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''Danball Senki'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable RPG, developed by Creator/{{Level 5}} and released on June 16th, 2011. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battlers eXperience, a line of toys which are equal parts model kit and fully functioning robot. They are most commonly used to battle each other in miniature diorama arenas. One day, he is approached out of the blue by a mysterious female scientist who hands him an attache case containing a prototype LBX called "AX-00", which the scientist claims is "the key to saving the world". Unbeknownst to Ban, however, is the fact that the model is wanted by a mysterious group, and he soon finds himself being hunted by the group's masked agents.
An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released five months after the initial game, in November 2011, followed by a further-updated UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port titled ''Danball Senki Baku Boost'' in 2012.
The sequel, ''Danball Senki W'', was released for PSP and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita in 2012 and followed by a Nintendo 3DS UpdatedRerelease, titled ''Danball Senki W Super Custom'', in 2013. The third game, ''Danball Senki Wars'', was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013. The three games were made into an [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]] that aired from 2011 to 2013.
The franchise was adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The English version of the anime began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W''-based episodes aired in 2015 as ''LBX'''s second season, cutting down its 58 episodes into 49. In the United States, the show is broadcast on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}.
A localization of ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released on August 2015 in North America, and in Europe one month later.
Now has a new spinoff series, VideoGame/SoukouMusume in development for 2018.
!!This series contains examples of:
* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The LBX battles in the anime are rendered with 3D models, while the characters are in 2D.
* AceCustom:
** The norm for good players. Also LBX producers hire test players, for whom special models are produced such as [[spoiler:Justin, who was hired specifically by Cyba Lance to test what would be his new LBX, Zenon/Xenon and future LBX]].
** Kirito is a test player for Omega Dain, the International LBX Federation [[spoiler:until the events of the Paradise arc leads Tyler to inviting him to be a test player at Tiny Oribt]].
* ActionGirl: Ami and Mika whenever she’s involved with the plot. To everyone’s surprise except her [[spoiler:husband’s, Saki[=/=]Sadie turns out to be a strong LBX player able to give Ban some trouble]]. In the ranking battles, other female supporting characters get to show their capabilities including Ban’s mother.
** DarkActionGirl: Eeny/Mano before her HeelFaceTurn and Rika before it turns out Gouda’s gang is GoodAllAlong. ''W'' has [[spoiler:Mami Hiyama, TheStarscream and the true villain of the three fourths of the series]].
* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime, the regular Hissatsu Functions[=/=]Special Attack Routines are just as effective as the Super ones.
** Mika is a much stronger battler compared to the games, though we hardly see it.
* AllThereInTheManual: The toyline and add-on sets actually, for nearly every NamedWeapon.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ryu[=/=]Gabe is dark skinned in Japan..
* AnimeHair: In fine Level-5 tradition there are a large number of characters with oddly shaped hair, most notably Jin..
* AnimeOfTheGame: The games are the "core" continuity. That said, because it's one of the works Level-5 intended as a multimedia franchise from the get-go, for both ''Danball Senki'' and ''Danball Senki W'' the anime aired slightly before the game's release. It's been similar for ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', where only the first game came out before its anime.
* ArcWords: "''Sekai o sukuu no kagi''"/"The key to saving the world."
* ArtifactTitle: The Japanese title literally means "cardboard war machines" (with "Danball" as a stylized romanization of ''danbooru'' and "Senki" as a coined kanji compound rather than the word it usually means), but the titular fortified cardboard only plays a minor role in the plot for the first game and completely vanishes from the setting afterwards as D-Eggs and the Second World house LBX battles instead. The fact that the title tends to confuse people into thinking the robots are made of cardboard instead of the dioramas is likely why the localized title takes from the robots instead.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: An important quality of good LBX players. Ami, Ban, and Jin are prominent examples.
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The game's opening movie shows what seems to be a relatively light-hearted, standard RealRobot anime... until the very end, where you see that the robots that you've assumed are several feet tall are actually around ''six inches'' tall.
** All those people in the shadows seen in the first opening of ''W''? They never appear!
* BarelyChangedDubName: The English dub changes the characters' names from Ban Yamano to Van Yamano, Ami Kawamura to Amy Cohen, Kazu Aoshima to Kaz Walker, and Jin Kaidou to Justin Kaidou.
* BareYourMidriff: Saki[=/=]Sadie wears a crop top, and not much else above her pants.
* BrattyHalfPint: [[spoiler:The defending champion of [[TournamentArc Akihabara Kingdom.]] He's ''five'', and already TheChessmaster.]]
** Kojou Asuka in ''W''[[spoiler:She on the other hand is less annoying]] but like Maa, [[spoiler:she]] has the skills to back it up.
* CallingYourAttacks: Many of the names of the hissatsu functions are called out by both the players and the remote controls. The dub for the localization of the anime removes it, so only the characters say the name of the hissatsu function.
* ChekhovsGunman: In the last episode of the first season, [[spoiler:we see flashbacks of Lex as a child with his younger sister. Let's just say she becomes very important in ''W''.]]
** ''W'' has Kojou Asuka mention that her LBX Vampire Cat was built by her brother Takeru, who only appears onscreen in ''Wars''.
* ChekhovsSkill: [[IAmNotLeftHanded Ban can do kung fu kicks with the AX-00 frame if disarmed. Kaz also trained Hunter to do this as well.]] This is precisely how Ban and Kazu get through the first round at Artemis.
* CleavageWindow: [[TwoGuysAndAGirl Shouko[=/=]Mano[=/=]Eeny, The female member]] of the TerribleTrio. And invoked later on with a RidiculouslyHumanRobot... [[FanDisservice which cracks open to store the Metanus GX CPU.]]
* CoatHatMask: [[TerribleTrio The agents under Eiji Yagami, known as the Three Moes..]]
* CombiningMecha: Otacross' ZX [=LBXs=] unite to form the Perfect [=ZX3=].
** In ''Danball Senki W'', [[spoiler:after the first fight with Dr. Mummy's gigantic (compared to an LBX) anti-LBX "Killerdroid" called Wyvern, Prof. Yamano modifies Perseus, Elysion and Minerva, enabling them to combine into the anti-Killerdroid "Super LBX" Sigma Orbis.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted. In the game, standing in lava will make your LBX take 50 damage every few seconds. In the final Artemis battle between Van and Justin, the anime implied falling in the lava would severely damage the LBX.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: How Ban gains some of his most powerful allies, most noticeably [[spoiler:Kaidou Jin]].
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Ban's father supposedly died in an airplane crash, but he is actually alive and being forced to work for the Innovators ([[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 not those ones]]), the group that wants Ban's AX-00.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The first time they use Odin involves having to send it well outside the handphone controllers' range, but Tiny Orbit has created the Sparkbload, a powerful system that can control an LBX miles away. It basically resembles ''a cockpit simulator''. They even launch Odin on a runway!
** In ''Danball Senki W'', our heroes head to "A Country" ([[VideoGame/GuiltyGear not that one]]), which is ''totally not {{Eagleland}}''. And the city they land in is called N City, [[BigApplesauce and not like that other city starting with an N at all.]] Well, they do head off to China and Egypt later, but they touch down in Shang Pao and Cairu. Nothing to do with UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}} and UsefulNotes/{{Cairo}} at ALL.
** In ''Danball Senki Wars'', LBX training academies send the kids on training missions also known as "War Time", with fictional nations named '''J'''ennock and '''R'''ossius. It's like they're not even trying by now.
* DubNameChange: A number of characters get this treatment in the English version of the game. In most cases it's their last name that gets changed (for example, Kawamura Ami becomes Amy Cohen), though Yamano has his first name changed instead (from Yamano Ban to Van Yamano).
** In the games, the list of changed names include: Yamano Ban to Van Yamano, Kawamura Ami to Amy Cohen, Aoshima Kazuya to Kaz Walker, Kitajima Kojirou to Ken Navarro, Kitajima Saki to Sadie Navarro, Daikouji Ryuu to Gabe Lewis, Mikage Mika to Mika Morris, Kameyama Tetsuo to Tank Middleton, Shikano Ginji to Benji Darby, Yazawa Riko to Rika Yazawa, Gouda Hanzou to Hanz Gordon, Uzaki Takuya to Tyler Osgood, Hiyama Ren to Len Hiyama, and Kaidou Jin to Justin Kaido, among others. The LBX themselves aren't exempt, either; the games change Egypt to Pharaoh, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Hakai-O/Hakaioh]] to Destroyer, Queen to Ruby Queen, Nazuu to Gillman, and Mad Dog to Chameleon, among others.
* EnemyMine: During the final of Artemis, Jin asked for Ban's help to save [[spoiler:Haibara Yuuya]].
** In the anime of W, Kirito sort of helps Jin and Ban stop robbers on a train heading back to Tokio City, but ends up [[MeleeATrois fighting everyone]].
** In ''Wars'', [[spoiler:Rossius]] takes a big enough hit that its soldiers are reduced to ''political refugees'', forcing [[spoiler:Houjou Muraku's squad to join Jenock]].
* EvilKnockoff: Jin's LBX The Emperor to Ban's LBX Achilles.
* ExpressiveMask: The TerribleTrio seem to have them.
* {{Expy}}: Don't let anyone tell you that Ban '''doesn't''' remind them of [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Endou.]]
** Not to mention Hanzou looks like [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].
** Don't forget the TerribleTrio that resemble [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]].
** And Jin resembles [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Enzan]].
* ExtyYearsFromNow: The anime takes place in 2050. ''Danball Senki Wars'' begins another 6 years after that, enough time to change the world order.
* EyeCatch: Somewhat inconsistent as they switch from a closeup of Achilles in the dark to [[spoiler:a shot of Ban and [[MidSeasonUpgrade Odin]] together,]] in a well-lit backdrop instead. In the anime, the Achilles close up is first, and changes to [[spoiler:
* FakeCrossover: Ban teams up with [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Endou]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skf1oDUgrw8 promote both their shows.]]
** If you look closely you can see a ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' poster on one of the buildings in one of the commercials.
** Becomes [[Main/HilariousinHindsight Hilarious in Hindsight]] after they really get a c rossover movie: Inazuma Eleven Go Vs Danball Senki W.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Most of the weapons in the anime, mainly firearms, are changed in the English dub of the anime to emit a lightening glow and act as lasers. The localized 3DS game surprisingly averts this.
* {{Feelies}}: The PSP game actually comes with an actual LBX model, made by Bandai.
** Level-5 are going all out, producing not only a model line, but an anime ''and'' a manga to go along with the game.
* FightingYourFriend: In the first anime and game during the Akibahara Kingdom, Ban, Sendou Daiki and Hanzo Gouda are pitted against Kazu, Ami, and Jin making up their number due to Otacross assigning them on different teams. [[{{Tsundere}} Although Daiki doesn't consider thems friends]].
** Ban's (him, Jin, and Jessica) and Hiro's (him, Ran, and Yuuya) teams are in the Block E of Artemis preliminary group in ''W''.
* FinishingMove: All [=LBXs=] have at least one, called an Attack Function, though the characters themselves call them "Hissatsu Functions." The localization and dubs refer to them as Special Attack Routines.
* FirstNameBasis: Many of the kids and even some of the adults prefer to be called by their first name without any of the honorifics.
* FlightStrengthHeart: The Akiba Sentai Ota Rangers boast that they have [[ThePowerOfLove the powers of love]], courage, and... curry.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In episode 5, the school group tries to help Kazu buy an LBX. While scorning at the other options, Ami eventually suggests a Wild Frame LBX, which is the only one he doesn't object to. Coincidentally, all of his [[MidSeasonUpgrade new LBX]] in the first game and anime are Wild Frame.
** The RidiculouslyHumanRobot shown off at the Artemis tournament foreshadows the use of the same type of robot to [[spoiler: replace Kaido]].
* FragileSpeedster: Many Strider-framed LBX excel in high speed, agility, and in the game's case, the ability to perform several dashes and tight maneuverability the other frames can't begin to top. However, their light weight is susceptible to be dealt with more damage, the custom sets usually suffer from not having strong weapons[=/=]attacks, and has low health points.
* FriendlySniper: A few of the main characters in each series uses sniper and rifle focused LBX, mostly prominently Ban's best friend and partner, Kazu, who uses those specific LBX(s) Hunter, Fenrir, and [[spoiler: Achilles Deed]].
** And of course, if you decide to give anyone else on your team's LBX a sniper rifle in the game.
* FullNameBasis: Opponents like to call each other with full names.
* GlassCannon: The Wild-frame LBX are anthropomorphic, very lightweight and can not tank as much damage similar to Strider frames. However, they have strong offensive power and can increase their close and long range abilities depending on their custom. Wild-frames also have great agility due to their animal traits with unique functions from the other frames.
** Shou Kanzaki and his LBX Gladiator have a powerful and fast offensive battling style (his self proclaimed SignatureMove is appropriately named Super Mach Attack that can overwhelm the opponent in a few attacks. However, his movements are extremely predictable, and he doesn't train his defense well. Masked J defeats him in just five moves and advises him to fix this strategy in the future.
* GondorCallsForAid: [[spoiler:The Akihabara Hacker Corps, Yagami and his subordinates, and later Jin showed up to help with the siege at Tiny Orbit.]]
** In ''W'' we get ''two seasons' worth of characters'' returning for the final battle.
* HeelFaceTurn: Most opponents become allies later. [[spoiler:Jin and Yagami are the most prominent ones since they originally work for the Innovators.]]
* HollywoodHacking: From trains, to high tech bases, LBX can hack almost anything.
* HoverMecha: LBX Queen, belonging to Riko, the token chick of Hanzou's posse.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: An LBX, which is essentially a six inch tall toy robot, can be tuned to perform an assassination when the target is several blocks away ''through a glass building''.
* KillSat: [[spoiler:Misere plans to use this to annihilate Earth]].
* LightningBruiser: Ban, Jin, and Lex use this type of LBX. [[spoiler:Especially when they get Odin and Zenon.]]
** ''W'' adds the Perseus, Kirito’s Custom LBX, the improbable Vampire Cat and several others.
* LimitedWardrobe: A character wears the same outfit throughout the series. Though many of the characters get redesigns in #W.
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:The defeat of Mizel Olegion in ''W'' causes the warheads in his flying fortress to start counting down.]]
** Invoked in ''Wars'' when [[spoiler:the damage to the Second World structure that sends Seredy Kreisler into the drink also causes Second World to crumble]].
* MacGuffin: Ban's AX-00. [[spoiler:Its core skeleton contains a mysterious item called the "Platinum Capsule", inside which is contained data on how to create a device called the "Eternal Cycler (the Infinity Engine localized)" that could theoretically produce infinite energy. Naturally, the Innovators getting their hands on it would be a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt very bad thing]].]]
** ''Wars'' has the Parasite Keys, a secret code in three parts to enter what could be considered the administration level of Second World.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Lex [[KillAndReplace assassinates Kaidou Yoshimitsu and replaces him with an android]].]]
* MidSeasonUpgrade: All main characters get one, or two in Kazu's case.
** Ban technically gets two as well, if you count AX-00. And in the game's re-release, ''Boost'', he also gets [[spoiler:Epsilon]].
** ''Wars'' expands on this by passing the older {{Ace Custom}}s to other squad captains, eventually upgrading the whole platoon.
* MillionMookMarch: Actually just 25,000 [=LBXs=], in the siege of Tiny Orbit.
** ''W'' repeats this feat in the siege of our heroes' home base [[spoiler:alleged to be Detector's base by the government, and masterminded by Omega Dyne]].
* MoodWhiplash: Two instances: [[spoiler:after Ban's victory in the Artemis final, and after the successful defense against the siege of Tiny Orbit which resulted in the saddest death in the franchise]].
* MyLittlePanzer: LBX definitely won't be approved as children's toys in the real world (not with live ammo, anyway[[note]]as mentioned previously, there are actual model kits available[[/note]]). [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the series when it's stated that LBX toys have been banned for sale in the past until the creation of fortified cardboard due to injuries and other accidents.
* NinjaMaid: The theme of the LBX used by Akihabara's Hacker Corps.
