Battle Spirits Heroes

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 previous series in the franchise, tells of a boy named Hajime Hinobori, whose parents have created a battle system allowing for "real" Battle Spirits.


 * Action Girl: Kimari
 * Art Shift: Regular anime style to CG during battles.
 * Balloon Belly: A couple times so far
 * Big Brother Worship: Kataru to Manabu.
 * Big Friendly Dog: Safari. Kouta can even ride on top of him.
 * Bishounen: Chihiro is referred to as this. There was actually a theory on Japanese sites that he's really a girl . There's also Isami.
 * Bland-Name Product: CFC (Though actually, it stands for Clackey Fried Chikuwa, not Chicken.)
 * Blush Sticker: Kataru's seem to be permanent.
 * The Bully:
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Dr. Sunset. Proud evil scientist, has a Right-Hand-Cat, and is always plotting world domination.
 * 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.
 * Christmas Episode: Episode 15.
 * Collectible Card Game
 * Combat Commentator: Both a (mostly) unseen announcer and Galaxy Watanabe. Who share a seiyuu.
 * Cool Big Sis: Mika
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Hajime, Kouta, Kataru and Tameru.
 * Duels Decide Everything: Obviously. It's Battle Spirits.
 * Everything Is Better With Penguins: Pentans, more rather.
 * Fingerless Gloves: Tegamaru wears them.
 * Hachimaki: Signature to Hajime, to the point that Tegamaru just refers to him by it.
 * Hair Decorations: Kimari
 * Happily Married: Hajime's parents sure seem this way. They're also Sickeningly Sweethearts.
 * Hot-Blooded: Naturally, most everyone is. It's a Battle Spirits anime. Arata and Hajime in particular.
 * Hot Mom: Akari
 * Hot Springs Episode: Ep. 12.
 * Jerkass: Manabu and Tegamaru can be this. Both both have their moments of Jerk with a Heart of Gold too.
 * Lighter and Softer: Compared to the previous series, Battle Spirits Brave.
 * Magical Girl: None actually appear, but in one of Kimari's summon performances, she appears as a magical girl.
 * Master of Disguise: Mika. She certainly loves dressing up.
 * Meaningful Name: Hajime and Kimari are plays on begin and finish respectively. Also, Kobushi Nigiri, as nigirikobushi means clenched fist.
 * Tameru Tachibana, a self-proclaimed hero of justice, sharing a last name with the mascot character, Justice Tachibana.
 * Merchandise-Driven
 * Ms. Fanservice: Hajime's mother, Akari, is likely to be this for Battle Spirits Heroes, as in the first episode she stores cards in her cleavage.
 * Mythology Gag: For starters, Galaxy Watanabe is back, and his hair is blond again.
 * 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?
 * 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.
 * The Rival: Tegamaru is this to Hajime so far.
 * Ship Tease: Mainly Arata and Mika, though Kimari gets some with Hajime, Manabu and Tameru.
 * Stalker with a Crush: Tameru is this to Kimari. She's not happy about it.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Hajime's is seasoned rice. Also, Tegamaru loves his milk.
 * Tsundere: Mika is a type B, with Arata.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Tegamaru, whose hair is actually blue, and Isami, with green hair.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Tegamaru, whose hair is actually blue, and Isami, with green hair.