Shaman King (シャーマンキング Shāman Kingu) is an anime series based on the manga series created by Hiroyuki Takei. It was animated by Xebec and aired on TV Tokyo from July 4, 2001, to September 25, 2002.
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Dubbing History
The rights to the series were obtained by 4Kids Entertainment, premiering on Fox Box on September 6, 2003.
While the 4Kids dub contained many edits, compared to many 4Kids dubs it was relatively light by their standards. Due to the concept of death being so intricately woven into the plot, they were unable to completely remove it from their dub. 4Kids instead went with a pragmatic approach in adapting it, leaving many moments of violence, religious symbolism, and death intact. Unfortunately, this resulted in moral guardians and network executives complaining about the content, which would indirectly lead to how 4Kids handled their much-derided dub of One Piece. Eventually the show, along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, would be advertised during the primetime hours in hopes to gain adult fans.
Similar to Yu-Gi-Oh!, 4Kids attempted to do an uncut dub of the series in co-operation with FUNimation Entertainment. Two volumes, spanning Episodes 1-6, were released between October 19, 2004 and May 31, 2005, before production was cancelled due to poor sales and the partnership between the two companies collapsing. 3 other volumes were announced (spanning Episodes 7-15) but cancelled. The entirety of the series' dub, cut or uncut, has not been released on DVD.
Cast
Main Characters
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Yoh Asakura | Yūko Satō | Sebastian Arcelus | |
Amidamaru | Katsuyuki Konishi | Sean Schemmel | |
Mitsuki Saiga (young) | |||
Manta Oyamada (Morty Oyamada) |
Inuko Inuyama | Oliver Wyman | |
Anna Kyōyama | Megumi Hayashibara | Tara Sands | |
Hao Asakura (Zeke Asakura) |
Minami Takayama | Sebastian Arcelus | |
Hikaru Midorikawa | |||
Funbari Hot Springs | |||
Ryūnosuke Umemiya "Ryu" |
Masahiko Tanaka | Sean Schemmel | |
Tokagero | Wataru Takagi | Wayne Grayson | |
Faust VIII | Takehito Koyasu | Sam Riegel (eps. 2-12) | |
Matt Caplan (eps. 37-64) | |||
Eliza | Yuka Komatsu | Lisa Ortiz | |
Team “Len” | |||
Len (Ren) Tao | Romi Park | Andrew Rannells | |
Bason | Shinpachi Tsuji | J. David Brimmer | |
Horokeu "Horo Horo" Usui (Trey Racer) |
Yūji Ueda | Michael Sinterniklaas | |
Kororo (Kory) |
Nana Mizuki | ¿? | |
Lyserg Diethel | Yoko Sōmi | Erica Schroeder | |
Morphine (Chloe) |
¿? | ¿? | |
Chocolove McDonell (Joco) |
Motoko Kumai | Duane Cooper | |
X-Laws | |||
Iron Maiden Jeanne | Yui Horie | Veronica Taylor | |
Shamash (Mash) |
Masahiko Tanaka | ¿? | |
Marco Lasso | Akimitsu Takase | Eric Stuart | |
Mina Montgomery (Meene Montgomery) |
Tomoko Kawakami | Michelle Newman | |
Cebin Mendel (Kevin Mendel) |
Wataru Takagi | Eric Stuart | |
John Dingbat (John Denbat) |
Katsuyuki Konishi | ¿? | |
Chris Venstar | Seiji Sasaki | Matt Hoverman |
Secondary Characters
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Jun Tao | Michiko Neya | Lisa Ortiz | |
Lee Pyron (Lee Pai Long) |
Nobutoshi Canna | Dan Green | |
Tamao Tamamura (Tamara) |
Nana Mizuki | Veronica Taylor | |
Pilika Usui (Pilica Racer) |
Tomoko Kawakami | Rachael Lillis | |
Opacho | Megumi Hayashibara | Tara Sands | |
Patch Tribe (Dobie Tribe) | |||
Silva | Hikaru Midorikawa | Dan Green | |
Kalim | Kazuhiro Nakata | Jonathan Todd Ross | |
Goldva | Reiko Suzuki | Ted Lewis | |
Nichrom | Kentarō Itō | Sean Schemmel | |
Zinc | Susumu Chiba | Jonathan Todd Ross | |
Radim | Toshitaka Shimizu | ¿? | |
Lily Five | |||
Sharona | Rumi Ochiai | Megan Hollingshead | |
Millie | Miyako Itō | Amy Palant | |
Ellie | Makoto Tsumura | Kerry Williams | |
Sally | Inuko Inuyama | Dana Halsted | |
Lilly | Yui Horie | Amy Birnbaum |
Hao’s Followers
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Team Star (Hoshi-Gumi) | |||
Luchist Lasso (Luka) |
Katsuyuki Konishi | Andrew Rannells | |
Team Flower (Hani-Gumi) | |||
Kanna Bismarch | Yoko Sōmi | Caren Manuel | |
Matilda "Matti" Matisse | Tomoe Hanba | Erica Schroeder | |
Marion Phauna (Mari) |
Michiko Neya | Carrie Keranen | |
Team Earth (Tsuchi-Gumi) | |||
Peyote Díaz (Ramiro) |
Mitsuaki Madono | Dan Green | |
Zen Hijiri | Nobuyuki Hiyama | ||
Ryo Kamishiro | Masaya Onosaka | Greg Abbey | |
