| Little Battlers Experience | |
| Ja Kanji: | ダンボール戦機 |
| Ja Romaji: | Danbōru Senki |
| Genre: | Action, science fiction, mecha |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Hideaki Fujii |
| Publisher: | Shogakukan |
| Demographic: | Children |
| Magazine: | CoroCoro Comic |
| First: | January 15, 2011 |
| Last: | February 15, 2013 |
| Volumes: | 6 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Naohito Takahashi |
| Music: | Rei Kondoh |
| Studio: | OLM |
| Network: | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| First: | March 2, 2011 |
| Last: | January 11, 2012 |
| Episodes: | 44 (original) 26 (dubbed) |
| Episode List: | List of Danball Senki episodes#Little Battlers eXperience |
| Developer: | Level-5 |
| Publisher: | Level-5 |
| Genre: | Action role-playing |
| Platforms: | PlayStation Portable |
| Little Battlers Experience Boost | |
| Developer: | Level-5 |
| Publisher: | Level-5 |
| Genre: | Action role-playing |
| Platforms: | PlayStation Portable |
| Type: | manga |
| Danball Senki Kaidō Jin Gaiden | |
| Author: | Hiroyuki Takei |
| Publisher: | Shogakukan |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | CoroCoro G |
| First: | 2011 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Little Battlers eXperience W | |
| Director: | Naohito Takahashi |
| Music: | Rei Kondoh |
| Studio: | OLM |
| Network: | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| First: | January 18, 2012 |
| Last: | March 20, 2013 |
| Episodes: | 58 (original) 26 (dubbed) |
| Episode List: | List of Danball Senki episodes#Little Battlers eXperience W |
| Developer: | Level-5 |
| Publisher: | Level-5 (Japan) Nintendo (America and Europe) |
| Genre: | Action role-playing |
| Platforms: | Nintendo 3DS |
| Little Battlers eXperience W | |
| Developer: | Level-5 |
| Publisher: | Level-5 |
| Genre: | Action role-playing |
| Platforms: | PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita |
| Type: | tv series |
| Little Battlers eXperience Wars | |
| Director: | Naohito Takahashi |
| Music: | Rei Kondoh |
| Studio: | OLM |
| Network: | TV Tokyo |
| First: | April 3, 2013 |
| Last: | December 25, 2013 |
| Episodes: | 37 |
| Episode List: | List of Danball Senki episodes#Little Battlers eXperience Wars |
| Little Battlers eXperience W Super Custom | |
| Developer: | Level-5 |
| Publisher: | Level-5 |
| Genre: | Action role-playing |
| Platforms: | Nintendo 3DS |
| Type: | manga |
| Danball Senki Wars | |
| Author: | Hideaki Fujii |
| Publisher: | Shogakukan |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | CoroCoro Comic |
| First: | March 15, 2013 |
| Last: | October 15, 2013 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Little Battlers eXperience Wars | |
| Developer: | Level-5 |
| Publisher: | Level-5 |
| Genre: | Action role-playing |
| Platforms: | Nintendo 3DS |
| LBX Girls | |
| Developer: | DMM Games |
| Publisher: | Level-5 |
| Genre: | Gacha game |
| Platforms: | PC |
| Released: | 2017 |
| Type: | tv series |
| LBX Girls | |
| Director: | Keitaro Motonaga |
| Music: | Go Sakabe |
| Studio: | Studio A-Cat |
| Licensee: | Funimation |
| Network: | Tokyo MX, BS11, MBS |
| First: | January 7, 2021 |
| Last: | March 25, 2021 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
| Episode List: | List of Danball Senki episodes#LBX Girls (2021) |
| Portal: | yes |
, or simply LBX, is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, with the main character setting out to battle against LBXs created by other characters. The first game of the series was released on June 16, 2011, for the PlayStation Portable and has expanded to six official games and three Japanese anime series. Nintendo published the first game for Nintendo 3DS in North America on August 21, 2015, Europe on September 4, 2015, and Australia on September 5, 2015.
AD 2046, technology has grown all over the world and innovation is leading the way. The way of delivery methods has changed since the creation of fortified cardboard, which can resist every impact and keep its contents intact. As the popularity of the material grew, so did its purposes. The super strong cardboard was used as material for special battlefields for LBXs, specialized miniature robots made by Tiny Orbit that were once banned due to their destructive purposes. Their popularity has again risen due to the specialized battlefield, and special models of LBX were made.
Four years after the creation of these fortified cardboard, in AD 2050, Van Yamano, a male middle school student, was entrusted with the LBX "AX-00" by a mysterious woman, containing a Platinum Capsule. Van learned from the woman that his father was still alive and knew about a secret conspiracy in the government. Van himself must protect the LBX and the Platinum Capsule, as its contents could change the world forever.
