#dan bakugan

[the-fridge-orange]

Redesign

[kheprriverse]

Sorry for non-loz content today but sometimes I fall back into my childhood hyperfixation and have the urge to draw Drago (and sometimes helios)

[shimmy--sham]

More Drago pet shenanigans

[shurisu]

[demon-ness]

[newvestroia]

What if I drew them as animals? What then?

Notes under cut:

- I definitely think Mira is a cat, but I drew her as some sort of mustlelid in this one. Otter maybe?

- Dan I see as a sheep/ram because of how competitive he is. He would have large coiled horns as they grow out by s4

- Marucho is a seal because they are little water guys!!!

- I also see volt as more of a bull, so maybe I’ll draw that another time. I was in the mood to draw deer so he is some kind of cervid? Caribou? Who knows

[myriadium]

bakugan secret santa for @pixelbytesquad! here we have all the kitties enjoying a day without having to think about the end of any potential universes.

happy holidays!!

[runoalice-propaganda]

one of these characters has a second personality who is a major antagonist that uses Bakugan with the darkness element and is the protagonist’s main rival for 3/4s of the first season

the other is the protagonist’s childhood friend

[the-fridge-orange]

[miza-chan]

“bRinG iT oN fRostED TiPs!1!1!1!”

this should NOT be that funny 😭😭😭 but bestie it looks like more than just the tips are frosted 💀

[pixelbytesquad]

Time to post my Secret Santa gift I did! :D

This one is for Hotzo (idk if she has a tumblr account lkjlkj anyways hi again)

[freidamagician]

been rewatching bakugan lately

[s-hhhit]

Warm autumn 🍂

[demon-ness]

29. The most important thing -

is to get started.

[notamamiboye]

Allowed myself to do something I havent done in years: screenshot redraw from one of my favorite shows.

I haven't watched Bakugan in years but Battle Brawlers was incredibly important to me when it premiered. I dont wanna infodump on an art post but understand that I have history with this franchise.

Original under cut

Unsure which episode this is from but I know its from the later seasons because of the location (which im not spoiling cuz I want to show it to my friends inevitably)

[shun-zam]

Okay I know this fandom is like dead dead. But my dog passed away and I’m on a nostalgia kick

So I’ve been rewatching Bakugan Battle Brawlers. And I have many thoughts.

I restarted in season one and oh boy do these characters grow a lot over the series. And while I love the series for what it is there are some cha gens I would make.

Season one is solid but I see a lot of post on here saying that the show doesn’t do anything with the Dan and Shun’s childhood friendship. First your wrong, that fact very much effects both characters and how they interact with each other.

Shun is obviously processing the loss of his mother and pulling in ward. Dan has no idea how to support his friend in this. (He’s like 11 and has never listed anyone.) so he tells the other brawlers that Shun “left the game” or is a “Flake” which you can ready as Dan being insensitive, or as Dan knowing Shun a) wants to be alone (he’s shut Dan out) and b) shouldn’t or can’t deal with this right now (the bakugan being taken by Masquerade) Dan saying that Shun’s a quitter might be his way of trying to get the others to leave Shun out of it and give the kid time to grieve.

Of course Runo and Marucho go to see Shun anyway and get their buts handed to them.

When Dan finds out he’s angry with them. Why? Because they didn’t listen to you? Or because you didn’t want them dragging Shun into this?

When Dan goes to see Shun he sneaks past all the ninja traps no problem. I saw someone else on here point out that it’s a great detail to show how often Dan has been over to Shun’s grandfather’s dojo. And it is a lovely way of driving home that they are friends.

Season one does a lot of character work and while all the character bonds are important the standouts (besides each Brawlers bond with their Bakugan) is Dan and Shun and Dan and Runo. They have the most focus as individual bonds (the next closest would be Julie and Billy or Alice and everyone)

One moment though that I wish that they did to really drive home that Dan and Shun are/have always been best friends is in episode 28? Shun makes the decision to lose to Masquerade so he can follow Dan into the Doom Dimension.

But during this episode a big plot is Dan’s mom trying to find out where Dan went. She goes and she talks to Runo. Understandable. Runo lives in town. Dan is always over that the restaurant. It makes sense to ask her.

But I wish she called Shun. And I can excuse this. Maybe she didn’t know Shun was in town (hard to imagine Dan didn’t mention it) or maybe it was easier to find Runo. So I can forgive Dan’s mom reaching out to Runo.

But if you really want to drive home the childhood friend’s thing, have Shun be the one to call her. Their moms were obviously acquaintances if not friends. It makes sense that if Shun heard Dan’s mom was looking for him, he would reach out and tell her not to worry that he would bring her son back soon.

This also mirrors the idea of loss. Shun lost his mom. Mrs. Kuso lost her son (temporarily) I just think it could have made a nice parallel.