Shaman King (2021)

Shamans are extraordinary individuals with the ability to communicate with ghosts, spirits, and gods, which are invisible to ordinary people. The Shaman Fight—a prestigious tournament pitting shamans from all over the world against each other—is held every five hundred years, where the winner is crowned Shaman King. This title allows the current incumbent to call upon the Great Spirit and shape the world as they see fit.

Finding himself late for class one night, Manta Oyamada, an ordinary middle school student, decides to take a shortcut through the local cemetery. Noticing him, a lone boy sitting on a gravestone invites Manta to stargaze with "them." Realizing that "them" refers to the boy and his ghostly friends, Manta flees in terror. Later, the boy introduces himself as You Asakura, a Shaman-in-training, and demonstrates his powers by teaming up with the ghost of six-hundred-year-old samurai Amidamaru to save Manta from a group of thugs. You befriends Manta due to his ability to see spirits, and with the help of Amidamaru, they set out to accomplish You's goal of becoming the next Shaman King.

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Asakura, You Main

Hikasa, Youko 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

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Iijima, Hiroshi Producer

Nakayama, Koutarou Producer

Furuta, Jouji Director, Script, Storyboard

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Jun 9, 2024

MelioDasOfir

Recommended

I have to say that I see people are really disappointed with this anime, the 2021 version, I don't understand why, the plot progresses very well throughout the 52 episodes, the characters are really interesting, at least to me, this series is not a generic shounen series at all, it has excellent character development that is not It's too long, and its content is really light, you won't see characters like this in many shonen anime, I have to say that the Matamone saga bored me, they could have written it differently or shortened it

Story - 9/10
There is something to improve. I won't argue here, ... but the series deserves a higher place

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 23, 2025

X2yt

Mixed Feelings

A really weird show.
On the other hand it's a decent remake-sequel of the original Shaman King anime, with the first dozen or so episodes rehashing the original story, but the rest is completely reworked and unique. So if you've seen the original show, the first half of this 2021 run is kind of boring, but it really picks up and becomes very interesting and fun after than, but the end is just weak sauce.
Instead of an epic fight at the climax, we get some almost random ending that does feel rushed and almost like they cheaped out on it.
No clue what happens in the ... manga, but judging anime strictly by itself, it's really weird how all the hype and buildup ends up not paying off at all, not to mention, it's spoiled like halfway through the show how the story will end.
Overall, the story isn't terrible, but the ending really lets it down.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 14, 2025

Dj_Bus_Driver

Not Recommended

Uszanowanko. First of all, I'll say that I'm quite a big fan of the Shaman King brand. I thought I had to mention it during my review of Dragon Age Veilguard and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Yea, so much so that if I had the option to play Shaman King Master Of Spirits for the rest of my life, or watch one episode of Netflix's Castlevania, I'd choose the former. I've watched it twice, and I've also played the games (Master of Spirits and Spirit of Shaman are the best), I even thought of starting to collect some random merch like cards, games, or a ... Jun's used, hand-sewn dress and slippers..... Don't look a horse in the mouth and I like Jun a lot....TOO MUCH. But I can't help it that these are the times we live in. Luckily, pandas prefer bamboo. Anyway, I also had in mind that the anime differs from the manga in some places. For me, this was rather....... indifferent information. From the summaries, I knew that the manga has its differences, additional chapters and all, but nothing more. +some things like Faust's dog 8, or the ghost of one of the girls
Hana-Gumi were purely cosmetic changes for me. Until finally the anime came out... and it started

The animation from the Bridge studio (literally translated as bridge) is top-notch. The characters cast shadows, the lights... THEY ARE, and the glow of some ghosts was replaced with background effects, which is not a bad idea... BUT! Personally, I have the impression that the anime is too orange, red. Generally, it casts such strange, unambiguous colors. The version from the Xebec studio did not have this problem, because apart from the fact that each character was expressive, had their own style of clothing and was literally and figuratively colorful, it was able to distinguish the character on the screen. Whenever I watched this version, I had the impression that anyone who is not the main core of the plot is dirt on the tape. And this is only because Amidamaru now has some form of fire. I don't have much to say about the animation, and it's beyond me anyway. When it's good, it's good, and when it's bad, it's bad. Na chuj pursue the topic

