Shaman King (2021)

Shaman King
Original Title	シャーマンキング
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	VSI Los Angeles
Voice Director	Hermes Baroli
Translation & Adaptation	Michele Knotz (eps. 1-31, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52) Erica Mendez (eps. 1-13) Tyson Rinehart (eps. 14-26) Shane Gotcher (eps. 32-37) Morgan Bailey Keaton (eps. 38-39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51)
ADR Production
Recorded	April 2021-July 2021 (Part 1) August 2021-October 2021 (Part 2) October 2021-January 2022 (Part 3) January 2022-April 2022 (Part 4)
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	52
Year	2021-2022

Shaman King (stylized as SHAMAN KING) is the second anime adaptation of Hiroyuki Takei's manga of same name. The anime is directed by Jouji Furuta at animation studio Bridge. The series aired from April 1, 2021, until April 21, 2022 in Japan. Netflix acquired the series in March 2021 and started to air Part 1 on their streaming service on August 9, 2021. Part 2 was released on December 9, 2021, Part 3 was released on January 13, 2022, while Part 4 was released on May 26, 2022.

The series was first announced with a promotional video released on June 11, 2020, and an update to the official website. It adapts the 35 volumes of the manga's complete edition and provides the canonical ending of the manga.

Synopsis On a starry night, middle-schooler Manta meets Yoh Asakura, a young shaman who has the ability to talk to spirits, and also has the ability to let them possess him to use their powers. Yoh has a heavy duty on his shoulders: he must become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight, a tournament between shamans that happens only once every 500 years. Joined by his spirit medium fiancée Anna Kyōyama, his personal samurai spirit Amidamaru, and his other friends, Yoh must also face a larger evil: Hao, a powerful man who aims to create a new world with only shamans by becoming the Shaman King himself.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Part	Ep(s).
Main Characters
	Yoh Asakura	Yōko Hikasa	Abby Trott	1-4
				1	2
			Lucien Dodge (adult)	4	52
	Amidamaru	Katsuyuki Konishi	Kaiji Tang	1-4
		Akeno Watanabe (child)	Erika Harlacher	1	3
	Manta Oyamada	Inuko Inuyama	Oliver Wyman	1-4
				4	52
	Anna Kyoyama	Megumi Hayashibara	Tara Sands	1-4
				4	52
	Hao Asakura	Minami Takayama (2nd reincarnation)	Erica Mendez	1-4
				4	52
				1-2
		Hikaru Midorikawa (1st reincarnation)	Jay Snyder	1-4
		Hiroki Nanami	Erica Mendez	3-4
	Tao Ren	Romi Park	Laura Stahl	1-4
				1	9
			Sean Rohani (adult)	4	52
	Bason	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Bernhard Forcher	1-4
	Ryūnosuke "Ryu" Umemiya	Masahiko Tanaka	D.C. Douglas	1-4
				4	52
	Tokageroh	Wataru Takagi	Vinnie Penna	1-4
	Horokeu "Horo Horo" Usui	Yūji Ueda	Michael Sinterniklaas	1-4
				4	52
	Kororo / Kurobe "Damuko" Tamiko	Megumi Nakajima	Erika Harlacher	1-4
				4	50
	Johann Faust VIII	Takehito Koyasu	Matt Caplan	1-4
	Eliza Faust	Kanako Takeuchi	Lisa Ortiz	1-4
	Lyserg Diethel	Yoko Sōmi	Erica Schroeder	2-4
				2	14
			Greg Abbey (adult)	4	52
	Chocolove McDonell (Joco)	Motoko Kumai	A.J. Beckles	2-4
				4	52
	Pascal Avaf	Eri Kitamura	Malcolm Bowen	3-4
	Iron Maiden Jeanne	Yui Horie	Veronica Taylor	2-4
	Shamash		¿?	2-4
	Marco Lasso	Yūichi Nakamura	Eric Stuart	2-4
Notes:
Secondary Characters
	Tamao Tamamura	Nana Mizuki	Veronica Taylor	1-4
	Tao Jun	Michiko Neya	Lisa Ortiz	1-4
	Lee Pai-Long	Tōru Sakurai	Jay Snyder	1-4
Patch Tribe
	Silva	Hikaru Midorikawa	Jay Snyder	1-4
	Silver Wing	Takumu Miyazono	Greg Abbey	1, 4
	Silver Shield		Doug Burch	1, 4
	Silver Rod		Erica Schroeder	1, 4
	Silver Tail		Keith Silverstein	1, 4
	Silver Horn		Sean Rohani	1, 4
	Kalim	Eiji Hanawa	Jonathan Todd Ross	1, 4
	Goldva	Reiko Suzuki	Jodi Carlisle	1-4
	Radim	Yasuhiro Mamiya	Christopher Bevins	2-4
	Nichrom	Noriaki Kanze	Aleks Le	2-4
	Magna	Satoshi Yamaguchi	Ayman Samman	2-3	25-26
			J. Michael Tatum	3-4	27-49
	Bron	Jirō Saitō	Raymond J. Lee	3-4
	Renim	Akihiro Tajima	Paul Nakauchi	3-4
