History Videogame / DanballSenki

* DubNameChange: A number of characters get this treatment in the English version of the game.

The franchise has also been adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The anime dub began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W'' episodes are scheduled to air in 2015 as ''LBX'''s second season. A localization of the first game (the updated 3DS ''Baku Boost'' version) has also been announced for Western release.

*** One of [[spoiler:Achilles D9's]] attack functions, the Sword Bits, shares the same name and function with [[Film/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer 00 Qan[T]'s]] AttackDrone weapons.

The franchise has also been adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The anime dub began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W'' episodes are scheduled to air in 2014 as ''LBX'''s second season. ''Baku Boost'' has also been announced for Western release.

The franchise has also been adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The anime dub began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W'' episodes are scheduled to air in 2014 as ''LBX'''s second season. A Nintendo 3DS game has also been announced for Western release, though it's not clear whether it's a localization of ''Baku Boost'', ''W Super Custom'', or ''Wars''.

The [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]] already finished its run, as well the anime adaptation of ''Danball Senki W''.

A second sequel, titled ''Danball Senki Wars'', has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS. The anime adaptation of ''Wars'' already began in April 2013.

''Danball Senki'' is an PlayStationPortable RPG developed by Creator/Level5. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battler 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.

* SuperMode: 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.]]

DanballSenki is an PSP RPG developed by Level-5. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battler 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.

The sequel, ''Danball Senki W'', came for PSP and PlaystationVita in 2012. A Nintendo 3DS UpdatedRerelease has been announced, titled ''Danball Senki W Super Custom'' and scheduled for a July 2013 release.

** DarkActionGirl: Mika
* AllThereInTheManual: The toyline and addon sets actually, for nearly every NamedWeapon.

* AnimeHair: In fine Level 5 tradition.

** Although, for both ''Danball Senki'' and ''Danball Senki W'', the anime came out before the game. It's been similar for InazumaEleven, where only the first game came out before it's anime.
* ArcWords: "''Sekai o sukuu no kagi''"/"The key to saving the world".

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His LBX]]

** 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.]]

* 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, the group that wants Ban's AX-00.]]

** In ''Danball Senki W'', our heroes head to "A Country", 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 {{Shanghai}} and Cairo at ALL.

* EnemyMine: During the final of Artemis, Jin asked for Ban's help to save [[spoiler: Haibara Yuuya]]
** 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.]]

* {{Expy}}: Don't let anyone tell you that Ban '''doesn't''' remind them of [[InazumaEleven Endou.]]
** Not to mention Hanzou looks like [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].
** Don't forget the TerribleTrio that resemble [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Team Rocket]].
** And Jin resembles [[MegaManBattleNetwork Enzan]].

* FakeCrossover: Ban teams up with [[InazumaEleven Endou]] to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skf1oDUgrw8&feature=related promote both their shows.]]
** If you look closely you can see a Franchise/ProfessorLayton poster on one of the buildings in one of the commercials.

* FinishingMove: All [=LBXs=] have at least one, called an Attack Function, though the characters themselves call them "Hissatsu Functions".

* GondorCallsForAid: [[spoiler: The Akihabara Hacker Corps, Yagami and his subordinates, and later Jin showed up to help with the siege at Tiny Orbit.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Most opponents become allies later. [[spoiler: Jin and Yagami are the most prominent ones since they originally work for the Innovators.]]

* LightningBruiser: Ban and Jin use this type of LBX. [[spoiler: Especially when they get Odin and Zenon]]

** 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" that could theoretically produce infinite energy. Naturally, the Innovators getting their hands on it would be a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Very Bad Thing.]]]]

* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Lex assassinates Kaidou Yoshimitsu and replaces him with an android]]

** Ban technically gets two as well, if you count AX-00. And in the game's re-release, ''Boost'', he also gets [[spoiler: Epsilon]].

