has a rivalry with Gill.
  • Bakugan: Lumagrowl
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Barias Gear
• Gill (Deceased): The Pyrus Brawler and second in command of the Twelve Orders.
  • Bakugan: Krakix (Deceased)
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Vicer
• Airzel (Deceased): The Ventus Brawler of the Twelve Orders and Captain of the Gundalian Forces.
  • Bakugan: Strikeflier (Deceased)
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Battle Turbine
• Nurzak : Originally the Subterra member of the Twelve Orders, he eventually defects to Neathia. After winning the war, Nurzak declares he will return to Gundalia to form a new government as well as forge only friendly relations with their neighbors, the Neathians.
  • Bakugan: Sabator
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Chompixx
• Stoica (Deceased): The Aquos Brawler of the Twelve Orders and the most insane.
  • Bakugan: Lythirus (Deceased)
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Razoid

Gundalian Agents:

• Ren Krawler : See above
• Sid Arkale (Deceased)
  • Bakugan: Rubanoid (Given to Ren, later to Linus)
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Destrakon Gear
• Lena Isis: An arrogant and genius Gundalian Aquos brawler for the Gundalian Agents.
  • Bakugan: Phosphos
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Terrorcrest
• Mason Brown: An arrogant and sly Gundalian Subterra brawler for the Gundalian Agents.
  • Bakugan: Avior
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Lashor
• Zenet Surrow: An shapeshifter Gundalian Haos brawler for the Gundalian Agents.
  • Bakugan: Contestir
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Spartablaster
• Jesse Glenn: A poetic Gundalian who is the Ventus brawler for the Gundalian Agents.
  • Bakugan: Plitheon
  • Bakugan Battle Gear: Vilantor Gear

Other Brawlers

• Shuji
• Koji
• Casey
• Taylor
• Sein Pam
• Lewin Pam
• Jin (Deceased)
• Robin
• Floria (Deceased)

Episodes

Main article: List of Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders Episodes

Miscellaneous trivia

• This is the only season that does not:
  • Have the Battle Brawlers visit Vestroia/New Vestroia.
  • Contain an Attribute-changing Bakugan, although Gate Cards are able to change a Bakugan's attribute.
  • Have Preyas, Blade Tigrerra, Wavern, Alpha Hydranoid, Hammer Gorem, and Storm Skyress appear.
  • Have a villainous masked brawler. (Season 1 had Masquerade, Season 2 had Spectra Phantom, and Season 4 has Mag Mel and Wiseman.)
  • Have a Japanese opening theme song performed by Psychic Lover.
• This is the only season in which every Bakugan seen was produced as a toy. (Although Blitz Dragonoid's toy looks completely different than he does in the anime.)
• This is the only season where the Subterra member of the Battle Brawlers is male.
• This is the first season where the main antagonists were all adults.
• Dharak and Drago are the only Bakugan to evolve in this season.
• It is the shortest season of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers series, with only 39 compared to the first two seasons' 52, and Mechtanium Surge's 46 (if the arcs are counted as separate seasons, this season is the third shortest).
• A few episodes' title screens switched the Subterra and Ventus symbols around.
• Beginning in the second half of the season, G-Powers had no bearing on the results of a battle. This continued in Mechtanium Surge until End of the Line.
• Starting in this season and the next, Teletoon made more specific edits, like trimming pauses during mouth movements to match the time slot. They also added transition effects that weren't in the Japanese dub.
• This season also marks the first time that Dan has had another Guardian Bakugan other than Drago (Dragonoid Colossus, and not including the time when he had to use Apollonir after Drago's capture by Spectra Phantom).
• Dan was also the only one of the Battle Brawlers to use the Mobile Assault Vehicles.

Gallery

English

Japanese