King Amusement Creative announced a new anime adaptation forShaman King, the spirit-themed manga that’s better thanBleach. A incredibly cool trailer was shared for the occasion, showing a slideshow of illustrations from the original manga by Hiroyuki Takei. This is a brand new re adaptation of the original manga, with protagonist Yoh Asakura and his awesome fiancée Anna. Check out the trailer:
What’s pretty interesting is how the trailer is usingOver Soulby Megumi Hayashibara as a theme song, the opening of the firstShaman Kinganime. This could be a hint that the original seiyuu from the 2001 anime are all coming back for this new anime. We don’t know yet either how many episodes this new adaptation will be However, it was officially confirmed that this new anime will adapt all of the original manga, including its true ending which was published separately.
JapaneseShaman Kingfans on Twitter are also sharing this screenshot of an old tweet from Hiroyuki Takei. In the tweet, Takei says that at some point, talks for anew Shaman KingTV anime happened, but he refused as they wouldn’t be able to call back the old seiyuu and reuse music from the first anime. He added he’d definitely like to have another chance, if these conditions would be fulfilled. Judging from this tweet, and as hinted by the use ofOver Soulin the trailer, it’s highly likely that the old seiyuu are coming back for the April 2021 anime.
This is definitely the kind of announcement I’m guessing was supposed to be made at Anime Japan 2020 earlier this year, but got shuffled around with the Covid-19 pandemic. Personally speaking, I’m incredibly excited to seeShaman Kinggetting animated again.
An official site for this new anime adaptationwas opened.A Twitter accountis live as well.We’ll probably learn more soon. The original anime from 2001 is alsofully available on YouTube,but it’s region locked to Japan needless to say.