	Namari	Shōhei Kajikawa	Lucien Dodge	4
	Thalim	Kōji Okino	Kenton Chen	4
	Rutherfor	Hekiru Shiina	Megan Hollingshead	4
	Lip		Erika Harlacher	4
	Rap		Brianna Knickerbocker	4
Hao's Followers
Team Hoshi-Gumi
	Luchist Lasso	Kenichirō Matsuda	Bernhard Forcher	1-4
	Opacho	Megumi Hayashibara	Laura Stahl	1-4
Team Hana-Gumi
	Kanna Bismarch	Saki Endō	Camden Singer	1-4
	Matilda Matisse	Wakana Minami	Erika Harlacher	1	13
			Erica Schroeder	2-4	24-52
	Marion Phauna	Kei Shindō	Carrie Keranen	1-4
	Ashcroft	Masaaki Ihara	Dennis Kleinman	3-4
Team Tsuki-Gumi
	Hang Zang-Ching	Tsuguo Mogami	William Salyers	1-4
	Bill Burton	Takahiro Fujiwara	Marc Thompson	1-4
	Mohamed Tabarsi (Turbine)	Anri Katsu	Ryan Colt Levy	1-4
	Djinn		Amen Igbinosun	3-4
Team Tsuchi-Gumi
	Peyote Díaz	Mitsuaki Madono	Luis Bermudez	1-4
	Zen Yoneda	Kishō Taniyama	Kenton Chen	1‑2, 4
	Ryo Yoneda	Tatsuhisa Suzuki	Greg Abbey	1‑2
X-Laws
	John Denbat	Katsuyuki Konishi	Aleks Le	2-3	17-38
			Sean Rohani	4	39-41
	Porf Griffith	Takumu Miyazono	Ogie Banks	2-4
	Larch Dirac	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Zeno Robinson	2-4
	Chris Venstar	Tsuguo Mogami	Anthony Brandon Walker	2, 4
	Cebin Mendel	Wataru Takagi	Eric Stuart	2, 4
	Meene Montgomery	Mariko Nagai	Erika Harlacher	2, 4
Gandhara
Team "Nyorai"
	Lady Sati Saigan	Kotono Mitsuishi	Erika Harlacher	3-4
	Daiei		Jason Marnocha	3-4
Team "Myooh"
	Jackson	Kensuke Satō	J. Michael Tatum	3-4
	Yainage	Takumu Miyazono	Vinnie Penna	3-4
	Kado	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Sean Burgos	3-4
Followers
	Sei-Kyow		Lucien Dodge	4
	Aeon Lee		¿?	4
Recurring Characters
Asakura Family
	Mikihisa Asakura	Kenyū Horiuchi	Keith Silverstein	1-4
	Yohmei Asakura	Hiroshi Naka	Doug Stone	1-4
	Kino Asakura	Hisako Kyōda	Erica Schroeder	1-4
	Keiko Asakura	Mika Doi	Erika Harlacher	1-4
	Ponchi	Takumu Miyazono	Sean Rohani	1-4
	Conchi	Noriaki Kanze	Keith Silverstein	1-4
	Zenki		¿?	2-4
	Kouki		¿?	2-4
	Redseb Munzer Asakura	Misuzu Togashi	Erika Ishii	3-4
	Seyram Munzer Asakura	Shino Shimoji	Laura Stahl	3-4
	Matamune	Hideyuki Tanaka	Greg Chun	3-4
	Yohken Asakura	Shinichirō Miki	Kirk Thornton	4
Tao Family
	Tao En	Hideaki Tezuka	Marc Thompson	1, 3-4
	Tao Ching	Hidekatsu Shibata	Doug Burch	1, 3-4
	Tao Ran	Sayaka Kinoshita	Megan Hollingshead	1, 4
Usui Family
	Pirica Usui	Rina Hidaka	Brianna Knickerbocker	1, 3-4
	Lycan Usui	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Jason Marnocha	3-4
	Gororo		Sean Burgos	3-4
Oyamada Family
	Mansumi Oyamada	Kōsuke Takaguchi	William Salyers	1, 4
	Midori Tamurazaki	Shogo Sakata	Aleks Le	1-2, 4
Diethel Family
	Liam Diethel	Seirō Ogino	Greg Abbey	2, 4
	Jane Diethel	Misuzu Togashi	Carrie Keranen	2	14
			Megan Hollingshead	4	52
Ice Men
	Pino Graham	Shūhei Sakaguchi	James Simenc	2-3
	Zria Gagarik	Yuka Terasaki	Carrie Keranen	2-3
	Tona Papik Cadimahide	Kōji Ishii	Ayman Samman	2-3
Niles
	Anatel Pokki	Koji Yusa	Ayman Samman	2, 4
	Khafre Puljiz	Kōsuke Tanabe	Zeno Robinson	2, 4
Shaft
	Lulu	Takumu Miyazono	Anthony Brandon Walker	2, 4
	Lynn	Noriaki Kanze	¿?	2, 4
Ryu's Gang
	Muscle Punch	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Marc Thompson	1
	Bawl Boy	Yūsuke Shirooka	Oliver Wyman	1
	Space Shot	Kōsuke Tanabe	Jonathan Todd Ross	1
	Apache	Yoshihito Sasaki	Keith Silverstein	1
	Blue Chateau	Shogo Sakata	Jay Snyder	1
	Junk Food	Tatsuki Kōbe	¿?	1
Others
	Orona	Takaya Hashi	William Salyers	2-4
	Oh-Oni	Yasuhiro Mamiya	Amen Igbinosun	3-4
	Brocken Meyer	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Zeno Robinson	3-4
	Camel Munzer	Katsuyuki Konishi	Christopher Bevins	3-4
	Mosuke	Masakazu Morita	Sean Rohani	1, 4
		Satomi Kobashi (child)	Morgan Berry	1	3
	Lilirara	Mami Koyama	Tinsel Korey	1, 4
	Drysa		William Salyers	1	13
	Ian		¿?	1
	Yofia		¿?	1
	Nitba		¿?	1
	Shamon	Kenichi Ogata	John DeMita	1	3
		Daichi Endō (Ichi-Johtoh)			11-12
	Teacher	Kohsuke Tanabe	¿?	1
	Isao Gumakura	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	Jason Marnocha	3
	Anahol Pokki	Kōji Yusa	Abe Martell	4
	Hans Reiheit	Motoki Sakuma	Sean Burgos	4
	Teruko Amano	Haruka Tomatsu	Carrie Keranen	4

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Part 1
	Manta's Companions	Masaya Fukunishi	Kenton Chen	1
		Chiyuki Miura	Erika Harlacher
		Takumu Miyazono	Greg Abbey
	Land Owner		John DeMita
	Keiko Oyamada	Tomo Sakurai	Erica Schroeder	8
	Mannoko Oyamada	Ryō Hirohashi	Erika Harlacher
	Manta's Companion		¿?	10
	Elder	Naomi Maruyama	Erica Schroeder
	Grandson		¿?
	Ni		¿?	11
	San	Masaaki Ihara	¿?
	Yon	Kohsuke Tanabe	¿?
	Go		¿?
	Taibatsu	Takumu Miyazono	¿?
	Kenbaku	Tsuguo Mogami	¿?
	Billy Anderson	Yasuhiro Mamiya	William Salyers	13
	Mr. Little Lake	Shogo Sakata	Curt Mega
	Savage Pan	Takumu Miyazono	Jay Snyder
	Green Garam	Wakana Minami	¿?
	Librarian		Curt Mega
Part 2
	Bluebell Bloch	Megumi Han	Camden Singer	15
	Poachers	Shogo Sakata	Bruce Wexler
		Masaaki Ihara	William Salyers
			¿?
	Kouji Yamada (Damayaji)	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Sean Rohani	16
	Blamuro		¿?
	Boris Tepes Dracula	Ryōtarō Okiayu	Bruce Wexler	16-17
	Nakht Pitrah	Shogo Sakata	Ogie Banks	21
	Spectators		¿?	25
Part 3
	Bourbon		Sean Rohani	28
	Rameau		Amen Igbinosun
	Frisch		Johnny Young
	Oni	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Christopher Bevins	30-31
	Naka-Oni	Yasuhiro Mamiya	Dennis Kleinman	31
	Komatta Nawamaki		¿?
	Daruma Himo		¿?
	Jiku Kaiten		¿?
	Goku Rikudo		¿?
	Guards	Shogo Sakata	James Simenc	31-32
		Takumu Miyazono	Johnny Young
	Chrom			34
Part 4
	Cho-Onis		Hermes Baroli	42
			¿?
			¿?
			Sean Burgos	43
	Captain Sato	Yasuhiro Mamiya	¿?	43, 46
	Older Ainu	Shin Aomori	Jason Marnocha	50
	Hana Asakura		Brianna Knickerbocker	52
	Asanoha		Tinsel Korey
	Men Tao		¿?
	Ohachiyo	Tomokazu Seki	James Simenc
	Joco's Parents		Ogie Banks
			¿?

