The anime/anime Website is reporting (via the Anime News Network) that Takara/Tomy is re-launching the toy-based Beyblade property in
Although it has been eclipsed in recent years, back in 2003 Beyblade was a major multi-faceted worldwide property. All three of the previous Beyblade anime series were broadcast in the
Viz Media has published English editions of all 14 volumes of Takao Aoki's Beyblade manga, which actually predates the Beyblade anime -- the manga was launched along with the Beyblade tops in Japan in 1999 -- and in 2003 Decipher even launched a short-lived Beyblade Collectible Card Game (see "Decipher's New Beyblade CCG").