Little Battlers Experience

Van Yamano (山野バン, Yamano Ban)

Voiced by: Megumi Kubota (Japanese); Cole Howard (English)

A 13-year-old boy and the main protagonist of the series. Van is a young man whose is very obsessed with LBX Toys and is always wanted to collect them. His father was the inventor responsible for creating the LBX Toys, but since he has been missing from airplane, Van's mother refused to have LBX Toys until the Mysterious Woman gave him an LBX, known as Achilles, saying the fate of the world rested on this LBX. Van later learns that his father is still somewhere and that airplane accident was a fake and was captured by an evil organization known as the 'Innovators', or New Dawn Raisers in the dub. Van continues to search for his father and fight with his rivals to defeat the evil man responsible for kidnapping his father.

Amy Cohen (川村アミ, Kawamura Ami)

Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese); Shannon Chan-Kent (English)

A 13-year-old girl and a classmate of Van. Bright and studious, she's a real walking encyclopedia on LBX! She gets LBX Pandora by solving its mystery.

Kaz Walker (青島カズヤ, Aoshima Kazuya)

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese); Brett Bauer (English)

Van and Ami's best friend. He's a little cynic and unsure, but he's always there to help his friends with his LBX skills, strategy and cunning. He is expert in long range shooting.

Hanz Gordon (郷田ハンゾウ, Gouda Hanzou)

Voiced by: Yūki Hayashi (Japanese); Adrian Petriw (English)

Hanz stole Achilles's armor frame by using a fake cash card. He was first defeated by Van. In season 2, he joins Van's gang in order to fight the Directors.

Justin Kaido (海道ジン, Kaidou Jin)

Voiced by: Hisafumi Oda (Japanese); Matthew Erickson (English)

A mysterious, emotionless, and somewhat of a loner, Justin Kaido is practically the anti-Van. He is Yoshimitsu Kaido's Grandson. A new student at school, he spends all of his time battling with his LBX named Emperor. His skills are so advanced that Justin earned himself the nickname "Sudden Death Emperor" because it has never taken him more than 10 seconds to beat an opponent. In fact, the only time Justin has ever lost was when he battled Van. Afterwards he becomes Ban's friend and joins his team.

Nils Richter (灰原ユウヤ, Haibara Yuuya)

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji (Japanese); Brian Doe (English)

He is an LBX player who first shows himself in 2050 Artemis. He is being controlled by Innovator. Jin makes him normal. Afterwards in LBX W, he joins Ban.

Dak Sendō (仙道ダイキ, Sendou Daiki)

Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese); Alistair Abell (English)

He is the second one who defeated Gouda. He is known as the "Magician in the Box".

Hiro Hughes (大空ヒロ, Oozora Hiro)

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese); Alex Day (English)

A boy with sharp reflexes and a natural talent with LBXs. The second protagonist of Danball Senki W. Loves video games and an old superhero TV show called "Galactic Hero Senshiman". When his concentration reaches a certain threshold, usually when pushed to his limits, he becomes attentive and able to respond faster than usual, sometimes being able to predict the future when his stress was heightened enough.

Laura Hanasaki (花咲ラン, Hanasaki Ran)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Kazumi Evans (English)

A feisty girl with good combat skills. Ran lives with her grandpa in her family's dojo, and is the inheritor of the Hanasaki style. She gets chosen to fight with Ban and Hiro against Detector by winning Minerva in a karate tournament.

Jessica Kaios (ジェシカ・カイオス, Jeshika Kaiosu)

Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (Japanese); Maggie Blue O'Hara (English)

She is the daughter of Owen Kaios.

Asuka Kojou (古城アスカ, Kojou Asuka)

Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi (Japanese); Chiara Zanni (English)

The 14-year-old champion of the 2051 Artemis LBX world tournament with the nickname "Super Rookie". Her LBX Vampire Cat was handmade by her little brother, Takeru. She has a habit of getting in other peoples' business, and loves tomato juice. Everyone, including Hiro thought she was a boy until she commented after winning.