** ''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]]
* 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.
* NamesTheSame: The enemy organization is called the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Innovators]].
* [[NeverTrustATrailer Never Trust An Opening]]: 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!

--> ''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!''

* 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.]]

** [[ToylessToylineCharacter LBXs Titan and Ortega]] resemble the TurnAGundam (and having tank treads references the [[MobileSuitGundam Guntank]]) and [[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 [[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 {{Gundam}} franchise.
*** Odin's Jet Striker attack function uses its flight mode as a [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming weapon]] just like the [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam's Waverider Crash]].
** Otacross can craft his own {{Vocaloid}}s.
** Just the name ''Danball Senki [[Series/KamenRiderDouble W]]''. If that's not enough, there's a W logo that mimics the Franchise/KamenRider one, two colors down the middle and everything.
*** 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 [[{{NCIS}} NICS]].
*** 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"]] is slowed down with [[Film/SpiderMan spiderwebs.]]
*** #25 is overflowing with these as we enter not-{{Akihabara}}. There's a [[GetterRobo Shin Getter]] on a shelf, and we see a cosplayer dressed as a purple recolor of [[YoroidenSamuraiTroopers 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 {{Gundam00}}.
*** One of [[spoiler:Achilles D9's]] attack functions, the Sword Bits, shares the same name and function with [[Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer 00 Qan[T]'s]] AttackDrone weapons.
** ''Wars'' has a TerribleTrio doing a CombinationAttack that basically screams [[MobileSuitGundam Jet Stream Attack.]]

* SingleStrokeBattle: After warming up on taking out the first TeamRocket Deqoo, Ban does this to the remaining two.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''{{Medabots}}''. Or ''Anime/KidouTenshiAngelicLayer''

* 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 addon sets. Yagami Eiji's LBX General gets delayed to being released with the ''W'' toyline despite getting a couple of scenes in season 1.
* WaveMotionGun: Often functions as FinishingMove. Hakaioh even has one built into its chest [[spoiler:and Hakaioh Zettou has ''two''.]]

* 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.

* EarlyBirdCameo: The Icarus Zero and Icarus Force appear in teasers for the CrossOver movie with InazumaEleven, well before their in-show debut. Once the movie starts screening, new teasers with [[spoiler:Odin mk II and Achilles D9]] come out.

* EvolvingCredits: Done with the third OP of ''W'' to add [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn Kirito, Mizel and his HumongousMecha.]]

* {{Nerf}}: In Danball Senki W, the [[SuperMode 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.

* OldHeroNewPals: Advertised as thus from the first ep onwards, 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: ManBehindTheMan [[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"]].

* 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 TokyoFireball.]]

* WhamEpisode: 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, the ManBehindTheMan 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!]]

* 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".]]

* 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 ep about a DesignatedGirlFight.

* 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.]]

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title can translate as "Cardboard War Chronicles Wars". Let that sink in for a moment.

* MetaMecha: The Riding Armor addon for [=LBXs=].

* 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).]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two members of Jenock squad 3 are still in the OP after ''being dropped from the team and replaced, TWICE.''

* GrandTheftPrototype: The primary plot device for ''W''.

* WholeCostumeReference: Save for the hair, doesn't Cobra remind you of [[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel?]]

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* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:The defeat of Mizel Olegion causes the warheads in his flying fortress to start counting down.]]

* MyLittlePanzer: LBX definitely won't be approved as children's toys in the real world. [[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.

*** #25 is overflowing with these as we enter not-{{Akihabara}}. There's a [[GetterRobo Shin Getter]] on a shelf, and we see a cosplayer dressed as a purple recolor of [[YoroidenSamuraiTroopers 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 OjamajoDoremi costumes - [[{{Squick}} on big hairy men.]]

** #30. Seredy Kreisler [[spoiler:is not only [[OlderThenTheyLook 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.]]

* BreatherEpisode: #24. After busting out two new mechs and the threat of Bandit escalating, we get an ep about a DesignatedGirlFight.