
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal(2011)
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Bashin is a grade 6 student who loves trading card games. The globally popular card game Battle Spirits is all the rage. Through some strange circumstances, Bashin acquires a Pyroxene which gives Bashin the ability to become a Card Battler. He can summon the monster Spirits depicted on the cards so they can fight each other. Bashin learns that the legendary X Rare Card actually exists, and he engages in fierce card battles with other rivals to get the X Rare Card.

Mutsumi Tamura
Toppa Bashin (voice)

Kaya Miyake
J Sawaragi (voice)

Ayahi Takagaki
Suiren (voice)

Ryosuke Sakamaki
Striker (voice)

Akemi Kanda
Meganeko (voice)
Maya Nishimura
Kyouka Sawaragi (voice)
Masato Funaki
Curator (voice)

Tomoyuki Shimura
King Uchuuchouten (voice)

Chafurin
Michael Elliott (voice)

Hirohiko Kakegawa
Kiano Sawaragi (voice)
Battle Spirits: Shonen Toppa Bashin is a action & adventure, animation, comedy, kids, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2008 exploring themes of card game, anime, trading card game, based on card game. Created by Dai Sato, it stars Mutsumi Tamura, Kaya Miyake, Ayahi Takagaki. Bashin is a grade 6 student who loves trading card games. The globally popular card game Battle Spirits is all the rage. Through some strange circumstances, Bashin acquires a Pyroxene which gives Bashin the ability to become a Card Battler. He can summon the monster Spirits depicted on the cards so they can fight each other. Bashin learns that the legendary X Rare Card actually exists, and he engages in fierce card battles with other rivals to get the X Rare Card.
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