Forum - View topicShaman King (TV 2021).
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Stark700
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Season 01: Shaman King (TV 2021) Season 02: Shaman King Flowers (TV) Source: Manga (completed @ 32 volumes, by Hiroyuki Takei) Demographic: Shounen Animation Studio: Bridge Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, supernatural, tournament Themes: spirits, superpowers Plot Summary: 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. Air Date & Platform: Season 01: April 1, 2021 (Thursday) Available on: Netflix Season 02: January 9, 2024 (Tuesday) Available on: Netflix Episode Count / Runtime: Season 01: 52 episodes Season 02: 13 episodes Total: 65 episodes |
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DuskyPredator
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Episode 1
I am not really familiar with the franchise, but I thought that the first episode was pretty awful. Character designs are ugly from a lack of consistency (which under the right circumstances can be interesting, reactions seem super outdated, and it just feels bloated. I also kind of got some sort of sense that maybe it both was sticking too close to a manga, and perhaps going through quickly. For instance, we got told by the short guy who was going to cram school, that the shaman was spacy or something, and then shortly afterwards it is meant to be some big reveal as part of what a shaman needs to do to get in the zone. It was all tell and not show, and just was not really good. There is practically no chance of things like atmosphere which I think it wants to bank on, and was just kind of uncomfortable to watch. I think it is likely I won't watch any more. |
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ACｘS
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That was nostalgic. But I'm gonna have to drop this show. I watched the original series which came out about 20 years ago (holy hell, 2 decades?) , and wasn't a big fan of it. I did finish watching it because any anime was cool for me back then; that's what it felt like for me who began watching anime only then. It's nice to see the show having a remake with better production values, and even a few original voice actors (Paku Romi as Tao Ren yet again, that's cool). I can still somewhat remember the main events from the original series, and I don't think it's going to be radically different this time round. Those were fun times, and this show reminds me of them. But I've moved on. Thanks for the memories, Shaman King. |
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