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Title (English) Shaman King

Title (Japanese) Shaman King

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Fantasy Novel

Notes New anime, summer 2001.
Also a manga.

Classification -

Synopsis

Review Ads for "Shaman King" have been appearing for a while and I wasn't encouraged by them because I assumed that this show would just be another shounen "magic boy" show. But the first scene disabused me of that idea. A bulbous-headed nerd kid called Mantai happens to wander up to a hilltop cemetery and witnesses another kid who is happily surrounded by ghosts. Mantai attempts to convince his school mates of the reality of this the next day, but of course no one believes him. To make things worse, the kid that Mantai saw joins the class that day.
Mantai consequently gets beaten up by a gang of toughs that he stumbles upon, and gets taken in as a "friend" by the shaman king. We then see the main ghost of the shaman king, a samurai. From there this weird show only gets weirder and funnier as it goes along and gets populated by a number of classic anime stereotypes, including a bad kid with slicked hair that sticks out in front of his face about a half a meter. This appears to be a show worth keeping an eye on.
(Dave Baranyi)

Credits

Episodes 64

Release

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2001 July 4 -

Production

Broadcaster TV Tokyo

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Shaman King
Title (Japanese)	Shaman King
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	New anime, summer 2001. Also a manga.
Classification	-
Synopsis
Review	Ads for "Shaman King" have been appearing for a while and I wasn't encouraged by them because I assumed that this show would just be another shounen "magic boy" show. But the first scene disabused me of that idea. A bulbous-headed nerd kid called Mantai happens to wander up to a hilltop cemetery and witnesses another kid who is happily surrounded by ghosts. Mantai attempts to convince his school mates of the reality of this the next day, but of course no one believes him. To make things worse, the kid that Mantai saw joins the class that day. Mantai consequently gets beaten up by a gang of toughs that he stumbles upon, and gets taken in as a "friend" by the shaman king. We then see the main ghost of the shaman king, a samurai. From there this weird show only gets weirder and funnier as it goes along and gets populated by a number of classic anime stereotypes, including a bad kid with slicked hair that sticks out in front of his face about a half a meter. This appears to be a show worth keeping an eye on. (Dave Baranyi)
Credits
Episodes	64
Release
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2001 July 4 -
Production
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.