History Anime / BtX

* MultiethnicName: Closely in-line with SpellMyNameWithAnS. Kurumada gave Karen and Karin ([[spoiler: whom are biological sisters]]) names that have kanji spellings, [[note]]華蓮 & 華梨: [[FamilyThemeNaming Meaning]] "luxuriant lotus" and "luxuriant pear blossom" respectively.[[/note]] yet also suitable for western name pronunciations. So this most likely implied that the two women are more or less half-Asian, but as to which ethnicity they are, remains blurred; for that their [[AlternateCharacterReading on-yomi]] Japanese pronoun can be used to indicate Chinese names. Foh is also this with his given name rendered as the on-yomi kanji for "Phoenix," which also makes his ethnicity ambiguous.

* TheHerosJourney

* NervesOfSteel: [[TheHero Teppei]] aside, the rest of his allies, namely The Four Spirit Generals and [[MeaningfulName Kotaro]], are individuals who are calm upon confrontations and opts to use their intellects to solve disputes before considering force. Teppei however, gradually grows into this via learning from his experiences.

** [[TheHero Teppei and Takeru Myoujin]] shared the same younger brother statuses in respective to their older brothers Kotaro and Marg, the same brunette ShounenHair cut, [[note]] Sideburns included.[[/note]] [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS the letter "T"]] in their first names, and fires their BattleAura while making "X poses" with their arms. [[note]] Teppei holds his arms upwards towards his chest, while Takeru holds his arms downwards away from him.[[/note]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: [[PetMonstrosity B'ts, with their design based from a huge range of animal and mythological creature selections]] tend to suffer from this issue pretty seriously. [[spoiler: [[TheIngenue Poor]] [[EverythingsBetterwithDinosaurs Madonna...]]]]

* {{Expy}}: Pretty much everything in this series can be tracked down to ''Manga/SaintSeiya'':
** Fans often pointed how The Takamiya Brothers are character swapped versions of brothers, Ikki and Shun.
*** Teppei is a much more cultured and mature Seiya with a notable dash of Ikki's {{Hunk}} aura, but kept the cute [[TenderTears Cry]] [[BigBrotherWorship Baby]] factor of a younger brother.
*** Kotaro has greater character elements of Aries Mu, and is only similar to Shun in terms of appearance, due to him being a lovable NonActionGuy; other than that, as an older brother who is cunning and can look after himself, his personality is [[NervesOfSteel certainly]] [[{{Determinator}} no pushover]].
** Ron looks a lot like Shiryu. This, however, doesn't apply to his personality.
** Foh also looks a lot like Hyoga. Then again, it doesn't apply to his personality as well. He can also be seen as the unholy child of Saga and Shaka, with a dash of Lyra Orpheus thrown in. With Shion's hair.
** Hokuto is pretty much like Mu with Shaka's aloof personality.
** Karen holds Marin's position, mixed with Aioros' status and background; since Karen served as [[TheHero the hero's]] trainer, and like Aioros, was also labeled as a traitor despite being well-respected by their teammates, and had the best intentions for their allegiance.
** And last, but not least, the B'ts and Battle Gears. The B'ts are inverted in a way that they don't split themselves up to form armors for their owners, but are still responsible in "providing" the armors for their owners when their owners call out [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull the commands to wear them]].

* [[MonsterOfTheWeek Enemy Of The Week]]: Battles depicting up to the 6th post were set up like this for the majority of TV series, while NEO only depicts a couple of the Demon General battles and skipped the rest to pace up.

* {{Filler}}: Three episodes dealing with the Dark Knights (while in the manga they were defeated all together and very anticlimactically), along with encountering an old member of the Four Knights and also a reclusive scientist.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: the manga kills off a ''lot'' of people, and in the end pretty much the only two protagonists, both human and B't, that survive are Teppei and Kotaro. In the anime, the last scenes implies that everybody died, including Teppei and Kotaro]].

''B[='=]t X'' (pronounced "Beat X") is a SuperRobot themed [[Main/ShonenDemographic Shonen Manga]] written by Creator/MasamiKurumada, [[SacredHospitality published for Kadokawa Shoten's]] ''Shonen Ace'' magazine after he was forced to finish ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' prematurely due to the [[ExecutiveMeddling insistence of its publisher]]. ''B[='=]t X'' has a similar premise but with a different setting and execution, some people considered this as ''Saint Seiya [-[[RecycledINSPACE WITH SCIENCE!!!]]-]''

* SignatureStyle: The inclusion of a CoolHorse through our lead mascot, B't X, which in this story is represented by a Kirin. Technically speaking, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin Kirin]] is a mythological animal that is more of a [[TheMarvelousDeer deer]] with the slight anatomy of a horse, and the head of a Chinese dragon...with no wings. But somehow Kurumada designed his Kirin to look more like a full-on horse with deer antlers, dragon brows, ''and'' wings, which made X resemble more like a {{Pegasus}} over anything else. In many of Kurumada's other works, a Pegasus has something to do with the protagonist.

