![]() Various toy companies around the world have licensed Beyblade toys for their own regions, including Hasbro in Western countries, Sonokong in Korea, and Takara Tomy for Eastern countries.īoth the toys and their names were inspired by beigoma, a traditional spinning top. Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2006, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. "Samurai" were the military nobility of ancient Japan who had followed a code known as "Bushido" that had taught honour and combat in the battlefield, which included the above mentioned statement to not be afraid to fight.Beyblade ( ベイブレード, Beiburēdo, diminutive Bey, from the diminutive of beigoma) is a line of spinning-top toys originally developed by Takara, first released in Japan in July 1999, along with its debut series. Which would be fitting to describe Samurai Ifraid as an Ifrit-inspired Beyblade, that is not afraid to fight. Considering the fact that Ifraid is pronounced similarily to afraid, "ee-fray-d", and in the first chapter of the Zero-G manga, Mysterious Blader X told Zero, "You can only win a battle in the Zero-G Stadium, if you have the courage to attack with full power without being "afraid". The name "Ifraid" is derived from "ifrit" and quite possibly "afraid". Its owner, Zero Kurogane, even has a fiery highlight on his hair, as a reference to Ifrits having to do with fire. Its design is influenced by ifrits, seeing as it is shown on Ifraid's Stone Face motif as well as its face on its Chrome Wheel. In Arabic and Islamic mythology, ifrits were supernatural creatures enormous, winged, and infernal jinn (genies) associated with fire that were usually depicted as being evil though not all were. Samurai Ifraid is based on the Ifrit, as evident by its name. ![]() There they are depicted as a "Fire-elemental Summon" that appear as horned, infernal demons. An " Ifrit" appears in the popular Japanese media franchise, Final Fantasy.
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