Shaman King is a manga created and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. The series tells the story of Yoh Asakura, a shaman boy training to develop their skills in order to win the tournament and become the Shaman King Shaman. Shamanism was chosen as the central theme of the story why Takei wanted to explore a topic that had never been addressed before in a manga.
The manga was originally published in Weekly Shonen Jump of Shueisha between 1998 and 2004.
In Japan, Shaman King was a popular series. The original manga has sold about 22 million copies, making the series one of the best selling of all time in Shonen Jump Weekly, while the anime was among the ten most watched of the week several times. Critics of the area has provided positive comments about the series.
I met Shaman King in the former "Fox Kids," I was impressed when watching an episode in which the protagonist invoked a samurai spirit and put in his chest, which aroused my curiosity and led me to follow the original series in Japanese.
The Shaman King characters are so iconic, Yoh, the quiet protagonist, who does not care about anything but that in the face of danger becomes an extremely strong person, along with his Amidamaru and Manta spirit that is the "sidekick" Yoh, ordinary little boy who is super terrified of everything.
Another thing that marked much in Shaman King was his opening song, just fantastic (get goose bumps every time I hear)!
And I could not end this review without mentioning the game "Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans" which gave me hours, which together make up days of fun. A 2D fighting game for PlayStation containing the characters in the series and a very good gameplay. Well, for that you're a fan of anime I hope I have provided you a good sense of nostalgia, and you who do not know yet, here is the tip from Nomuro-senpai; watch, play, and enjoy yourselves with a classic of Glorious Nippon culture.