* OpeningNarration:
--> ''"The year is 2046. The invention of fortified cardboard material, able to withstand any shock and retain its shape, would revolutionise the shipping industry - but the humble cardboard box itself would see a new use, as an arena for the children's battling hobby robots or [=LBXs=]. These battles would later be known as -- Danball Senki!"''
* {{Otaku}}: Ban and co. first encounter one of them in Artemis named Yuijin a.k.a. Ota(ku) Ranger Red Ribbon. Then they meet the entire Akiba Sentai Otaku Rangers in Akihabara Tournament.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Just like its sister counterpart, friendship ends up being an important plot point for future events.
* RapidFireTyping: On both computer keyboards and the cellphone-like remote controls. Jin uses his CCM so fast that at one point he overloaded its systems, causing Emperor to lose in its first fight with Achilles. Otacross uses it later to break into the Janus Gate.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Not an LBX, but a model intended to show off the [[MacGuffin Metanus GX CPU]], with enough power to decrypt the Platinum Capsule. [[spoiler:Counts as {{Foreshadowing}}, as a different one replaces Kaidou Yoshimitsu later.]]
* RuleOfThree: All over the place. LBX players tend to wind up in 3-man teams, with Ban, Ami and Kazu the most prominent one. ''Danball Senki Wars'' has LBX academies which require 3 tournament victories to qualify for enrollment.
* SayMyName: Players call their LBX's names when deploying them.
* SchoolgirlLesbians: One of the students at the protagonists' school has a rather blatant crush on Riko, and isn't interested in boys in the slightest.
--> '''Evelyn''': "For me, it's Rika Yazawa all the way!"
* SerialEscalation: What the LBX can do just gets crazier as the series progresses, repeatedly breaking in-series technological limits.
* SeriousBusiness: The LBX toys, apparently. The business is SO serious that at one point [[spoiler:Ban and his friends are asked by the brother of the CEO of a major LBX manufacturer to help him stop an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of Japan, which is ALSO being carried out by an LBX. It only gets crazier in season 2 as they have to stop global terrorism and at one spot save the president from the same LBX assassination and prevent her and a governmental organization from using a KillSat]].
* ShoutOut:
** Political assassinations are carried out by someone called [[Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal Jackal.]]
** [[ToylessToylineCharacter LBXs Titan and Ortega]] resemble the Anime/TurnAGundam (and having tank treads references the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Guntank]]) and [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]] respectively.
** LBX Odin's FinishingMove, Gungnir. Not only is it the right name for the Norse god's weapon, but it involves pulling its BattleAura [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann into the shape of a drill, which grows longer, then wider, then charges into the enemy.]]
** By the last episode, LBX Odin, with a flight form and double beam javelin, gains a beam shield. All these items have appeared several times in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise.
*** Odin's Jet Striker attack function uses its flight mode as a [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming weapon]] just like the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam's Waverider Crash]].
** Otacross can craft his own Music/{{Vocaloid}}s. (More specifically, the process is only stated to be speech synthesis like one -- but Hatsune Miku is mentioned by name.)
*** The Seekers employ a new handler for the kids, who calls himself [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Cobra]]. Speaking of which, our heroes' group is absorbed into a larger organisation called [[Series/{{NCIS}} NICS]].
*** The [ToylessToylineCharacter LBX Jeanne D]] is actually a reference to Creator/Level5's own ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc''.
*** Hiro psyches himself up in an early battle by visualising the LBX Invit as a ''kaijin'' from ''Senshiman''... which looked suspiciously like the [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Molech Imagin.]] [[WritingAroundTrademarks But TOTALLY isn't.]]
*** A runaway subway car in [[BigApplesauce "N City"]] [[Film/SpiderMan2 is slowed down with spiderwebs.]]
*** #25 is overflowing with these as we enter not-Akihabara. There's a [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter]] on a shelf, and we see a cosplayer dressed as a purple recolor of [[Anime/RoninWarriors Ryo]]. There's also this girl who writes in a "Never-Forgive-You-Notebook", read in Japanese as "Yurusenai-[[Manga/DeathNote desu Note]]." And what looks like ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' costumes -- [[{{Squick}} on big hairy men.]]
*** The Paradise satellite is controlled by twin [=AIs=] named [[Literature/TheBible Adam and Eve]], which show up as [[Film/{{Tron}} floating 3D geometric shapes.]]
*** The kids get color-coded flight suits when they head up to space, looking like something out of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]''.
*** One of [[spoiler:Achilles D9's]] attack functions, the Sword Bits, shares the same name and function with [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer 00 Qan[T]'s]] AttackDrone weapons.
** In the English localization, characters in one of the sidequests mention an in-universe game series called [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazumania]].
** The prime minister and his bodyguard look exactly like the ones from [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven]].
*** Also from the English version, [[spoiler:Master [=Otaku/Otacross=]]] at one point shouts "[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga I HAVE FURY!]]"
** ''Wars'' has a TerribleTrio doing a CombinationAttack that basically screams [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Jet Stream Attack.]]
*** The Jenock girls platoon does an AngelsPose in #18, backlit and everything.
** The prime minister and his bodyguard look exactly like the ones from [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven]]. The prime minster even has the same name, Stewart Vanguard, as he does in Inazuma Eleven.
* SingleStrokeBattle: After warming up on taking out the first TerribleTrio Deqoo, Ban does this to the remaining two.
** This happens a few more times throughout the series particularly with Hissatsu Functions.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}''. Or ''Manga/AngelicLayer''
* StalkerWithACrush: Mika is often seen following Gouda and/or taking pictures of him.
* SuperMode: Done via PalleteSwap into [[MerchandiseDriven chromed or clear colors]] for the most part.
** V-mode for Achilles, Extreme Mode for Odin, and Alternative Mode for Zenon. [[spoiler:Also, there's Psycho Scanning Mode for Judge, Seraphic Mode for Lucifer and Inferno Mode for Ifreet.]]
** In ''W'', we have Knight Mode for Elysion, Burning Mode for Minerva, and Strike Mode for Perseus. [[spoiler:Additionally, we have Demonic Mode for Achilles Deed and Giga Voltaic Mode for Zeus. And the O-Legion has his choice of ''several existing ones.'']]
** ''Wars'' has a more straightforward one with the Dot Blastriser, which ''actually unfolds and sprouts blades''.
* TalkToTheFist: How Jin wins some of his battles in Akihabara Kingdom. HilarityEnsues a lot.
* ThemeNaming: Most of the [[AceCustom prominent LBXs]] are named after figures in mythology, mostly Greek.
* TheTeam: Two examples, nearly close to a FiveManBand. Pre Artemis, Van was TheHero and TheLeader of the group, with the others backing up his adventures and helping him find his dad. Kazu is TheLancer, Van’s best friend and loyal NumberTwo of the group, being TheCynic, worrisome, and cautious to Van’s idealism while also contrasting in their battle styles. Amy is the main female of the PowerTrio, being TheSmartGirl. While none of the members are stupid, Amy is the smartest, wise, mature and does the most of making strategies. Ryuu[=/=]Gabe is TheBigGuy of the group, knowledgeable with machinery and uses the [[StoneWall Tank Frame LBX]] but acts as a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] due to his inability to win most of his battles. Mika is TheChick, being the only other girl than Amy, but is supportive of the group minus Ryuu and occasionally trains with them. Gouda[=/=]Hanzou joins Team Van as the SixthRanger since the Devas act as support with the Seekers.
** Configuration 2: Van remains TheLeader and TheHero to the point where he’s leads his friends against the Innovators and acts as leaders in both tournaments. Kazu remains as TheLancer. Amy still has shades of TheSmartGirl but is TheChick and the sole female now.Her knowledge coming in second to [[spoiler:Jin. When he performs a HeelFaceTurn, his intelligence combined with his experience with the Innovators becomes invaluable to the Seekers and Ban’s team]]. Gouda moves up as TheBigGuy due to being the strongest in fighting and most physically aggressive in his LBX battles. Dak is the SixthRanger, joining Van’s team 5/8ths into the original series after being defeated by Gouda and decides to join up full time to stop the Innovators, [[ItAmusedMe for his own amusement]].
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
* TournamentArc: Three of them in the first season. Ban has to win them to access various information and {{plot coupon}}s.
** The Angra Visdas (means Underground Tournament, localized as the Catacombs Contest) is the first one, where Ban needs to win to find out who’s TheMole for the Innovators and get a pass to Artemis.
** Artemis 2050 is the biggest of the three where people from all around the globe arrive to battle for the grand prize, the Metanoia GX. The Metanoia GX also has the encryption code for the Platinum Code, making it NotJustATournament. Ban teams up with his friends while his [[TheRival rivals]] [[TheMentor Lex]], [[FriendlyRivalry friendly rivals]], and a few [[WildCard Wild Cards]] in the mix. Its set up in Blocks A to E, and the winners of each block fight it out in a all out brawl. Naturally, things don’t go well.
** The third is the Akihabara Kingdom tournament, where Ban, Daiki, Hanzou, Amy, Kazu, and Jin split into two groups to win because they need the Hacker Corps help to get the code for the Infinity Engine but they have the tournament since the Corps only follow the winner[=/=]King. The dub skipped over this tournament and just had Otacross call the Hacker Corps for backup.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: Not all the [=LBXs=] make it into the model kit line, but they lampshade it by having some familiar looking weapons (Gekkoumaru's sword and Perfect ZX-3's combo weapon) in weapon add-on sets. Yagami Eiji's LBX General gets delayed to being released with the ''W'' toyline despite getting a couple of scenes in season 1.
* WakeUpCallBoss: For the first game, Sendou; as if it weren't difficult enough already to deal with a 3-on-1 battle, if you've only been relying on your default armor and equipment up until then, you're in for a rude awakening.
** Hades in the Ranking Battles. Its much stronger and faster, and its 5th Dimension[=/=]Dimension Sigma energy balls will decimate your team unless you have the proper equipment.
* WaveMotionGun: Often functions as FinishingMove. Hakaioh even has one built into its chest [[spoiler:and Hakaioh Zettou has ''two'']].
* WhamEpisode:
** #5: Kaidou and the Innovators plan to assassinate the prime minister and hire an Assassin to do it.
** #6: The PowerTrio barely stop the assassination attempt, only to find out as to why Takuya and Lex picked them...Professor Yamano and Ban’s dad is alive and has been this whole time.
** #17: Everyone is captured, Rina is revealed to betray to Innovators because Kaidou is essentially holding her sister hostage with a medical procedure that Kaidou is using the government to blockade. Professor Yamano reveals that he hid the encryption code for the Platinum Capsule in the prize for Artemis and when Kaidou plans to have them all killed, the professor sets off up hidden explosives in the mansion allowing everyone to flee, and Jin learns about the secrets as well. Also, Ban’s mother knew her husband was alive this whole time. And the Innovators are working on a new plan, a special LBX program being installed into a young man around Kin’s age. Wow.
** #24 and #25: [[spoiler:Ban wins Artemis by defeating Jin in the closest match to date. However, the Innovators planted a self destruct switch in Emperor M2 as a failsafe being Jin’s back and uses it to destroy Achilles and take the Platinum Capsule with Deqoos, has the Red Brigade killing off several guards to take the Metanoia GX, cuts off all power to the tournament area, then Yagami finds out about the later and after being fired, Kaidou is shot by a mysterious assailant. Jin is revealed to be one of the two survivors of the Tokio Bridge collapse many years ago alongside Yuya, Kaidou caused the bridge collapse and him being adapted by Yoshimitsu as a result, Ban meets up with Lex to find out Lex switched the Capsule with a fake and hands him the real one. The group sets out to Tiny Orbit to find the Innovators using trucks to shield them while an army of cars surround Takuya’s cars as the end episodes]]. Damn.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The majority of main characters are teenagers, and yet many of them are way smarter and mature for their age.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Riko and Hanzou.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Gouda and Sendou are jr. high schoolers. They’re in their final years, but still.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: When Ban together with Ami and Kazu first tries to rescue [[spoiler:Professor Yamano]], the bad guys simply move the target to a new location.
!! Tropes in ''Danball Senki W'':
* AIIsACrapshoot: The Adam and Eve [=AIs=] in ''W''. After the real bad guys go down, they realize they're next and seize control of the KillSat. [[spoiler:Even worse, after they're taken down they leave a 'child' behind, ''Mizel''.]]
* AllYourPowersCombined: The LBX Olegion in ''W'' has Achilles, Odin, Hakai-Oh and Hunter's {{finishing move}}s. [[spoiler:Mizel Olegion can go into the same {{super mode}}s that Elysion, Perseus and Minerva have.]]
* AnimeAccentAbsence: Foreigners speak perfect Japanese in ''W'' just as they did in the original series.
* BaitAndSwitch: ''W'' #36. You fully expect the Elysion and Perseus to [[TakingYouWithMe go down with the]] [[SuicideAttack Suicide Bomber]] [=LBXs=], especially with the debut of Ban and Hiro's new mechs around the corner. Instead, Kaidou Jin and Haibara Yuuya sweep in for the save.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: ''Inverted'' in ''W''. [[spoiler:The Odin is taken over by Mizel, forcing our heroes to fight it.]] Played straight when Amy [[spoiler:uses the Pandora model Yuusuke had after her Pandora was destroyed in the beginning of #W]].
* BreatherEpisode: In between the Killer Droid and Australia arcs, the anime adapted the BC Extras Tournament. While its a Yuuya focused episode about his doubts, its a lot more fun and relaxed than the previous and future arcs.
* TheBusCameBack: A lot of old friends show up later up in the series [[spoiler:most notably to prepare for the final battle]].
* CrazyPrepared: The assassination plot in ''W''. [[spoiler:After the main signal router LBX is destroyed by Ban and Hiro, it turns out there is yet another back up one. Also the assassin avoids being found by putting dummy signal transmitters all over the stadium where he's working.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Somehow managed to top the original series in this regard.
* DisneyDeath: Seems to be headed this way with [[spoiler:Lex and Dr. Mummy, but is ultimately subverted when it is revealed that Dr. Mummy's true identity was his sister Hiyama Mami all along]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: The Icarus Zero and Icarus Force appear in teasers for the {{Crossover}} movie with ''Inazuma Eleven'', well before their in-show debut. Once the movie starts screening, new teasers with [[spoiler:Odin [=MK2=] and Achilles D9]] come out.
* EquippableAlly: LBX Icarus Zero and Icarus Force. Though its usually for the Double Hissatsu Functions, [[spoiler:the anime actually has Hiro and Ban use them consistently to defeat Zeus’s SuperMode]].
* EvolvingCredits: Done with the third OP of ''W'' to add [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn Kirito, Mizel and his HumongousMecha]].
* FiveManBand: [[spoiler:Omega Dyne (The International LBX Federation) in season 2[=/=]#W]]
** BigBad: [[spoiler:Alfred Gordon. The true mastermind, using Alan Worthing as a proxy and UnwittingPawn to further his goals of becoming ruler of the world and ending corruption through Adam and Eve]]
** TheDragon: [[spoiler:Bishop, Alan and Alfred’s NumberTwo. He’s trusted with all the behind the scenes issues for both BigBad and to command large swarms of LBX. ]]
** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler:Dr. Mummy. Yes he’s not fooling anyone with his disguise, or is he? Mummy is the LBX engineer who creates Killer[=/=]Slayer Droids. Later, said person successfully becomes TheStarscream]]
** TheBrute: Kirito Kazama: The Test Player and GadgeteerGenius of the group, who’s BloodKnight tendencies and goals cause him to be the most open and antagonistic against NICS.
** DarkChick: [[spoiler:Haruka Oozora, Hiro’s mother. The only reason she’s working with them is ForScience and to create Adam and Eve, which leaves her apathetic and underbracing about her co-workers other plans until she hears about Hiro’s suffering and pulls a HeelFaceTurn]].
* GrandTheftPrototype: The primary plot device for ''W''. [[spoiler:Achilles Deed and the O-Legion in particular.]]
* HoverBoard: Riding Saucers, [[NonIndicativeName which don't resemble saucers.]]
* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler:Taking down Mizel also downs the Vectors.]]
* {{Nerf}}: In ''Danball Senki W'', the {{Super Mode}}s that you can give your [=LBXes=] in the form of Mode Chips are greatly nerfed from the first game; each super mode only gives one stat buff or special ability while it's active.
* NoSocialSkills: ''W'' has one-shot character Gojou, who has to input his words into his LBX to make it Siri his speech for him. [[spoiler:Turns out later on he's a BadassBaritone.]]
* OldHeroNewPals: Advertised as thus from the first episode onward, with Hiro and Ran in the OP and everything, and apparently enforced with Kazu and Ami PutOnABus, [[spoiler:then finally subverted as TheBusCameBack with ''everyone'']].
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: TheManBehindTheMan [[spoiler:Alferd Gardyne]]'s StartOfDarkness was when his father, a top politician, protested the manipulation of the country's wealth by a mere handful of its population... were they by any chance the 1%?
* SequelGoesForeign: ''Danball Senki W'' sends Ban and our new heroes Hiro and Ran overseas, starting with... [[{{Eagleland}} "A Country."]]
* TrainingFromHell: Invoked in ''W'' for Ban, Hiro and Ran, who would've breezed right through it... ''except they have to do it together, or redo from the top.''
** Ban, Yuya, and Jin have Hiro, Ran, and Jessica go through this to prepare them for Angra Texas and Artemis 2051.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: The action tends to return to our heroes' home town despite going global in ''W''. And it's renamed Tokio City here, [[spoiler:which makes more sense when ''W'' leads up to a [[TheTokyoFireball Tokyo Fireball]].]]
* TrainJob: ''W'' episode 12 has a maglev train heisted by a gang with custom Hakai-Oh [=LBXs=].
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The threat escalates to a level that NothingIsTheSameAnymore, laying the groundwork for the following season.
* WeaponisedExhaust: ''W'' #37. More of an ambushified exhaust, as Minerva Kai lures enemy [=LBXs=] around the back of the Duck Shuttle, where they are promptly fried.
* WhamEpisode:
** #7 ‘’W’’: Good news, our heroes find Ami! [[spoiler:Bad news, Ami is being [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Slave Player]] for Detector, and she doesn’t know where Kazu is.]]
** Starting from #31 of ''W'', we learn that [[spoiler:Detector was really Yamano Junichiro in a massive CreatorBacklash, Hiro's MissingMom is found, our heroes THINK Dr. Mummy is really Lex BackFromTheDead, and worst of all, TheManBehindTheMan makes his move, killing the supposed BigBad, the head of Omega Dyne, and is revealed to be TheStarscream to the American president, using the name of Detector for a FalseFlagOperation!]]
** ''W'' #37. [[spoiler:Dr Mummy was NOT Lex, but his sister Hiyama Mami the whole time.]]
* WholeCostumeReference: Save for the hair, doesn't Cobra remind you of [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel?]]
!!Tropes in ''Danball Senki Wars'':
* ActionPrologue
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The fact that Toujou Rikuya [[spoiler:is getting special protection, not just for housing a MacGuffin in his LBX but for being the prime minister's son. RealLife countries with mandatory military service will sometimes allow a whole platoon an easier time if the sons of politicians are conjugated in them, earning the term "white horse platoon."]]
* AppropriatedAppelation: Bandit is the rather appropriate name given to the unaligned platoon seemingly out to bring down all other platoons. [[spoiler:Their real name? Ezeldarm.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: [[AmazonBrigade Jenock Platoon Squad 4]] has this covered.
* BreatherEpisode: #24. After busting out two new mechs and the threat of Bandit escalating, we get an episode about a DesignatedGirlFight.
* TheButlerDidIt:[[spoiler:Literally! Gendo's butler Ayabe was a mole for the bad guys the whole time!]]
* CallBack: All over the place, from the mention of Artemis, Sendou Daiki's sister and a book left behind by Yamano Junichiro to [[spoiler:Kaidou Jin appearing in person]].
* ChildSoldiers: The children are being trained to battle in a simulation of the real world, complete with each country's resources reflected in each army's backing. [[spoiler:TheReveal just formalises this.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: In principle, if not appearance.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title can translate as "Cardboard War Machines Wars." Let that sink in for a moment.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: [[spoiler:Sena Arata's first use of the Dot Blastriser G Ext FinishingMove can ''sink the ship they were meant to be boarding.'']] Like, WHOA.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Kamui Daimon's underground training facility. Like RealLife military ones, each can be ''up to 10km wide''.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: #9 does this to clear up a MistakenForSpies moment.
* MechaExpansionPack: The Dot Phoenix addon for Dot Blastriser.
* MetaMecha: The Riding Armor add-on for [=LBXs=].
* MilitarySchool: Prep school-looking establishments now train aspiring LBX players for full-blown combat.
* NewTransferStudent: Arata and Hikaru from the beginning.
* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Brought up as a plot point. [[spoiler:The so-called [[SuperMode Overload]] removes the ninety percent barrier and has the potential to ''cause brain damage'' with overuse.]]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The true nature of [[spoiler:Second World. It has to be plugged into the brain of its own creator, Professor Mito.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: An almost literal version in #14 when Houjou Muraku and his squad are reassigned to a frozen wasteland after a bad mission. Then subverted as he gets KickedUpstairs.
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Bandit, outed as the Ezeldarm platoon, which cannot be disbanded as Seredy Kreisler justifies their existence as an equivalent to subversive terrorist cells in the real world. Also he'd blow the secret of Second World worldwide if they did anything to him.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: Thanks to a mandatory media blackout, nobody even brings up the massive World Savers terrorist group until #30.
* {{Retraux}}: The entire island housing Kamui Daimon Academy has been built in the style of '60s Japan, supposedly influenced by the period of national growth and development. Even the [=TVs=] are black and white, by god.
* RunningGag: [[DrillSergeantNasty Instructor]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Saruta]] walking into Jenock mission control whenever he wants, despite having no affiliation to any platoon.
* TheSquad: Jenock Platoon consists of several 4-man teams.
* ThemeNaming: Jenock Platoon Squad 2 has [[TheFourGods two guys named for Byakko (Taiga and Rinko), one guy named Seiryu and their leader, Gendo (for Genbu).]]
* TimedMission: The entire premise of ''War Time'', with the subversion that all units are merely frozen on time-out and UnPaused the next day. Even with War Time extended to 2 hours, this can still happen.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two members of Jenock Squad 3 are still in the OP after ''being dropped from the team and replaced, TWICE.''
* WhamEpisode:
** #17-18. [[spoiler:All those training missions are NOT preparing our heroes to protect the world, but ''actual CombatByChampion battles deciding real world politics.'' And Kaidou Jin is revealed to be fielding a platoon of his own, explaining the connection needed to get Kojou Asuka's brother involved.]]
** #30. Seredy Kreisler [[spoiler:is not only [[OlderThanTheyLook really 90 years old]], but he AND Gendo's butler Ayabe are with the World Savers terrorist group, aiming to crack open Second World and take the secrets to real world politics for themselves, all under the guise of freeing the Kamui Daimon students from the real world conspiracy.]]
** #33. [[spoiler:Seredy Kreisler, seemingly defeated when they sink his flying fortress in Second World, mobilises troops ''in the real world'' to occupy the whole island.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After uniting the MacGuffin, Seredy Kreisler takes the LBX Phantom and destroys the Guruzeon.]]
* ZergRush: Used as ''an actual tactic'' in #25.
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''Danball Senki'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable RPG, developed by Creator/{{Level 5}} and released on June 16th, 2011. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battlers eXperience, a line of toys which are equal parts model kit and fully functioning robot. They are most commonly used to battle each other in miniature diorama arenas. One day, he is approached out of the blue by a mysterious female scientist who hands him an attache case containing a prototype LBX called "AX-00", which the scientist claims is "the key to saving the world". Unbeknownst to Ban, however, is the fact that the model is wanted by a mysterious group, and he soon finds himself being hunted by the group's masked agents.
An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released five months after the initial game, in November 2011, followed by a further-updated UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port titled ''Danball Senki Baku Boost'' in 2012.
The sequel, ''Danball Senki W'', was released for PSP and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita in 2012 and followed by a Nintendo 3DS UpdatedRerelease, titled ''Danball Senki W Super Custom'', in 2013. The third game, ''Danball Senki Wars'', was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013. The three games were made into an [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]] that aired from 2011 to 2013.
The franchise was adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The English version of the anime began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W''-based episodes aired in 2015 as ''LBX'''s second season, cutting down its 58 episodes into 49. In the United States, the show is broadcast on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}.
A localization of ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released on August 2015 in North America, and in Europe one month later.
Now has a new spinoff series, VideoGame/SoukouMusume in development for 2018.
!!This series contains examples of:
* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The LBX battles in the anime are rendered with 3D models, while the characters are in 2D.
* AceCustom:
** The norm for good players. Also LBX producers hire test players, for whom special models are produced such as [[spoiler:Justin, who was hired specifically by Cyba Lance to test what would be his new LBX, Zenon/Xenon and future LBX]].
** Kirito is a test player for Omega Dain, the International LBX Federation [[spoiler:until the events of the Paradise arc leads Tyler to inviting him to be a test player at Tiny Oribt]].
* ActionGirl: Ami and Mika whenever she’s involved with the plot. To everyone’s surprise except her [[spoiler:husband’s, Saki[=/=]Sadie turns out to be a strong LBX player able to give Ban some trouble]]. In the ranking battles, other female supporting characters get to show their capabilities including Ban’s mother.
** DarkActionGirl: Eeny/Mano before her HeelFaceTurn and Rika before it turns out Gouda’s gang is GoodAllAlong. ''W'' has [[spoiler:Mami Hiyama, TheStarscream and the true villain of the three fourths of the series]].
* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime, the regular Hissatsu Functions[=/=]Special Attack Routines are just as effective as the Super ones.
** Mika is a much stronger battler compared to the games, though we hardly see it.
* AllThereInTheManual: The toyline and add-on sets actually, for nearly every NamedWeapon.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ryu[=/=]Gabe is dark skinned in Japan..
* AnimeHair: In fine Level-5 tradition there are a large number of characters with oddly shaped hair, most notably Jin..
* AnimeOfTheGame: The games are the "core" continuity. That said, because it's one of the works Level-5 intended as a multimedia franchise from the get-go, for both ''Danball Senki'' and ''Danball Senki W'' the anime aired slightly before the game's release. It's been similar for ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', where only the first game came out before its anime.
* ArcWords: "''Sekai o sukuu no kagi''"/"The key to saving the world."
* ArtifactTitle: The Japanese title literally means "cardboard war machines" (with "Danball" as a stylized romanization of ''danbooru'' and "Senki" as a coined kanji compound rather than the word it usually means), but the titular fortified cardboard only plays a minor role in the plot for the first game and completely vanishes from the setting afterwards as D-Eggs and the Second World house LBX battles instead. The fact that the title tends to confuse people into thinking the robots are made of cardboard instead of the dioramas is likely why the localized title takes from the robots instead.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: An important quality of good LBX players. Ami, Ban, and Jin are prominent examples.
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The game's opening movie shows what seems to be a relatively light-hearted, standard RealRobot anime... until the very end, where you see that the robots that you've assumed are several feet tall are actually around ''six inches'' tall.
** All those people in the shadows seen in the first opening of ''W''? They never appear!
* BarelyChangedDubName: The English dub changes the characters' names from Ban Yamano to Van Yamano, Ami Kawamura to Amy Cohen, Kazu Aoshima to Kaz Walker, and Jin Kaidou to Justin Kaidou.
* BareYourMidriff: Saki[=/=]Sadie wears a crop top, and not much else above her pants.
* BrattyHalfPint: [[spoiler:The defending champion of [[TournamentArc Akihabara Kingdom.]] He's ''five'', and already TheChessmaster.]]
** Kojou Asuka in ''W''[[spoiler:She on the other hand is less annoying]] but like Maa, [[spoiler:she]] has the skills to back it up.
* CallingYourAttacks: Many of the names of the hissatsu functions are called out by both the players and the remote controls. The dub for the localization of the anime removes it, so only the characters say the name of the hissatsu function.
* ChekhovsGunman: In the last episode of the first season, [[spoiler:we see flashbacks of Lex as a child with his younger sister. Let's just say she becomes very important in ''W''.]]
** ''W'' has Kojou Asuka mention that her LBX Vampire Cat was built by her brother Takeru, who only appears onscreen in ''Wars''.
* ChekhovsSkill: [[IAmNotLeftHanded Ban can do kung fu kicks with the AX-00 frame if disarmed. Kaz also trained Hunter to do this as well.]] This is precisely how Ban and Kazu get through the first round at Artemis.
* CleavageWindow: [[TwoGuysAndAGirl Shouko[=/=]Mano[=/=]Eeny, The female member]] of the TerribleTrio. And invoked later on with a RidiculouslyHumanRobot... [[FanDisservice which cracks open to store the Metanus GX CPU.]]
* CoatHatMask: [[TerribleTrio The agents under Eiji Yagami, known as the Three Moes..]]
* CombiningMecha: Otacross' ZX [=LBXs=] unite to form the Perfect [=ZX3=].
** In ''Danball Senki W'', [[spoiler:after the first fight with Dr. Mummy's gigantic (compared to an LBX) anti-LBX "Killerdroid" called Wyvern, Prof. Yamano modifies Perseus, Elysion and Minerva, enabling them to combine into the anti-Killerdroid "Super LBX" Sigma Orbis.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted. In the game, standing in lava will make your LBX take 50 damage every few seconds. In the final Artemis battle between Van and Justin, the anime implied falling in the lava would severely damage the LBX.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: How Ban gains some of his most powerful allies, most noticeably [[spoiler:Kaidou Jin]].
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Ban's father supposedly died in an airplane crash, but he is actually alive and being forced to work for the Innovators ([[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 not those ones]]), the group that wants Ban's AX-00.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The first time they use Odin involves having to send it well outside the handphone controllers' range, but Tiny Orbit has created the Sparkbload, a powerful system that can control an LBX miles away. It basically resembles ''a cockpit simulator''. They even launch Odin on a runway!
** In ''Danball Senki W'', our heroes head to "A Country" ([[VideoGame/GuiltyGear not that one]]), which is ''totally not {{Eagleland}}''. And the city they land in is called N City, [[BigApplesauce and not like that other city starting with an N at all.]] Well, they do head off to China and Egypt later, but they touch down in Shang Pao and Cairu. Nothing to do with UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}} and UsefulNotes/{{Cairo}} at ALL.
** In ''Danball Senki Wars'', LBX training academies send the kids on training missions also known as "War Time", with fictional nations named '''J'''ennock and '''R'''ossius. It's like they're not even trying by now.
* DubNameChange: A number of characters get this treatment in the English version of the game. In most cases it's their last name that gets changed (for example, Kawamura Ami becomes Amy Cohen), though Yamano has his first name changed instead (from Yamano Ban to Van Yamano).
** In the games, the list of changed names include: Yamano Ban to Van Yamano, Kawamura Ami to Amy Cohen, Aoshima Kazuya to Kaz Walker, Kitajima Kojirou to Ken Navarro, Kitajima Saki to Sadie Navarro, Daikouji Ryuu to Gabe Lewis, Mikage Mika to Mika Morris, Kameyama Tetsuo to Tank Middleton, Shikano Ginji to Benji Darby, Yazawa Riko to Rika Yazawa, Gouda Hanzou to Hanz Gordon, Uzaki Takuya to Tyler Osgood, Hiyama Ren to Len Hiyama, and Kaidou Jin to Justin Kaido, among others. The LBX themselves aren't exempt, either; the games change Egypt to Pharaoh, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Hakai-O/Hakaioh]] to Destroyer, Queen to Ruby Queen, Nazuu to Gillman, and Mad Dog to Chameleon, among others.
* EnemyMine: During the final of Artemis, Jin asked for Ban's help to save [[spoiler:Haibara Yuuya]].
