Shaman King (2021)

Shamans are extraordinary individuals with the ability to communicate with ghosts, spirits, and gods, which are invisible to ordinary people. The Shaman Fight—a prestigious tournament pitting shamans from all over the world against each other—is held every five hundred years, where the winner is crowned Shaman King. This title allows the current incumbent to call upon the Great Spirit and shape the world as they see fit.

Finding himself late for class one night, Manta Oyamada, an ordinary middle school student, decides to take a shortcut through the local cemetery. Noticing him, a lone boy sitting on a gravestone invites Manta to stargaze with "them." Realizing that "them" refers to the boy and his ghostly friends, Manta flees in terror. Later, the boy introduces himself as You Asakura, a Shaman-in-training, and demonstrates his powers by teaming up with the ghost of six-hundred-year-old samurai Amidamaru to save Manta from a group of thugs. You befriends Manta due to his ability to see spirits, and with the help of Amidamaru, they set out to accomplish You's goal of becoming the next Shaman King.

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Asakura, You Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Asakura, Hao Main

Takayama, Minami Japanese

Kyouyama, Anna Main

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Tao, Ren Main

Park, Romi Japanese

Amidamaru Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Oyamada, Manta Main

Inuyama, Inuko Japanese

Faust VIII, Johann Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Usui, Horokeu Supporting

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Umemiya, Ryuunosuke Supporting

Tanaka, Masahiko Japanese

Diethel, Lyserg Supporting

Soumi, Youko Japanese

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Nakayama, Koutarou Producer

Furuta, Jouji Director, Script, Storyboard

Mima, Masafumi Sound Director

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Jun 9, 2024

MelioDasOfir

Recommended

I have to say that I see people are really disappointed with this anime, the 2021 version, I don't understand why, the plot progresses very well throughout the 52 episodes, the characters are really interesting, at least to me, this series is not a generic shounen series at all, it has excellent character development that is not It's too long, and its content is really light, you won't see characters like this in many shonen anime, I have to say that the Matamone saga bored me, they could have written it differently or shortened it

Story - 9/10
There is something to improve. I won't argue here, ... but the series deserves a higher place

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 31, 2024

Eoussama

Mixed Feelings

Aaaa yay yay, where to even begin!

I guess I’m not the only one who was driven to watch this by pure nostalgia, the OG show makes some of my biggest core memories that I just had to check this one up, whoever said “trust you gut”, that man was not cooking, at least applied to this scenario.

Calling this a flop doesn’t not even begin to describe the dumpster fire it actually turned out to be. The jokes did not age well, the plot was too slow at times, too fast at some other times, no consistency between comedy and drama, the animation is hilariously average ... for today’s standard, and I can keep going.

One thing I’ll give this adaptation is the voice acting, it was amazing, all the Japanese one and even the English and French dubs, they were outstanding, all on their own right, but only sound can’t help a visual medium, it can only compliment what’s already good.

I genuinely discovered new levels of boredom watching this one, I even stopped for a prolonged period of time before I resume to finish the last 12 episodes. However, even amongst this sleep fest, there was a high peak I never expected, the prequel arc of Mt. Osore Le Voile, it was spectacular in every other way, plot, animation, acting, twists, I think it’s the only solid saving grace that this adaptation provides.

Overall: 6.5/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 20, 2023

Danahi82

Not Recommended

The story starts really bad, but gets interesting later on. The really unfortunate part is the pacing. They give no time to build any rapport with the characters, there is no understanding of struggles or time to let their pasts or stories sink in. The participants keep getting stronger and their is no effort shown whatsoever so one does not understand what is going on with them. It is terribly told, and I can't tell if the original story was this bad or it's just the adaptation. The only redeeming quality is that you can understand the tournament a bit and some of the characters ... are at times cool. Okay for a one time watch but would not recommend if their is anything better out there

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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