Manga 'Konjiki no Gash!!' Receives Sequel in Mid-March

by Vindstot
Feb 26, 2022 10:17 PM | 11 Comments

Makoto Raiku, the manga author of Konjiki no Gash!! (Zatch Bell!), announced a sequel manga on Twitter on Saturday. The sequel, Konjiki no Gash!! II (Zatch Bell! II), will be distributed on various eBook platforms beginning mid-March.

The original adventure comedy manga ran in Weekly Shounen Sunday from January 2001 to December 2007. Shogakukan compiled the manga in 33 volumes and later in 16 paperback editions. Konjiki no Gash!! has sold a cumulative 23.8 million copies of its volumes.

Toei Animation produced a 150-episode television anime that aired from April 2003 to March 2006, adapting up to the 22nd volume. The 101 Banme no Mamono (101st Devil) and Mecha Vulkan no Raishuu (Attack of Mechavulcan) side story anime movies premiered in Japan in August 2004 and August 2005.

The Ougon no Chichi wo Motsu Otoko (The Man with the Golden Breast) and Hashire Gash!! Ubawareta Umagon (Run Zatch!! Umagon was Stolen from Us) original video anime shipped in 2005 and 2006.

VIZ Media released the first 25 volumes in English between August 2005 and June 2009 before discontinuing publication. The company also licensed and dubbed the first 104 episodes of the anime series, but only released 52 episodes on DVD. Flatiron Film Company later distributed all 104 episodes on home video in December 2013. Crunchyroll streamed the English dub of those episodes in 2016.

Synopsis
Kiyo is a brilliant junior high student whose inflated ego (and tendency to blow the grading curve) has made him a major target for teasing at school. So his father sends him a bizarre birthday present—a strange little boy named Zatch Bell—to help him make friends and reform his bad attitude. Zatch brings with him a mysterious red volume of spells, and Kiyo discovers that Zatch has magic powers that are unleashed by reading from the book! But there are more surprises to come, and Kiyo's destiny is about to change forever! (Source: VIZ Media, edited)

Source: Oricon News

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Ho-Lee-Fook

I used to watch this religiously back when it aired on Toonami but I don't think I ever finished it....Now I have an incentive to lol

But once again, 2022 is truly the year of revivals

Feb 28, 2022 6:04 AM by Tokoya

so it time now to watch the anime? it's been in my PTW for ages lol

Feb 27, 2022 11:51 PM by User-Name

WOW NO WAY! One of my all time favorite shounen manga! Wonder what’d it’d be about? I love the manga but couldn’t get into to the anime for whatever reason. But yea, so excited to see Gash, Kiyomaro and friends once again!

Feb 27, 2022 4:15 PM by TheKing528

FMmatron said:
And here I thought it would be a sequel to the anime adapting the final arc.

don't worry it might happen the industry nowadays is so desperate for animes to air, give it time after a few volumes released and you'll see an announcement

Feb 27, 2022 4:04 PM by Youbamii

Pretty excited about this. Looks like 22 is ramping up to be a great year!

Feb 27, 2022 11:39 AM by Chronowarp

Studios seem to focus on old works these days , I hope we see something like a sequel to Yona Of The Dawn or Full Metal Panic

Feb 27, 2022 9:08 AM by Rimuru0001

What is with the announcements recently, huge news. I hope it lives up to the original run.

Feb 27, 2022 7:09 AM by Nidhoeggr

And here I thought it would be a sequel to the anime adapting the final arc.

Feb 27, 2022 4:01 AM by FMmatron

Nice, But Looks like its a trend nowadays picking up old titles instead of new ones anyway I'm all for old titles coming back as long as they do a decent job go for it

Feb 27, 2022 2:56 AM by Youbamii

Wow, nice to hear this.

Feb 27, 2022 1:20 AM by Mr_XIII

does the sequel even legible for MAL database tho? since it's pretty much online doujinshi.

Feb 26, 2022 11:52 PM by Kuma