Digital Racers

Digital Racers (デジタルレーサー Dejitarurēsā) a Japanese-Canadian anime adventure television series produced by TMS Entertainment, Dentsu Inc., and Nelvana Limited under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures as cars called Digital Vehicles and the "digital racers" who possess them. The Bakugan franchise itself is a joint venture between Sega Toys and Spin Master.

Although originally broadcast by TV Tokyo in Japan, follow-up seasons (Xtreme Combat and Techno Invaders) premiered in Canada and the US before Japan. The fourth and final season, Mechtanium Surge, was never broadcast in Japan and instead aired in North American markets.

In 2015, Spin Master revealed plans to relaunch Bakugan. The relaunch was later announced on November 30, 2017 to occur in the first quarter of 2019, with the series title announced as Bakugan: Battle Planet. The new series premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on December 23, 2018, while Canada's Teletoon premiered the series on December 31, 2018.