Bottleman! A new entertainment that has revolutionized the world! In the virtual space, Drink World, people use Bottleman to do bottle battles with one another! All strong bottle fighters aim to be the Bottle King!
—The Opening Narration
—The Opening Narration
Cap Revolution Bottleman (Cap Kakumei Bottleman) is...basically Battle B-Daman but with reusing bottle capsnote . It was first revealed on September 15th, 2020 and it was released on October 24th of the same year. The anime based on it was premiered on October 9th, 2020 as 5-minute short episodes on the Takara Tomy YouTube channel.
The anime revolves around a boy named Cota Coga (a wordplay on Coca-Cola) who strives to be the world's best Bottle King at the Bottle Battles in the virtual Drink World, with his Bottleman partner Colamaru and battles with various rivals.
Ready cap? Bottle battle go!
- As You Know:
- Episodes' first instances of Dew Yamamoto showing up have the text "This is Dew Yamamoto" on-screen, regardless of if you're already familiar with him. In later episodes, they list completely irrelevant information about him alongside an introduction (apparently he's also a Taurus and right-handed). In a later episode afterwards, the text reads "Is this Dew Yamamoto?" in one appearance and "Yes, this is Dew Yamamoto" in another.
- In episode 20, Oi Goemon and Minezaki Hanta are given a text introduction similar to Yamamoto. This despite the fact that it's not only far into the episode and they've appeared already, but they already clearly stated their names.
- Cheeky Mouth: Characters' mouths are visible even when they're seen from the side.
- Confused Question Mark: In episode 22, Momo has a question mark when she asks what the name of a certain team is, as they hadn't come up with one yet.
- Curtains Match the Window: Cota Coga has red hair with green highlights, and his eyes are red.
- Edible Theme Naming: Some characters' names are based on beverages; Cota Coga's name is based on Coca-Cola, Goemon Ōi's name is based on Ōi Ocha, Suezō Hokari's name is based on Pocari Sweat. There's even a side character named Dew Yamamoto, which translates directly to Moutain Dew.
- Eyes Always Shut: Dew Yamamoto never opens his eyes.
- Fiery Redhead: Red-haired Cota Coga is passionate about bottle battles and happy to tell everyone that he plans to become the Bottle King.
- Green Aesop: The toy encourages kids to reuse bottle caps for ammunition and plastic bottles for target shooting.
- Making a Splash: Hokari Ryo's Bottleman, Aquasports, shoots bottle caps that have water gushing out of them. One of them is based on the trident of Poseidon, using three bottle caps at once to copy the three prongs on a trident.
- Merchandise-Driven: Made to sell the Bottleman line of toys.
- Moon Rabbit: In episode 12, Coga screams about having won a golden cap just loudly enough that his cry of "YEAH!" reaches the moon, distressing a pair of bunnies who are using bottles to pound something in a bowl.
- Mr. Exposition: Dew Yamamoto describes how different Bottleman attacks and other parts of Bottleman battles work.
- Multi Shot:
- Ryujin Blendragon is made by connecting Raijing Milk and Jujin Black, allowing it to shoot two caps from the same barrel.
- Kerpeps DX can shoot two caps similar to how Blendragon does, but as a single dedicated Bottleman.
- Dragogina DX has two side-by-side vertical barrels, each with its own trigger.
- Royal Gryphon DX is made up of two Bottleman figures connected side-by-side, which unlocks a third vertical shooter in the middle. It's a full-on reimagining of Triple Gillusion.
- Kokuryuoh G has an optional side launcher, similar to the Add-On Weapons of Crash B-Daman.
- Cola-Oh G has 4 different launchers built in, including two vertical barrels (with their own special rolling caps) and a mini-cap shooter that can be inserted into either the left or right wing.
- Mythology Gag: Being a
Spiritual Successor to B-Daman, there are homages to earlier toys by either recreating their unique gimmicks (like with Royal Gryphon having the same function as Triple Gillusion) or Bottleman interpretations of earlier B-Daman characters (Bottle Phoenix and Bottle Wyvern based on Battle Phoenix and Wild Wyvern from Super B-Daman, and Cobalt Bottle G being based on Cobalt Blade from Battle B-Daman). Some, like Energy Phoenix DX, do both by being a Bottleman version of a B-Daman, while also incorporating their specific unique gimmick. - Oddly Visible Eyebrows: Part of Hokari Ryo's eyebrow and eye are visible when his hair would otherwise obscure them.
- On the Next: The episode previews at the end of each episode are usually delivered by Natsu and Momo and completed with their catchphrase, "Bottle battle go!" Later, they are given by other characters, sometimes in a very intentionally cruddy art style.
- Opening Narration: The original intro explains what Bottleman is and how those in Bottleman duels specifically compete to be the Bottle King.
- Playing with Fire: Cota Coga's Bottleman, Colamaru, shoots flaming bottle caps. At least one of them also has a phoenix in the background as Coga executes the attack.
- Please Subscribe to Our Channel: Beginning with episode 4, the previews at the end of episodes are ended with Natsu and Momo's catch-phrase "Bottle battle go!", then "Please don't forget to subscribe to the channel!"
- Prongs of Poseidon: Referenced by one of the attacks used by Hokari Ryo's Bottleman, Aquasports. The Poseidon Trident shoots three bottle caps at once.
- The Power of Rock: Yujiki and George Muto use musical instruments to help them in Bottleman battles to fit their metal theme, with George's guitar playing at one point turning the arena into literal metal that helps him with vertical shots.
- Punny Name: Cota Coga, a pun on "Coca-Cola", and Hokari Suezo, a pun on "Pocari Sweat", among others.
- Real Men Wear Pink: Suezo is seen wearing pink bunny slippers.
- The Rival: Hokari Ryo is one to Cota Coga, being the first opponent who Coga challenges to a Bottleman battle. They have arguments and struggle to team up in training until the end of the season, when they team up against the final opponent, Yujiki and George Muto.
- Special Edition Title: The opening narration, which is usually a brief description of Bottleman, is a recap of the previous episode in episode 25, which is the finale.
- Tooth Strip: Characters have undivided strips of teeth.
