Oversoul! Shaman King is an epic anime about the battles among spirits which came out in the early 2000s and garnered popularity among the anime community, and now it’s about to receive a remake this year. Produced by Jouji Furuta, Shaman King Remake will inject the audiences with nostalgia and action-packed stories among the shamans in their journey to harness the power of the spirits from the underworld.

Shaman King Remake is believed to be much cooler than the classic original Shaman King anime. Here are five facts about this nostalgia-inducing action anime series.

1. Adapted from Hiroyuki Takei’s Manga

Shaman King is originally a manga series created by author Hiroyuki Takei with 35 volumes that began on the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1998. However, the manga ended abruptly in 2004 and finally received a proper ending from the author in 2009.

The manga originally had a rather anticlimactic ending where the villain triumphed over the protagonists. Perhaps due to protests from the fans, Shaman King manga received the revised ending in 2009.

2. First Shaman King Anime Aired in 2001-2002 

Xebec studio released the original Shaman King anime from 2001 to 2002 with 64 episodes. A local TV station in Indonesia once aired the anime around 2003 but didn’t finish the story. Despite the shortcomings, local fans began to develop some fondness with the series.

The classic Shaman King anime is also memorable for its Indonesian-dubbed Opening and Ending themes. With Shaman King Remake on the way, Indonesian fans will be able to once again indulge themselves in the nostalgia with the series.

3. Shaman King Remake Adapts New Story from the Latest Manga

On June 12 2020, Shaman King Remake’s license holder Kodansha announced the anime would adapt a new story for the upcoming remake, derived from the story of the 35-volume manga that had been re-released on June 17 2020.

Fans hope that the Shaman King Remake is not going to adapt the manga’s early ending that disappointed them back then. Although, it doesn’t seem to go that way to begin with as supported by the mesmerizing visual effects and cooler character designs on the remake which ignite fans’ excitement toward the series all over again.

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4. Voiced by Most Popular Seiyuus

Voice director Masafumi Mima who worked for the original Shaman King anime once again works for the Shaman King Remake. Of all the seiyuus on the list, Yoh Asakura is the only character who is going to have a re-cast with Yoko Hisaka being the new seiyuu for the protagonist. As for the other characters, they all will be voiced by their original seiyuus. 

Famous seiyuu Yoko Hisaka whose notable roles being the seiyuu for Attack on Titan’s Mikasa and K-On!!’s Akiyama Mio is going to voice Shaman King Remake’s protagonist Yoh Asakura. Meanwhile, Katsuyuki Konishi who voiced Hetalia’s America character is going to voice Amidamaru, the spirit of the samurai guarding Yoh Asakura.

As for the star of the show, the legendary singer and seiyuu Megumi Hayashibara who sang the original Shaman King’s opening themes is going to return in Shaman King Remake as Anna Kyoyama, the protagonist’s fiancee who is also an Itako or a traditional shaman from Izumo region.

5. Depicts the Fights Between Spirits of the Shamans

Shaman King Remake tells the story of Shamans, gifted people who have the ability to communicate with ghosts, spirits and gods that ordinary people can’t see. The Shaman Fight is a prestigious tournament where Shamans across the globe pit against each other.

Held once every five centuries, the winner of the tournament is going to receive the Shaman King title which allows them to call forth the “Great Spirit” and shape the world as they see fit.

One night, ordinary highschool student Manta Oyamada is taking a shortcut through the cemetery to make haste toward his supplementary course. Unfortunately, Manta finds a group of delinquents at the cemetery and he is almost wasted until a weird kid who’s hanging around at the cemetery comes to save him after talking to the spirits.

The kid introduces himself as Yoh Asakura, a Shaman in training. He then reveals his power by teaming up with the 600-year-old samurai spirit named Amidamaru to save Manta.

Yoh wishes to befriend Manta due to his ability to see the spirits, and with the help of Amidamaru, they begin the adventure to achieve Yoh’s mission of becoming the next Shaman King. Along the way, they’re accompanied by Yoh’s fiancee Anna who wishes to marry a Shaman King.

And those are five fun facts about the Shaman King Remake who’s going to induce the audiences with nostalgia and actions. Is this remake version going to garner popularity just like the original version was? Let us know in the comment section!

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