Broadcasting starts on April 1 (Thursday)! TV anime "SHAMAN KING" episode 1 synopsis & scene cuts revealed!

The first episode "The Man Who Dances with Ghosts" of "SHAMAN KING," which will start airing on April 1, 2021 (Thursday) from 5:55 p.m. on TV Tokyo, has been released.

SHAMAN KING," a popular comic book series by Hiroyuki Takei that has sold more than 35 million copies, tells the story of a boy who can see spirits, Ip Asakura, who participates in shaman fights to determine the top shaman, and fights alongside his friends to become the Shaman King. Currently, a new chapter, "SHAMAN KING THE SUPER STAR," is being serialized in "Shonen Magazine Edge" (Kodansha).
It will be adapted into a completely new TV anime in April 2021. Based on "SHAMAN KING" (35 volumes), the series will continue to the end.

⇒SHAMAN KING" will start airing on April 1! Additional characters played by Yui Horie and Yuichi Nakamura were announced! The 2nd KV & PV will also be released!

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The first episode of the TV anime "SHAMAN KING," which will start airing on April 1 (Thu.), has been released with a synopsis and scene cuts.

The synopsis and scene cuts are as follows.
Episode 1 "The Man Who Dances with Ghosts
＜Synopsis
Oyamada Manta, a boy on his way home from cram school, meets a mysterious boy at a graveyard who is happily talking with a ghost. The boy's name is Ip Asakura. He is a "Shaman" who can communicate with spirits and draw out their power.
One day, Manta gets into trouble with a delinquent named Ryunosuke Umemiya, who is also known as "the dragon with the wooden sword. In order to save Manta, Ip borrows the power of Amidamaru, a legendary samurai spirit, and challenges the Dragon of Wooden Swords..!

Production Information
TV animation "SHAMAN KING

＜Broadcast Information
Broadcasting will begin on April 1, 2021 (Thursday)!
TV Tokyo 6 stations network: Every Thursday evening from 5:55 p.m.
BS Teletoon: Every Thursday from 0:30 am
AT-X: Every Friday night from 8:30 p.m.
　(Repeat broadcasts: Every Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. / Every Thursday from 2:30 p.m.)
Broadcast dates and times are subject to change.

<Distribution information
Preliminary distribution on Netflix!
Netflix: Every Thursday from April 1 (Thu.) at 19:00~.
ABEMA: Every Thursday from April 8 (Thu.) at 20:00~.
Amazon Prime Video: Every Thursday from April 8 (Thu.) at 20:00
Bandai Channel: Every Thursday from Thursday, April 8 at 20:00
dTV: Every Thursday from April 8 (Thu.) at 20:00
dAnime Store: From Thursday, April 8, every Thursday at 20:00
FOD: From Thursday, April 8, every Thursday at 20:00
⇒ Click here for other distribution sites.

<Staff
Original Story : Hiroyuki Takei
Director：Takeshi Furuta
Series composition : Shoji Yonemura
Character design : Satohiko Sano
Music : Yuuki Hayashi
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Music Production: King Record
Animation Production: Bridge

＜Cast
Leaf Asakura: Yoko Hikasa
Amidamaru: Katsuyuki Konishi
Oyamada Manta: Inuko Inuyama
Anna Osoreyama: Megumi Hayashibara
Michi Ren: Park Norimi
Magon: Kousuke Takaguchi
Ryunosuke Umemiya: Masahiko Tanaka
Skelton: Wataru Takagi
Horohoro: Yuji Ueda
Kororo: Ai Nakajima
Faust VIII: Takehito Koyasu
Lyserg Diezel: Yoko Sawaumi
Chocolove McDanel: Kumaimotoko
Iron Maiden Jeanne: Yui Horie
Marco: Yuichi Nakamura
Tamamura Tamao: Nana Mizuki
Ponchi: Takumu Miyazono
Konchi: Tomoaki Kanze
Jun Michi: Michiko Neya
Lee Hakuryu: Toru Sakurai
Pirika: Rina Hidaka
Silva: Hikaru Midorikawa
Karim: Eiji Hanawa
Mukosuke: Seiichi Morita
Hao: Minami Takayama

＜INTRODUCTION>
SHAMAN KING
It is the king of the stars who controls all things in the forest. Those called "shamans" who can communicate with gods and spirits compete once every 500 years in "shaman fights" for the title.
The battle of one of these shamans, a boy named Ip Asakura, to become the Shaman King will begin in April 2021 as a completely new animation.

(c)Hiroyuki Takei, Kodansha / SHAMAN KING Project.