Battle Athletes
| Battle Athletes | |
Region 1 DVD Cover of Vol. 1 released by Pioneer | |
| バトルアスリーテス大運動会 (Batoru Asurītesu Daiundōkai) | |
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| Genre | Comedy, science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yūki Nakano |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Imprint | Dengeki Comics |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 1997 – November 1998 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kazuhiro Ozawa |
| Written by | Hideyuki Kurata |
| Music by | Takayuki Hattori |
| Studio | AIC |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | May 25, 1997 – June 25, 1998 |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Battle Athletes Victory | |
| Directed by | Katsuhito Akiyama |
| Produced by | Kazuaki Morijiri Makiko Iwata |
| Written by | Hideyuki Kurata Yōsuke Kuroda |
| Music by | Yoshikazu Suo |
| Studio | AIC |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| Original run | October 3, 1997 – March 27, 1998 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Video game | |
| Publisher | NewGin |
| Genre | Pachinko |
| Platform | Arcade |
| Released | March 2009 |
| Manga | |
| Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART! | |
| Written by | Rui Takatō |
| Published by | Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha |
| Imprint | Comic Ruelle & Comic Jardin |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | July 2020 – March 2021 |
| Anime television series | |
| Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART! | |
| Directed by | Tokihiro Sasaki |
| Written by | Yōhei Kashii |
| Music by | hisakuni Yasuhiro Gasa Shingo Yamazaki Takuma Sogi Yūko Takahashi Kazuki Tomita Kenta Yokochi |
| Studio | Seven |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
| Original run | April 11, 2021 – June 27, 2021 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Battle Athletes (バトルアスリーテス大運動会, Batoru Asurītesu Daiundōkai) is a Japanese franchise which includes an OVA series animated by AIC, a manga by Yūki Nakano, and a 26-episode anime television series that aired on TV Tokyo from October 1997 to March 1998.
A reboot manga, Pale Blue Dot: Battle Athletes Daiundōkai ReSTART!, was serialized from July 2020 to March 2021, and a new anime series was announced. The new anime television series by Seven aired from April to June 2021 on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation block. Crunchyroll, formerly Funimation, licensed the new series and the English dub debuted on September 27, 2022.