Shaman King

A battle is about to begin in Tokyo: the Shaman Fight, a tournament held every five hundred years where shaman—those who can command spirits—confront each other in combat. The victor of this contest becomes the Shaman King and the only one who is able to contact and control the Great Spirit, allowing them to reshape the world as they please through its immense power.

During a late night walk, Manta Oyamada runs into his classmate, the carefree You Asakura, who invites him to come stargazing with some friends, who, to Manta's horror, turn out to be ghosts from a local cemetery! However, the knowledge that Manta possesses—a rare sixth sense that allows Manta to see these spirits—endears the boy to You. So when You finds out that his new comrade has been beaten up by a local gang, he decides to avenge him with the help of Amidamaru, a samurai ghost whose tomb was broken by the gang leader.

Soon Manta uncovers more about the world of spirits, including the Shaman Fight, in which his new friend You aims to claim victory.

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Asakura, You Main

Satou, Yuuko 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

Chino, Takatoshi Producer

Azuma, Fukashi Producer

Yamakawa, Norio Assistant Producer

Mizushima, Seiji Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Aug 27, 2022

TheRiseofAnime

Recommended

I have not been so addicted to a show in quite some time. This anime was created the year I was born yet I only began watching it in 2022. Frankly, I am sad I didn't watch this as a kid. The style of animation brought memories of me watching Digimon and some older Studio Ghibli films when I was home alone. When I began watching Shaman King I had just found out I needed an ACL surgery and was looking for a comfort show. Though far from comfort, I became engrossed in the storyline.

Shaman King has a lovable protagonist that I admired and ... a cunning antagonist whom I detested. I did find some of the side characters quite annoying (especially in the english dub) but their friendship with the main character is a large part of what made the show so great. Strong friendships, difficulties to overcome, and epic battle scenes are all encompassed in just 64 episodes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 23, 2025

Biisoo

Mixed Feelings

As someone who really loves and adores Shounens and their whole idea, It's weird for me to say that I actually didn't enjoy this series much (Atleast not as much as it was praised). I was under the impression that this was a cult classic for many growing up and as someone whose favourite anime is Naruto, I thought to myself that it's finally time to give this a try and I gotta say, After finishing this. I'm actually very disappointed.

It wasn't all bad, The show's first half is actually really engaging and well thought-out. Characters have great motivations and it feels like the ... start of a great Shounen but my problem with the show lies in the second half mostly.

I won't go into spoiler territory but the ending feels like it's a very useless ending. None of the questions were answered. Entire character arcs were left hanging. The characters were great and had charm but it feels weird that none of them got the resolution that they sought out to achieve. Ironically enough, The ending is as laidnack and chill as the protagonist itself lol.

It wasn't all bad though, Good protagonist, Great antagonist and the entire supporting cast is charming. Art and animation is solid and the Osts are on point. Did I mention the banger opening songs by Megumi Hayashibara. Loved all of this and for that I'll appreciate this series. I can see this becomes a childhood anime for manga tbh but my adult self had a bit too high expectations perhaps hahaha.

I was enjoying it halfway through but unfortunately the ending really killed it for me. (I know it's a non canon ending and the writers did their best for the time but still).

Watch this for cultural value I guess or if you're a fan of Shounens like me lol. I'm gonna read the manga now and I hope it's better than what was presented here atleast.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 6, 2018

trikoilis

Not Recommended

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I too am one of those that got to see shaman king air on TV as a kid.After remembering that i had no watched in addition to it being praised i jumped right in.Oh but what a regrettable course of action that was.

Story(2/10)(spoilers)
Basically there are shamans,people that can use spirits and every 500 years a tournament is held in order to crown the king of shamans.The story looked pretty classic, the good guy fighting the bad guy so i had hope, i had hope that the action might get better or that the main characters would get stronger but 25 episodes into the show is ... the strongest they ever got.Even so i watched the worst ending i have ever seen in an anime unfold,watched as the bad guy practically having become god get beaten by the miraculous power called friendship???

Characters(1/10)
To be fair there was some characters development taking place,until episode 20 that is.There was a certain amount of backstory to most of the characters in it but when the actual plot cant hold its own in terms of pace and growth, watching the characters backstory only made me feel so much more bitter about the story's progression.

Art,Sound(4,3)
Not much to say about art but it being the classic year 2000 art used in most of the anime aired then.Sound,not much to say about sound, well nothing special kind of monotone even but I cant really judge the sound when im already prejudiced towards the fights and scenes.

Enjoyment(1)
As the episodes went by and nothing changed i really started getting mad at the people that gave this abomination high scores.I hate everything this anime stands for even though it has nothing to stand for.

Overall(2)
I really believed in the potential of this i really did but i got let down and that
coming from a person who accepts most anime out there and mostly hands out positive scores this is the worst rating i have ever given and this is the worst,most meaningless anime i have ever witnessed.I hate it to the point that i had to write this review in order to stop people from committing the same mistake as I.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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