A leak revealed some stills from an upcoming promotional video being released and illustrated for the new anime adaptation of the manga Hiroyuki takei, Shaman King. The project is slated to premiere in April 2021 and no production details have been announced yet.
Takei published the manga in the magazine Weekly shonen jump from the publisher Shueisha between June 1998 and August 2004 a total of 32 compilation volumes were published. The piece inspired a 64-part anime adaptation by the studios. Xebec Headed by Seiji Mizushima and scripts from Katsuhiko koide, published July 2001.
The franchise also inspired new manga series and became one of the most popular and fertile in Japan, with more than 35 million volumes sold. Both the manga and anime have been cataloged multiple times in various lists of the best productions in history.
Shaman King Synopsis
A battle begins in Tokyo: the Battle of the Shamans, a competition that takes place every five hundred years in which shamans (those who can command spirits) face one another. Whoever wins this tournament is recognized as the “Shaman King” and can contact and control the Great Spirit, so that he can use his immense power to redesign the world at will.
During a night walk, Manta Oyamada meets his partner, the carefree Yoh Asakura, who invites him to sniff the stars with other friends who, to Manta’s horror, turn out to be the ghosts of the local cemetery. However, it’s also surprising that Manta can see them.
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