Bakugan is presented as a card game for a new generation, and Baku TECH! Bakugan builds its story around the players who take it seriously. Passionate warriors face each other in battle and put their very lives on the line for the sake of Bakugan. The action series ran as a short-format TV show in 2012, with 51 episodes, and aired as part of the Ohayou Colosseum Up program.