History Anime / BattleSpiritsShonenGekihaDan

* RapunzelHair: Barone, when he lets it down.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yuuki, Serge and Suzuri have actual blue-hair (albeit three different shades of it.) Mai has purple, Magisa has pink, and Kajitsu and Kenzo have green.

* FingerlessGloves: Galaxy, Dan
** Youth in Brave

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Zungurii, and the rest of his race

* BittersweetEnding: To Gekiha Dan. [[spoiler: Otherworld King is defeated, but the core soldiers have to return to the real world, leaving their comrades from Otherworld behind. Also, Kajitsu is unable to be saved.]]

Following the finale of ''Saga Brave'', a new series called ''Battle Spirits: Gallett's Revolution'' was announced. It is set in the same universe as the previous three series, albeit farther into the future and features a new protagonist named Gallett Revolt.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Kazan and Crown can be like this in early episodes.

* ConspicuousCG: Most of the spirits. The Great Angelia Sophia is a notable exception, which may or may not have something to do with the fact that Clackey is in love with her.

Nine years after ''Brave'' aired, ''Battle Spirits Saga Brave'' was announced, taking place 10 years after ''Brave'' ended.

* HairDecorations: Mai. She also states that she customized her battle form (including adding little devil horns) because it wasn't cute enough.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Kajitsu is often referred to as a princess, though she isn't one. [[spoiler: She's the reincarnation of the green world's princess, though]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Brave Saga''.

* PettingZooPeople: Most inhabitants of Grand Rolo

The series was followed up by another 50-episode series, Battle Spirits Brave (named after the newest type of card at the time), wherein Dan and some of his old allies travel to the future. Because it is a direct sequel with many of the same characters, tropes for Brave are included on this page.

* DistressBall: Mai goes to take on Pantera by herself, in order to protect everyone else, with no one but Serge knowing. This leads her to getting captured and spending several episodes locked in a cage. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome She makes up for it]] as soon as possible.

* {{Jerkass}}: Julian can certainly come off as one, especially in his introduction episode. It's more a JerkassFacade, though.

The protagonist, Dan Bashin, is a [[RedHeadedHero red-headed hero]] who uses the red attribute, just like Toppa of the first series. However, rather than going through a normal life, he's taken from Earth to the world of Grand Rolo, where he learns he's one of the chosen core soldiers. With the help of his friends and comrades, Zungurii, Magisa, Clackey, Mai and Suzuri, he battles to stop the evil Otherworld King.

* RedHeadedHero: Dan. In his case, playing into RedIsHeroic. He's the red core soldier, and he uses red too.

** Also the first fansubs used Prim rather than Plym, and Duke rather than Duc. The later of each are used on the Sunrise site. While Prim makes more sense than Plym, Duc probably is the legitimate spelling, as it's French for duke.

* Wolverine Claws: Gilfam has them. They give her the appearance of having FemmeFatalons, but they're actually just gloves.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Zazie [[spoiler: TheBigBad in Brave]].

The second anime inspired by Bandai's ''TabletopGame/BattleSpirits'' [[CollectibleCardGame trading card game]], following [[BattleSpiritsShonenToppaBashin Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Bashin]]. The series recycled certain concepts and character types from the first series, but focuses on an entirely separate cast, and has a much more serious storyline.

* ActionGirl: Mai.

* AloofAlly: Suzuri

* BattleButler: Serge
* BigBad: Otherworld King

* CharClone: Shula
* CheerfulChild: Zungurii
* ChickMagnet: Clackey
* ChivalrousPervert: Clackey
* ChristmasCake: Magisa

* CuteClumsyGirl: Flora
* CuteGhostGirl: Mira
* CuteMonsterGirl: Flora

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Clackey, Kazan
* DeathCourse: Dan and Suzuri end up in one.

* DemotedToExtra: Kenzo in the manga.
* TheDeterminator: Dan

* DistressedDamsel: Kajitsu in the manga version.

* ExpressiveMask: Zazie

* FemmeFatalons: Queen Gilfam

* GlowingEyesofDoom: Leon.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Zolder

* HotWitch: Magisa

* IllGirl: Kajitsu

* {{Jerkass}}: Julian

* KidHero
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Pantera, Kajitsu and Otherworld King]]
** [[spoiler: Lucretia in Brave. Also, seemingly, Geraid and all of Duc's squad aside from Duc himself.]]

* MagicalGirl: Magisa

* OfficialCouple: Naturally, Duc and Shima. [[spoiler: Also, Dan/Mai and Yuuki/Kajitsu.]]

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: The OP animation is modified later into the series, adding Kenzo, Leon, Pantera and Otherworld King.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Pantera]]
* RedHeadedHero: Dan

* SerialRomeo: Clackey

* {{Shotacon}}: Mostly just from the fandom.
** Kenzo’s character design is pretty much shota-bait.

* TeamChef: Zungurii

* TooSoon: A short scene was cut from the TV version of episode 28 of brave (but included on the DVD release) which showed Barone and Zolder looking at the wild waters caused by the Earth's reset. This was likely due to the closeness in airing to the 9.0 Earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The broadcast of episode 26 was also pushed back a week, as was most other anime that were airing at the time.

* {{Otaku}}: Suzuri is a card collector otaku to creepy levels
* TheOtherDarrin: Although Suzuri was voiced by Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi for the majority of the series, and in Brave, Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto voiced him in the first episode.

* CrossDressingVoices: Dan, Zungurii, Kenzo and Fant are all voiced by female seiyuu.

* CrossDressingVoices: Dan, Zungurii, Kenzo, Fant

* AllStarCast: Daisuke Ono, Ayako Kawasumi, Takahiro Sakurai, etc… and considering Shounen Toppa Bashin got mostly new, unknown actors, wow.