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Shaman King (Japanese: シャーマンキング, Hepburn: Shāman Kingu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in manga. The Shaman King manga was originally serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump between June 1998 and August 2004. The individual chapters were collected and released in 32 tankōbon volumes. In 2017, Kodansha acquired the rights to the series and re-launched it on 35 e-book volumes in 2018, also published in print since 2020.
Shāman Kingu
Genre
Adventure[1]
Supernatural[2]
Manga
Written by
Hiroyuki Takei
Published by
Shueisha (former)
Kodansha (current)
English publisher
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Viz Media
(former)
Kodansha USA
(current)
Imprint
Jump Comics
(original)
Magazine Edge KC
(complete edition)
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
NA
Shonen Jump
Demographic
Shōnen
Original run
June 30, 1998 – August 30, 2004
Volumes-32 (original) 35 (complete edition)
(List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Seiji Mizushima
Produced by
Fukashi Azuma
Naoki Sasada
Takatoshi Chino
Written by
Katsuhiko Koide
Music by
Toshiyuki Ōmori
Studio
Xebec
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
EU
Fox Kids Europe/Jetix Europe[3]
NA
4Kids Entertainment (expired)
Original network
TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
AU
Network Ten
AUS
Cartoon Network
BI
Fox Kids / Jetix
CA
YTV
PH
Cartoon Network
US
Fox (FoxBox / 4Kids TV)
Original run
July 4, 2001 – September 25, 2002
Episodes-64 (List of episodes)
Manga
Shaman King: Funbari Poem
Written by
Hiroyuki Takei
Published by
Shueisha
English publisher
NA
Viz Media (expired)
Magazine
Akamaru Jump
Demographic
Shōnen
Original run
2004 – 2005
Volumes-1 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Joji Furuta
Written by
Shōji Yonemura
Music by
Yuki Hayashi
Studio
Bridge
Licensed by
Netflix (streaming)
Original network
TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TSC, TVh, TVQ, BS TV Tokyo
Original run
April 1, 2021 – scheduled
Spin-off manga
Shaman King: Zero
Shaman King: Flowers
Shaman King: The Super Star
Shaman King: Red Crimson
Shaman King: Marcos
Anime and manga portal
An anime television series was co-produced by TV Tokyo, NAS, and Xebec, and aired for 64 episodes on Japan’s TV Tokyo network from July 2001 to September 2002. A reboot anime television series adaptation, produced by Bridge, will premiere on TV Tokyo and other channels in April 2021. The manga has also been reprinted in a kanzenban edition, and has spawned various spin-offs and sequel manga, video games, a trading card game, and many types of Shaman King-related merchandise.
In North America, Viz Media obtained the English-language license for the manga and published chapters of Shaman King in its Shonen Jump magazine from March 2003 to August 2007. Kodansha USA re-licensed the series in 2020, and will release it in both digital and physical formats. The anime series was licensed in North America by 4Kids Entertainment in 2003, and aired on Fox Box. Exclusive video games were released by 4Kids Entertainment in North America and Europe.
In Japan, the manga has been popular and had over 38 million copies in circulation as of March 2021. Both the manga and anime have been featured, at various times, in “top ten” lists of their respective media. The Shaman King anime has been watched by many television viewers in Japan. Publications about manga, anime, and other media have commented on the Shaman King manga, with positive comments on the series.