The first series, based on the first game, is produced by Oriental Light and Magic under the direction of Naohito Takahashi and began airing on TV Tokyo from March 2, 2011, to January 11, 2012, with a total of 44 Episodes. The sequel series, Little Battlers eXperience W (ダンボール戦機W, Danbōru Senki W, lit. "Cardboard war-machines double") was announced in late December, and aired between January 18, 2012, and March 20, 2013, with a total of 58 episodes. A third series titled Little Battlers eXperience Wars (ダンボール戦機WARS, Danbōru Senki Wōzu, lit. "Cardboard war-machine wars") aired on TV Tokyo on April 3, 2013, to coincide with the third game's release. Wars would be the final season for the anime series and ended on December 25, 2013, with a total of 37 episodes.

Dentsu Entertainment USA confirmed that they have licensed the anime in the U.S, and began airing on Nicktoons from August 24, 2014.[3][4][5][6] After the dub was aired in its entirety, it was revealed the series was abridged from 44 episodes to 26 episodes. Episodes with what was considered questionable content were merged with other episodes or in some cases skipped altogether. Because of the large difference in content, the list of dubbed episodes are listed under a new section called LBX: Little Battlers eXperience.

An adaptation of the sequel series, Little Battlers eXperience W, aired as the second season of LBX, premiering October 18, 2015 on Nicktoons.[7]

During AnimeJapan 2019, LBX Girls (Sōkō Musume Senki) was announced by DMM Pictures as a new spinoff of the Little Battlers eXperience series and part of the Sōkō Musume multimedia project.[8] The series aired from January 7 to March 25, 2021.[9] Rikako Aida performs the series' opening theme "Dream Hopper", while Kano performs the series' ending theme "Compass Song".[10][11] Funimation licensed the series and streamed it on its website in North America and the British Isles, in Europe through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab.[12] An English dub of the series was released on January 19, 2022.[13]

A movie adaptation was announced in the July issue of CoroCoro Comic titled Inazuma Eleven GO vs. Danbōru Senki W, which premiered in theaters on December 1, 2012.[14]

A manga adaptation was serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from February 2011 to March 2013.[15] It lasted for six volumes. In the US, it is distributed by Viz Media. Another manga adaptation, entitled Danball Senki Kaidō Jin Gaiden (ダンボール戦機 海道ジン外伝), was written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei under the pen name Hiro was published in CoroCoro G.[16] There is also a manga adaptation of Danball Senki Wars which is also serialized in CoroCoro Comic.

The background music for the English version was composed by David Iris, John Mitchell and Tom Keenlyside. Michael and Andrew Twining wrote the closing theme songs "Battle On" (season 1) and "Save the World" (season 2).

The music for the anime was composed by Rei Kondoh, who also composed the soundtracks for the video games Ōkami and Sengoku Basara 3, among others.

The first anime series has four official theme songs. The first opening is titled "1 Dream" (1ドリーム, 1 Dorīmu) and the second opening is titled "Telepathy" (以心伝心, Ishindenshin), both performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is titled "My Savings Bank" (僕の貯金箱, Boku no chokin-bako) and the second ending is titled "Secret Base" (ヒミツキチ, Himitsukichi), both performed by Hiroki Maekawa.

Little Battlers eXperience W has eight official theme songs. The first being "Brave Hero", the second opening theme is "Three as One" (三位一体, Sanmi Ittai), the third opening theme is "2 Spirits" (2スピリッ, 2 Supiritsu), and the fourth opening song "Telepathy", all performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is "Do Wak Parappa" (Do Wak パラッパ, Do Wak Parappa), the second ending is "Close your Eyes..." (目を閉じて…, Me wo Tojite...), and the third ending is "Even if born again, it's good to be me" (生まれ変わっても僕でいいよ, Umarekawatte mo boku de ī yo), all performed by Hiroki Maekawa. The fourth ending theme is "Bonds of Earth" (地球の絆, Chikyu no Kizuna), performed by Dream5.

Little Battlers eXperience Wars has five official theme songs. The first opening is titled "Mugen Myself" and the second opening is titled "Eternal", both performed by Little Blue boX. The first ending song is "Kamisama Yāyāyā" performed by Dream5. The second ending song is "Bokutachi no Wars" performed by Ryota Ohsaka, Sayori Ishizuka, and Tomoaki Maeno. The third ending song is "Hirameki" performed by Ryota Ohsaka.