Original run January 6, 2003 – December 29, 2003 Episodes 52 () Manga Bakuten Shoot Beyblade: Rising Written by Takao Aoki Published by Demographic Shōnen Magazine Original run July 2016 – present Volumes 1 Related manga • (spin-off) • Related anime • (film) • (sequel) • • • • • (spin-off) • • • • • Beyblade, known in as Explosive Shoot Beyblade ( 爆転シュートベイブレード, Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo), is a Japanese series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki to promote sales of called '.' Originally serialized in from September 1999 to July 2004, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14. The series focuses on a group of kids who form teams with which they battle one another using Beyblades.