** In the anime of W, Kirito sort of helps Jin and Ban stop robbers on a train heading back to Tokio City, but ends up [[MeleeATrois fighting everyone]].
** In ''Wars'', [[spoiler:Rossius]] takes a big enough hit that its soldiers are reduced to ''political refugees'', forcing [[spoiler:Houjou Muraku's squad to join Jenock]].
* EvilKnockoff: Jin's LBX The Emperor to Ban's LBX Achilles.
* ExpressiveMask: The TerribleTrio seem to have them.
* {{Expy}}: Don't let anyone tell you that Ban '''doesn't''' remind them of [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Endou.]]
** Not to mention Hanzou looks like [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].
** Don't forget the TerribleTrio that resemble [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]].
** And Jin resembles [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Enzan]].
* ExtyYearsFromNow: The anime takes place in 2050. ''Danball Senki Wars'' begins another 6 years after that, enough time to change the world order.
* EyeCatch: Somewhat inconsistent as they switch from a closeup of Achilles in the dark to [[spoiler:a shot of Ban and [[MidSeasonUpgrade Odin]] together,]] in a well-lit backdrop instead. In the anime, the Achilles close up is first, and changes to [[spoiler:
* FakeCrossover: Ban teams up with [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Endou]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skf1oDUgrw8 promote both their shows.]]
** If you look closely you can see a ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' poster on one of the buildings in one of the commercials.
** Becomes [[Main/HilariousinHindsight Hilarious in Hindsight]] after they really get a c rossover movie: Inazuma Eleven Go Vs Danball Senki W.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Most of the weapons in the anime, mainly firearms, are changed in the English dub of the anime to emit a lightening glow and act as lasers. The localized 3DS game surprisingly averts this.
* {{Feelies}}: The PSP game actually comes with an actual LBX model, made by Bandai.
** Level-5 are going all out, producing not only a model line, but an anime ''and'' a manga to go along with the game.
* FightingYourFriend: In the first anime and game during the Akibahara Kingdom, Ban, Sendou Daiki and Hanzo Gouda are pitted against Kazu, Ami, and Jin making up their number due to Otacross assigning them on different teams. [[{{Tsundere}} Although Daiki doesn't consider thems friends]].
** Ban's (him, Jin, and Jessica) and Hiro's (him, Ran, and Yuuya) teams are in the Block E of Artemis preliminary group in ''W''.
* FinishingMove: All [=LBXs=] have at least one, called an Attack Function, though the characters themselves call them "Hissatsu Functions." The localization and dubs refer to them as Special Attack Routines.
* FirstNameBasis: Many of the kids and even some of the adults prefer to be called by their first name without any of the honorifics.
* FlightStrengthHeart: The Akiba Sentai Ota Rangers boast that they have [[ThePowerOfLove the powers of love]], courage, and... curry.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In episode 5, the school group tries to help Kazu buy an LBX. While scorning at the other options, Ami eventually suggests a Wild Frame LBX, which is the only one he doesn't object to. Coincidentally, all of his [[MidSeasonUpgrade new LBX]] in the first game and anime are Wild Frame.
** The RidiculouslyHumanRobot shown off at the Artemis tournament foreshadows the use of the same type of robot to [[spoiler: replace Kaido]].
* FragileSpeedster: Many Strider-framed LBX excel in high speed, agility, and in the game's case, the ability to perform several dashes and tight maneuverability the other frames can't begin to top. However, their light weight is susceptible to be dealt with more damage, the custom sets usually suffer from not having strong weapons[=/=]attacks, and has low health points.
* FriendlySniper: A few of the main characters in each series uses sniper and rifle focused LBX, mostly prominently Ban's best friend and partner, Kazu, who uses those specific LBX(s) Hunter, Fenrir, and [[spoiler: Achilles Deed]].
** And of course, if you decide to give anyone else on your team's LBX a sniper rifle in the game.
* FullNameBasis: Opponents like to call each other with full names.
* GlassCannon: The Wild-frame LBX are anthropomorphic, very lightweight and can not tank as much damage similar to Strider frames. However, they have strong offensive power and can increase their close and long range abilities depending on their custom. Wild-frames also have great agility due to their animal traits with unique functions from the other frames.
** Shou Kanzaki and his LBX Gladiator have a powerful and fast offensive battling style (his self proclaimed SignatureMove is appropriately named Super Mach Attack that can overwhelm the opponent in a few attacks. However, his movements are extremely predictable, and he doesn't train his defense well. Masked J defeats him in just five moves and advises him to fix this strategy in the future.
* GondorCallsForAid: [[spoiler:The Akihabara Hacker Corps, Yagami and his subordinates, and later Jin showed up to help with the siege at Tiny Orbit.]]
** In ''W'' we get ''two seasons' worth of characters'' returning for the final battle.
* HeelFaceTurn: Most opponents become allies later. [[spoiler:Jin and Yagami are the most prominent ones since they originally work for the Innovators.]]
* HollywoodHacking: From trains, to high tech bases, LBX can hack almost anything.
* HoverMecha: LBX Queen, belonging to Riko, the token chick of Hanzou's posse.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: An LBX, which is essentially a six inch tall toy robot, can be tuned to perform an assassination when the target is several blocks away ''through a glass building''.
* KillSat: [[spoiler:Misere plans to use this to annihilate Earth]].
* LightningBruiser: Ban, Jin, and Lex use this type of LBX. [[spoiler:Especially when they get Odin and Zenon.]]
** ''W'' adds the Perseus, Kirito’s Custom LBX, the improbable Vampire Cat and several others.
* LimitedWardrobe: A character wears the same outfit throughout the series. Though many of the characters get redesigns in #W.
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:The defeat of Mizel Olegion in ''W'' causes the warheads in his flying fortress to start counting down.]]
** Invoked in ''Wars'' when [[spoiler:the damage to the Second World structure that sends Seredy Kreisler into the drink also causes Second World to crumble]].
* MacGuffin: Ban's AX-00. [[spoiler:Its core skeleton contains a mysterious item called the "Platinum Capsule", inside which is contained data on how to create a device called the "Eternal Cycler (the Infinity Engine localized)" that could theoretically produce infinite energy. Naturally, the Innovators getting their hands on it would be a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt very bad thing]].]]
** ''Wars'' has the Parasite Keys, a secret code in three parts to enter what could be considered the administration level of Second World.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Lex [[KillAndReplace assassinates Kaidou Yoshimitsu and replaces him with an android]].]]
* MidSeasonUpgrade: All main characters get one, or two in Kazu's case.
** Ban technically gets two as well, if you count AX-00. And in the game's re-release, ''Boost'', he also gets [[spoiler:Epsilon]].
** ''Wars'' expands on this by passing the older {{Ace Custom}}s to other squad captains, eventually upgrading the whole platoon.
* MillionMookMarch: Actually just 25,000 [=LBXs=], in the siege of Tiny Orbit.
** ''W'' repeats this feat in the siege of our heroes' home base [[spoiler:alleged to be Detector's base by the government, and masterminded by Omega Dyne]].
* MoodWhiplash: Two instances: [[spoiler:after Ban's victory in the Artemis final, and after the successful defense against the siege of Tiny Orbit which resulted in the saddest death in the franchise]].
* MyLittlePanzer: LBX definitely won't be approved as children's toys in the real world (not with live ammo, anyway[[note]]as mentioned previously, there are actual model kits available[[/note]]). [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the series when it's stated that LBX toys have been banned for sale in the past until the creation of fortified cardboard due to injuries and other accidents.
* NinjaMaid: The theme of the LBX used by Akihabara's Hacker Corps.
* OpeningNarration:
--> ''"The year is 2046. The invention of fortified cardboard material, able to withstand any shock and retain its shape, would revolutionise the shipping industry - but the humble cardboard box itself would see a new use, as an arena for the children's battling hobby robots or [=LBXs=]. These battles would later be known as -- Danball Senki!"''
* {{Otaku}}: Ban and co. first encounter one of them in Artemis named Yuijin a.k.a. Ota(ku) Ranger Red Ribbon. Then they meet the entire Akiba Sentai Otaku Rangers in Akihabara Tournament.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Just like its sister counterpart, friendship ends up being an important plot point for future events.
* RapidFireTyping: On both computer keyboards and the cellphone-like remote controls. Jin uses his CCM so fast that at one point he overloaded its systems, causing Emperor to lose in its first fight with Achilles. Otacross uses it later to break into the Janus Gate.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Not an LBX, but a model intended to show off the [[MacGuffin Metanus GX CPU]], with enough power to decrypt the Platinum Capsule. [[spoiler:Counts as {{Foreshadowing}}, as a different one replaces Kaidou Yoshimitsu later.]]
* RuleOfThree: All over the place. LBX players tend to wind up in 3-man teams, with Ban, Ami and Kazu the most prominent one. ''Danball Senki Wars'' has LBX academies which require 3 tournament victories to qualify for enrollment.
* SayMyName: Players call their LBX's names when deploying them.
* SchoolgirlLesbians: One of the students at the protagonists' school has a rather blatant crush on Riko, and isn't interested in boys in the slightest.
--> '''Evelyn''': "For me, it's Rika Yazawa all the way!"
* SerialEscalation: What the LBX can do just gets crazier as the series progresses, repeatedly breaking in-series technological limits.
* SeriousBusiness: The LBX toys, apparently. The business is SO serious that at one point [[spoiler:Ban and his friends are asked by the brother of the CEO of a major LBX manufacturer to help him stop an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of Japan, which is ALSO being carried out by an LBX. It only gets crazier in season 2 as they have to stop global terrorism and at one spot save the president from the same LBX assassination and prevent her and a governmental organization from using a KillSat]].
* ShoutOut:
** Political assassinations are carried out by someone called [[Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal Jackal.]]
** [[ToylessToylineCharacter LBXs Titan and Ortega]] resemble the Anime/TurnAGundam (and having tank treads references the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Guntank]]) and [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]] respectively.
** LBX Odin's FinishingMove, Gungnir. Not only is it the right name for the Norse god's weapon, but it involves pulling its BattleAura [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann into the shape of a drill, which grows longer, then wider, then charges into the enemy.]]
** By the last episode, LBX Odin, with a flight form and double beam javelin, gains a beam shield. All these items have appeared several times in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise.
*** Odin's Jet Striker attack function uses its flight mode as a [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming weapon]] just like the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam's Waverider Crash]].
** Otacross can craft his own Music/{{Vocaloid}}s. (More specifically, the process is only stated to be speech synthesis like one -- but Hatsune Miku is mentioned by name.)
*** The Seekers employ a new handler for the kids, who calls himself [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Cobra]]. Speaking of which, our heroes' group is absorbed into a larger organisation called [[Series/{{NCIS}} NICS]].
*** The [ToylessToylineCharacter LBX Jeanne D]] is actually a reference to Creator/Level5's own ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc''.
*** Hiro psyches himself up in an early battle by visualising the LBX Invit as a ''kaijin'' from ''Senshiman''... which looked suspiciously like the [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Molech Imagin.]] [[WritingAroundTrademarks But TOTALLY isn't.]]
*** A runaway subway car in [[BigApplesauce "N City"]] [[Film/SpiderMan2 is slowed down with spiderwebs.]]
*** #25 is overflowing with these as we enter not-Akihabara. There's a [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter]] on a shelf, and we see a cosplayer dressed as a purple recolor of [[Anime/RoninWarriors Ryo]]. There's also this girl who writes in a "Never-Forgive-You-Notebook", read in Japanese as "Yurusenai-[[Manga/DeathNote desu Note]]." And what looks like ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' costumes -- [[{{Squick}} on big hairy men.]]
*** The Paradise satellite is controlled by twin [=AIs=] named [[Literature/TheBible Adam and Eve]], which show up as [[Film/{{Tron}} floating 3D geometric shapes.]]
*** The kids get color-coded flight suits when they head up to space, looking like something out of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]''.
*** One of [[spoiler:Achilles D9's]] attack functions, the Sword Bits, shares the same name and function with [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer 00 Qan[T]'s]] AttackDrone weapons.
** In the English localization, characters in one of the sidequests mention an in-universe game series called [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazumania]].
** The prime minister and his bodyguard look exactly like the ones from [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven]].
*** Also from the English version, [[spoiler:Master [=Otaku/Otacross=]]] at one point shouts "[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga I HAVE FURY!]]"
** ''Wars'' has a TerribleTrio doing a CombinationAttack that basically screams [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Jet Stream Attack.]]
*** The Jenock girls platoon does an AngelsPose in #18, backlit and everything.
** The prime minister and his bodyguard look exactly like the ones from [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven]]. The prime minster even has the same name, Stewart Vanguard, as he does in Inazuma Eleven.
* SingleStrokeBattle: After warming up on taking out the first TerribleTrio Deqoo, Ban does this to the remaining two.
** This happens a few more times throughout the series particularly with Hissatsu Functions.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}''. Or ''Manga/AngelicLayer''
* StalkerWithACrush: Mika is often seen following Gouda and/or taking pictures of him.
* SuperMode: Done via PalleteSwap into [[MerchandiseDriven chromed or clear colors]] for the most part.
** V-mode for Achilles, Extreme Mode for Odin, and Alternative Mode for Zenon. [[spoiler:Also, there's Psycho Scanning Mode for Judge, Seraphic Mode for Lucifer and Inferno Mode for Ifreet.]]
** In ''W'', we have Knight Mode for Elysion, Burning Mode for Minerva, and Strike Mode for Perseus. [[spoiler:Additionally, we have Demonic Mode for Achilles Deed and Giga Voltaic Mode for Zeus. And the O-Legion has his choice of ''several existing ones.'']]
** ''Wars'' has a more straightforward one with the Dot Blastriser, which ''actually unfolds and sprouts blades''.
* TalkToTheFist: How Jin wins some of his battles in Akihabara Kingdom. HilarityEnsues a lot.
* ThemeNaming: Most of the [[AceCustom prominent LBXs]] are named after figures in mythology, mostly Greek.
* TheTeam: Two examples, nearly close to a FiveManBand. Pre Artemis, Van was TheHero and TheLeader of the group, with the others backing up his adventures and helping him find his dad. Kazu is TheLancer, Van’s best friend and loyal NumberTwo of the group, being TheCynic, worrisome, and cautious to Van’s idealism while also contrasting in their battle styles. Amy is the main female of the PowerTrio, being TheSmartGirl. While none of the members are stupid, Amy is the smartest, wise, mature and does the most of making strategies. Ryuu[=/=]Gabe is TheBigGuy of the group, knowledgeable with machinery and uses the [[StoneWall Tank Frame LBX]] but acts as a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] due to his inability to win most of his battles. Mika is TheChick, being the only other girl than Amy, but is supportive of the group minus Ryuu and occasionally trains with them. Gouda[=/=]Hanzou joins Team Van as the SixthRanger since the Devas act as support with the Seekers.
** Configuration 2: Van remains TheLeader and TheHero to the point where he’s leads his friends against the Innovators and acts as leaders in both tournaments. Kazu remains as TheLancer. Amy still has shades of TheSmartGirl but is TheChick and the sole female now.Her knowledge coming in second to [[spoiler:Jin. When he performs a HeelFaceTurn, his intelligence combined with his experience with the Innovators becomes invaluable to the Seekers and Ban’s team]]. Gouda moves up as TheBigGuy due to being the strongest in fighting and most physically aggressive in his LBX battles. Dak is the SixthRanger, joining Van’s team 5/8ths into the original series after being defeated by Gouda and decides to join up full time to stop the Innovators, [[ItAmusedMe for his own amusement]].
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
* TournamentArc: Three of them in the first season. Ban has to win them to access various information and {{plot coupon}}s.
** The Angra Visdas (means Underground Tournament, localized as the Catacombs Contest) is the first one, where Ban needs to win to find out who’s TheMole for the Innovators and get a pass to Artemis.
** Artemis 2050 is the biggest of the three where people from all around the globe arrive to battle for the grand prize, the Metanoia GX. The Metanoia GX also has the encryption code for the Platinum Code, making it NotJustATournament. Ban teams up with his friends while his [[TheRival rivals]] [[TheMentor Lex]], [[FriendlyRivalry friendly rivals]], and a few [[WildCard Wild Cards]] in the mix. Its set up in Blocks A to E, and the winners of each block fight it out in a all out brawl. Naturally, things don’t go well.
