Battle Spirits Heroes is the fourth Battle Spirits anime. It premiered on September 18, 2011, and currently airs at 7 a.m. Tokyo time during Sundays on TV Asahi, right between Digimon Xros Wars (later, Saint Seiya Omega) and Super Hero Time.The series, which takes place in a completely new continuity from any of the previousseries in the franchise, tells of a boy named Hajime Hinobori, whose parents have created a battle system allowing for "real" Battle Spirits.This show provides examples of:
The Bully: Kobushi used to be, when he went around battling weak opponent's to win their strongest card.
Card-Carrying Villain: Dr. Sunset. Proud evil scientist, has a Right-Hand Cat, and is always plotting world domination. Too bad for him, he easily was subjugated by Kimari.
Chaste Hero: Hajime. Roller Izumi making moves on him does nothing for him, and when asked who he was in love with, his answer... Battle Spirits.
Episode 5 briefly shows two little kids admiring Chihiro's art. A closer look reveals they're human versions of En and Fant. Similarly, in ep 24, Barone and Zack lookalikes are seen watching the championship.
In ep 6 there's a food stand called Clackey Fried Chikuwa.
And on the subject of Gekiha Dan/Brave references, posters of Dan and Zazie can be seen in episode 11.
Episode 13 is a gold mine. The arcade games seen contain art of Revolver, an off-colored Mira, and Clackey's main spirits. Plus, there's a whack-a-mole game of Bladras afraid of having core taken, and plushies of the Deathmatch Group Pentans.
Tegamaru's first opponent in the Hero Championship has a jacket just like Zolder's. His name is also Ichiro Tanaka, the same as Koutaro's father in Gekiha Dan. Though, because both characters are extremely minor, the identical name could be a coincidence.
Nice visor, Tameru. Wasn't it Elliott's?
The Narrator looks a lot like Pantera, also voiced by Junichi Suwabe.
Toshihide Tsuchiya, seiyuu of Meganeko's grandfather in Toppa Bashin, once again plays a character surrounded by secondhand books.
Nice Hat: Chihiro, and Tameru when not in hero-mode.
No Fourth Wall: Like in the previous series, there's an omniscient narrator. This time around, he's treated like a character and can converse with the other characters.
Promotion to Opening Titles: As of the second OP, Tameru, Ser-jii, Galaxy Watanabe, Announcer Inoue, Antony, Renard, Dragon Eye, Sunset, Bomber, and Katabura, who was actually yet-to-be-introduced when the OP started.
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