Line #57 Trivia/ShamanKing


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2	* ActingForTwo: Most of the 2001 and 2021 anime's principal actors acted for two at various times. Creator/YuiHorie and Creator/MegumiHayashibara had relatively fewer episodes in which they played multiple roles, but they did do it on occasion -- for example in the episodes featuring both Jeanne and Lilly, or Opacho and Anna.
3	* ApprovalOfGod: Seiji Mizushima, the director of the 2001 anime, expressed high hopes for the 2021 reboot.
4	* AuthorsSavingThrow: When Chocolove (Joco in the localization) was introduced, many people complained about his design being racist, specifically his thick lips that compared to him a blackface stereotype. Though his designed remained unchanged in the first adaptation, the 2021 remake has introduced a less offensive design of Chocolove (alongside his gang), his lips matching those of the rest of the cast.
5	* CashCowFranchise: After the original manga cancellation, the series suddenly had a rise in popularity. {{Spin Off}}s, {{Prequel}}s and {{Sequel}}s have been spawning left and right, which served to make the [=KanZenBan=] (Ultimate Edition) reprint possible and give a proper ending to the manga. Yet more works have been born lately, and the recent ''Shaman King Zero'' says it best:
6	--> Tag-line: '''''"From being unfinished, to being super completed!"'''''
7	* ChannelHop:
8	** In June 2018, Creator/VizMedia dropped the license to publish ''Shaman King'' in North America, leaving the final three volumes unfinished. Two years later, Kodansha USA Publishing released the completed manga as a [=comiXology=] original.
9	** While Creator/TVTokyo and King Records were still involved in the 2021 anime, it was produced by Creator/{{Bridge}} instead of Creator/{{Xebec}}, which closed down in May 2019. In addition to the Japan-exclusive streams on Creator/{{Netflix}}, Creator/{{Hulu}} and Website/NicoNicoDouga, it streams as an original on Netflix's international services.
10	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Shaman Prince in Greece.
11	* CrossDressingVoices: Almost all the major teenage male characters (except Horohoro) are voiced by women. In some cases, it's pretty obvious.
12	* DuelingWorks: With ''Manga/HunterXHunter.'' Both started publication the same year (with ''Hunter × Hunter'' predating it by three months), they both have a magic rule set that allows them to turn everyday objects into deadly weapons, and they both have the hero's friendly rival being a child raised by a family of assassins.
13	* FakeBrit: Ren and Jun both have British accents in the 4Kids dub. For some bizarre reason, Lyserg does not, even though unlike Ren and Jun (who are Chinese), he actually ''is'' British.
14	* FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition: ''Shaman King'' was originally published by Shueisha. Kodansha bought the series after Hiroyuki Takei left Shueisha in 2017 due to CreativeDifferences.
15	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
16	** In North America, only the first six episodes were released unedited on two DVD volumes. The volumes went out of print after Funimation and 4Kids's distribution deal expired, although they can be found cheap at Amazon. Three more uncut volumes were planned to be released in 2005, but they were cancelled. Creator/DiscotekMedia has announced they have plans to release this dub with the uncut Japanese version.
17	** 4Kids's edited dub has never been rebroadcast in North America since it ended its run in 2005 and unlike the first two uncut volumes, it remained unavailable on home video. That was until June 7, 2021, when Creator/DiscotekMedia announced the rights to it.
18	* MilestoneCelebration: The 2021 anime reboot coincides with the 20th anniversary of the first anime.
19	* NewbieBoom: Kodansha's re-release of the manga in 2018, as well as the 2021 anime reboot, helped bring in some new fans.
20	* TheOtherDarrin: Since the 2021 reboot was produced two decades after the 2001 anime, quite a few characters appearing in both had to be recast, both living and dead:
21	** In the Japanese version:
22	*** Creator/YokoHikasa voices Yoh Asakura instead of Creator/YukoSato.
23	*** Kousuke Takaguchi replaces Creator/ShinpachiTsuji, Koichi Sakaguchi and Creator/NobutoshiCanna as Bason, Koji Yamada and Muscle Punch, respectively.
24	*** Despite Creator/NanaMizuki coming back to voice Tamao Tamamura, she's been replaced as Kororo by Creator/MegumiNakajima.
25	*** Tooru Sakurai replaces Nobutoshi Canna as Lee Bai Long.
26	*** Takumu Miyazono and Noriaki Kanze respectively voice Ponchi and Konchi instead of Creator/KenyuuHoriuchi and Tsutomu Kashiwakura. However, Horiuchi reprised his role as Mikihisa Asakura.
27	*** Kenichiro Matsuda replaces Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi as Luchist Lasso, despite Konishi coming back to voice Amidamaru.
28	*** Creator/EijiHanawa voices Kalim instead of Creator/KazuhiroNakata.
29	*** Creator/RyotaroOkiayu voices Boris instead of Creator/KojiIshii.
30	*** Yohmei Asakura is voiced by Creator/HiroshiNaka instead of Creator/TakeshiAono, who died of post-operative multiple cerebral infarctions in 2012 (he would have been 84 at the time of the 2021 anime's premiere).
31	*** Creator/RinaHidaka and Creator/MarikoNagai replaced the late Creator/TomokoKawakami as the respective voices of Pirica Usui and Meene Montgomery, after Kawakami died of ovarian cancer in 2011.
32	*** Space Shot is voiced by Kohsuke Tanabe instead of Masaaki Okura.
33	*** Despite Creator/YujiUeda coming back to voice Horohoro, he's been replaced as Ball Boy by Yusuke Shirooka and as Hang Zang-Ching by Creator/TsuguoMogami.
34	*** Tao Yúan and Tao Ran are respectively voiced by Hideaki Tezuka and Sayaka Kinoshita instead of Creator/MasashiEbara and Ai Sato.
35	*** Takahiro Fujiwara voices Bill Burton instead of Yoshinori Sonobe.
36	*** Though Masahiko Tanaka still voices Ryunosuke Umemiya, he's been replaced as Mohamed Tabarsi by Anri Katsu.
37	*** Saki Endo, Kei Shindo and Wakana Minami voice Kanna Bismarch, Marion Phauna and Matilda Matisse instead of Creator/YokoSoumi, Creator/MichikoNeya and Tomoe Hanba.
38	*** Creator/YuichiNakamura replaces Creator/AkimitsuTakase as Marco.
39	*** Creator/MasakazuMorita voices Mosuke instead of Creator/HisaoEgawa.
40	*** Due to Toshitaka Shimizu's tragic suicide in 2003, Apache is voiced by Yoshihito Sasaki.
41	*** Creator/KishowTaniyama and Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki respectively voice Zen Yoneda and Ryo Sugimoto instead of Creator/NobuyukiHiyama and Creator/MasayaOnosaka.
42	** In the English dub:
43	*** Due to Sebastian Arcelus retiring from voice acting, Yoh and Hao Asakura are voiced by Creator/AbbyTrott and Creator/EricaMendez, respectively.
44	*** Creator/KaijiTang and Creator/DCDouglas voice Amidamaru and Ryunosuke Umemiya instead of Creator/SeanSchemmel due to CreativeDifferences.
45	*** Creator/LauraStahl plays Tao Ren instead of Creator/AndrewRannells.
46	*** Creator/ErikaHarlacher voices Matilda Matiss instead of Creator/EricaSchroeder.
47	** For the Latin American Spanish dub:
48	*** Horohoro is voiced by Abraham Vega instead of Creator/LuisDanielRamirez, due to the latter being banned from the dubbing studio following several accusations of sexual harassment.
49	*** Creator/SalvadorDelgado, who voiced Bason in the 2001 anime, was replaced by Creator/ReneGarcia for the 2021 reboot.
50	*** Creator/JoseLuisOrozco plays Yohmei Asakura instead of Carlos del Campo.
51	** For the Italian dub:
52	*** Tommaso Zalone replaces Creator/SimoneDAndrea as Yoh.
53	*** Creator/MoseSingh replaces Creator/PatrizioPrata as Tao Ren.
54	*** Dario Sansalone replaces the late Creator/DanieleDemma as Faust.
55	* TheOtherMarty: In the 2021 version, Sean Schemmel initially reprised his roles as Amidamaru and Ryunosuke, and even recorded dialogue, before leaving the project.
56	* OvertookTheManga: Due to falling sales and a slow publication rate, the 2001 anime ended up overtaking the manga. The fact the anime had its life shortened led to a GeckoEnding to avoid a NoEnding.
57	* PlayingAgainstType:
58	** Creator/EricaMendez, who is often cast as either [[TheHero heroic]] or [[GenkiGirl energetic]] characters, is the English dub voice for [[BigBad Hao]] in the 2021 anime, making this one of her few villainous roles.
59	** Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker, who normally voices TheQuietOne, ShrinkingViolet, or NiceGirl character types, voices the male [[CrossDressingVoices Hana Asakura]].
60	* ReleaseDateChange: Kodansha USA Publishing was originally scheduled to release the manga on July 28, 2020, but it was eventually delayed to October 6.
61	* RoleReprise: In the 2021 anime reboot:
62	** Returning from the 2001 anime are Creator/MegumiHayashibara as Anna Kyoyama and Opacho, Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi as Amidamaru, Creator/InukoInuyama as Manta Oyamada, Creator/RomiPark as Tao Ren, Creator/MasahikoTanaka as Ryunosuke Umemiya, Creator/WataruTakagi as Tokagero, Creator/YujiUeda as Usui "Horohoro" Horokeu, Creator/MichikoNeya as Tao Jun, Creator/NanaMizuki as Tamao Tamamura, Creator/HikaruMidorikawa as Silva, Creator/TakehitoKoyasu as Faust VIII, Creator/MotokoKumai as Chocolove "Joco" [=McDonell=], Creator/MitsuakiMadono as Peyote Diaz, Creator/YuiHorie as Jeanne, Creator/KenyuuHoriuchi as Mikihisa Asakura, Creator/MikaDoi as Keiko Asakura, Creator/HisakoKyoda as Kino Asakura and Creator/MinamiTakayama as Hao Asakura.
63	** The English dub has Creator/TaraSands, Oliver Wyman, Creator/LisaOrtiz, Matt Caplan, Creator/VeronicaTaylor and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas reprising their roles as Anna Kyoyama, Manta Oyamada, Jun, Faust, Tamao Tamamura and Horohoro, respectively. Creator/DanGreen and Creator/WayneGrayson also return as Lee Pyron and Silva for the former, and Tokagero for the latter, now credited under their real names Jay Snyder and Vinnie Penna respectively. Creator/EricStuart also returns as Marco Lasso. Jonathan Todd Ross comes back as Kalim.
64	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Gabriel Gama (Yoh Asakura), Rubén Moya (Amidamaru), Creator/LauraTorres (Manta Oyamada), Ana Lucía Ramos (Anna Kyoyama), Rolando de la Fuente (Tao Ren), José Arenas (Faust) and Gisela Casillas (Tao Jun) reprise their roles again.
65	** In the Italian dub, Creator/EmanuelaPacotto (Anna), Creator/LucaBottale (Horo Horo), Creator/ClaudioMoneta (Amidamaru), Creator/PatriziaScianca (Manta), Creator/AlessandraKarpoff (Tao Jun), Creator/MassimoDiBenedetto (Hao), Creator/GianlucaIacono (Ryu), Creator/StefanoAlbertini (Tokageroh), Creator/ClaudioRidolfo (Apache), Creator/SerenaClerici (Tamao), Creator/RiccardoPeroni (Ponchi), Paolo Sesana (Silva), Creator/MarcoBalzarotti (Kalim), Creator/RiccardoRovatti (Yohmei), Creator/CaterinaRochira (Kino) and Creator/CinziaMassironi (Lilirara) reprise their roles again.
66	* ScrewedByTheNetwork:
67	** In North America, Creator/FourKidsTV aired ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' and the first ''Shaman King'' anime at the same time that Kids WB ran their biggest cash cows, ''Pokémon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''.
68	** In Latin America, the show aired in the afternoon schedule alongside ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' on Fox Kids and it became one of the most popular shows on the channel. However, when the channel became Jetix, it was moved to the very late hours of the night (where no kid could be awake to watch it) and ratings plummeted until it was removed from the channel. Unlike Kirby however (a series that suffered the same fate), the Shaman King dub was able to survive through airings across the region on local TV channels and it was added to Amazon Prime in 2020, making it easier for fans on the region to re-watch it.
69	* ThoseTwoActors: Creator/MegumiHayashibara (Anna and Opacho) and Creator/InukoInuyama (Manta) had appeared together on ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' as Jessie and Meowth, respectively.
70	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
71	** In North America, five volumes of the 2001 anime were planned to be released as part of 4Kids' efforts to release their anime uncut, but only the first two volumes were released.
72	** At Otakon 2015, Masao Maruyama of Creator/{{MAPPA}} once expressed interested in producing a new reboot of ''Shaman King''.
73	** In 2017, Hiroyuki Takei revealed that he turned down an offer to produce the anime reboot since the studio at the time wanted to change the voice actors and music. Fortunately, while Yuki Hayashi wrote the music for the 2021 reboot, most of the 2001 anime's voice actors stayed.
74	* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: The [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment [=4Kids=]]] dub is considered one of the better dubs that they produced, since the series wasn't [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerised]] as much as other works that [=4Kids=] had under their umbrella. However, since ''Shaman King'' revolves around death and features heavy violence, it also attracted ire from MoralGuardians at the time. Coupled with [[ScrewedByTheNetwork having a bad timeslot]] and the company's negative reputation, the show flopped in the United States, and is ultimately what led [=4Kids=] to continue their usual censorship and localization practices for future dubs.
75	* WordOfGod: According to Seiji Mizushima, who directed the 2001 anime adaptation, the original material featured in the second half was done at Shuiesha's request.

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