lol wikipedia talk page is full of clueless idiots
I honestly think that the toys are more important then the tv show. I say that this page should be renamed Beyblade (media) and rename Beyblade (toy) to just Beyblade. The show does only excist to sell toys, does it not? 98.116.134.9 (talk) 21:19, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
No.
The anime is 154 episodes long across three seasons. Are you seriously trying to say that the real-life toys - which cannot physically do 90% of the things you see them doing in the anime - are more important?
I do not personally know whether the toys were made to give attention to the anime or whether they were produced concurrently, but I find it practically impossible to believe that someone would make a high profile TV series out of a spinning top.
Also, for future reference, new sections go at the bottom of the page, not at the top. That's why there's a "+" button specifically to let you start a new section. ~ Keiji (iNVERTED) (Talk) 23:36, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
In fact I just did what I always do, which is completely forgetting that 99% of all Japanese anime are based on manga.
The manga would have undoubtedly been made before the toys. Therefore the manga is technically what should be under the main article. ~ Keiji (iNVERTED) (Talk) 23:39, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Alright. Sorry 'bout converseing in the wrong spot. But the "Toys" (its a hobby, deal) are a real, physical thing. They are not something to make money on the side. The anime is designed to sell the toys. Fact. Also, whole forums have risen over the whole "toys" thing, while they include an anime section. The rest is the hobby. If u just say beyblade, ur talking about the hoby. To speak about the apparently so important show, u say Bakuten Shoot Beyblade. This is not opinion. This is fact. Just check
http://www.bbuniverse.forumotion.org or
http://wolrdbeyblade.org (sorry, but i don't speak HTML). 98.116.134.9 (talk) 23:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
I responded, actually:
You evidently do not have an understanding about how Japanese marketing for toylines works. Specifically in the case of Beyblade, the toy was in fact created before the manga, with both the manga and anime serving as promotions for the toyline. It's interesting that you say this with such certainty when fervent fans of the series are ready to correct you at any corner. If you look into the history, you will see this is correct. Even just checking Wikipedia alone, you will discover that the toyline began in 1999, and the manga began in 2000. Toy companies approach manga-ka to create promotional manga for their lines. The only series I can recall where this was not the case was Yu-Gi-Oh!, which was basically because a chapter based on a card game ended up being significantly more popular than anticipated. 207.61.11.14 (talk) 19:07, 28 October 2009 (UTC) Bey Brad