Little Battlers Experience

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Little Battlers Experience
Cover of the first DVD volume
ダンボール戦機 (Danbōru Senki)
Genre	Action, science fiction, mecha
Manga
Written by	Hideaki Fujii
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic
Demographic	Children
Original run	January 15, 2011 – February 15, 2013
Volumes	6
Anime television series
Directed by	Naohito Takahashi
Written by	Atsuhiro Tomioka
Music by	Rei Kondoh
Studio	OLM
Licensed by	NA Dentsu Entertainment USA
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	SEA Animax US Nicktoons
Original run	March 2, 2011 – January 11, 2012
Episodes	44 (original) 26 (dubbed) (List of episodes)
Game
Developer	Level-5
Publisher	Level-5
Genre	Action role-playing
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	JP: June 16, 2011
Game
Little Battlers Experience Boost
Developer	Level-5
Publisher	Level-5
Genre	Action role-playing
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	JP: November 23, 2011
Manga
Danball Senki Kaidō Jin Gaiden
Written by	Hiroyuki Takei
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	CoroCoro G
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	2011 – present
Anime television series
Little Battlers eXperience W
Directed by	Naohito Takahashi
Written by	Atsuhiro Tomioka
Music by	Rei Kondoh
Studio	OLM
Licensed by	NA Dentsu Entertainment USA
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	SEA Animax US Nicktoons
Original run	January 18, 2012 – March 20, 2013
Episodes	58 (original) 49 (dubbed) (List of episodes)
Game
LBX: Little Battlers eXperience
Developer	Level-5
Publisher	Level-5 (Japan) Nintendo (America and Europe)
Genre	Action role-playing
Platform	Nintendo 3DS
Released	JP: July 5, 2012 NA: August 21, 2015 EU: September 4, 2015 AU: September 5, 2015
Game
Little Battlers eXperience W
Developer	Level-5
Publisher	Level-5
Genre	Action role-playing
Platform	PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita
Released	JP: October 18, 2012
Anime television series
Little Battlers eXperience Wars
Directed by	Naohito Takahashi
Written by	Atsuhiro Tomioka
Music by	Rei Kondoh
Studio	OLM
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	April 3, 2013 – December 25, 2013
Episodes	37 (List of episodes)
Game
Little Battlers eXperience W Super Custom
Developer	Level-5
Publisher	Level-5
Genre	Action role-playing
Platform	Nintendo 3DS
Released	JP: June 27, 2013
Manga
Danball Senki Wars
Written by	Hideaki Fujii
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	CoroCoro Comic
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	March 15, 2013 – October 15, 2013
Volumes	2
Game
Little Battlers eXperience Wars
Developer	Level-5
Publisher	Level-5
Genre	Action role-playing
Platform	Nintendo 3DS
Released	JP: October 31, 2013
Game
LBX Girls
Developer	DMM Games
Publisher	Level-5
Genre	Gacha game
Platform	PC
Released	2017
Anime television series
LBX Girls
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Written by	Yasuyuki Muto
Music by	Go Sakabe
Studio	Studio A-Cat
Licensed by	Funimation
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS
Original run	January 7, 2021 – March 25, 2021
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Anime and manga portal

Little Battlers Experience, also called as Danball Senki (Japanese: ダンボール戦機, Hepburn: Danbōru Senki, lit. "Cardboard War-machines"), or simply LBX, is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, with the main character setting out to battle against LBXs created by other characters. The first game of the series was released on June 16, 2011 for the PlayStation Portable and has expanded to six official games and three Japanese anime series. Nintendo published the first game for Nintendo 3DS in North America on August 21, 2015, Europe on September 4, 2015 and Australia on September 5, 2015.

Plot[]

AD 2046, technology has grown all over the world and innovation is leading the way. The way of delivery methods has changed since the creation of the super strong cardboard, which can resist every impact and keeping its contents intact. As the popularity of the material grew, so did its purposes. The super strong cardboard was used as material for special battlefields for LBX's, specialized miniature robots made by Tiny Orbit that were once banned due to their destructive purposes. Their popularity has again risen due to the specialized battlefield, and special models of LBX were made.

Four years after the creation of the super strong cardboard, in AD 2050, Ban Yamano (Van Yamano in the English dub), a male middle school student has been entrusted with the LBX "AX-00" by a mysterious woman, containing a Platinum Capsule. Ban learned from the woman that his father is still alive and knew about a secret conspiracy in the government. Ban himself must protect the LBX and the Platinum Capsule, as its contents could change the world forever.

Development[]

Development of the franchise began in 2008 alongside the game which is once titled "LEVEL5 VISION 2008". In December 2009, Level-5 announced that the anime/manga series is under production to accompany the release of their latest PlayStation Portable game, with Bandai releasing a series of plastic models featuring the mecha from the game.^[1] Although initially set for release in 2010, the anime is delayed a year later and aired on March 2, 2011 while the game is released on June 16, 2011.^[2]

Media[]

Anime[]

The first series, based on the first game, is produced by Oriental Light and Magic under the direction of Naohito Takahashi and began airing on TV Tokyo from March 2, 2011 to January 11, 2012 with a total of 44 Episodes. The sequel series, Little Battlers eXperience W (ダンボール戦機W, Danbōru Senki W, lit. "Cardboard war-machines double") was announced in late December, and aired between January 18, 2012 and March 20, 2013 with a total of 58 episodes. A third series titled Little Battlers eXperience Wars (ダンボール戦機WARS, Danbōru Senki Wōzu, lit. "Cardboard war-machine wars") aired on TV Tokyo on April 3, 2013 to coincide with the third game's release. Wars would be the final season for the anime series and ended on December 25, 2013 with a total of 37 episodes.

Dentsu Entertainment USA confirmed that they have licensed the anime in the U.S, and began airing on Nicktoons from August 24, 2014.^[3][4][5][6] After the dub was aired in its entirety, it was revealed the series was abridged from 44 episodes to 26 episodes. Episodes with what was considered questionable content were merged with other episodes or in some cases skipped altogether. Because of the large difference in content, the list of dubbed episodes are listed under a new section called LBX: Little Battlers eXperience.

An adaptation of the sequel series, Little Battlers eXperience W, aired as the second season of LBX, premiering October 18, 2015 on Nicktoons.^[7]

During AnimeJapan 2019, LBX Girls (Sōkō Musume Senki) was announced by DMM Pictures as a new spinoff of the Little Battlers eXperience series and part of the Sōkō Musume multimedia project.^[8] The series aired from January 7 to March 25, 2021.^[9] Rikako Aida performs the series' opening theme "Dream Hopper", while Kano performs the series' ending theme "Compass Song".^[10][11] Funimation licensed the series and will stream it on its website in North America and the British Isles, in Europe through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab.^[12]

Movie[]

A movie adaptation was announced in the July issue of CoroCoro Comic titled Inazuma Eleven GO vs. Danbōru Senki W, which premiered in theaters on December 1, 2012.^[13]

Manga[]

A manga adaptation was serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from February 2011 to March 2013.^[14] It lasted for six volumes. In the US, it is distributed by Viz Media. Another manga adaptation, entitled Danball Senki Kaidō Jin Gaiden (ダンボール戦機 海道ジン外伝), was written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei under the pen name Hiro was published in CoroCoro G.^[15] There is also a manga adaptation of Danball Senki Wars which is also serialized in CoroCoro Comic.

Music[]

The background music for the English version was composed by David Iris, John Mitchell and Tom Keenlyside. Michael and Andrew Twining wrote the closing theme songs "Battle On" (season 1) and "Save the World" (season 2).

The music for the anime was composed by Rei Kondoh, who also composed the soundtracks for the video games Ōkami and Sengoku Basara 3, among others.

The first anime series has four official theme songs. The first opening is titled "1 Dream" (1ドリーム, 1 Dorīmu) and the second opening is titled "Telepathy" (以心伝心, Ishindenshin), both performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is titled "My Savings Bank" (僕の貯金箱, Boku no chokin-bako) and the second ending is titled "Secret Base" (ヒミツキチ, Himitsukichi), both performed by Hiroki Maekawa.

Little Battlers eXperience W has eight official theme songs. The first being "Brave Hero", the second opening theme is "Three as One" (三位一体, Sanmi Ittai), the third opening theme is "2 Spirits" (2スピリッ, 2 Supiritsu), and the fourth opening song "Telepathy", all performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is "Do Wak Parappa" (Do Wak パラッパ, Do Wak Parappa), the second ending is "Close your Eyes..." (目を閉じて…, Me wo Tojite...), and the third ending is "Even if born again, it's good to be me" (生まれ変わっても僕でいいよ, Umarekawatte mo boku de ī yo), all performed by Hiroki Maekawa. The fourth ending theme is "Bonds of Earth" (地球の絆, Chikyu no Kizuna), performed by Dream5.

Little Battlers eXperience Wars has five official theme songs. The first opening is titled "Mugen Myself" and the second opening is titled "Eternal", both performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is "Kamisama Yāyāyā" performed by Dream5. The second ending song is "Bokutachi no Wars" performed by Ryota Ohsaka, Sayori Ishizuka, and Tomoaki Maeno. The third ending song is "Hirameki" performed by Ryota Ohsaka.

References[]

External links[]

• Danball Senki official website
• Danball Senki at TV Tokyo
• Danbōru Senki (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Danbōru Senki W (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Danboru Senki Wars (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Sōkō Musume Senki (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia