Nume : Regele Shaman (Shaman King)
Nr. Episoade : 64
Descriere in Romana :
Shaman King (シャーマンキング Shāman Kingu?) (română Regele Șaman), cunoscut și ca "Mankin", este o serie anime și manga de Hiroyuki Takei. Revista a avut 32 de volume, iar anime-ul 64 de episoade. Seria a fost lansată în revista Weekly Shōnen Jump în Japonia, iar apoi a fost creat seria anime, ce a fost regizată de Seiji Mizushima, co-produsă de TV Tokyo, Nihon Ad Systems și Xebec și difuzată de TV Tokyo. Cărțile de joc Shaman King sunt disponibile în Japonia și America de Nord.
Manta Oyamada, cunoscut ca și Mortimer sau pe scurt Morty în varianta tradusă în engleză de Fox Box (devenită mai târziu 4Kids), un tânăr studios de gimnaziu, încearcă într-o noapte o scurtătură spre casa printr-un cimitir după ce a pierdut ultimul tren după școală. În timp ce calatorea prin el, se întâlnește cu Yoh Asakura si "companionii" lui: un cimitir plin de fantome. Yoh revelă a fi un shaman, o punte intre lumea celor vii si a celor morți. Yoh demonstrează de asemenea puterea unui Shaman de a se unii cu un spirit pentru a atinge acelasi scop. Yoh și Morty devin repede foarte buni prieteni în timp ce Yoh își folosește abilitățile de Shaman pentru a ieși cu bine din diferite situații.
Lupta Shaman este o bătălie ținută o data la 500 de ani între Shamanii concurenți, câștigătorul devenind "Regele Shaman", persoana care este capabilă să contacteze "Marele Spirit" (spiritul la care fiecare suflet se va întoarce eventual). Câștigătorul primește abilitatea de a reface lumea după propriul plac. Anna Kyoyama, logodinca lui Yoh, intră curând în peisaj și prescrie un antrenament brutal, cu scopul de a-l pregăti pe Yoh pentru turneu. Astfel începe intriga care îl va duce pe Yoh într-o călătorie în drumul căreia se va împrieteni cu Ryu(Rio), Tao Ren(Len/Lenny), Horohoro(Trey), Faust VIII, Lyserg Diethel și Joco(Chocolove).
În timpul Luptei Shaman, Yoh îl întâlnește pe Hao Asakura, un Shaman foarte puternic care dorește să extermine toți oamenii și Shamanii slabi pentru a creea o lume doar pentru Shamani. La sfârșitul luptelor Shaman cand echipele rămase erau constituite din Yoh și prietenii lui, Legiuitorii X si echipa lui Hao, echipele rămase au decis să piardă turneul încoronându-l pe Hao pe Regele Shaman. În timp ce Hao este dus departe, Yoh și prietenii lui decid să-l atace pe Hao în timp ce fuzionează cu Marele Spirit care este în comă. Pentru a face asta, Yoh și prietenii lui trebuie să-i învingă pe cei din tripul "Patch" care sunt obligați să-l servească pe noul Rege Shaman.
Odată înfrânți cei zece membrii ai tribului, Hao este trezit ca Regele Shaman. El îl înfrânge pe Yoh și prietenii lui și le absoarbe sufletul. În interiorul Marelui Spirit, Yoh, Ren, Horohoro, Faust VIII, și Joco se luptă cu Hao cu cele cinci spirite legendare; Spiritul Pământului, Spiritul Tunetului, Spiritul Ploii, Spiritul Focului și Spiritul Vântului. Se dezvăluie că Marele Spirit i-a îndeplinit dorința lui Hao astfel încât cineva să poată să aducă înapoi spiritul mamei lui. Cu ajutorul Annei, mama lui Hao este adusă Marelui Spirit. Ea îi spune lui Hao că trebuie să-i ierte pe oameni pentru că au asasinat-o. Hao decide să amâne planul sau de a-i eradica pe oameni și să-l observe pe Yoh și prietenii lui cum schimbă lumea.
Șapte ani mai târziu, Hana Asakura îi așteaptă la o stație pe cei cinci luptători legendari și pe părinții lui, Yoh și Anna.
Description in English :
Shaman King (Japanese: シャーマンキング Hepburn: Shāman Kingu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. This manga follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in manga.
The Shaman King manga was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump between 1998 and 2004. The individual chapters were collected and released in 32 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. An animated television series was produced by Xebec and co-produced by TV Tokyo, which aired on Japan's TV Tokyo network from 2001 to 2002. The manga has also been reprinted in a kanzenban edition, and has spawned video games, a trading card game, and many types of Shaman King-related merchandise.
In North America, Viz Media obtained the English-language license for the manga and published chapters of Shaman King in its Shonen Jump magazine from March 2003 to August 2007. The anime series was licensed in North America by 4Kids Entertainment in 2003, and aired on Fox Box. Exclusive video games were released by 4Kids Entertainment in North America and Europe.
In Japan, the manga has been popular, selling over 26 million volumes as of 2011. Both the manga and anime have been featured, at various times, in "top ten" lists of their respective media. The Shaman King anime has been watched by a large number of television viewers in Japan. Publications about manga, anime and other media have commented on the Shaman King manga, with positive comments on the series.
Plot
Main article: List of Shaman King characters
The plot of Shaman King revolves around Yoh Asakura, a shaman, a medium between the worlds of the living and the dead. Yoh seeks to become the Shaman King, the one who is able to contact the Great Spirit, and will gain the ability to reshape the world in any way they wish, and for this purpose he must to win the Shaman Fight, a battle held once every 500 years between competing shamans. Anna Kyoyama, Yoh's fiancée, soon enters the scene and prescribes a brutal training regimen to prepare him for the tournament. Thus begins the plot that will lead Yoh on a journey that will lead him to befriend Ryu, Tao Ren, Horohoro, Faust VIII, Lyserg Diethel, and Joco McDonnell (known as Chocolove McDonnell).During the Shaman Fight, Yoh encounters Hao Asakura, a strong shaman who wishes to eradicate humans and create a world for shamans. At the end of the shaman battles, the remaining teams consist of Yoh and his friends (the X-Laws) and Hao's team. The remaining teams choose to forfeit the tournament, crowning Hao with the title of Shaman King. As Hao is led away, Yoh and his allies decide to attack Hao while he is merging with the great spirit, which is in a coma. To conquer Hao, Yoh and his friends must defeat The Patch Tribe members who are obliged to serve under the new Shaman King.
After Yoh and his friends overcome the ten Patch Tribe members, Hao is awakened as the new Shaman King. He defeats Yoh and all his friends and absorbs their souls. Inside the Great Spirit, Yoh, Tao, Horohoro, Lyserg, and Chocolove battle against Hao and the five legendary spirits: the Spirit of Earth, the Spirit of Thunder, the Spirit of Rain, the Spirit of Fire, and the Spirit of Wind. When former associates of Yoh and his friends begin appearing in the Great Spirit, it is revealed that the Great Spirit granted Hao's wish for someone to bring back his mother's spirit. With Anna's help, Hao's mother is brought to the Great Spirit. Hao's mother tells him that, in order to be saved, he must forgive the humans for murdering her. Hao decides to postpone his plan to eradicate humans and to observe how Yoh and his friends will change the world.
Seven years later, Hana Asakura waits at a station for the five legendary warriors and his parents, Yoh and Anna.
Production
Before creating Shaman King, Takei, an assistant of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin, exchanged ideas about the series with the other assistants. As a colleague of Watsuki, he worked primarily as a manga assistant, only focusing on his own projects during his days off. He was influenced by street art from hip-hop and rap culture, which is apparent in his manga artwork.For drawing, he used calligraphy inks and pen nibs. When illustrating, he used Copic brand color markers.He chose shamanism as the principal topic of the series because he "wanted to choose a topic that has never been done before". He said he incorporated his own personality and beliefs in Shaman King.[1] He has an interest in the subject, and "choosing shamanism as the subject of this story seemed like a natural extension of that." For the title, he said he used "shaman", an English word, due to the fact that "the nuance is really great" and because there "is no word in Japanese that accurately carries the meaning of the word 'shaman'."