Team Moon (Tsuki-Gumi) | |||
Mohamed Tabarsi (Turbine) |
Masahiko Tanaka | Oliver Wyman | |
Hang Zang-Ching | Yūji Ueda | ||
Bill Burton "Big Guy" | Yoshinori Sonobe | J. David Brimmer | |
Others | |||
Boris Tepes Dracula (Boris Tepes Dracula III) |
Kōji Ishii | Oliver Wyman | |
Kouji Yamada / Damayaji |
Sakaguchi Noriich | James Carter Cathcart | |
Blamuro | Toshitaka Shimizu | ¿? | |
Ashil (Basil) |
Kōki Miyata | Marc Thompson |
Other Teams
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Team “Icemen” | |||
Pino Graham | Susumu Chiba | Christopher Kromer | |
Nana Mizuki (young) | |||
Badbh | ¿? | ¿? | |
Zria Gagarik (Zynia) |
Masako Katsuki | Rachael Lillis | |
Tona Papik Cadimahide (Cadimahide) |
Hisao Egawa | ¿? | |
Team “Niles” | |||
Anatel Pokki (Anathel) |
Hirohiko Kakegawa | Ted Lewis | |
Khafre Puljiz (Knafre) |
Susumu Chiba | ¿? | |
Nakht Pitrah | Yūji Ueda | ¿? | |
Team “Spartacus” (Enseioth) | |||
Ados | Jōji Nakata | Marc Thompson | |
Maya | Sayuri Yamauchi | ¿? | |
Meloth | Yuriko Fuchizaki | ¿? | |
Team “Parthia” | |||
Anise (Anith) |
Kikuko Inoue | ¿? | |
Harum (Haloune) |
Toshihiko Seki | ¿? | |
Team “Doshi Force” (“Noroshi”) | |||
Ginny Tao (Jenny Tao) |
Yoko Sōmi | Megan Hollingshead | |
Soumei Tao | Megumi Toyoguchi | ¿? | |
Kyou Tao | Hiromi Ishikawa | ¿? | |
Team “Dira Doe” (“Dairedo”) | |||
Nyorai | Akiko Hiramatsu | Amy Birnbaum | |
Team “Doom” (“Sabbath”) | |||
Ronnie | Fumihiko Tachiki | Wayne Grayson | |
Ouji (Ozzy) |
Nobuyuki Furuta | ¿? | |
Aiyomi | Tomohisa Asō | ¿? | |
Team “Fudomyou” | |||
Fudo | Yuko Kobayashi | ¿? | |
Gekkou | Wakana Yamazaki | Erica Schroeder | |
Nikko | Takkō Ishimori | ¿? |
Other Characters
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Asakura Family | |||
Mikihisa Asakura | Kenyū Horiuchi | Ted Lewis | |
Yōmei Asakura | Takeshi Aono | ¿? | |
Kino Asakura | Hisako Kyōda | Erica Schroeder | |
Keiko Asakura | Mika Doi | ||
Ponchi | Kenyū Horiuchi | ¿? | |
Konchi | Tsutomu Kashiwakura | ¿? | |
Tao Family | |||
En Tao | Masashi Ebara | Marc Thompson | |
Ran Tao | Ai Satō | Megan Hollingshead | |
Chin Tao | Hidekatsu Shibata | ¿? | |
The Dead Enders (Ryu’s Gang) | |||
Muscle Boy (Magnet) |
Nobutoshi Canna | Marc Thompson | |
Free Day | Kanji Suzumori | ¿? | |
Ball Boy (B.Boy) |
Yūji Ueda | Oliver Wyman | |
Blue Shato (Blue Shadow) |
Susumu Chiba | Dan Green | |
Apache | Toshitaka Shimizu | ¿? | |
Junk Food | Takehito Koyasu | ¿? | |
Silver Sun | Yoshihisa Kawahara | ¿? | |
Death Machine | Shinji Kawada | ¿? | |
Space Shot | Masaaki Ōkura | ¿? | |
Diethel Family | |||
Liam Diethel | Masamichi Satō | Greg Abbey | |
Jane Diethel | Naomi Shindō | ¿? | |
Seminoa Tribe | |||
Lirilara (Lee Lee La La) |
Mami Koyama | Erica Schroeder | |
Chelga | ¿? | ¿? | |
Nitsuba | Kanji Suzumori | ¿? | |
Yofia | ¿? | ¿? | |
Ian | Yoshinori Sonobe | ¿? | |
Drysa | Toshitaka Shimizu | ¿? | |
Others | |||
Mosuke | Hisao Egawa | J. David Brimmer | |
Kumiko Watanabe (young) | ¿? | ||
Savage Pan (Savage Dan) |
Susumu Chiba | Dan Green | |
Green Garam (Green Garaham) |
Toshitaka Shimizu | Marc Thompson | |
Mr. Little Lake (Mr. Little) |
Katsuyuki Konishi | ¿? | |
Allen | Chika Sakamoto | Ted Lewis | |
Orona | Takaya Hashi | Michael Sinterniklaas | |
Hilda (Tilda) |
Yuriko Yamaguchi | Veronica Taylor | |
Kanae | Rumi Kasahara |
Additional Voices
- Greg Abbey
- Nicole Dooley
- Wayne Grayson
- Stan Hart
- Matt Hoverman
- Rachael Lillis
- Jim Napalitano
- Andrea Rosen
- Sean Schemmel
- Kerry Williams
Notes
- Opacho's gender was inexplicably changed from female to male for the American manga and the 4Kids English dub, although was she voiced by a female voice actress in both Japanese and English.
- Eliza's cause of death was changed from her getting shot point-blank by a burglar to her childhood illness coming back.
Transmission
Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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2003-2005 | FoxBox | United States |
Video Releases
Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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FUNimation Entertainment | 2004-2005 | Episodes 1-6 | 1 NTSC |
United States | ||
2 Volumes |
External Links
- Shaman King at the Internet Movie Database
- Shaman King (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia