Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-201159-20131116181201/@comment-4598272-20131116194156

Hi IB, cool you're here.

Regarding the episode number, there is no source whether there are only 52 15-minute episodes. There was only one edit, which hasn't been challenged until now. The English Wikipedia also claims that Bakugan Mechtanium Surge airs in Japan since July 7, 2013, but that's not true. As the Bakugan seasons, which also have been from Spin Master, also had from at least 39 episodes up to 52 episodes, I'd think that this is only a rumor which never comes true. Initially also 52 half-hour episodes were announced and as Tenkai Knights has really good ratings (as i read now on sonofthebronx it had 1188000 viewers last week 38000 more than Beyblade, though the latter is a long-running series consisting of seven to eight seasons and Tenkai Knights a new series in its first season) Spin Master won't have changed their plans. There are only a few series with 15 minutes: Beyblade, B-Daman, Beast Saga and most recently Robocar Poly, the first three were all from Takaratomy, who wanted to save money for the broadcast. Robocar Poly already aired in South Korea for 15 minutes. Therefore anime of that runtime are rather an exception.

Cheers