Additional Voices

• Aleks Le (ep. 21)
• Bernhard Forcher (eps. 1, 4)
• Brianna Knickerbocker (ep. 31)
• Bruce Wexler (ep. 13)
• Doug Burch (ep. 11)
• Doug Stone (ep. 41)
• Erica Mendez (ep. 4)
• Erika Harlacher (eps. 10, 31-32)
• Greg Abbey (eps. 2, 11)
• Johnny Young (ep. 30)
• Jonathan Todd Ross (ep. 30)
• Keith Silverstein (eps. 1-4, 10-11)
• Kenton Chen (eps. 1-2, 4)
• Lisa Ortiz (ep. 4)
• Luis Bermudez (ep. 41)
• Matt Caplan (eps. 1, 3)
• Ogie Banks (eps. 23, 43-44)
• Ryan Colt Levy (eps. 21, 23, 25, 44-45)
• Sean Burgos (eps. 41)
• Sean Rohani (ep. 11)
• Veronica Taylor (ep. 31)
• Zeno Robinson (ep. 23)

Notes

• Several voice actors from the dub of the 2001 series reprised their roles for the 2021 anime adaptation including:
  • Tara Sands as Anna Kyoyama.
  • Oliver Wyman as Manta Oyamada and Bawl Boy (albeit uncredited in the latter role).
  • Michael Sinterniklaas as Horohoro Usui.
  • Erica Schroeder as Lyserg Diethel, Matilda Matisse (since episode 24), and Kino Asakura.
  • Veronica Taylor as Tamao Tamamura.
  • Lisa Ortiz as Tao Jun and Eliza Faust (only in episode 24).
  • Eric Stuart as Marco Lasso and Cebin Mendel (albeit uncredited in the latter role).
  • Dan Green (Under his real name Jay Snyder) as Silva, Lee Pyron, and Patch Hao.
  • Wayne Grayson (Under his real name Vinnie Pena) as Tokageroh.
  • Carrie Keranen as Marion Phauna.
  • Marc Thompson as Tao En and Muscle Punch.
  • Matt Caplan as Johann Faust VIII.
  • Megan Hollingshead as Tao Ran.
  • Jonathan Todd Ross as Kalim.
  • Greg Abbey as Ryo Yoneda and Liam Diethel.
• However, some voice actors from the dub of the 2001 series did not reprise their roles for the 2021 anime adaptation and were replaced by new voice actors:
  • Abby Trott and Erica Mendez replaced Sebastian Arcelus as Yoh and Hao Asakura respectively due to the latter's retirement from dubbing in 2008 and becoming a Mainstream actor both on Broadway and On-Camera respectively.
  • Laura Stahl, Bernhard Forcher, and Sean Rohani replaced Andrew Rannells as Tao Ren, Luchist Lasso, and Ponchi respectively due to the latter's retirement from dubbing in 2008 and becoming a Mainstream actor both on Broadway and On-Camera respectively.
    • Laura Stahl also replaces Tara Sands as Opacho.
  • Kaiji Tang, D.C. Douglas, and Aleks Le replaced Sean Schemmel as Amidamaru, Ryu, and Nichrom respectively.
    • Sean, however, was going to reprise his role as Amidamaru and even recorded dialogue for him as shown in the initial English dub trailer released back in July 2021 before his lines and voice were replaced by Kaiji Tang at the last minute, likely due to him dropping out of the project due to creative differences with VSI Los Angeles.
  • Bernhard Forcher replaces Frederick B. Owens as Bason due to his retirement in anime dubbing.
  • Keith Silverstein replaced Jerry Lobozzo and Matt Hoverman as Conchi and Apache respectively due to both voice actor's retirements from dubbing.
  • Brianna Knickerbocker and Carrie Keranen replaced Rachael Lillis as Pirica Usui and Zria Gagarik respectively due to Rachael's inactivity from anime dubbing in 2019 and later passing in 2024.
  • A.J. Beckles replaces Duane Cooper as Chocolove McDonell (Joco) due to his inactivity from anime dubbing.
  • Ryan Colt Levy, William Salyers, Bruce Wexler, and Keith Silverstein replaced Oliver Wyman as Mohamed Tabarsi, Hang Zang-Ching, Boris Tepes Dracula, and Silver Tail respectively.
  • Keith Silverstein, Jodi Carlisle, and Ayman Samman replaced Ted Lewis as Mikihisa Asakura, Goldva, and Anatel Pokki respectively.
  • Erika Harlacher and Tinsel Korey replaced Erica Schroeder as Keiko Asakura, Matilda Matisse (only in episode 13), and Lilirara respectively.
