Shaman King , a work written and drawn by the mangaka Hiroyuki Takei, is about to return with a new anime series. Thanks to the numerous updates that the production studio releases every week, both a new poster and some details about the personalities involved in this project have been revealed.
Along with Inuyasha’s sequel anime, Yashahime Princess Half Demon, the announcement of a restart for the adventures of Yoh Asakura and his companions shocked the international community, which instantly split. Given the hasty and incomplete conclusion of the anime released in Japan in 2001, many hope that This project can finally do justice to the mangawhile others prefer to maintain a skeptical position, at least for the moment.
The latest information shared on Twitter from the official @ SHAMANKING_PR account includes a more precise start window for the debut of the series, namely April 2021, a new poster with Yoh and confirmation from the speakers and all the staff behind the production. Yuko Sato will not return to voice the protagonist and there will be Yoko Hikasa, while Anna Kyoyama and Hao Asakura will return to dub Amidamaru, Katsuyuki Konishi, Megumi Hayashibara and Minami Takayama, historical speakers for the first series .
What is surprising, however, is the union of several artists who have established themselves in the anime scene in recent years, and if The director is Joji Furuta, who directed the second season of Seven Deadly Sins, has been entrusted with the scriptwriting Shoji Yonemura, famous for his work in Pokémon, while Yuki Hayashi of My Hero Academia will compose the soundtrack.
Recall that the Shaman King reboot series was also featured in a trailer and that the director of the first series confirmed that it was Shueisha who asked for additions.
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