* HeroicSacrifice: Again, lots of people. [[spoiler: Metalface managed to pull it off twice. Once sacrificing a means of safely travelling a minefield to help out a young Karen years ago which caused him to require his cyborg parts, and once again to secure the force that would destroy Raphaello at the cost of his body]]

* HotBlooded: This ''is'' a [[SignatureStyle Kurumada manga]] we're talking here.

* MechaMooks: The Ryukans, which are piloted by generic soldiers.

* PhlebotinumRebel: Any B't whose owners decides to confront the agenda of their Empire, in this case, The Four Spirit Generals. B'ts are programmed with UndyingLoyalty towards their owners, so if an owner makes an agenda, their B'ts will side with them. However, our titular B't X bares the special case in that he gets to make his own decision as to whether he should aid Teppei in saving his brother who is abducted by their Empire, or reunite with his original owner, who was put on exile. Either way, X is already on the "rebel" side in terms of the greater agenda, therefore he has to make the decision as to whether he should defy ''his loyalty program'' in favoring a new owner over his predecessor. [[PowerOfTrust He chose to work with his new owner]].

* ScamReligion: [[AGodAmI The Machine Emperor]] develops his country by inflicting nuclear bombs all over the world, manipulating each country to think it was of another country's doing, [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI triggering]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII world]] [[WorldWarWhatever wars]], recruiting war orphans to brainwash them that he's their god and savior, and that he promises to create an utopia for all people with endless life as long as they swear loyalty to him, his country, and execute whatever orders he's placed onto them.

** It has also implied that [[spoiler: Metalface cares about Karen]] [[{{Tsundere}} more than he admits himself to be.]]
** [[spoiler: Ron and Aramis]] have this in the manga.

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Set sometime in]] the 21st Century [[note]]To be precise, [[Main/TheNewTwenties somewhere between the 2020s]] to early 2030s.[[/note]], the story begins with Teppei Takamiya, as he travels to Beijing to attend an international robotics expo to reunite with his brother Kotaro, who's been studying robotics abroad in Berlin and was scheduled to make a presentation within the expo. Not long after Kotaro begins his research presentation about the possibility to create an advanced form of ArtificialIntelligence, Kotaro was abducted in public by a HumongousMecha in the shape of a Queen Ant. Teppei immediately began his chase-down using a gauntlet known as the "Messiah Fist" to hold onto the Queen Ant as it travels to a secretive base within the Gobi Desert, which was revealed as [[TheEmpire their Empire's]] headquarters.

As of June 2013, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NPY7sz2WqM they have revived into a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xke-Ldbc9_w PACHINKO]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2NHJeKa5Y GAME!!]]

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The airing in Taiwan had a particularly rare situation done by the Japanese companies themselves. Stabilized since [[TheEighties the late 80's]], Taiwan [[TheSongRemainsTheSame would leave all licensed anime opening and ending themes untouched, even when dubbed.]] But in ''B't X's'' case, Fence of Defense's opening theme, ''Haruka~SAILING FOR MY DREAM'' was replaced by [[Music/TMRevolution T.M.Revolution's]] ''HIGH PRESSURE'' midway through it's airing without prior notice despite WordOfGod personally handpicked [=FoD=]'s song and the song [[SleeperHit was selling tremendously well]] in Japan thanks to the anime; this was speculated as to 1) ''B't X'' [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff was popular]] and Sony Music wanted a piece of their pie, and 2) Sony Music wanted to officially package T.M.R to the the international anime fan base, redirecting the demographic into buying T.M.R's ''Triple Joker'' album since T.M.R was officially licensed in Taiwan and was doing well with his ''restoration Level 3'' album thanks to ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. This made ''B't X'' as the second anime project in T.M.R's history with his name in it, albeit forcefully. ''Haruka~SAILING FOR MY DREAM'' was later placed back to it's normal state by the time of ''B't X's'' [[UsefulNotes/CompactDisc [=VCD=]]] release. Since the Japanese fanbase became aware of this over the years, they treated T.M.R's ''HIGH PRESSURE'' as a "bonus theme song" to this series.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The airing in Taiwan had a particularly rare situation done by the Japanese companies themselves. Stabilized since [[TheEighties the late 80's]], Taiwan [[TheSongRemainsTheSame would leave all licensed anime opening and ending themes untouched, even when dubbed.]] But in ''B't X's'' case, Fence of Defense's opening theme, ''Haruka~SAILING FOR MY DREAM'' was replaced by [[Music/TMRevolution T.M.Revolution's]] ''HIGH PRESSURE'' midway through it's airing without prior notice ''despite'' WordOfGod personally handpicked [=FoD=]'s song and the song [[SleeperHit was selling tremendously well]] in Japan thanks to the anime; this was speculated as to 1) ''B't X'' [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff was popular]] and Sony Music wanted a piece of their pie, and 2) Sony Music wanted to officially package T.M.R to the the international anime fan base, redirecting the demographic into buying T.M.R's ''Triple Joker'' album since T.M.R was officially licensed in Taiwan and was doing well with his ''restoration Level 3'' album thanks to ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. This made ''B't X'' as the second anime project in T.M.R's history with his name in it, albeit forcefully. ''Haruka~SAILING FOR MY DREAM'' was later placed back to it's normal state by the time of ''B't X's'' [[UsefulNotes/CompactDisc [=VCD=]]] release. Since the Japanese fanbase became aware of this over the years, they treated T.M.R's ''HIGH PRESSURE'' as a "bonus theme song" to this series.

''B[='=]t X'' is a SuperRobot themed [[Main/ShonenDemographic Shonen Manga]] written by Creator/MasamiKurumada, [[SacredHospitality published for Kadokawa Shoten's]] ''Shonen Ace'' magazine after he was forced to finish ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' prematurely due to the [[ExecutiveMeddling insistence of its publisher]]. ''B[='=]t X'' has a similar premise but with a different setting and execution, some people considered this as ''Saint Seiya [-[[RecycledINSPACE WITH SCIENCE!!!]]-]''

** [[spoiler: When all hope is lost before their SaveTheWorldClimax within the manga,]] Kotaro throws out a [[HeroicSecondWind "We haven't lost yet!"]] [[spoiler: {{Telepathy}} [[EpiphanyTherapy speech]] to Teppei]], requesting the concerned Teppei to strike B't Raffaello with his grandest final blow [[spoiler: even when Kotaro's physically located in the path of destruction]]. Proclaiming with confidence that he, Kotaro Takamiya, as a scientist (who thoroughly does his research), [[spoiler: "is ''NOT'' some kind of saint who makes [[StupidSacrifice stupid sacrifices!]]"]] So Teppei, with his PowerOfTrust on Kotaro, finished off B't Raffaello [[spoiler: with Kotaro intact]]. This, was a superb TakeThat moment of Kurumada fixing the fatal flaw of ''Godmars'' [[spoiler: where Prince Marg made his infamous StupidSacrifice out of pure BigBrotherInstinct without any brain work.]]

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Set sometime in]] the 21st Century [[note]]To be precise, [[Main/TheNewTwenties somewhere in the 2020s]].[[/note]], the story begins with Teppei Takamiya, as he travels to Beijing to attend an international robotics expo to reunite with his brother Kotaro, who's been studying robotics abroad in Berlin and was scheduled to make a presentation within the expo. Not long after Kotaro begins his research presentation about the possibility to create an advanced form of ArtificialIntelligence, Kotaro was abducted in public by a HumongousMecha in the shape of a Queen Ant. Teppei immediately began his chase-down using a gauntlet known as the "Messiah Fist" to hold onto the Queen Ant as it travels to a secretive base within the Gobi Desert, which was revealed as [[TheEmpire their Empire's]] headquarters.

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Set sometime in]] the 21st Century [[note]]To be precise, a couple of years after the 2020s.[[/note]], the story begins with Teppei Takamiya, as he travels to Beijing to attend an international robotics expo to reunite with his brother Kotaro, who's been studying robotics abroad in Berlin and was scheduled to make a presentation within the expo. Not long after Kotaro begins his research presentation about the possibility to create an advanced form of ArtificialIntelligence, Kotaro was abducted in public by a HumongousMecha in the shape of a Queen Ant. Teppei immediately began his chase-down using a gauntlet known as the "Messiah Fist" to hold onto the Queen Ant as it travels to a secretive base within the Gobi Desert, which was revealed as [[TheEmpire their Empire's]] headquarters.

** Both [[Anime/GodMars Emperor Zuul of alien Planet Gishin]] and The Machine Emperor are their stories' [[BigBad]], and wanted to destroy Earth since The Planet Earth (humanity) never wanted to comply with their ideologies.

** Both [[Anime/GodMars Emperor Zuul of alien Planet Gishin]] and The Machine Emperor are their stories' [[bigbad]], and wanted to destroy Earth since The Planet Earth (humanity) never wanted to comply with their ideologies.

** Both [[Anime/GodMars Emperor Zuul of alien Planet Gishin]] and The Machine Emperor are their stories' [[TheBigBad big bad]], and wanted to destroy Earth since The Planet Earth (humanity) never wanted to comply with their ideologies.

The manga adaptation ran in ''Shonen Ace'' from [[TheNineties December of 1994]], to [[TurnOfTheMillennium February of 2000]]; with its anime released in year 1996. The manga was once licensed by Creator/{{TOKYOPOP}} in North America, and the anime was licensed and partially dubbed (with questionable quality) by Illumitoon Entertainment and has [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-19/anime-midstream-licenses-bt-x-tv-anime-series/.105546 recently been rescue licensed by Anime Midstream]], who have redubbed the series from scratch.

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Set sometime in]] the 21st Century [[note]]To be precise, a couple of years after the 2020s.[[/note]], the story begins with Teppei Takamiya, as he travels to Beijing to attend an international robotics expo to reunite with his brother Kotaro, who's been studying robotics abroad in Berlin and was scheduled to make a presentation within the expo. Not long after Kotaro begins his research presentation about the possibility to create an advanced form of machine, Kotaro was abducted in public by a HumongousMecha in the shape of a Queen Ant. Teppei immediately began his chase-down using a gauntlet known as the "Messiah Fist" to hold onto the Queen Ant as it travels to a secretive base within the Gobi Desert, which was revealed as [[TheEmpire their Empire's]] headquarters.

The manga adaptation ran in ''Shonen Ace'' from [[TheNineties December of 1994]], to [[TurnOfTheMillennium February of 2000]]; with its anime released in year 1996. The manga was once licensed by Creator/{{TOKYOPOP}} in North America, and the anime was licensed and partially dubbed (with questionable quality) by Illumitoon Entertainment and has [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-19/anime-midstream-licenses-bt-x-tv-anime-series/.105546 recently been rescue licensed by Anime Midstream]], whi had redubbed the series from scratch.

The manga adaptation ran in ''Shonen Ace'' from [[TheNineties December of 1994]], to [[TurnOfTheMillennium February of 2000]]; with its anime released in year 1996. The manga was once licensed by Creator/{{TOKYOPOP}} in North America, and the anime was licensed and partially dubbed (with questionable quality) by Illumitoon Entertainment and has [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-19/anime-midstream-licenses-bt-x-tv-anime-series/.105546 recently been rescue licensed by Anime Midstream]], and they're redubbing the series from scratch.

It's manga completed it's run on ''Shonen Ace'' from [[TheNineties December of 1994]], to [[TurnOfTheMillennium February of 2000]]; with it's anime released in year 1996. The manga was once licensed by TOKYOPOP in North America, and the anime was licensed and partially dubbed (with questionable quality) by Illumitoon Entertainment and has [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-19/anime-midstream-licenses-bt-x-tv-anime-series/.105546 recently been rescue licensed by Anime Midstream]], and they're redubbing the series from scratch

* TheFourGods: ''Inverted.'' Contrary to the popular usage of The Four Gods as trope explained, The Four Spirit animals depicted in this work, in Chinese mythology are called ''[[http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Four_Benevolent_Animals "The Four Benevolent Animals,"'']] and are said to be the four beings responsible in bringing prosperity to the land.

* TheFourGods: ''Inverted.'' Contrary to the popular usage of The Four Gods as trope explained, The Four Spirit animals depicted in this work, in Chinese mythology are called ''[[http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Four_Benevolent_Animals "The Four Benevolent Animals]],"'' and are said to be the four beings responsible in bringing prosperity to the land.

* TheFourGods: ''Inverted.'' Contrary to the popular usage of The Four Gods as trope explained, The Four Spirit animals depicted in this work, in Chinese mythology are called ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Benevolent_Animals "The Four Benevolent Animals]],"'' and are said to be the four beings responsible in bringing prosperity to the land.

* RoleReprisal: It's pretty clear that Creator/NobuyukiHiyama, Creator/KeijiFujiwara, and most of the main cast came back in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4kKPF0Lr7A pachinko]] for their respective roles. But unfortunately Creator/MegumiOgata (Karen) and Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (Metal Face) failed to come back for their roles.