The Time of the Paradox (a BeyWheelz Movie)

The Time of the Paradox (a BeyWheelz Movie), or simply known as TTOTP or The Time of the Paradox: A BeyWheelz Movie, is a Japanese-Canadian anime movie based on the Beyblade Metal Saga and BeyWheelz series.

The film is produced by Synergy SP, Entertainment One, and Nelvana Enterprises. It is distributed by 9 Story Distribution. The film is set to be released on January 18, 2024. The film uses the same characters from BeyWheelz, Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader, and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.''

Plot
In Disection City, a band is playing to a packed audience; keyboardist Sho Tenma, guitarist Jin Ryu, drummer Leon Fierce, acoustic guitarist Covey Horn, keyboardist, sampler player and turntable player Marche Ovis, and bassist Nicole Spears. A military force from another dimension invades Disection City and kidnaps the band.

A space pilot called Helios is seen working outside his keytar-shaped ship, then goes inside. He is interrupted from his daydream about Nicole by a distress call about the kidnapping, and pursues the kidnappers through a wormhole, where he crash lands on another dimension.

The band is taken to a large factory, where their memories are rewritten to disks and their original skin changed to make them look like different people. They are fitted with mind-control devices hidden inside sunglasses. Their captor, Sylvio Sawatari, poses as their manager and presents them as a new band called Team Estrella, who take the world by storm. The fame has its disadvantages as the exhausted members of the band are forced to sign large amounts of marketing material. Meanwhile, Helios finds his way to the city and discovers what has happened to the band.

During a stadium concert, Helios flies in with a jet pack and fires a beam at each band member, freeing all of them from the mind control except for Nicole Spears. In the escape, Helios is mortally wounded, and Sylvio's bodyguards are revealed to be androids.

Still under Sylvio's control, Nicole finds a card with the address of Sylvio's home, Le Foyer de Sawatari, which she hides in her dress. She is taken to a "Best Record Award" ceremony, where Team Estrella win the Gold Record. Marche is concealed in the audience and frees Stella with the beam, and they make their escape with Sho Tenma's help. The band returns to Helios, who reveals their true identities before he dies. They bury Helios and his spirit rises into space. While driving away, they use the card Nicole took earlier to find their way to Le Foyer de Sawatari, and decide to investigate.

While exploring Sylvio's mansion, the band finds their way into a secret room, in which they find a journal revealing Sylvio's plans. He has been kidnapping alien musicians from various worlds and passing disguising them as humans to acquire 5,555 gold records, with which he can rule the universe. Sylvio captures them and attempts to sacrifice Nicole Spears to complete the ritual, but Jin manages to throw the final gold record into a chasm, and Sylvio follows it into the abyss, which is revealed to be filled with lava, apparently killing him. His foot soldiers follow after him, killing them as well. The band travels back to the record company to retrieve the memory disks. Leon sneaks in to steal them, but while escaping from the building, he is tased by a guard, and his skin reverts to its blue state.

The authorities find Helios' ship and mount an operation to return Team Estrella to normal, and get the band back to their original world. As they enter the wormhole, Sylvio's spirit appears and attacks the ship. Helios' spirit also appears and fights Sylvio, which frees them. The band returns to their home planet to great acclaim, and a statue of Helios is erected. At the end, it is implied that the whole story was the dream of a young boy, inspired by Prozzäk's Hot Show album and toys in his room.

Production
One day ago, Katsumi Hasegawa decided to do a Movie based on Beyblade Metal Saga and BeyWheelz. He said that he wanted to make a parody of Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.

On July 15, 2023 Katsumi Hasegawa went back to Synergy SP to ask the employees to do the film called "The Time of The Paradox: A BeyWheelz Movie" and reuse the characters from BeyWheelz, Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.

The production began on July 15, 2023 and ended on December 27, 2023.

On November 19, 2023, Wanted! Sound + Picture confirmed that Peter Oldring would replace Scott Beaudin to voice Covey Horn, Catherine Disher would replace Krystal Meadows to voice Marche Ovis, Stephanie Panisello would replace Ashley Botting to voice Nicole Spears, Scott Farley would voice Helios (from Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader), Chad McNamara would voice Sylvio Sawatari (from Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V) and Scott McCord will reprise his role as Dan Kuso (The Record Company's manager; from Bakugan Battle Brawlers).

On January 7, 2024, a trailer for The film came out.

On January 18, 2024, the film was first released in Japan.

On January 25, 2024, the film also was released in Canada and United States.

Characters

 * Sho Tenma (voiced by Christopher Jacot, and Alex Ludwig (singing voice)): The keytarist and vocalist of Team Estrella.
 * Jin Ryu (voiced by Austin Di lulio): The guitarist of Team Estrella.
 * Leon Fierce (voiced by Zachary Bennett): The drummer of Team Estrella.
 * Covey Horn (voiced by Peter Oldring): The acoustic guitarist of Team Estrella.
 * Marche Ovis (voiced by Catherine Disher): The sampler, turntable and keyboard player of Team Estrella.
 * Nicole Spears (voiced by Stephanie Panisello): The bassist of Team Estrella.
 * Helios (voiced by Scott Farley): An astronaut on a mission to rescue the captured band (also known as Team Estrella). He is from Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader.
 * Sylvio Sawatari (voiced by Chad McNamara): The human captor of Team Estrella and the main antagonist of the film. He is from Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
 * Dan Kuso (voiced by Scott McCord): The supposed owner of the Record Company named after DIC Entertainment called DIC Records. He is giddy and excited in most of his on-screen time. He is from Bakugan: Battle Brawlers.
 * Prozzäk (voice by Jay Levine (Simon) and James B. McCollum (Milo)): The Animated Duo who make a surprising cameo in the scenes where The Award Ceremony announces the Nominations and Team Estrella receives their award.

Trivia

 * The Film is a parody of the 2003 film "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem"
 * Unlike, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, the film features dialogue and songs from Various Canadian Musicians in the English
 * This is the first film to feature Sylvio Sawatari, and Dan Kuso
 * This is the first film to be produced by Entertainment One
 * This is the second film to be distributed by 9 Story Distribution
 * According to the film, Team Estrella's instruments are based on real life instruments
 * Sho Tenma's keytar is based on a Korg RK-100S 2 keytar
 * Jin Ryu's guitar is based on an ESP LTD MH-1000 guitar
 * Leon Fierce's drumkit is based on a Mapex SE628XB drum kit
 * Covey Horn's acoustic guitar is based on a Taylor AD17e acoustic guitar
 * Marche Ovis' sampler is based on a Maschine MK3 sampler while his turntables are based on two Reloop RP 8000 MK2 turntables and his keyboard is based on a Waldorf Iridium keyboard
 * Nicole Spears' bass guitar is based on a Samick Ybe5-630 electric bass guitar