LBX, which stands for "Little Battlers eXperience", are a line of commercially released robot models and was the primary focus of the series. Originally made in the 2040s by Tiny Orbit, the largest toy maker in the world, LBXs were initially discontinued for being deemed too dangerous and powerful to be used for entertainment purposes as a result of their unchecked destructive capabilities. It wasn't until the introduction of the highly resilient in 2042 that the highly dangerous toyline saw a massive resurgence in popularity and has since become both a popular hobby amongst collectors, as well as a massively competitive sport around the world.
Roughly the size of an average human hand, an LBX is highly customizable, allowing anyone to change its three core components: the, from which all other parts connect; its that acts both as enhanced armor for the Core Skeleton and provides the model's finalized appearance; and the, which houses the robot's external components necessary for the robot to function, such as memory units, battery, external motor(s) and other miscellaneous parts.
Typically controlled using cellphone-like devices called a, LBX usually battles against other player's LBXs in special battlefields made from fortified cardboard in controlled regulations set by the combatants. Players can also command their LBX to execute, powerful special attacks that can be learned once the LBX's in-system, with certain LBX models has access to alternative and set-exclusive powerful enough to cause a on an LBX and destroy it beyond repair.
Development of the franchise began in 2008 alongside the game which is once titled "LEVEL5 VISION 2008". In December 2009, Level-5 announced that the anime/manga series is under production to accompany the release of their latest PlayStation Portable game, with Bandai releasing a series of plastic models featuring the mecha from the game.[1] Although initially set for release in 2010, the anime is delayed a year later and aired on March 2, 2011, while the game is released on June 16, 2011.[2]
See main article: List of Danball Senki episodes.
The first series, based on the first game, is produced by Oriental Light and Magic under the direction of Naohito Takahashi and began airing on TV Tokyo from March 2, 2011, to January 11, 2012, with a total of 44 Episodes. The sequel series, was announced in late December, and aired between January 18, 2012, and March 20, 2013, with a total of 58 episodes. A third series titled aired on TV Tokyo on April 3, 2013, to coincide with the third game's release. Wars would be the final season for the anime series and ended on December 25, 2013, with a total of 37 episodes.
Dentsu Entertainment USA confirmed that they have licensed the anime in the U.S, and began airing on Nicktoons from August 24, 2014.[3] [4] [5] [6] After the dub was aired in its entirety, it was revealed the series was abridged from 44 episodes to 26 episodes. Episodes with what was considered questionable content were merged with other episodes or in some cases skipped altogether. Because of the large difference in content, the list of dubbed episodes are listed under a new section called LBX: Little Battlers eXperience.
An adaptation of the sequel series, Little Battlers eXperience W, aired as the second season of LBX, premiering October 18, 2015 on Nicktoons.[7]
During AnimeJapan 2019, LBX Girls (Sōkō Musume Senki) was announced by DMM Pictures as a new spinoff of the Little Battlers eXperience series and part of the Sōkō Musume multimedia project.[8] The series aired from January 7 to March 25, 2021.[9] Rikako Aida performs the series' opening theme "Dream Hopper", while Kano performs the series' ending theme "Compass Song".[10] [11] Funimation licensed the series and streamed it on its website in North America and the British Isles, in Europe through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab.[12] An English dub of the series was released on January 19, 2022.[13]
A movie adaptation was announced in the July issue of CoroCoro Comic titled Inazuma Eleven GO vs. Danbōru Senki W, which premiered in theaters on December 1, 2012.[14]
A manga adaptation was serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from February 2011 to March 2013.[15] It lasted for six volumes. In the US, it is distributed by Viz Media. Another manga adaptation, entitled, was written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei under the pen name Hiro was published in CoroCoro G.[16] There is also a manga adaptation of Danball Senki Wars which is also serialized in CoroCoro Comic.
The background music for the English version was composed by David Iris, John Mitchell and Tom Keenlyside. Michael and Andrew Twining wrote the closing theme songs "Battle On" (season 1) and "Save the World" (season 2).
The music for the anime was composed by Rei Kondoh, who also composed the soundtracks for the video games Ōkami and Sengoku Basara 3, among others.
The first anime series has four official theme songs. The first opening is titled and the second opening is titled, both performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is titled and the second ending is titled, both performed by Hiroki Maekawa.
Little Battlers eXperience W has eight official theme songs. The first being "Brave Hero", the second opening theme is, the third opening theme is, and the fourth opening song "Telepathy", all performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is, the second ending is, and the third ending is, all performed by Hiroki Maekawa. The fourth ending theme is, performed by Dream5.
Little Battlers eXperience Wars has five official theme songs. The first opening is titled "Mugen Myself" and the second opening is titled "Eternal", both performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is "Kamisama Yāyāyā" performed by Dream5. The second ending song is "Bokutachi no Wars" performed by Ryota Ohsaka, Sayori Ishizuka, and Tomoaki Maeno. The third ending song is "Hirameki" performed by Ryota Ohsaka.