Beyblade, Vol. 12

Beyblade #12

by Takao Aoki

Tyson is a boy with a passion for Beyblades. His enemies are the Blade Sharks, a militant Beyblade group who use aggressive tactics to win at any cost. Tyson has been given a special Dragoon Beyblade from a mysterious stranger and the Blade Sharks are determined to get. Beyblade battles abound in this fantastic first volume!

Genres: Manga

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 8, 2006

About the author

Takao Aoki (青木 たかお Aoki Takao) is a Japanese manga artist from Tochigi Prefecture.

Aoki went to Chiyoda Art school and took a special course in manga. He currently resides in Kamakura, Kanagawa. He works for Shogakukan. His new manga is called X-Zone. He has worked on character designs on several video games. He creates manga published in Shogakukan magazine. There are rumors that he made a Zoids manga known as "Tekkai!Zoids".

Aoki's best known work is Beyblade, which became a franchise around children who battle with spinning tops. He also made "Bakufu Slash;Kizna", "A War Story of Metal Walker" and "Mini-4WD Fighter V". Most of Aoki's manga revolve around video games or toys.

Bakuten Shoot Beyblade = Beigoma (a Japanese spinning top game)
Bakufu Slash! Kizna Arashi = Based on the PS2 video game. In this game, a boy named Arashi has a blue dragon as a monster partner which he controls with an item called the Demon Seal Nail. Arashi's element is wind as he has a white cloth on his arm as proof of his element. His rival is Enn, who has a dragon named Blade and has a fire element with a flame on his arm as proof of his element. His girlfriend is named Mika. This is an SCEJ game only released in Japan