Overview of 'Battle Spirits: Shonen Toppa Bashin' Season 1

Battle Spirits: Shonen Toppa Bashin (2008)

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.

Writing:

Hiroshi Nishikiori
Tomoyuki Kawamura
Aki Hata

Stars:

Release Date: 2008-09-07
Seasons: 1

7.8/10

Country: JP
Language: 日本語
Runtime: 24

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - Front Breaking Bashin Enters Stage!
Release Date: 2008-09-07
Toppa Bashin, who received a pendent with a red stone from his missing father, goes to meet the Battle Spirits champion J Sawaragi for a match.
Episode 2 - The Rival's Name is J
Release Date: 2008-09-14
After his match against J, Bashin learns that he's a chosen card battler.
Episode 3 - Parents Day in the Stormy Course of Life
Release Date: 2008-09-21
It's Parents Day at Toaru Elementary school, and one of the rumored Nazo-Otona appears.
Episode 4 - The Idol is My Sunshine
Release Date: 2008-09-28
Popular idol My Sunshine disappears before a concert, and while searching for her, Bashin finds her alter-ego Suiren instead.
Episode 5 - The Athletics Meet is Trouble
Release Date: 2008-10-05
Bashin and J's elementary schools face off at the athletics meet.
Episode 6 - Card Battler Hospital Visit
Release Date: 2008-10-12
Striker feels useless while in the hospital, so he decides to learn Battle Spirits.
Episode 7 - Shut up the Uproar
Release Date: 2008-10-19
Bashin and Striker are locked out of a My Sunshine performance.
Episode 8 - Break Through From the Front at the Field Trip
Release Date: 2008-10-26
Bashin's class is going to Kyoto on a trip, but Meganeko is left behind.
Episode 9 - Okyou's Labyrinth?
Release Date: 2008-11-02
J locks in the guests at a party in his Kyoto home to catch a Nazo-Otona.
Episode 10 - Big Maze is Big Trouble
Release Date: 2008-11-09
In order to mend his relationship with his mother, J decides to give up Battle Spirits.
Episode 11 - The Great Batosupi Operation
Release Date: 2008-11-16
My Sunshine announces on Battle Spirits TV that she doesn't like Battle Spirits.
Episode 12 - Unidentified Unknown Invitation
Release Date: 2008-11-23
Bashin gives Siegfried to Striker, and goes off to try and win 100 battles without it.
Episode 13 - Arrival of the Gunslinger's Apparition
Release Date: 2008-11-30
It's the day of the tournament, but Bashin is still in his room, sleeping.
Episode 14 - First Final is Smile After Tears
Release Date: 2008-12-07
In the main tournament, Bashin and J make it to the final round.
Episode 15 - A Faulted Perfect Christmas
Release Date: 2008-12-14
Bashin is planning a surprise for his school Christmas party.
Episode 16 - The Day Aibou Disappeared
Release Date: 2008-12-21
After getting in a fight with Bashin over his deck, Aibou runs off.
Episode 17 - My First Sunshine
Release Date: 2009-01-04
Suiren's true identity is revealed to be... an old lady?
Episode 18 - Break Through From the Front in Winter
Release Date: 2009-01-11
While Meganeko plays detective, J invites Bashin and his friends to test a new battle system.
Episode 19 - Thrilling Tag Rivals
Release Date: 2009-01-18
Elliott plans to open a Battle Spirits school in America.
Episode 20 - A Broken Friendship is a Constant Disagreement
Release Date: 2009-01-25
On the last day of school, Bashin decides to ditch the surprise party his class planned for Card Sensei.
Episode 21 - My Sunshine Valentine
Release Date: 2009-02-01
Noticing how off Bashin, who still hasn't apologized to Meganeko has been, Striker decides he needs Valentines chocolate to feel better.
Episode 22 - Being a Nazo Otona was His Secret
Release Date: 2009-02-08
Meganeko starts her training under Card Sensei, where she chooses to be a yellow card battler.
Episode 23 - Last Days as an Elementary Schooler
Release Date: 2009-02-15
Bashin wants to test his new X-Rare on J, but he's still acting strangely.
Episode 24 - Spring Batosupi- A Yellow Storm
Release Date: 2009-02-22
Meganeko enters the spring tournament, disguised as the masked card battler Kiiroko.
Episode 25 - A Flash of Light- The Cornerstone's Awakening
Release Date: 2009-03-01
If he can defeat Kiiroko, Bashin will get to face J again in the finals.
Episode 26 - Batosupi Under the Sakura
Release Date: 2009-03-08
J throws a graduation party, and Bashin brings Kiiroko along to surprise his friends.
Episode 27 - Pink and Amade Us
Release Date: 2009-03-15
My Sunshine is going through artists block, so her manager hires a music critic for her.
Episode 28 - J- Trip to a Town of Romance
Release Date: 2009-03-22
Battle Spirits TV films a special at J's castle, which is rumored to be haunted.
Episode 29 - Middle School Uniforms New School Uniforms
Release Date: 2009-03-29
Bashin and the others finally enter middle school, where both he and J find Numbers within their new schools.
Episode 30 - Thriving Spirits Batosupi Club
Release Date: 2009-04-05
Bashin wants to join the Battle Spirits club, which may not even exist.
Episode 31 - A Student Council for Batosupi
Release Date: 2009-04-12
My Sunshine learns that her new school lacks a Battle Spirits club, and tries to rectify that.
Episode 32 - A Letter From the Speed Star
Release Date: 2009-04-19
Hayami wonders if she needs to let go of Bashin, when he'd rather spend time with his friends than her.
Episode 33 - Aim for the Weak Point for the Advisor Too!
Release Date: 2009-04-26
The Battle Spirits club finds that they need an advisor to go on a trip for Golden Week.
Episode 34 - The Treacherous Training Camp Jack
Release Date: 2009-05-03
At training camp, Striker becomes concerned at the lack of teamwork from his fellow club members.
Episode 35 - Break Through From the Front of Tests and Fathers
Release Date: 2009-05-10
J's father is opposed to his son joining Numbers Elite, but doesn't know how to confront him about it.
Episode 36 - Hot Blooded Batosupi Club at the Capital
Release Date: 2009-05-17
The Toaru and Tonari Battle Spirits clubs combine, to face Numbers Elite in Kyoto.
Episode 37 - The Spirit of Aibou's Group
Release Date: 2009-05-24
While their owners are stuck taking tests, the pets decide to confront Okyou.
Episode 38 - Rapid Loop Pool
Release Date: 2009-05-31
When My Sunshine is frustrated over her movie, Meganeko comes to her for help.
Episode 39 - Deep Close Contact with the Opposing Team- The Curtain Raised?
Release Date: 2009-06-07
Bashin forms a team to get back J, but before the tournament, Seven defects.
Episode 40 - Break Through- The Space Between Family and Team
Release Date: 2009-06-14
Suspicious of Masako's true identity, Striker confronts Elliott.
Episode 41 - Confrontation! Black Knight and Queen will Definitely be Finished
Release Date: 2009-06-28
Bashin is set to face Jack Knight in the final round, but the order was suddenly changed.
Episode 42 - Settlement- In Jack's Night, Death is Rebirth
Release Date: 2009-07-05
At last Bashin and Jack Knight battle, but King Uchuuchouten brings real spirits into the match.
Episode 43 - The Revived Master is a Blue Comet
Release Date: 2009-07-19
Number Nine entrusts Number Eight the task of delivering invitations to the King Uchuuchouten Cup, as a test of loyalty.
Episode 44 - Surfing, Sun and Striker
Release Date: 2009-07-26
While on a trip to the beach, Striker notices My Sunshine is acting strangely, so the pets convince him she must be in love with someone.
Episode 45 - Break Through From the Front in Summer
Release Date: 2009-08-02
Meganeko finds a photo of her grandfather with King Uchuuchouten, along with a new X-Rare.
Episode 46 - The Cornerstone Six- Disappearance the Day Before the Finals
Release Date: 2009-08-09
Realizing Number Nine's true intentions, Elliott and Kiano decide to try and stop him.
Episode 47 - Break Through From the Front Showtime- The Curtain Raised!
Release Date: 2009-08-16
Before the King Uchuuchouten Cup begins, Card Sensei and the others look for the disappeared Masako Sensei.
Episode 48 - The Last Opponent Nine- The Last Battle
Release Date: 2009-08-23
Striker and Suiren have one last secret weapon that could help defeat Number Nine.
Episode 49 - Take it From the Life! Shine, Cornerstone's Settlement!!
Release Date: 2009-08-30
Bashin and J reveal their new X-Rare to defeat Seven and Smile.
Episode 50 - Miracle Card Battler- Bashin Breaks Through From the Front!
Release Date: 2009-09-06
Both the real world and Isekai World are at risk in Bashin's battle with King Uchuuchouten.