The Best Anime Like Beyblade

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Did you know that the Madhouse-produced anime Beyblade was based on a manga conceived to promote spinning tops known as "Beyblades"? For those who might be newly discovering Beyblade, there are many similar anime that can satisfy you in the same way. This list ranks the best anime similar to Beyblade, with the order determined by anime fans like you.

Another competition-style anime similar to Beyblade is Yu-Gi-Oh!, a 2000 anime series that centers on solving the ancient Millennium Puzzle. There's also Crush Gear Turbo and Cardfight!! Vanguard. Still more anime like Beyblade include Medabots, Gundam Build Fighters, Super YoYo, and the series where you "gotta catch 'em all," Pokémon.

By voting up or down these anime titles like Beyblade, you'll be helping your fellow anime fans known which titles to check out first for their Beyblade fix. Also, there might be a title or two missing and if so, feel free to add the Beyblade rec yourself and keep the list growing!

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    472 votes
    A fifth-grade boy, Valt Aoi, works toward participating in the National Tournament.
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    428 votes
    Pokémon
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    Ash, Brock and Misty battle to become great Pokémon trainers.
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    509 votes
    Yu-Gi-Oh!
    Yugi and his friends play a card-battling game called Duel Monsters with roots in ancient Egypt.
  • Bakugan Battle Brawlers
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    Dan and his friends battle their Bakugan Brawlers.
  • Young student Aichi Sendou learns a competitive card game.
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    184 votes

    Battle B-Daman

    Battle B-Daman
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    Battle B-Daman is a manga series by Eiji Inuki which ran in CoroCoro Comics by Shogakukan from 2002 to 2005. An anime was created and it first aired in January 2004 in Japan, replacing Explosive Shoot Beyblade G Revolution in its 18:00 timeslot. It premiered in the United States in April 2005. Like its predecessor, it is themed around an enhanced version of a children's schoolyard game – whereas Beyblade was based around spinning tops, Battle B-Daman is a dramatized version of marbles. It is the first show of the B-Daman series to be dubbed in English. In Japan, it airs on TV Tokyo. In the United States, it once aired on ABC Family and Toon Disney's JETIX block. At one point, as well as G4 in the USA, but on the latter was replaced by G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 soon after. In Canada, it airs on YTV, in which on February 2007, the second season commenced with a completely new voice cast, and what some have called inferior dubbing from the first season; the French dub of the show airs on Télétoon. In the India, it airs on DD National and Zee TV and the first few episodes are currently available through DD Kashir TV on demand service.
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    138 votes

    Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

    Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
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  • Gundam Build Fighters
    Gundam Build Fighters is a 2013 Japanese science fiction anime television series based on Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. The series is directed by Kenji Nagasaki of No. 6 and written by Yousuke Kuroda of Mobile Suit Gundam 00. Character designs were done by both Kenichi Ohnuki and Suzuhito Yasuda. The series was first unveiled under the name "1/144 Gundam Mobile" project by Sunrise, before its official announcement. In contrast to other Gundam series, Gundam Build Fighters focuses on the Gundam model aspect of the franchise. The series was officially unveiled by Bandai on July 2, 2013, during the series's live press conference as part of Gundam's 35th Anniversary in 2014. It premiered on TXN stations in Japan and on YouTube in limited international markets on October 7, 2013. One Manga adaptation and two photonovels were also announced by Sunrise, and currently running on Gundam Ace, Hobby Japan, and Dengeki Hobby Magazine magazines. Gundam Build Fighters is followed by the 2014 sequel Gundam Build Fighters Try.
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    162 votes

    Beast Saga

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    110 votes

    Super YoYo

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    74 votes
    Medabots
    Medabots, known in Japan as Medarot, is a role-playing video game franchise developed by Natsume and published by Imagineer in Japan in 1997. The video game franchise was later adapted into a Japanese anime television series produced by Bee Train. Spanning 52 episodes, the series originally aired on TV Tokyo from July 2, 1999 until June 30, 2000. Medarot Damashii, a thirty-nine episode sequel to the anime series that was produced by Production I.G, aired from July 7, 2000 through March 30, 2001. Both the series and its sequel are licensed by Nelvana. The Nelvana English dubbed version of Medabots aired on the Fox Kids network from September 1, 2001 through November 2, 2002 and was one of the channel's highest rated new series at the time. Medarot Damashii followed a year later, airing from September 13, 2003 until March 7, 2004. A manga series, written by Rin Horumarin was also produced by the series. It was serialized in the shōnen magazine Comic Bom Bom in Japan and then published into collected volumes by Kodansha. The manga based on the first game, Medarot, was never translated into English.
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    97 votes
    Utawarerumono
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    A mysterious man must protect the people who nursed him back to health.
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    92 votes
    Yu Yu Hakusho
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    A young man and his friends protect the human world.
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    80 votes

    Crush Gear Turbo

    Crush Gear Turbo
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    Crush Gear Turbo, also known just as Crush Gear, is an anime and manga series. The anime series, produced by Sunrise, spanned 68 episodes, aired across Japan on the anime television network Animax, from October 7, 2001 to January 26, 2003. It was followed on by a sequel, Crush Gear Nitro, which has also been aired across Japan by Animax. Crush Gear Turbo was about people who threw mechanical vehicles into a large ring to fight and "crush" each other. Magna Pacific released Crush Gear Turbo in English in Australia. In the Philippines, ABS-CBN, Studio 23 and Hero TV also released the anime in Tagalog dub. It also aired on Cartoon Network in English dub.
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    73 votes

    Tiger Mask W

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    Tiger Mask W is a 2016 anime series that functions as a sequel to the original 1969 Tiger Mask series. In 2013, 42 years after Naoto Date's disappearance from Japan, the Global Wrestling Monopoly defeated the Zipangu Pro-Wrestling team. Two young members, Naoto Azuma and Takuma Fuji, seek revenge on the GWM.
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    100 votes

    Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer

    Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer
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    Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer is a role-playing game based on the Angelic Layer manga and anime.