

Season 1 • Episode 52
LatestRiki Ryugasaki is a school boy in this town. He wants to be an adventurer when he grows up and his favorite word is “mystery.” Riki has a lively personality, but can be a bit of an airhead at times - he marches to the beat of his own drum. One day Riki is taken to his first B-Daman event by his friend and classmate, Sumi Inaba. Although he doesn’t participate as a player, Riki’s natural curiosity sparks an interest towards B-Daman. And when Riki hears an urban legend about “a secret B-Daman tournament (a tournament that only a very selected group of players are allowed to participate)” spreading amongst the children of the town, he realizes that there is something very mysterious and exciting about B-Daman...
Practical Effects
The B-Daman designs slap harder than they have any right to.
Production
Toyetic anime that actually tries to have a plot—shocking, I know.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
B-Daman Crossfire rebooted a 2004 franchise based on Takara Tomy's marble-shooting toys, part of Japan's long tradition of competitive toy anime.
The 'Crossfire' name specifically refers to the marble's trajectory system—yes, someone engineered fictional marble physics.