Takei created the stories after he created the characters because he believed the "stories are born because of the existence of the characters". In addition, he felt that "the most important thing [to create a character] is to have originality".Trough his characters he wanted to show different cultures, backgrounds and values. When asked "how do shamans of pacifistic religions ever win the Shaman Fight?" he answered that the Shaman Fight is fought using the "strength of the soul".
Five years after the end of the series, when the Shaman King Kanzen-Ban was finished, Takei said, "After making the readers waiting [sic] so much for this, the last thing I wanted to do was to disappoint them". He thought the ending was a "huge responsibility". This edition served to make corrections and adjustments and, for Takei, it was something "fun," as it was different from scratch.
Media
Manga
Main article: List of Shaman King chapters
The chapters of Shaman King were written and illustrated by Takei and were published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 30, 1998 to August 30, 2004. The 285-chapter series was collected into 32 tankōbon volumes, the first of which was released on December 3, 1998, with the last (volume 32) being released on January 5, 2005. Only 31 volumes were released once the publication ended. The release of volume 32 (intended for publication on December 3, 2004) was delayed. Shueisha reported they would only publish volume 32 if they receive evidence of demand from approximately 50,000 people.During the 2009 Jump Festa, Shueisha announced a kanzenban reprint of the entire series. Called Shaman King Kanzen-Ban (or "Perfect Edition"), its release reprinted the entire series in 27 volumes, concluding with the "true ending" to the series. A total of 16 new chapters produced for this edition expanded the total number of chapters in the series to 300. The new series finale was also posted on the official Kanzen-Ban website, in addition to the print editions. The first volume of the Perfect Edition was released on March 4, 2008, with the last (volume 27) being published on April 3, 2009. Shaman King has also been published as part of the Shueisha Jump Remix series of magazine-style books. Sixteen volumes of Shaman King were released under the Shueisha Jump Remix series between April 1 and October 28, 2011.
On November 2011, a one-shot manga was released titled Shaman King: Zero in Jump Kai, with four other one-shots released monthly until the beginning of Shaman King: Flowers.Shaman King: Zero was released on a single volume on May 10, 2012. On November 2011, Shueisha announced the serialization of a sequel, Shaman King: Flowers (シャーマンキング Flowers Shāman Kingu Furawāzu), to start in their magazine Jump Kai in April 2012. It focuses on Hana Asakura's development as a Shaman.The first tankōbon of Shaman King: Flowers was released on August 10, 2012, and is currently on the fourth volume, released on October 10, 2013.
Viz Media licensed the series for an English-language release in North America, with chapters initially serialized in the American Shonen Jump. It began in third issue in 2003, but ceased serialization in the August 2007 issue. Volume 1 was released on September 3, 2003, and volume 32 was released to conclude the series on January 4, 2011. In Australasian region, Madman Entertainment licensed and published the series between February 10, 2009 and September 10, 2011.
Funbari no Uta
Funbari no Uta (ふんばりの詩 Funbari Poem) is a spin-off to Shaman King which lasted for five chapters and takes place seven years after the end of the manga series. It features Hana Asakura and his journey with Ryu to find the Five Elemental Warriors for a reunion before the opening of the Funbari Hot Springs Inn. All five chapters were included in volume 32 of the American release.Anime
Main article: List of Shaman King episodes
The episodes of the Shaman King anime series are directed by Seiji Mizushima and produced by Xebec. At an early stage of anime production, Takei himself helped the anime's staff. However, he soon left the staff due to his lack of time as he was working in the manga.The 64 episodes were aired between July 4, 2001, and September 25, 2002, on TV Tokyo in Japan. 4Kids Entertainment obtained the rights to broadcast the Shaman King anime in the United States, where it premiered on Fox Box on August 30, 2003. The final episode aired on September 3, 2005.The episodes were collected into 16 DVD compilations by King Records in Japan and released between October 30, 2001, and January 22, 2003. The DVDs were later collected and released in three box sets between August 27, 2008, and December 25, 2008.[ Five DVD compilations of the English adaptation have been released by Funimation Entertainment between October 19, 2004 and March 29, 2005 in an uncut form.