** The third is the Akihabara Kingdom tournament, where Ban, Daiki, Hanzou, Amy, Kazu, and Jin split into two groups to win because they need the Hacker Corps help to get the code for the Infinity Engine but they have the tournament since the Corps only follow the winner[=/=]King. The dub skipped over this tournament and just had Otacross call the Hacker Corps for backup.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: Not all the [=LBXs=] make it into the model kit line, but they lampshade it by having some familiar looking weapons (Gekkoumaru's sword and Perfect ZX-3's combo weapon) in weapon add-on sets. Yagami Eiji's LBX General gets delayed to being released with the ''W'' toyline despite getting a couple of scenes in season 1.
* WakeUpCallBoss: For the first game, Sendou; as if it weren't difficult enough already to deal with a 3-on-1 battle, if you've only been relying on your default armor and equipment up until then, you're in for a rude awakening.
** Hades in the Ranking Battles. Its much stronger and faster, and its 5th Dimension[=/=]Dimension Sigma energy balls will decimate your team unless you have the proper equipment.
* WaveMotionGun: Often functions as FinishingMove. Hakaioh even has one built into its chest [[spoiler:and Hakaioh Zettou has ''two'']].
* WhamEpisode:
** #5: Kaidou and the Innovators plan to assassinate the prime minister and hire an Assassin to do it.
** #6: The PowerTrio barely stop the assassination attempt, only to find out as to why Takuya and Lex picked them...Professor Yamano and Ban’s dad is alive and has been this whole time.
** #17: Everyone is captured, Rina is revealed to betray to Innovators because Kaidou is essentially holding her sister hostage with a medical procedure that Kaidou is using the government to blockade. Professor Yamano reveals that he hid the encryption code for the Platinum Capsule in the prize for Artemis and when Kaidou plans to have them all killed, the professor sets off up hidden explosives in the mansion allowing everyone to flee, and Jin learns about the secrets as well. Also, Ban’s mother knew her husband was alive this whole time. And the Innovators are working on a new plan, a special LBX program being installed into a young man around Kin’s age. Wow.
** #24 and #25: [[spoiler:Ban wins Artemis by defeating Jin in the closest match to date. However, the Innovators planted a self destruct switch in Emperor M2 as a failsafe being Jin’s back and uses it to destroy Achilles and take the Platinum Capsule with Deqoos, has the Red Brigade killing off several guards to take the Metanoia GX, cuts off all power to the tournament area, then Yagami finds out about the later and after being fired, Kaidou is shot by a mysterious assailant. Jin is revealed to be one of the two survivors of the Tokio Bridge collapse many years ago alongside Yuya, Kaidou caused the bridge collapse and him being adapted by Yoshimitsu as a result, Ban meets up with Lex to find out Lex switched the Capsule with a fake and hands him the real one. The group sets out to Tiny Orbit to find the Innovators using trucks to shield them while an army of cars surround Takuya’s cars as the end episodes]]. Damn.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The majority of main characters are teenagers, and yet many of them are way smarter and mature for their age.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Riko and Hanzou.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Gouda and Sendou are jr. high schoolers. They’re in their final years, but still.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: When Ban together with Ami and Kazu first tries to rescue [[spoiler:Professor Yamano]], the bad guys simply move the target to a new location.
!! Tropes in ''Danball Senki W'':
* AIIsACrapshoot: The Adam and Eve [=AIs=] in ''W''. After the real bad guys go down, they realize they're next and seize control of the KillSat. [[spoiler:Even worse, after they're taken down they leave a 'child' behind, ''Mizel''.]]
* AllYourPowersCombined: The LBX Olegion in ''W'' has Achilles, Odin, Hakai-Oh and Hunter's {{finishing move}}s. [[spoiler:Mizel Olegion can go into the same {{super mode}}s that Elysion, Perseus and Minerva have.]]
* AnimeAccentAbsence: Foreigners speak perfect Japanese in ''W'' just as they did in the original series.
* BaitAndSwitch: ''W'' #36. You fully expect the Elysion and Perseus to [[TakingYouWithMe go down with the]] [[SuicideAttack Suicide Bomber]] [=LBXs=], especially with the debut of Ban and Hiro's new mechs around the corner. Instead, Kaidou Jin and Haibara Yuuya sweep in for the save.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: ''Inverted'' in ''W''. [[spoiler:The Odin is taken over by Mizel, forcing our heroes to fight it.]] Played straight when Amy [[spoiler:uses the Pandora model Yuusuke had after her Pandora was destroyed in the beginning of #W]].
* BreatherEpisode: In between the Killer Droid and Australia arcs, the anime adapted the BC Extras Tournament. While its a Yuuya focused episode about his doubts, its a lot more fun and relaxed than the previous and future arcs.
* TheBusCameBack: A lot of old friends show up later up in the series [[spoiler:most notably to prepare for the final battle]].
* CrazyPrepared: The assassination plot in ''W''. [[spoiler:After the main signal router LBX is destroyed by Ban and Hiro, it turns out there is yet another back up one. Also the assassin avoids being found by putting dummy signal transmitters all over the stadium where he's working.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Somehow managed to top the original series in this regard.
* DisneyDeath: Seems to be headed this way with [[spoiler:Lex and Dr. Mummy, but is ultimately subverted when it is revealed that Dr. Mummy's true identity was his sister Hiyama Mami all along]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: The Icarus Zero and Icarus Force appear in teasers for the {{Crossover}} movie with ''Inazuma Eleven'', well before their in-show debut. Once the movie starts screening, new teasers with [[spoiler:Odin [=MK2=] and Achilles D9]] come out.
* EquippableAlly: LBX Icarus Zero and Icarus Force. Though its usually for the Double Hissatsu Functions, [[spoiler:the anime actually has Hiro and Ban use them consistently to defeat Zeus’s SuperMode]].
* EvolvingCredits: Done with the third OP of ''W'' to add [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn Kirito, Mizel and his HumongousMecha]].
* FiveManBand: [[spoiler:Omega Dyne (The International LBX Federation) in season 2[=/=]#W]]
** BigBad: [[spoiler:Alfred Gordon. The true mastermind, using Alan Worthing as a proxy and UnwittingPawn to further his goals of becoming ruler of the world and ending corruption through Adam and Eve]]
** TheDragon: [[spoiler:Bishop, Alan and Alfred’s NumberTwo. He’s trusted with all the behind the scenes issues for both BigBad and to command large swarms of LBX. ]]
** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler:Dr. Mummy. Yes he’s not fooling anyone with his disguise, or is he? Mummy is the LBX engineer who creates Killer[=/=]Slayer Droids. Later, said person successfully becomes TheStarscream]]
** TheBrute: Kirito Kazama: The Test Player and GadgeteerGenius of the group, who’s BloodKnight tendencies and goals cause him to be the most open and antagonistic against NICS.
** DarkChick: [[spoiler:Haruka Oozora, Hiro’s mother. The only reason she’s working with them is ForScience and to create Adam and Eve, which leaves her apathetic and underbracing about her co-workers other plans until she hears about Hiro’s suffering and pulls a HeelFaceTurn]].
* GrandTheftPrototype: The primary plot device for ''W''. [[spoiler:Achilles Deed and the O-Legion in particular.]]
* HoverBoard: Riding Saucers, [[NonIndicativeName which don't resemble saucers.]]
* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler:Taking down Mizel also downs the Vectors.]]
* {{Nerf}}: In ''Danball Senki W'', the {{Super Mode}}s that you can give your [=LBXes=] in the form of Mode Chips are greatly nerfed from the first game; each super mode only gives one stat buff or special ability while it's active.
* NoSocialSkills: ''W'' has one-shot character Gojou, who has to input his words into his LBX to make it Siri his speech for him. [[spoiler:Turns out later on he's a BadassBaritone.]]
* OldHeroNewPals: Advertised as thus from the first episode onward, with Hiro and Ran in the OP and everything, and apparently enforced with Kazu and Ami PutOnABus, [[spoiler:then finally subverted as TheBusCameBack with ''everyone'']].
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: TheManBehindTheMan [[spoiler:Alferd Gardyne]]'s StartOfDarkness was when his father, a top politician, protested the manipulation of the country's wealth by a mere handful of its population... were they by any chance the 1%?
* SequelGoesForeign: ''Danball Senki W'' sends Ban and our new heroes Hiro and Ran overseas, starting with... [[{{Eagleland}} "A Country."]]
* TrainingFromHell: Invoked in ''W'' for Ban, Hiro and Ran, who would've breezed right through it... ''except they have to do it together, or redo from the top.''
** Ban, Yuya, and Jin have Hiro, Ran, and Jessica go through this to prepare them for Angra Texas and Artemis 2051.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: The action tends to return to our heroes' home town despite going global in ''W''. And it's renamed Tokio City here, [[spoiler:which makes more sense when ''W'' leads up to a [[TheTokyoFireball Tokyo Fireball]].]]
* TrainJob: ''W'' episode 12 has a maglev train heisted by a gang with custom Hakai-Oh [=LBXs=].
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The threat escalates to a level that NothingIsTheSameAnymore, laying the groundwork for the following season.
* WeaponisedExhaust: ''W'' #37. More of an ambushified exhaust, as Minerva Kai lures enemy [=LBXs=] around the back of the Duck Shuttle, where they are promptly fried.
* WhamEpisode:
** #7 ‘’W’’: Good news, our heroes find Ami! [[spoiler:Bad news, Ami is being [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Slave Player]] for Detector, and she doesn’t know where Kazu is.]]
** Starting from #31 of ''W'', we learn that [[spoiler:Detector was really Yamano Junichiro in a massive CreatorBacklash, Hiro's MissingMom is found, our heroes THINK Dr. Mummy is really Lex BackFromTheDead, and worst of all, TheManBehindTheMan makes his move, killing the supposed BigBad, the head of Omega Dyne, and is revealed to be TheStarscream to the American president, using the name of Detector for a FalseFlagOperation!]]
** ''W'' #37. [[spoiler:Dr Mummy was NOT Lex, but his sister Hiyama Mami the whole time.]]
* WholeCostumeReference: Save for the hair, doesn't Cobra remind you of [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel?]]
!!Tropes in ''Danball Senki Wars'':
* ActionPrologue
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The fact that Toujou Rikuya [[spoiler:is getting special protection, not just for housing a MacGuffin in his LBX but for being the prime minister's son. RealLife countries with mandatory military service will sometimes allow a whole platoon an easier time if the sons of politicians are conjugated in them, earning the term "white horse platoon."]]
* AppropriatedAppelation: Bandit is the rather appropriate name given to the unaligned platoon seemingly out to bring down all other platoons. [[spoiler:Their real name? Ezeldarm.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: [[AmazonBrigade Jenock Platoon Squad 4]] has this covered.
* BreatherEpisode: #24. After busting out two new mechs and the threat of Bandit escalating, we get an episode about a DesignatedGirlFight.
* TheButlerDidIt:[[spoiler:Literally! Gendo's butler Ayabe was a mole for the bad guys the whole time!]]
* CallBack: All over the place, from the mention of Artemis, Sendou Daiki's sister and a book left behind by Yamano Junichiro to [[spoiler:Kaidou Jin appearing in person]].
* ChildSoldiers: The children are being trained to battle in a simulation of the real world, complete with each country's resources reflected in each army's backing. [[spoiler:TheReveal just formalises this.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: In principle, if not appearance.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title can translate as "Cardboard War Machines Wars." Let that sink in for a moment.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: [[spoiler:Sena Arata's first use of the Dot Blastriser G Ext FinishingMove can ''sink the ship they were meant to be boarding.'']] Like, WHOA.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Kamui Daimon's underground training facility. Like RealLife military ones, each can be ''up to 10km wide''.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: #9 does this to clear up a MistakenForSpies moment.
* MechaExpansionPack: The Dot Phoenix addon for Dot Blastriser.
* MetaMecha: The Riding Armor add-on for [=LBXs=].
* MilitarySchool: Prep school-looking establishments now train aspiring LBX players for full-blown combat.
* NewTransferStudent: Arata and Hikaru from the beginning.
* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Brought up as a plot point. [[spoiler:The so-called [[SuperMode Overload]] removes the ninety percent barrier and has the potential to ''cause brain damage'' with overuse.]]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The true nature of [[spoiler:Second World. It has to be plugged into the brain of its own creator, Professor Mito.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: An almost literal version in #14 when Houjou Muraku and his squad are reassigned to a frozen wasteland after a bad mission. Then subverted as he gets KickedUpstairs.
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Bandit, outed as the Ezeldarm platoon, which cannot be disbanded as Seredy Kreisler justifies their existence as an equivalent to subversive terrorist cells in the real world. Also he'd blow the secret of Second World worldwide if they did anything to him.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: Thanks to a mandatory media blackout, nobody even brings up the massive World Savers terrorist group until #30.
* {{Retraux}}: The entire island housing Kamui Daimon Academy has been built in the style of '60s Japan, supposedly influenced by the period of national growth and development. Even the [=TVs=] are black and white, by god.
* RunningGag: [[DrillSergeantNasty Instructor]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Saruta]] walking into Jenock mission control whenever he wants, despite having no affiliation to any platoon.
* TheSquad: Jenock Platoon consists of several 4-man teams.
* ThemeNaming: Jenock Platoon Squad 2 has [[TheFourGods two guys named for Byakko (Taiga and Rinko), one guy named Seiryu and their leader, Gendo (for Genbu).]]
* TimedMission: The entire premise of ''War Time'', with the subversion that all units are merely frozen on time-out and UnPaused the next day. Even with War Time extended to 2 hours, this can still happen.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two members of Jenock Squad 3 are still in the OP after ''being dropped from the team and replaced, TWICE.''
* WhamEpisode:
** #17-18. [[spoiler:All those training missions are NOT preparing our heroes to protect the world, but ''actual CombatByChampion battles deciding real world politics.'' And Kaidou Jin is revealed to be fielding a platoon of his own, explaining the connection needed to get Kojou Asuka's brother involved.]]
** #30. Seredy Kreisler [[spoiler:is not only [[OlderThanTheyLook really 90 years old]], but he AND Gendo's butler Ayabe are with the World Savers terrorist group, aiming to crack open Second World and take the secrets to real world politics for themselves, all under the guise of freeing the Kamui Daimon students from the real world conspiracy.]]
** #33. [[spoiler:Seredy Kreisler, seemingly defeated when they sink his flying fortress in Second World, mobilises troops ''in the real world'' to occupy the whole island.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After uniting the MacGuffin, Seredy Kreisler takes the LBX Phantom and destroys the Guruzeon.]]
* ZergRush: Used as ''an actual tactic'' in #25.
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''Danball Senki'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable RPG, developed by Creator/{{Level 5}} and released on June 16th, 2011. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battlers eXperience, a line of toys which are equal parts model kit and fully functioning robot. They are most commonly used to battle each other in miniature diorama arenas. One day, he is approached out of the blue by a mysterious female scientist who hands him an attache case containing a prototype LBX called "AX-00", which the scientist claims is "the key to saving the world". Unbeknownst to Ban, however, is the fact that the model is wanted by a mysterious group, and he soon finds himself being hunted by the group's masked agents.
An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released five months after the initial game, in November 2011, followed by a further-updated UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port titled ''Danball Senki Baku Boost'' in 2012.
The sequel, ''Danball Senki W'', was released for PSP and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita in 2012 and followed by a Nintendo 3DS UpdatedRerelease, titled ''Danball Senki W Super Custom'', in 2013. The third game, ''Danball Senki Wars'', was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013. The three games were made into an [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]] that aired from 2011 to 2013.
The franchise was adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The English version of the anime began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W''-based episodes aired in 2015 as ''LBX'''s second season, cutting down its 58 episodes into 49. In the United States, the show is broadcast on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}.
A localization of ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released on August 2015 in North America, and in Europe one month later.
Now has a new spinoff series, VideoGame/SoukouMusume in development for 2018.
!!This series contains examples of:
* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The LBX battles in the anime are rendered with 3D models, while the characters are in 2D.
* AceCustom:
** The norm for good players. Also LBX producers hire test players, for whom special models are produced such as [[spoiler:Justin, who was hired specifically by Cyba Lance to test what would be his new LBX, Zenon/Xenon and future LBX]].
** Kirito is a test player for Omega Dain, the International LBX Federation [[spoiler:until the events of the Paradise arc leads Tyler to inviting him to be a test player at Tiny Oribt]].
* ActionGirl: Ami and Mika whenever she’s involved with the plot. To everyone’s surprise except her [[spoiler:husband’s, Saki[=/=]Sadie turns out to be a strong LBX player able to give Ban some trouble]]. In the ranking battles, other female supporting characters get to show their capabilities including Ban’s mother.
** DarkActionGirl: Eeny/Mano before her HeelFaceTurn and Rika before it turns out Gouda’s gang is GoodAllAlong. ''W'' has [[spoiler:Mami Hiyama, TheStarscream and the true villain of the three fourths of the series]].
* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime, the regular Hissatsu Functions[=/=]Special Attack Routines are just as effective as the Super ones.
** Mika is a much stronger battler compared to the games, though we hardly see it.
* AllThereInTheManual: The toyline and add-on sets actually, for nearly every NamedWeapon.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ryu[=/=]Gabe is dark skinned in Japan..
* AnimeHair: In fine Level-5 tradition there are a large number of characters with oddly shaped hair, most notably Jin..
* AnimeOfTheGame: The games are the "core" continuity. That said, because it's one of the works Level-5 intended as a multimedia franchise from the get-go, for both ''Danball Senki'' and ''Danball Senki W'' the anime aired slightly before the game's release. It's been similar for ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', where only the first game came out before its anime.
* ArcWords: "''Sekai o sukuu no kagi''"/"The key to saving the world."
* ArtifactTitle: The Japanese title literally means "cardboard war machines" (with "Danball" as a stylized romanization of ''danbooru'' and "Senki" as a coined kanji compound rather than the word it usually means), but the titular fortified cardboard only plays a minor role in the plot for the first game and completely vanishes from the setting afterwards as D-Eggs and the Second World house LBX battles instead. The fact that the title tends to confuse people into thinking the robots are made of cardboard instead of the dioramas is likely why the localized title takes from the robots instead.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: An important quality of good LBX players. Ami, Ban, and Jin are prominent examples.
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The game's opening movie shows what seems to be a relatively light-hearted, standard RealRobot anime... until the very end, where you see that the robots that you've assumed are several feet tall are actually around ''six inches'' tall.
** All those people in the shadows seen in the first opening of ''W''? They never appear!
* BarelyChangedDubName: The English dub changes the characters' names from Ban Yamano to Van Yamano, Ami Kawamura to Amy Cohen, Kazu Aoshima to Kaz Walker, and Jin Kaidou to Justin Kaidou.
* BareYourMidriff: Saki[=/=]Sadie wears a crop top, and not much else above her pants.
* BrattyHalfPint: [[spoiler:The defending champion of [[TournamentArc Akihabara Kingdom.]] He's ''five'', and already TheChessmaster.]]
** Kojou Asuka in ''W''[[spoiler:She on the other hand is less annoying]] but like Maa, [[spoiler:she]] has the skills to back it up.
* CallingYourAttacks: Many of the names of the hissatsu functions are called out by both the players and the remote controls. The dub for the localization of the anime removes it, so only the characters say the name of the hissatsu function.
* ChekhovsGunman: In the last episode of the first season, [[spoiler:we see flashbacks of Lex as a child with his younger sister. Let's just say she becomes very important in ''W''.]]
** ''W'' has Kojou Asuka mention that her LBX Vampire Cat was built by her brother Takeru, who only appears onscreen in ''Wars''.
* ChekhovsSkill: [[IAmNotLeftHanded Ban can do kung fu kicks with the AX-00 frame if disarmed. Kaz also trained Hunter to do this as well.]] This is precisely how Ban and Kazu get through the first round at Artemis.
* CleavageWindow: [[TwoGuysAndAGirl Shouko[=/=]Mano[=/=]Eeny, The female member]] of the TerribleTrio. And invoked later on with a RidiculouslyHumanRobot... [[FanDisservice which cracks open to store the Metanus GX CPU.]]
* CoatHatMask: [[TerribleTrio The agents under Eiji Yagami, known as the Three Moes..]]
* CombiningMecha: Otacross' ZX [=LBXs=] unite to form the Perfect [=ZX3=].
** In ''Danball Senki W'', [[spoiler:after the first fight with Dr. Mummy's gigantic (compared to an LBX) anti-LBX "Killerdroid" called Wyvern, Prof. Yamano modifies Perseus, Elysion and Minerva, enabling them to combine into the anti-Killerdroid "Super LBX" Sigma Orbis.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted. In the game, standing in lava will make your LBX take 50 damage every few seconds. In the final Artemis battle between Van and Justin, the anime implied falling in the lava would severely damage the LBX.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: How Ban gains some of his most powerful allies, most noticeably [[spoiler:Kaidou Jin]].
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Ban's father supposedly died in an airplane crash, but he is actually alive and being forced to work for the Innovators ([[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 not those ones]]), the group that wants Ban's AX-00.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The first time they use Odin involves having to send it well outside the handphone controllers' range, but Tiny Orbit has created the Sparkbload, a powerful system that can control an LBX miles away. It basically resembles ''a cockpit simulator''. They even launch Odin on a runway!
** In ''Danball Senki W'', our heroes head to "A Country" ([[VideoGame/GuiltyGear not that one]]), which is ''totally not {{Eagleland}}''. And the city they land in is called N City, [[BigApplesauce and not like that other city starting with an N at all.]] Well, they do head off to China and Egypt later, but they touch down in Shang Pao and Cairu. Nothing to do with UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}} and UsefulNotes/{{Cairo}} at ALL.
** In ''Danball Senki Wars'', LBX training academies send the kids on training missions also known as "War Time", with fictional nations named '''J'''ennock and '''R'''ossius. It's like they're not even trying by now.
* DubNameChange: A number of characters get this treatment in the English version of the game. In most cases it's their last name that gets changed (for example, Kawamura Ami becomes Amy Cohen), though Yamano has his first name changed instead (from Yamano Ban to Van Yamano).
** In the games, the list of changed names include: Yamano Ban to Van Yamano, Kawamura Ami to Amy Cohen, Aoshima Kazuya to Kaz Walker, Kitajima Kojirou to Ken Navarro, Kitajima Saki to Sadie Navarro, Daikouji Ryuu to Gabe Lewis, Mikage Mika to Mika Morris, Kameyama Tetsuo to Tank Middleton, Shikano Ginji to Benji Darby, Yazawa Riko to Rika Yazawa, Gouda Hanzou to Hanz Gordon, Uzaki Takuya to Tyler Osgood, Hiyama Ren to Len Hiyama, and Kaidou Jin to Justin Kaido, among others. The LBX themselves aren't exempt, either; the games change Egypt to Pharaoh, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Hakai-O/Hakaioh]] to Destroyer, Queen to Ruby Queen, Nazuu to Gillman, and Mad Dog to Chameleon, among others.
* EnemyMine: During the final of Artemis, Jin asked for Ban's help to save [[spoiler:Haibara Yuuya]].
** In the anime of W, Kirito sort of helps Jin and Ban stop robbers on a train heading back to Tokio City, but ends up [[MeleeATrois fighting everyone]].
** In ''Wars'', [[spoiler:Rossius]] takes a big enough hit that its soldiers are reduced to ''political refugees'', forcing [[spoiler:Houjou Muraku's squad to join Jenock]].
* EvilKnockoff: Jin's LBX The Emperor to Ban's LBX Achilles.
* ExpressiveMask: The TerribleTrio seem to have them.
* {{Expy}}: Don't let anyone tell you that Ban '''doesn't''' remind them of [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Endou.]]
** Not to mention Hanzou looks like [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].
** Don't forget the TerribleTrio that resemble [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]].
** And Jin resembles [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Enzan]].
* ExtyYearsFromNow: The anime takes place in 2050. ''Danball Senki Wars'' begins another 6 years after that, enough time to change the world order.
* EyeCatch: Somewhat inconsistent as they switch from a closeup of Achilles in the dark to [[spoiler:a shot of Ban and [[MidSeasonUpgrade Odin]] together,]] in a well-lit backdrop instead. In the anime, the Achilles close up is first, and changes to [[spoiler:
* FakeCrossover: Ban teams up with [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Endou]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skf1oDUgrw8 promote both their shows.]]
** If you look closely you can see a ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' poster on one of the buildings in one of the commercials.
** Becomes [[Main/HilariousinHindsight Hilarious in Hindsight]] after they really get a c rossover movie: Inazuma Eleven Go Vs Danball Senki W.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Most of the weapons in the anime, mainly firearms, are changed in the English dub of the anime to emit a lightening glow and act as lasers. The localized 3DS game surprisingly averts this.
* {{Feelies}}: The PSP game actually comes with an actual LBX model, made by Bandai.
** Level-5 are going all out, producing not only a model line, but an anime ''and'' a manga to go along with the game.
* FightingYourFriend: In the first anime and game during the Akibahara Kingdom, Ban, Sendou Daiki and Hanzo Gouda are pitted against Kazu, Ami, and Jin making up their number due to Otacross assigning them on different teams. [[{{Tsundere}} Although Daiki doesn't consider thems friends]].
** Ban's (him, Jin, and Jessica) and Hiro's (him, Ran, and Yuuya) teams are in the Block E of Artemis preliminary group in ''W''.
* FinishingMove: All [=LBXs=] have at least one, called an Attack Function, though the characters themselves call them "Hissatsu Functions." The localization and dubs refer to them as Special Attack Routines.
* FirstNameBasis: Many of the kids and even some of the adults prefer to be called by their first name without any of the honorifics.
* FlightStrengthHeart: The Akiba Sentai Ota Rangers boast that they have [[ThePowerOfLove the powers of love]], courage, and... curry.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In episode 5, the school group tries to help Kazu buy an LBX. While scorning at the other options, Ami eventually suggests a Wild Frame LBX, which is the only one he doesn't object to. Coincidentally, all of his [[MidSeasonUpgrade new LBX]] in the first game and anime are Wild Frame.
** The RidiculouslyHumanRobot shown off at the Artemis tournament foreshadows the use of the same type of robot to [[spoiler: replace Kaido]].
* FragileSpeedster: Many Strider-framed LBX excel in high speed, agility, and in the game's case, the ability to perform several dashes and tight maneuverability the other frames can't begin to top. However, their light weight is susceptible to be dealt with more damage, the custom sets usually suffer from not having strong weapons[=/=]attacks, and has low health points.
* FriendlySniper: A few of the main characters in each series uses sniper and rifle focused LBX, mostly prominently Ban's best friend and partner, Kazu, who uses those specific LBX(s) Hunter, Fenrir, and [[spoiler: Achilles Deed]].
** And of course, if you decide to give anyone else on your team's LBX a sniper rifle in the game.
* FullNameBasis: Opponents like to call each other with full names.
* GlassCannon: The Wild-frame LBX are anthropomorphic, very lightweight and can not tank as much damage similar to Strider frames. However, they have strong offensive power and can increase their close and long range abilities depending on their custom. Wild-frames also have great agility due to their animal traits with unique functions from the other frames.
** Shou Kanzaki and his LBX Gladiator have a powerful and fast offensive battling style (his self proclaimed SignatureMove is appropriately named Super Mach Attack that can overwhelm the opponent in a few attacks. However, his movements are extremely predictable, and he doesn't train his defense well. Masked J defeats him in just five moves and advises him to fix this strategy in the future.
* GondorCallsForAid: [[spoiler:The Akihabara Hacker Corps, Yagami and his subordinates, and later Jin showed up to help with the siege at Tiny Orbit.]]
** In ''W'' we get ''two seasons' worth of characters'' returning for the final battle.
* HeelFaceTurn: Most opponents become allies later. [[spoiler:Jin and Yagami are the most prominent ones since they originally work for the Innovators.]]
* HollywoodHacking: From trains, to high tech bases, LBX can hack almost anything.
* HoverMecha: LBX Queen, belonging to Riko, the token chick of Hanzou's posse.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: An LBX, which is essentially a six inch tall toy robot, can be tuned to perform an assassination when the target is several blocks away ''through a glass building''.
* KillSat: [[spoiler:Misere plans to use this to annihilate Earth]].
* LightningBruiser: Ban, Jin, and Lex use this type of LBX. [[spoiler:Especially when they get Odin and Zenon.]]
** ''W'' adds the Perseus, Kirito’s Custom LBX, the improbable Vampire Cat and several others.
* LimitedWardrobe: A character wears the same outfit throughout the series. Though many of the characters get redesigns in #W.
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:The defeat of Mizel Olegion in ''W'' causes the warheads in his flying fortress to start counting down.]]
** Invoked in ''Wars'' when [[spoiler:the damage to the Second World structure that sends Seredy Kreisler into the drink also causes Second World to crumble]].
* MacGuffin: Ban's AX-00. [[spoiler:Its core skeleton contains a mysterious item called the "Platinum Capsule", inside which is contained data on how to create a device called the "Eternal Cycler (the Infinity Engine localized)" that could theoretically produce infinite energy. Naturally, the Innovators getting their hands on it would be a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt very bad thing]].]]
** ''Wars'' has the Parasite Keys, a secret code in three parts to enter what could be considered the administration level of Second World.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Lex [[KillAndReplace assassinates Kaidou Yoshimitsu and replaces him with an android]].]]
* MidSeasonUpgrade: All main characters get one, or two in Kazu's case.
** Ban technically gets two as well, if you count AX-00. And in the game's re-release, ''Boost'', he also gets [[spoiler:Epsilon]].
** ''Wars'' expands on this by passing the older {{Ace Custom}}s to other squad captains, eventually upgrading the whole platoon.
* MillionMookMarch: Actually just 25,000 [=LBXs=], in the siege of Tiny Orbit.
** ''W'' repeats this feat in the siege of our heroes' home base [[spoiler:alleged to be Detector's base by the government, and masterminded by Omega Dyne]].
* MoodWhiplash: Two instances: [[spoiler:after Ban's victory in the Artemis final, and after the successful defense against the siege of Tiny Orbit which resulted in the saddest death in the franchise]].
* MyLittlePanzer: LBX definitely won't be approved as children's toys in the real world (not with live ammo, anyway[[note]]as mentioned previously, there are actual model kits available[[/note]]). [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the series when it's stated that LBX toys have been banned for sale in the past until the creation of fortified cardboard due to injuries and other accidents.
* NinjaMaid: The theme of the LBX used by Akihabara's Hacker Corps.
* OpeningNarration:
--> ''"The year is 2046. The invention of fortified cardboard material, able to withstand any shock and retain its shape, would revolutionise the shipping industry - but the humble cardboard box itself would see a new use, as an arena for the children's battling hobby robots or [=LBXs=]. These battles would later be known as -- Danball Senki!"''
* {{Otaku}}: Ban and co. first encounter one of them in Artemis named Yuijin a.k.a. Ota(ku) Ranger Red Ribbon. Then they meet the entire Akiba Sentai Otaku Rangers in Akihabara Tournament.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Just like its sister counterpart, friendship ends up being an important plot point for future events.
* RapidFireTyping: On both computer keyboards and the cellphone-like remote controls. Jin uses his CCM so fast that at one point he overloaded its systems, causing Emperor to lose in its first fight with Achilles. Otacross uses it later to break into the Janus Gate.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Not an LBX, but a model intended to show off the [[MacGuffin Metanus GX CPU]], with enough power to decrypt the Platinum Capsule. [[spoiler:Counts as {{Foreshadowing}}, as a different one replaces Kaidou Yoshimitsu later.]]
* RuleOfThree: All over the place. LBX players tend to wind up in 3-man teams, with Ban, Ami and Kazu the most prominent one. ''Danball Senki Wars'' has LBX academies which require 3 tournament victories to qualify for enrollment.
