Bakugan: Battle Brawlers Vol. 1 (Warner/Cartoon Network DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Episodes: A
Dan and
his life changed when cards fell from the sky one day, he and his friends turn
them into a battle game. But the soon
they came to discover the cards came from another dimension, Vestroia and the
cards are more powerful that just a simple game. They discover they are not only fighting for
themselves but to save both their worlds as well.
This is
another series that is also card game; you can just see the table top cards on
the deck (literally). A mysterious,
mystical, seemingly harmless game appears and people start playing all over the
world. BUT no sooner than appearance of
our various heroes/heroines does a mysterious and dark group appears and
threatens the peace of the two worlds and it up to our heroes to save the day. But fortunately they are not alone, along with
the help Drago, the talking Bakugan, Dan and company learns what it means to be
Bakugan Battle Brawlers with strategy, teamwork and friendship.
I would
recommend this series for those who like card/table top games, it has seemly
endless battles, and there isn't an episode that there wasn't some battle
between players. It is pretty easy to
understand and figure out how Bakugan is played, the battles scenes are
animated gigantic card playing fields and right before each attack they give
the battle statistics or any changes of the characters when the cards are
revealed. It uses various elements such
as fire, wind, water, earth, light and darkness. A thing they do a lot is yell Bakugan a lot,
so get used to it. Even though it is a
Japanese produced animation there is only English dialog, but has subtitles as
well. But asides from the game is
interesting relationship between the main characters and their Bakugan
characters, especially Dan and his talking Bakugan, Drago.
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Episode
1: The Battle Begins
Dan
battles Bakugan for fun and strives to be No. 1, but he soon learns there is
more to the game than meets the eye and the mysterious Drago, a talking
Bakugan, falls into his hands.
Episode
2: Masquerade Ball
A
mysterious Bakugan player call Masquerade appears and starts stealing Bakugan
from players all over the world. Dan not
able to stand to his cruel injustice challenges Masquerade to a duel.
Episode
3: A Feud Between Friends
Masquerade
persuades a young but talented play to challenge Dan and gives him a special
Bakugan. But can Dan learn the rules of
game to defeat him?
Episode
4: Dan and Drago
Dan
throws Drago away into the river after getting into a fight with him. But soon
learns that there more to the game than force and luck. That it take more than that become a true
player.
Episode 5:
Runo Rules!
Dan and
Runo meet for the first time, but when Dan accidentally drops his wrist
computer Runo discovers a challenge from Masquerade to Dan, and goes in Dans
place.
- Ricky Chiang
