History Manga / ShamanKing

* SpoilerOpening: The first opening to the 2021 remake anime, Soul Salvation, basically shows off everyone fighting Hao in the Shaman King tournament, rather than focus on the early arcs the opening will actually cover.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The heroes CantCatchUp to Hao in terms of power, and as a result Hao becomes the Shaman King. Before he can go through his genocidal plan, ThePowerOfLove kicks in and every single character in the series, good and bad, travel to the spirit world to confront Hao and argue that humanity is fundamentally good. After receiving an ArmorPiercingSlap from his mother and given a stern talking to by everyone, Hao resolves to not kill humanity... ''right away'', stating that he will resume his plans if humans fail to change their corrupt ways. The series epilogue ends on a WhereAreTheyNow section, showing how Team Yoh has grown and changed over the years. Unfortunately, Yoh and his friends are [[RealityEnsues just six guys in a world of millions and can't hope to change a thing]], though the series implies that Yoh's son, Hana, symbolizes the hope that the next generation will be better and can fix the world. The series closes out with Hao looking over the human world and smiling faintly, implying that he too has hope that humanity will change for the better.]]

* AmbiguousEnding: The 2001 anime ends like this. [[spoiler: Hao is defeated, but it's unclear if the Shaman Tournament has been cancelled and if the characters will be forced back into normal lives. Manta even suspects Yoh will have to say goodbye to Amidamaru. However, at the very end, Ragoh appears in the sky once more, implying that the Shaman Fight is back on. The dub clarifies through Manta's narration that the Shaman Fight has begun again, turning the ending into an AndTheAdventureContinues.

** Taking things even further the fact that the litmus test to determine is someone is good is weather or not they can see spirits. This mean that shaman repeatedly come across as KarmaHoudini because they can commit horrendous actions only to be EasilyForgiven, while HumansAreTheRealMonsters. This makes it seem like Shaman adhere more to TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies.

This series [[ShownTheirWork shows a tremendous amount of research]] on Takei's part, since it features shamanistic concepts from many different cultures. Sadly, the manga was CutShort when its popularity faded. It's now gotten a re-release in Japan under the title of ''Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang''[[note]]a pun on ''kanzenban'', "complete edition"[[/note]] in which the actual ending was released over two more volumes. An English digital release of this edition was made available in 2020.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Team LCT/Team Insane Asylum, in the anime, seem to be the wrestlers Bubba Ray Dudley, Edge and Matt Hardy, but they're never directly named.

A new anime adaptation produced by Creator/{{Bridge}} premiered on April 1, 2021 on TV Tokyo, and it consists of 52 episodes. The series streamed in Japan same-day on Creator/{{Netflix}}, while Creator/{{Hulu}} and Website/NicoNicoDouga made it available the following week. Netflix will also stream the series worldwide beginning on August 9.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: Faust's last words were to his dead wife.]]
-->[[spoiler: "Elisa, my love... I can be with you."]]

* EvilMakeover: Well, sort of, when [[spoiler:Lyserg]] joins the X-Laws, though it's actually a uniform. (And they're [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well Intentioned Extremists]] anyway.)

A new anime adaptation produced by Creator/{{Bridge}} premiered on April 1, 2021 on TV Tokyo, and it consists of 52 episodes. The series streamed in Japan same-day on Creator/{{Netflix}}, while Creator/{{Hulu}} and Website/NicoNicoDouga made it available the following week. Netflix will also stream the series worldwide. %%date per https://shamanking-project.com

** Then there's Hao himself. [[spoiler: He wins the tournament without even trying, despite the heroes' best efforts. He then becomes Shaman King and is even allowed to keep the title despite all the evil deeds he's done, which includes killing likely thousands of people. He only gets off with a slap from his mother and a bit of embarrassment due to this.]] Though he seems to get his 'just desserts' in the 2001 anime.

** [[spoiler: Downplayed in the manga. While they fail to stop Hao from obtaining the Great Spirit, they do persuade him to abandon his "kill all humans" plan.]]

This series [[ShownTheirWork shows a tremendous amount of research]] on Takei's part, since it features shamanistic concepts from many different cultures. Sadly, the manga was CutShort when its popularity faded. It's now gotten a re-release in Japan under the title of ''Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang''[[note]]a pun on ''kanzenban'', "complete edition"[[/note]] in which the actual ending was released over two more volumes. A English digital release of this edition was made available in 2020.

This series [[ShownTheirWork shows a tremendous amount of research]] on Takei's part, since it features shamanistic concepts from many different cultures. Sadly, the manga was CutShort when its popularity faded. It's now gotten a re-release in Japan under the title of ''Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang''[[note]]a pun on ''kanzenban'', "complete edition"[[/note]] in which the actual ending was released over two more volumes. A Western digital release of this edition was made available in 2020.

The manga ended after 300 chapters. There is a sequel called ''Manga/ShamanKingFlowers'', which was started [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-09/shaman-king-flowers-sequel-manga-to-launch-in-april April 2012]] but was discontinued until 2018 when it was revived as ''Shaman King The Super Star'' and a spin-off series, ''Shaman King Gaiden: Red Crimson''. There's also the supplementary manga ''Shaman King 0'' which tells short stories of the characters before the main one, and ''Shaman King Remix Track'' short stories in the reprinted edition of humorous nature.

This series [[ShownTheirWork shows a tremendous amount of research]] on Takei's part, since it features shamanistic concepts from many different cultures. Sadly, the manga was CutShort when its popularity faded. It's now gotten a re-release in Japan under the title of Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang[[note]]a pun on ''kanzenban'', "complete edition"[[/note]] in which the actual ending was released over two more volumes. A Western digital release of this edition was made available in 2020.

* BloodierAndGorier: The 2021 anime compare to the 2001 version one, gonna uncensor all of the violence that were showed in the manga due to the more lax MoralGuardians that were really strict in early 2000s. In fact, the show also counted as midnight anime as well due to the reairings on midnight for it's gorier content.

A new anime adaptation produced by by Creator/{{Bridge}} premiered on April 1, 2021 on TV Tokyo, and it consists of 52 episodes. The series streamed in Japan same-day on Creator/{{Netflix}}, while Creator/{{Hulu}} and Website/NicoNicoDouga made it available the following week. Netflix will also stream the series worldwide. %%date per https://shamanking-project.com

A new anime adaptation produced by by Creator/{{Bridge}} premiered on April 1, 2021 on TV Tokyo, and it will consist of 52 episodes. The series streamed in Japan same-day on Creator/{{Netflix}}, while Creator/{{Hulu}} and Website/NicoNicoDouga will make it available the following week. Netflix will also stream the series worldwide. %%date per https://shamanking-project.com

This series [[ShownTheirWork shows a tremendous amount of research]] on Takei's part, since it features shamanistic concepts from many different cultures. Sadly, the manga was CutShort when its popularity faded. It's now gotten a completely redrawn re-release in Japan under the title of Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang[[note]]a pun on ''kanzenban'', "complete edition"[[/note]] in which the actual ending was released over two more volumes. A Western digital release of this edition was made available in 2020.

This series [[ShownTheirWork shows a tremendous amount of research]] on Takei's part, since it features shamanistic concepts from many different cultures. Sadly, the manga was CutShort when its popularity faded. It's now gotten a completely redrawn re-release in Japan under the title of Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang[[note]]a pun on ''kanzenban'', "complete edition"[[/note]] in which the actual ending was released over two more volumes. A Western release of this edition has yet to be announced.

* TakeThat: One to the 2001 anime adaptation. [[spoiler:In the anime, when Lyserg joins the X-Laws, he abandons his spirit Morphea for one of the X-Laws angel spirits, leading to a subplot where he eventually realizes he was wrong and mends ties with Morphea. In the manga, after Lyserg shows off his angel to everyone else for the first time (after saving Horohoro with it), Yoh gets very serious for a moment and asks Lyserg what happened to Morphea. We get reaction shots of everyone else before Lyserg reveals...that she's still with him. She was his parents' final gift to him before they died after all, and they are still very close even if Lyserg is using a different spirit in combat. Later on he uses both spirits in tandem.]]

* UhOhEyes: A subtle example. Whenever either Yoh or Hao are aggravated, their irises lose all color for whatever reason. It's never explained and seems to largely be an artistic quirk.

* TheNineties: The bulk of the series takes place in 1998.