Shaman King (Reboot)

Synopsis

The Shaman King - the king of the cosmos who controls all things in the universe. Once every 500 years, shaman who can communicate with spirits compete in the Shaman Fight for the title of Shaman King. One of these hopefuls is a boy named Yoh Asakura, and his battle to become the Shaman King is about to begin!

Background

Shaman King began as a manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei which has since been adapted into several spin-off manga and a TV anime that originally ran from July 2001 to September 2002 and spanned 64 episodes.

The upcoming anime is a reboot of the series that was announced in June 2020 and will adapt the 35 volumes of the new complete manga edition. It is being produced by Bridge and features Joji Furuta as director with Shoji Yonemura handling series composition, Satohiko Sano handling character designs, and Yuki Hayashi composing the music. The opening and ending theme songs are “Soul Salvation” and “Boku no Yubisaki,” both of which are being performed by Megumi Hayashibara. The anime will premiere in Japan on April 1, 2021 on TV Tokyo and other channels and will be available to stream sometime later in the year through Netflix.

Characters

Yoh Asakura (Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa)
A boy who can see spirits and has come to Tokyo by himself to participate in the Shaman Fight that is held once every 500 years. He has an easy-going personality and believes he can handle anything. His spirit companion is Amidamaru, a samurai from 600 years ago.

Amidamaru (Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi)
Yoh’s spirit companion. He is a samurai from the Muromachi period and is an expert swordsman who has developed his own unique style. He has a strong sense of honor. His favorite sword is Harusame.

Anna Kyoyama (Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara)
Yoh’s fiancėe and a powerful medium who can summon spirits and perform séances and rites of exorcism. She is a beautiful girl who gives off a cool and mysterious vibe, but she has a strict personality. On the other hand, she also has a gentle and sensitive side that she rarely shows.

Manta Oyamada (Voiced by: Inuko Inuyama)
A first-year student who attends Shinra Private Academy together with Yoh and Anna. After meeting Yoh, he became able to see spirits but he doesn’t have the ability to be a shaman. He is always being pushed around by Yoh, who takes things at his own pace, and the spirits.

Tao Ren (Voiced by: Romi Park)
A member of the Tao family, a family of shamans who have been working in the shadows of Chinese history for 2,000 years, and a highly skilled shaman and fighter. He is short-tempered and prideful and can also be impatient, which often limits his abilities.

Bason (Voiced by: Kousuke Takaguchi)
A spirit in the service of the Tao family who is an ancient Chinese military commander from the Han Dynasty. He excels at mounted combat and close quarters combat. He cares deeply for Ren and follows his every command without question.

Ryunosuke Umemiya (Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka)
A delinquent with a pompadour hairstyle who carries around a wooden sword and is known as “Wooden Sword Ryu.” He has a violent attitude but also has a strong sense of empathy and trust for his friends.

Tokagero (Voiced by: Wataru Takagi)
Ryu’s spirit guardian who was once the head of a gang of bandits who fought Amidamaru and was defeated. He has returned to the world out of a longing for revenge against Amidamaru and is looking for an opportunity to get even. He has green skin, a skinny body, and long, unkempt hair.

Horohoro Usui (Voiced by: Yuji Ueda)
A shaman who came to Tokyo from Hokkaido to participate in the Shaman Fight. He has a cheerful, hot-blooded personality and always wears a headband or towel around his forehead. He wants to become the Shaman King to fulfill a dream.

Kororo (Voiced by: Megumi Nakajima)
Horohoro’s partner and a Koropokuru spirit of ice and earth. She is small and carries a leaf umbrella. She has the ability to freeze anything in an instant and can manipulate ice. She is very fond of Horohoro, who has been with her all her life.

Johann Faust VIII (Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu)
A necromancer from Germany. He is a doctor by trade, and his necromancy is powerful due to his abilities as a doctor and vast medical knowledge. He joins the Shaman Fight in order to revive his deceased wife.

Lyserg Diethel (Voiced by: Yoko Soumi)
A shaman from London. He is a good-looking boy who is easy to mistake as a girl. He specializes in dowsing and is able to hunt down his enemies with unmatched accuracy. He inherited his dowsing ability from his father.

Chocolove McDonell (Voiced by: Motoko Kumai)
A shaman from the US whose trademark is his afro hairstyle. He aspires to be the world’s greatest comedian, but his jokes are phenomenally corny. His shaman abilities are considerable, and he is able to run all over the battlefield slicing through enemies with his sharp claws.

Tamao Tamamura (Voiced by: Nana Mizuki)
A Shugendo apprentice who is training with the prestigious Asakura shaman family. She is extremely shy and is uncomfortable talking to others face-to-face, so she uses a sketchbook to communicate instead.

Ponchi (Voiced by: Takumu Miyazono)
A tanuki spirit that has been serving the Asakura family for 400 years. He is a duo with Konchi and always acts vulgar.

Konchi (Voiced by: Noriaki Kanze)
A fox spirit that has been serving the Asakura family for 400 years. He is a duo with Ponchi and always acts vulgar.

Tao Jun (Voiced by: Michiko Neya)
Ren’s older sister, Tao is a daoshi who can reanimate corpses to fight for her. She is very protective of Ren.

Lee Pai-Long (Voiced by: Tooru Sakurai)
Jun’s zombie spirit companion and bodyguard, he was a famous movie star in China who died 17 years ago

Pirika Usui (Voiced by: Rina Hidaka)
Horohoro’s little sister. She came to Tokyo to support her brother. She is cheerful, energetic, and reliable.

Mosuke (Voiced by: Masakazu Morita)
A blacksmith who was good friends with Amidamaru and crafted his beloved sword, Harusame.

Hao (Voiced by: Minami Takayama)

Iron Maiden Jeanne (Voiced by: Yui Horie)

Marco Lasso (Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura)

Horohoro Usui (Voiced by: Yuji Ueda)

Music

• Opening Theme Song: "Soul Salvation" by Megumi Hayashibara
• Ending Theme Song: “Boku no Yubisaki” by Megumi Hayashibara

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• Original Creator: Hiroyuki Takei
• Director: Joji Furuta
• Series Composition: Shoji Yonemura
• Character Design: Satohiko Sano
• Art Director: Jin'ya Kimura
• Art Design: Masaaki Kawaguchi
• Color Design: Natsuko Otsuka
• Prop Design: Yuji Shibata
• Director of Photography: Teruyuki Kawase
• Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
• Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
• Music: Yuki Hayashi
• Music Production: King Records
• Animation Production: Bridge