Shaman King

The anime series Shaman King is an adaptation of the manga of the same name, which was previously adapted as an anime in 2001. It pits shamans against each other in a contest held every 500 years to determine the next shaman king.

I had hoped that there would already be some comments here that could explain why I found "Shaman King" so boring, because the anime actually has nice animations and also a more or less interesting story, but something bothered me and I was slowly starting to think that has withdrawn interest in this anime.

Back when I saw it there were only 38 episodes and I really have no interest in watching anymore.

The reviews here speak for themselves, which calms me down because it shows me that my gut feeling wasn't wrong.

I haven't seen the original either.

Having been a fan of shaman king since I was young I was sceptical of the reboot.

I remember watching the original on Fox Kids/Jetix and feeling robbed there wasn't another season. Fast forward many years I saw the trailer and instantly got excited.

Four episodes and in and the premise is the same but there are some different tweaks, but that's what you expect. It is done well and provides an action packed anime!

It's a copy of the original but it makes it more relevant and with a little hope this will bring a new fan base and promote some new material.

Need more episodes to make a complete review, but the 13 on the Netflix (17/08/2021) are really good.

The person who directed this version of shaman king needs to do better. I was so hyped for it, but this anime does not do the story any service.

There is a lack of tension and pacing throughout this anime. I was giving the beginning the benefit-of-the-doubt, thinking that they were attempting more of a recap so that they could get to the later parts of the story and flex their skills in adapting the story, but no.

This is just Shaman King with bad pacing, no anticipation & slideshow animation.

The only compliment I have for this anime is that the quality of the colors are so good! Is that what most of the budget went to because it definitely was NOT the animation.

If anything, I would want a better animation studio to re-remake this series with better quality and add SAKUGA animation! This series really deserved it...

To compare it to the early 2000's series, I rewatched it and have to say even within the first few episodes the storytelling, action and comedy was much better. The only thing it suffers from is some drawn out pacing like in the Faust vs. Yoh fight, but that rarely occurs.

The old anime also has an alternate ending to the manga due to it not being finished at the time of it's making.

I highly doubt it will happen, but I hope this series gains traction to be remade again in a much better way.

It's not bad, but a bit disappointing. What I especially dislike is that they changed the theme song from the epic original one to another forgettable anime song you skip through.