* SayMyName: Players call their LBX's names when deploying them.
* SchoolgirlLesbians: One of the students at the protagonists' school has a rather blatant crush on Riko, and isn't interested in boys in the slightest.
--> '''Evelyn''': "For me, it's Rika Yazawa all the way!"
* SerialEscalation: What the LBX can do just gets crazier as the series progresses, repeatedly breaking in-series technological limits.
* SeriousBusiness: The LBX toys, apparently. The business is SO serious that at one point [[spoiler:Ban and his friends are asked by the brother of the CEO of a major LBX manufacturer to help him stop an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of Japan, which is ALSO being carried out by an LBX. It only gets crazier in season 2 as they have to stop global terrorism and at one spot save the president from the same LBX assassination and prevent her and a governmental organization from using a KillSat]].
* ShoutOut:
** Political assassinations are carried out by someone called [[Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal Jackal.]]
** [[ToylessToylineCharacter LBXs Titan and Ortega]] resemble the Anime/TurnAGundam (and having tank treads references the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Guntank]]) and [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]] respectively.
** LBX Odin's FinishingMove, Gungnir. Not only is it the right name for the Norse god's weapon, but it involves pulling its BattleAura [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann into the shape of a drill, which grows longer, then wider, then charges into the enemy.]]
** By the last episode, LBX Odin, with a flight form and double beam javelin, gains a beam shield. All these items have appeared several times in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise.
*** Odin's Jet Striker attack function uses its flight mode as a [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming weapon]] just like the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam's Waverider Crash]].
** Otacross can craft his own Music/{{Vocaloid}}s. (More specifically, the process is only stated to be speech synthesis like one -- but Hatsune Miku is mentioned by name.)
*** The Seekers employ a new handler for the kids, who calls himself [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Cobra]]. Speaking of which, our heroes' group is absorbed into a larger organisation called [[Series/{{NCIS}} NICS]].
*** The [ToylessToylineCharacter LBX Jeanne D]] is actually a reference to Creator/Level5's own ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc''.
*** Hiro psyches himself up in an early battle by visualising the LBX Invit as a ''kaijin'' from ''Senshiman''... which looked suspiciously like the [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Molech Imagin.]] [[WritingAroundTrademarks But TOTALLY isn't.]]
*** A runaway subway car in [[BigApplesauce "N City"]] [[Film/SpiderMan2 is slowed down with spiderwebs.]]
*** #25 is overflowing with these as we enter not-Akihabara. There's a [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter]] on a shelf, and we see a cosplayer dressed as a purple recolor of [[Anime/RoninWarriors Ryo]]. There's also this girl who writes in a "Never-Forgive-You-Notebook", read in Japanese as "Yurusenai-[[Manga/DeathNote desu Note]]." And what looks like ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' costumes -- [[{{Squick}} on big hairy men.]]
*** The Paradise satellite is controlled by twin [=AIs=] named [[Literature/TheBible Adam and Eve]], which show up as [[Film/{{Tron}} floating 3D geometric shapes.]]
*** The kids get color-coded flight suits when they head up to space, looking like something out of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]''.
*** One of [[spoiler:Achilles D9's]] attack functions, the Sword Bits, shares the same name and function with [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer 00 Qan[T]'s]] AttackDrone weapons.
** In the English localization, characters in one of the sidequests mention an in-universe game series called [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazumania]].
** The prime minister and his bodyguard look exactly like the ones from [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven]].
*** Also from the English version, [[spoiler:Master [=Otaku/Otacross=]]] at one point shouts "[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga I HAVE FURY!]]"
** ''Wars'' has a TerribleTrio doing a CombinationAttack that basically screams [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Jet Stream Attack.]]
*** The Jenock girls platoon does an AngelsPose in #18, backlit and everything.
** The prime minister and his bodyguard look exactly like the ones from [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven]]. The prime minster even has the same name, Stewart Vanguard, as he does in Inazuma Eleven.
* SingleStrokeBattle: After warming up on taking out the first TerribleTrio Deqoo, Ban does this to the remaining two.
** This happens a few more times throughout the series particularly with Hissatsu Functions.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}''. Or ''Manga/AngelicLayer''
* StalkerWithACrush: Mika is often seen following Gouda and/or taking pictures of him.
* SuperMode: Done via PalleteSwap into [[MerchandiseDriven chromed or clear colors]] for the most part.
** V-mode for Achilles, Extreme Mode for Odin, and Alternative Mode for Zenon. [[spoiler:Also, there's Psycho Scanning Mode for Judge, Seraphic Mode for Lucifer and Inferno Mode for Ifreet.]]
** In ''W'', we have Knight Mode for Elysion, Burning Mode for Minerva, and Strike Mode for Perseus. [[spoiler:Additionally, we have Demonic Mode for Achilles Deed and Giga Voltaic Mode for Zeus. And the O-Legion has his choice of ''several existing ones.'']]
** ''Wars'' has a more straightforward one with the Dot Blastriser, which ''actually unfolds and sprouts blades''.
* TalkToTheFist: How Jin wins some of his battles in Akihabara Kingdom. HilarityEnsues a lot.
* ThemeNaming: Most of the [[AceCustom prominent LBXs]] are named after figures in mythology, mostly Greek.
* TheTeam: Two examples, nearly close to a FiveManBand. Pre Artemis, Van was TheHero and TheLeader of the group, with the others backing up his adventures and helping him find his dad. Kazu is TheLancer, Van’s best friend and loyal NumberTwo of the group, being TheCynic, worrisome, and cautious to Van’s idealism while also contrasting in their battle styles. Amy is the main female of the PowerTrio, being TheSmartGirl. While none of the members are stupid, Amy is the smartest, wise, mature and does the most of making strategies. Ryuu[=/=]Gabe is TheBigGuy of the group, knowledgeable with machinery and uses the [[StoneWall Tank Frame LBX]] but acts as a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] due to his inability to win most of his battles. Mika is TheChick, being the only other girl than Amy, but is supportive of the group minus Ryuu and occasionally trains with them. Gouda[=/=]Hanzou joins Team Van as the SixthRanger since the Devas act as support with the Seekers.
** Configuration 2: Van remains TheLeader and TheHero to the point where he’s leads his friends against the Innovators and acts as leaders in both tournaments. Kazu remains as TheLancer. Amy still has shades of TheSmartGirl but is TheChick and the sole female now.Her knowledge coming in second to [[spoiler:Jin. When he performs a HeelFaceTurn, his intelligence combined with his experience with the Innovators becomes invaluable to the Seekers and Ban’s team]]. Gouda moves up as TheBigGuy due to being the strongest in fighting and most physically aggressive in his LBX battles. Dak is the SixthRanger, joining Van’s team 5/8ths into the original series after being defeated by Gouda and decides to join up full time to stop the Innovators, [[ItAmusedMe for his own amusement]].
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
* TournamentArc: Three of them in the first season. Ban has to win them to access various information and {{plot coupon}}s.
** The Angra Visdas (means Underground Tournament, localized as the Catacombs Contest) is the first one, where Ban needs to win to find out who’s TheMole for the Innovators and get a pass to Artemis.
** Artemis 2050 is the biggest of the three where people from all around the globe arrive to battle for the grand prize, the Metanoia GX. The Metanoia GX also has the encryption code for the Platinum Code, making it NotJustATournament. Ban teams up with his friends while his [[TheRival rivals]] [[TheMentor Lex]], [[FriendlyRivalry friendly rivals]], and a few [[WildCard Wild Cards]] in the mix. Its set up in Blocks A to E, and the winners of each block fight it out in a all out brawl. Naturally, things don’t go well.
** The third is the Akihabara Kingdom tournament, where Ban, Daiki, Hanzou, Amy, Kazu, and Jin split into two groups to win because they need the Hacker Corps help to get the code for the Infinity Engine but they have the tournament since the Corps only follow the winner[=/=]King. The dub skipped over this tournament and just had Otacross call the Hacker Corps for backup.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: Not all the [=LBXs=] make it into the model kit line, but they lampshade it by having some familiar looking weapons (Gekkoumaru's sword and Perfect ZX-3's combo weapon) in weapon add-on sets. Yagami Eiji's LBX General gets delayed to being released with the ''W'' toyline despite getting a couple of scenes in season 1.
* WakeUpCallBoss: For the first game, Sendou; as if it weren't difficult enough already to deal with a 3-on-1 battle, if you've only been relying on your default armor and equipment up until then, you're in for a rude awakening.
** Hades in the Ranking Battles. Its much stronger and faster, and its 5th Dimension[=/=]Dimension Sigma energy balls will decimate your team unless you have the proper equipment.
* WaveMotionGun: Often functions as FinishingMove. Hakaioh even has one built into its chest [[spoiler:and Hakaioh Zettou has ''two'']].
* WhamEpisode:
** #5: Kaidou and the Innovators plan to assassinate the prime minister and hire an Assassin to do it.
** #6: The PowerTrio barely stop the assassination attempt, only to find out as to why Takuya and Lex picked them...Professor Yamano and Ban’s dad is alive and has been this whole time.
** #17: Everyone is captured, Rina is revealed to betray to Innovators because Kaidou is essentially holding her sister hostage with a medical procedure that Kaidou is using the government to blockade. Professor Yamano reveals that he hid the encryption code for the Platinum Capsule in the prize for Artemis and when Kaidou plans to have them all killed, the professor sets off up hidden explosives in the mansion allowing everyone to flee, and Jin learns about the secrets as well. Also, Ban’s mother knew her husband was alive this whole time. And the Innovators are working on a new plan, a special LBX program being installed into a young man around Kin’s age. Wow.
** #24 and #25: [[spoiler:Ban wins Artemis by defeating Jin in the closest match to date. However, the Innovators planted a self destruct switch in Emperor M2 as a failsafe being Jin’s back and uses it to destroy Achilles and take the Platinum Capsule with Deqoos, has the Red Brigade killing off several guards to take the Metanoia GX, cuts off all power to the tournament area, then Yagami finds out about the later and after being fired, Kaidou is shot by a mysterious assailant. Jin is revealed to be one of the two survivors of the Tokio Bridge collapse many years ago alongside Yuya, Kaidou caused the bridge collapse and him being adapted by Yoshimitsu as a result, Ban meets up with Lex to find out Lex switched the Capsule with a fake and hands him the real one. The group sets out to Tiny Orbit to find the Innovators using trucks to shield them while an army of cars surround Takuya’s cars as the end episodes]]. Damn.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The majority of main characters are teenagers, and yet many of them are way smarter and mature for their age.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Riko and Hanzou.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Gouda and Sendou are jr. high schoolers. They’re in their final years, but still.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: When Ban together with Ami and Kazu first tries to rescue [[spoiler:Professor Yamano]], the bad guys simply move the target to a new location.
!! Tropes in ''Danball Senki W'':
* AIIsACrapshoot: The Adam and Eve [=AIs=] in ''W''. After the real bad guys go down, they realize they're next and seize control of the KillSat. [[spoiler:Even worse, after they're taken down they leave a 'child' behind, ''Mizel''.]]
* AllYourPowersCombined: The LBX Olegion in ''W'' has Achilles, Odin, Hakai-Oh and Hunter's {{finishing move}}s. [[spoiler:Mizel Olegion can go into the same {{super mode}}s that Elysion, Perseus and Minerva have.]]
* AnimeAccentAbsence: Foreigners speak perfect Japanese in ''W'' just as they did in the original series.
* BaitAndSwitch: ''W'' #36. You fully expect the Elysion and Perseus to [[TakingYouWithMe go down with the]] [[SuicideAttack Suicide Bomber]] [=LBXs=], especially with the debut of Ban and Hiro's new mechs around the corner. Instead, Kaidou Jin and Haibara Yuuya sweep in for the save.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: ''Inverted'' in ''W''. [[spoiler:The Odin is taken over by Mizel, forcing our heroes to fight it.]] Played straight when Amy [[spoiler:uses the Pandora model Yuusuke had after her Pandora was destroyed in the beginning of #W]].
* BreatherEpisode: In between the Killer Droid and Australia arcs, the anime adapted the BC Extras Tournament. While its a Yuuya focused episode about his doubts, its a lot more fun and relaxed than the previous and future arcs.
* TheBusCameBack: A lot of old friends show up later up in the series [[spoiler:most notably to prepare for the final battle]].
* CrazyPrepared: The assassination plot in ''W''. [[spoiler:After the main signal router LBX is destroyed by Ban and Hiro, it turns out there is yet another back up one. Also the assassin avoids being found by putting dummy signal transmitters all over the stadium where he's working.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Somehow managed to top the original series in this regard.
* DisneyDeath: Seems to be headed this way with [[spoiler:Lex and Dr. Mummy, but is ultimately subverted when it is revealed that Dr. Mummy's true identity was his sister Hiyama Mami all along]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: The Icarus Zero and Icarus Force appear in teasers for the {{Crossover}} movie with ''Inazuma Eleven'', well before their in-show debut. Once the movie starts screening, new teasers with [[spoiler:Odin [=MK2=] and Achilles D9]] come out.
* EquippableAlly: LBX Icarus Zero and Icarus Force. Though its usually for the Double Hissatsu Functions, [[spoiler:the anime actually has Hiro and Ban use them consistently to defeat Zeus’s SuperMode]].
* EvolvingCredits: Done with the third OP of ''W'' to add [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn Kirito, Mizel and his HumongousMecha]].
* FiveManBand: [[spoiler:Omega Dyne (The International LBX Federation) in season 2[=/=]#W]]
** BigBad: [[spoiler:Alfred Gordon. The true mastermind, using Alan Worthing as a proxy and UnwittingPawn to further his goals of becoming ruler of the world and ending corruption through Adam and Eve]]
** TheDragon: [[spoiler:Bishop, Alan and Alfred’s NumberTwo. He’s trusted with all the behind the scenes issues for both BigBad and to command large swarms of LBX. ]]
** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler:Dr. Mummy. Yes he’s not fooling anyone with his disguise, or is he? Mummy is the LBX engineer who creates Killer[=/=]Slayer Droids. Later, said person successfully becomes TheStarscream]]
** TheBrute: Kirito Kazama: The Test Player and GadgeteerGenius of the group, who’s BloodKnight tendencies and goals cause him to be the most open and antagonistic against NICS.
** DarkChick: [[spoiler:Haruka Oozora, Hiro’s mother. The only reason she’s working with them is ForScience and to create Adam and Eve, which leaves her apathetic and underbracing about her co-workers other plans until she hears about Hiro’s suffering and pulls a HeelFaceTurn]].
* GrandTheftPrototype: The primary plot device for ''W''. [[spoiler:Achilles Deed and the O-Legion in particular.]]
* HoverBoard: Riding Saucers, [[NonIndicativeName which don't resemble saucers.]]
* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler:Taking down Mizel also downs the Vectors.]]
* {{Nerf}}: In ''Danball Senki W'', the {{Super Mode}}s that you can give your [=LBXes=] in the form of Mode Chips are greatly nerfed from the first game; each super mode only gives one stat buff or special ability while it's active.
* NoSocialSkills: ''W'' has one-shot character Gojou, who has to input his words into his LBX to make it Siri his speech for him. [[spoiler:Turns out later on he's a BadassBaritone.]]
* OldHeroNewPals: Advertised as thus from the first episode onward, with Hiro and Ran in the OP and everything, and apparently enforced with Kazu and Ami PutOnABus, [[spoiler:then finally subverted as TheBusCameBack with ''everyone'']].
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: TheManBehindTheMan [[spoiler:Alferd Gardyne]]'s StartOfDarkness was when his father, a top politician, protested the manipulation of the country's wealth by a mere handful of its population... were they by any chance the 1%?
* SequelGoesForeign: ''Danball Senki W'' sends Ban and our new heroes Hiro and Ran overseas, starting with... [[{{Eagleland}} "A Country."]]
* TrainingFromHell: Invoked in ''W'' for Ban, Hiro and Ran, who would've breezed right through it... ''except they have to do it together, or redo from the top.''
** Ban, Yuya, and Jin have Hiro, Ran, and Jessica go through this to prepare them for Angra Texas and Artemis 2051.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: The action tends to return to our heroes' home town despite going global in ''W''. And it's renamed Tokio City here, [[spoiler:which makes more sense when ''W'' leads up to a [[TheTokyoFireball Tokyo Fireball]].]]
* TrainJob: ''W'' episode 12 has a maglev train heisted by a gang with custom Hakai-Oh [=LBXs=].
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The threat escalates to a level that NothingIsTheSameAnymore, laying the groundwork for the following season.
* WeaponisedExhaust: ''W'' #37. More of an ambushified exhaust, as Minerva Kai lures enemy [=LBXs=] around the back of the Duck Shuttle, where they are promptly fried.
* WhamEpisode:
** #7 ‘’W’’: Good news, our heroes find Ami! [[spoiler:Bad news, Ami is being [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Slave Player]] for Detector, and she doesn’t know where Kazu is.]]
** Starting from #31 of ''W'', we learn that [[spoiler:Detector was really Yamano Junichiro in a massive CreatorBacklash, Hiro's MissingMom is found, our heroes THINK Dr. Mummy is really Lex BackFromTheDead, and worst of all, TheManBehindTheMan makes his move, killing the supposed BigBad, the head of Omega Dyne, and is revealed to be TheStarscream to the American president, using the name of Detector for a FalseFlagOperation!]]
** ''W'' #37. [[spoiler:Dr Mummy was NOT Lex, but his sister Hiyama Mami the whole time.]]
* WholeCostumeReference: Save for the hair, doesn't Cobra remind you of [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel?]]
!!Tropes in ''Danball Senki Wars'':
* ActionPrologue
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The fact that Toujou Rikuya [[spoiler:is getting special protection, not just for housing a MacGuffin in his LBX but for being the prime minister's son. RealLife countries with mandatory military service will sometimes allow a whole platoon an easier time if the sons of politicians are conjugated in them, earning the term "white horse platoon."]]
* AppropriatedAppelation: Bandit is the rather appropriate name given to the unaligned platoon seemingly out to bring down all other platoons. [[spoiler:Their real name? Ezeldarm.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: [[AmazonBrigade Jenock Platoon Squad 4]] has this covered.
* BreatherEpisode: #24. After busting out two new mechs and the threat of Bandit escalating, we get an episode about a DesignatedGirlFight.
* TheButlerDidIt:[[spoiler:Literally! Gendo's butler Ayabe was a mole for the bad guys the whole time!]]
* CallBack: All over the place, from the mention of Artemis, Sendou Daiki's sister and a book left behind by Yamano Junichiro to [[spoiler:Kaidou Jin appearing in person]].
* ChildSoldiers: The children are being trained to battle in a simulation of the real world, complete with each country's resources reflected in each army's backing. [[spoiler:TheReveal just formalises this.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: In principle, if not appearance.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title can translate as "Cardboard War Machines Wars." Let that sink in for a moment.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: [[spoiler:Sena Arata's first use of the Dot Blastriser G Ext FinishingMove can ''sink the ship they were meant to be boarding.'']] Like, WHOA.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Kamui Daimon's underground training facility. Like RealLife military ones, each can be ''up to 10km wide''.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: #9 does this to clear up a MistakenForSpies moment.
* MechaExpansionPack: The Dot Phoenix addon for Dot Blastriser.
* MetaMecha: The Riding Armor add-on for [=LBXs=].
* MilitarySchool: Prep school-looking establishments now train aspiring LBX players for full-blown combat.
* NewTransferStudent: Arata and Hikaru from the beginning.
* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Brought up as a plot point. [[spoiler:The so-called [[SuperMode Overload]] removes the ninety percent barrier and has the potential to ''cause brain damage'' with overuse.]]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The true nature of [[spoiler:Second World. It has to be plugged into the brain of its own creator, Professor Mito.]]
* ReassignedToAntarctica: An almost literal version in #14 when Houjou Muraku and his squad are reassigned to a frozen wasteland after a bad mission. Then subverted as he gets KickedUpstairs.
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Bandit, outed as the Ezeldarm platoon, which cannot be disbanded as Seredy Kreisler justifies their existence as an equivalent to subversive terrorist cells in the real world. Also he'd blow the secret of Second World worldwide if they did anything to him.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: Thanks to a mandatory media blackout, nobody even brings up the massive World Savers terrorist group until #30.
* {{Retraux}}: The entire island housing Kamui Daimon Academy has been built in the style of '60s Japan, supposedly influenced by the period of national growth and development. Even the [=TVs=] are black and white, by god.
* RunningGag: [[DrillSergeantNasty Instructor]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Saruta]] walking into Jenock mission control whenever he wants, despite having no affiliation to any platoon.
* TheSquad: Jenock Platoon consists of several 4-man teams.
* ThemeNaming: Jenock Platoon Squad 2 has [[TheFourGods two guys named for Byakko (Taiga and Rinko), one guy named Seiryu and their leader, Gendo (for Genbu).]]
* TimedMission: The entire premise of ''War Time'', with the subversion that all units are merely frozen on time-out and UnPaused the next day. Even with War Time extended to 2 hours, this can still happen.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two members of Jenock Squad 3 are still in the OP after ''being dropped from the team and replaced, TWICE.''
* WhamEpisode:
** #17-18. [[spoiler:All those training missions are NOT preparing our heroes to protect the world, but ''actual CombatByChampion battles deciding real world politics.'' And Kaidou Jin is revealed to be fielding a platoon of his own, explaining the connection needed to get Kojou Asuka's brother involved.]]
** #30. Seredy Kreisler [[spoiler:is not only [[OlderThanTheyLook really 90 years old]], but he AND Gendo's butler Ayabe are with the World Savers terrorist group, aiming to crack open Second World and take the secrets to real world politics for themselves, all under the guise of freeing the Kamui Daimon students from the real world conspiracy.]]
** #33. [[spoiler:Seredy Kreisler, seemingly defeated when they sink his flying fortress in Second World, mobilises troops ''in the real world'' to occupy the whole island.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After uniting the MacGuffin, Seredy Kreisler takes the LBX Phantom and destroys the Guruzeon.]]
* ZergRush: Used as ''an actual tactic'' in #25.
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* RealityEnsues:
** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
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** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
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** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
** The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children. Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** Episode 5: Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHitKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but that does not mean that an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}''. Or ''Anime/KidouTenshiAngelicLayer''
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* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Most of the weapons in the anime, mainly firearms, are changed in the English dub of the anime to emit a lightening glow and act as lasers. The localized 3DS game surprisingly averts this.
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* BarelyChangedDubName: The English dub changes the characters' names from Ban Yamano to Van Yamano, Ami Kawamura to Amy Cohen, Kazu Aoshima to Kaz Walker, and Jin Kaidou to Justin Kaidou.
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* Foreshadowing: In episode 5, the school group tries to help Kazu buy an LBX. While scorning at the other options, Ami eventually suggests a Wild Frame LBX, which is the only one he doesn't object to. Coincidentally, all of his [[MidSeasonUpgrade new LBX]] in the first game and anime are Wild Frame.
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** In episode 5, the school group tries to help Kazu buy an LBX. While scorning at the other options, Ami eventually suggests a Wild Frame LBX, which is the only one he doesn't object to. Coincidentally, all of his [[MidSeasonUpgrade new LBX]] in the first game and anime are WildFrame.Frame.
** The RidiculouslyHumanRobot shown off at the Artemis tournament foreshadows the use of the same type of robot to [[spoiler: replace Kaido]].
** In episode 5, the school group tries to help Kazu buy an LBX. While scorning at the other options, Ami eventually suggests a Wild Frame LBX, which is the only one he doesn't object to. Coincidentally, all of his [[MidSeasonUpgrade new LBX]] in the first game and anime are Wild
** The RidiculouslyHumanRobot shown off at the Artemis tournament foreshadows the use of the same type of robot to [[spoiler: replace Kaido]].
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** Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** In episode 5, Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** In episode 5, Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
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** Episode 14: The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban in episode 14.Ban.
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** Episode 28: After manipulating someone into betraying their friends by using their loved ones as leverage, lying to their own allies did the Innovators, including Kaidou [[spoiler: rather his duplicate]] wouldn’t think to see whether or not someone would attempt to murder their boss, [[spoiler: and would have succeeded had the original not been replaced by a android]].
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHItKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHItKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
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** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but my no means does that mean an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
** The CCM while a strong piece of technology, has its limits, hence what happens to Emperor when Jin accidentally causes it to overload.
** Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just [[spoiler:have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you]].
** The main characters point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members.
** The CCM while a strong piece of technology, has its limits, hence what happens to Emperor when Jin accidentally causes it to overload.
** Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just [[spoiler:have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you]].
** The main characters point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members.
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** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but my no means that does not mean that mean an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
** The CCM while a strong piece of technology, has its limits, hence what happens to Emperor when Jin accidentally causes it to overload.
** Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just [[spoiler:have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you]].
** The main characters point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members.user.
** The CCM while a strong piece of technology, has its limits, hence what happens to Emperor when Jin accidentally causes it to overload.
** Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just [[spoiler:have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you]].
** The main characters point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members.
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** The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban in episode 14.
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** Shou Kanzaki and his LBX Gladiator have a powerful and fast offensive battling style (his self proclaimed SignatureMove is appropriately named Super Mach Attack that can overwhelm the opponent in a few attacks. However, his movements are extremely predictable, and he doesn't train his defense well. Masked J defeats him in just five moves and advises him to fix this strategy in the future.
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* RealityEnsues: Reality Ensues: The premise involves the invention of the fortified cardboard, making your run-of-the-mill {{Mons}} Mons battle possible by preventing real injury to children.children.
** Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** In episode 5, Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban in episode 14.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
*** Jin does not align with Yuuya to beat Ban because the Innovators, not even his own grandfather never bothered to tell him they were on the same side, and the experiments done on Yuuya left him an empty shell with no concept of the term ally.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 28: After manipulating someone into betraying their friends by using their loved ones as leverage, lying to their own allies did the Innovators, including Kaidou [[spoiler: rather his duplicate]] wouldn’t think to see whether or not someone would attempt to murder their boss, [[spoiler: and would have succeeded had the original not been replaced by a android]].
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHItKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but my no means does that mean an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
** Without said fortified cardboard, the furniture in Ban’s living room mostly ends up destroyed.
** In episode 5, Ban, Ami, and Kazu point out the absurdity of them having to fight a secret war, and that the Innovators’ plans and existence wouldn’t be able to happen unless they had members of the police or high ranking government members, which Len and Takuya later confirm.
** Episode 10: Ban learns the hard way just because you have a FinishingMove, doesn’t mean the battle is decided, especially if you’re fighting a higher skilled opponent with the speed.
** Episode 13: Achilles’ borrowed Hakai-O arms slows it down to Daiki’s amusement, but also give strengthen’s Achilles’s arm stats, granting it stronger attacks and a stronger red Lightning Lance. And while Daiki’s able to control 3 LBX at once, giving them the same pattern of attack leads all three Jokers to be defeated at once when they aren’t able to dodge an enchanted Lightning Lance from Achilles while in midair.
The CMM, while a strong piece of technology has its limits, when Jin’s high speed movements eventually overload the systems from a prolonged battle with an near equally skilled opponent, Emperor is naturally unable to continue the match against Ban in episode 14.
** Episode 17: Yoshimitsu calls out Len and Takuya for foolishly believing they could’ve rescued Professor Yamano with little difficulty or aware they had a trap, knowing full well they would come after Jin gave the heroes the coordinates when all of the main Seekers are captured.
** Episode 21: Ami and Kazu may have improved their skills, but Hunter and Kunoichi are still a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster with no shields compared to Achilles’ Lightning Bruiser and Achilles Shield custom, hence why Keita’s Warrior able to KO all their LBX sans Ban with Trident.
** Episode 23: Sacrifcing your teammates for a quick win will be pointless and alienate yourself from your teammates if the opponent is able to survive. And SuperSpeed won’t be able to save you from an attack that covers an entire radius of consecutive gun fire
** Episode 24: Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you.
*** Hissatsu functions have a strict movement for them to activate before it can attack the opponent. Ban’s Chou Plasma Burst requiring it to jump easily avoids Impact Kaiser’s lava burst and is able to harshly wound them.
*** Jin does not align with Yuuya to beat Ban because the Innovators, not even his own grandfather never bothered to tell him they were on the same side, and the experiments done on Yuuya left him an empty shell with no concept of the term ally.
** Episode 27: Sadamatsu’s blind hatred of Yagami and [[spoiler: Robo]] Kaidou’s decision to send all the Innovators after Yagami leads to a one target manhunt, leaving other potential traitors out to explore, keep their cover, or leave their leader open to attack.
** Episode 28: After manipulating someone into betraying their friends by using their loved ones as leverage, lying to their own allies did the Innovators, including Kaidou [[spoiler: rather his duplicate]] wouldn’t think to see whether or not someone would attempt to murder their boss, [[spoiler: and would have succeeded had the original not been replaced by a android]].
** Episode 29: It doesn’t matter how fast you are, if your opponent can stop you from moving, pin you down, and has a non weapon FinishingMove that’s a OneHItKO at close range, a FragileSpeedster user like Daiki should never underestimate a MightyGlaicer player like Hanzou.
** Episode 33: Haz’s [[MidSeasonUpgrade Hakai-OZ]] may be an improvement, but fighting two faster opponents with powerful weapons and better team synergy will throw that advantage out of the window.
** Episode 35: Apollo Kaiser’s powerful Hissatsu Function: Shinshouken has unlimited amounts of usage without having to raise the tension gauge, but is naturally vulnerable after using it, leaving it a GlassCannon if its opponent can get close.
** Episode 37: A high stakes war between 6 inch robots to protect can mean nothing if the Maguffin can be stolen by a former employee with clearance and security access.
** Episode 43: Programming one machine to completely counter another machine through calculation becomes extremely useless if said machine develops new counter strategies, has changes that make it more difficult to fight, or has a SuperMode that’s too fast for the machine to follow.
** Episode 44: Ifrit’s Inferno Mode going haywire may represent [[spoiler: Len’s hatred against the world and those like Yoshimitsu]], but my no means does that mean an out of control rampaging machine won’t attack its user.
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* GlassCannon: Shou Kanzaki and his LBX Gladiator have a powerful and fast offensive battling style (his self proclaimed SignatureMove is appropriately named Super Mach Attack that can overwhelm the opponent in a few attacks. However, his movements are extremely predictable, and he doesn't train his defense well. Masked J defeats him in just five moves and advises him to fix this strategy in the future.
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''Danball Senki'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable RPG developed by Creator/{{Level 5}}. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battlers eXperience, a line of toys which are equal parts model kit and fully functioning robot. They are most commonly used to battle each other in miniature diorama arenas. One day, he is approached out of the blue by a mysterious female scientist who hands him an attache case containing a prototype LBX called "AX-00", which the scientist claims is "the key to saving the world". Unbeknownst to Ban, however, is the fact that the model is wanted by a mysterious group, and he soon finds himself being hunted by the group's masked agents.
An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released in 2011, followed by a further-updated UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port titled ''Danball Senki Baku Boost'' in 2012.
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An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released five months after the initial game, in November 2011, followed by a further-updated UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port titled ''Danball Senki Baku Boost'' in 2012.
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* ZergRush: Used as ''an actual tactic'' in #25.
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* ZergRush: Used as ''an actual tactic'' in #25.#25.
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A Boy And His X is when they form a bond with the "X" that "changes them forever, usually starting them down the path to adulthood."
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* ABoyAndHisX: In this case, a boy and his LBX Achilles fight to save the world.
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* FiveBadBand: [[spoiler:Omega Dyne (The International LBX Federation) in season 2[=/=]#W]]
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* FiveBadBand: FiveManBand: [[spoiler:Omega Dyne (The International LBX Federation) in season 2[=/=]#W]]
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** If you look closely you can see a ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' poster on one of the buildings in one of the commercials.
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** If you look closely you can see a ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' poster on one of the buildings in one of the commercials.