Now the plot......Just a curiosity. When I was 13-15, I thought that an anime, to be well-written, should have at least 48-55 episodes. I took it from the fact that every battle shonen I liked back then was a literal tape measure. When I heard that Shaman king 2021 would have 55 episodes, a red light went off. I had a lot of unanswered questions.

How do they want to add a peaceful life for the characters?

How will they add Kenji Gussy?

What will the fights look like?

How will they address side topics?
Well, the answers to those questions are: 1) They don't want to. 2) They'll leave this thread alone. 3) Mediocre. 4) They won't touch it.
You know what? Maybe I really had too high expectations. Maybe I really was blinded by nostalgia. And maybe what I watched is closer to the manga. BUT FOR SOMETHING THAT IN THE ORIGINAL LASTED HALF THE ANIME, AND WAS WRITTEN GREATLY, TO BE CONCLUDED IN 13 EPISODES.....makes me literally try not to write this review without writing f--k every other word and so that it doesn't immediately end up in the latest episode of South Park or Borderlands 4.

Let me put it this way. You know how the Gussey Genji storyline was resolved? It was literally given in one frame. Or do you know how long Wei Payron's fight with Yoh lasts? About 10 minutes. And you know how they showed the fight of Yoh's team with two guitarists, Sharona's team, or the 2nd fight with Ryuunosuke (THE BEST ANIME PUNCHER EVER. Throw at me whoever you want. Josuke, Okuyasu, Mondo, Urameshi, Kurwabara, Knuckle, everyone. Ryuu is the best) The answer is equally simple. They didn't show them because they're not even there XD. Instead of fights, humor, and just plain nice watching the main characters spend time together, also showing what happens if I find a girlfriend and get married too quickly (I'm talking about Yoh's relationship with Anna, who was supposed to be a typical woman in a battle shonen who yells at everyone, but sometimes it looks like sociopathy. No seriously, I know it's documented in the plot, but it's just sick.) Anyway, instead of everything that made the Xebec version so free and original, we have a lot of ghost stories, characters, and all the rest of that bullshit that was supposed to be more faithful to the manga in practice. But the time that was given to this anime made you not have time to think about it much. Since we're talking about the plot, I'll give you something I like the most. *(((*☆☆Comparisons☆☆*)))*
Do you know how long it took in the original for Amidamaru to switch to Yoh's side? At least 2-3 episodes. And do you know how long Wei Pailong's fight lasted (sorry, I've been out of touch with the characters' names for a long time) I think it was also 3 episodes. In the remake, neither of those things last a full episode. I'm not even talking about the fight with Faust. In the Xebec version, between the start of Faust's fight with Yoh and Yoh's attempt to strengthen himself in the cave, it was probably 5-8 episodes. In the remake, they SHOVED IT INTO TWO.
Instead of seeing the bonds between the Shamans, we learn about their unimportant, explained in 5 minutes stories, and instead of checking the whole plot with Laiserg's parents and Iron Maiden (it's a shame the team that carried this coffin wasn't called ED or Melt) it was carried out so quickly that right after that Maya goes looking for some Shinigami (and no, it's not Shiki Fuujin or Ryuk) and a team of religious figures have a connection to Hao and his spirit. Oh, and I almost forgot. The humor comes down to the super funny Tanuki balls.

Oh, and I almost forgot. The fights. The fights are just fucking boring. The creators were probably aware of this themselves, because they gave a whole episode specifically for the fights that they thought were important, just to cut off Corey and Trey's plot. Or to tell the boring and unnecessary story of Tokageroh that made me look at my favorite character differently for a moment. Luckily, after the fight with Faust, they didn't cut out Ryuu on the motorbike.

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