    • Erika surprisingly only voiced Matilda in Episode 13, before Erica Schroeder returned to voice Matilda starting with Episode 24.
    • Erika also replaces Michelle Newman as Meene Montgomery due to her inactivity from anime dubbing since 2014.
  • Doug Stone replaces Jim Napolitano as Yohmei Asakura due to his retirement from anime dubbing .
  • Doug Burch replaced Stuart Zagnit as Tao Ching and Darren Dunstan as Silver Shield due to his retirement and his inactivity from anime dubbing while latter focus his work on Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series as a voice director.
  • William Salyers replaces Michael Sinterniklaas as Orona.
  • Greg Abbey replaces Maddie Blaustein as Silver Wing due to her passing in 2008.
  • Anthony Brandon Walker and Aleks Le replaced Matt Hoverman as Chris Venstar and John Denbat respectively due to his retirement of dubbing in 2011.
  • Veronica Taylor and Camden Singer replaced Caren Manuel as Iron Maiden Jeanne and Kanna Bismarch respectively due to her retirement from anime dubbing since 2007.
  • Sean Rohani and Ayman Samman replaced J. David Brimmer as Mosuke and Tona Papik Cadimahide due to his inactivity from anime dubbing since 2020.
  • James Simenc replaces Christopher Kromer as Pino Graham due to his inactivity from anime dubbing since 2017 and focus on as television host.
  • Ogie Banks replaces Anthony Salerno as Nakht Pitrah due to his inactivity from anime dubbing since 2017.
  • Morgan Berry replaces Scottie Ray as Young Mosuke.
  • Kenton Chen and Luiz Bermudez replaced Dan Green as Zen Yoneda and Peyote Diaz respectively.
  • Sean Rohani replaces James Carter Cathcart as Kouji Yamada (Damayaji) due to only focusing on Pokémon since 2006.
  • Jonathan Todd Ross replaces Greg Abbey as Space Shot.
  • Dan Green replaces Wayne Grayson as Blue Chateau.
• This is the first Shōnen anime series to be dubbed at VSI Los Angeles and the first long running anime series dubbed at the studio.
• The is the first and so-far only anime dub directed by Hermes Baroli at VSI Los Angeles.
• This is William Salyers and Jodi Carlisle's first anime dub at VSI Los Angeles.
• This is A.J. Beckles, Lisa Ortiz, Megan Hollingshead, Luiz Bermudez, Sean Rohani, Bernhard Forcher, Ayman Samman, Doug Burch, Matt Caplan, Bruce Wexler, Morgan Berry, Tinsel Korey, Curt Mega, Kenton Chen, Anthony Brandon Walker, Dennis Kleinman, Ogie Banks, Amen Igbinosun, James Simenc, Johnny Young, Raymond J. Lee, Paul Nakauchi, Abe Martell, Marc Thompson and John DeMita's first and so-far only contribution to an anime dub done at VSI Los Angeles.
• This is the first and so-far only dub at VSI Los Angeles to be recorded in bi-coastal route (due to the mixture of NY and LA cast).
• In the 2001 series, Lisa Ortiz initially gave Tao Jun a British accent (like what most of the Tao family members had in that series); in the 2021 series, however, Ortiz completely drops the British accent all together.
• In episodes 19-20, Doug Stone was erroneously credited as Luchist Lasso, until the later English credits credited Bernhard Forcher as Luchist Lasso starting in Episode 21.
• This is Eric Stuart's first new anime role in six years and his first non-Yu-Gi-Oh! role in over eleven years since The Slayers Evolution-R.

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date	Category	Format	Content	Classification	Country
	August 9, 2021 (Part 1)	Anime / Netflix Original Series	Digital	13 eps	TV-14	United States
	December 9, 2021 (Part 2)			12 eps
	January 13, 2022 (Part 3)			13 eps
	May 26, 2022 (Part 4)			14 eps

See Also

• Shaman King

External Links

• Shaman King at the Internet Movie Database
• Shaman King (2021) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia