Shaman King
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 7/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Oliver WymanAndrew RannellsMichael SinterniklaasMegumi HayashibaraSam RiegelAmy Palant
Written by
Hiroyuki Takei
Starring
Oliver WymanAndrew RannellsMichael SinterniklaasMegumi HayashibaraSam RiegelAmy Palant
Written by
Hiroyuki Takei
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About
"A sleepy hero fighting ghosts for the world's soul"
Yoh Asakura is a laid-back teenager who can see and befriend spirits, training to compete in the Shaman Fight, a once-every-500-years tournament to become the Shaman King and reshape the world. Partnered with the ghost of a centuries-dead samurai, he drifts through fights with a shrug rather than fury. The show mixes traditional shonen tournament structure with a genuinely gentle, almost melancholic tone, more interested in bonds with the dead than power escalation. It's colorful, episodic, and oddly soothing for a fighting anime, though its early-2000s pacing and animation show their age.
Watch it for
the unusually chill, spirit-focused take on the shonen tournament formula.
Maybe skip if
you need sharp fight choreography or a satisfying, unrushed finale.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12001
8.15K6424h 32m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Yûrei to odoru shônen | 7.6 | 123 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Matsu samurai | 8.3 | 103 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Mou hitori no shaman | 8.2 | 93 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Hyoi 100 | 8.3 | 85 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Oshama na shaman | 7.8 | 83 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Kanfuu masutaa | 7.7 | 104 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Pairon ikari no ippatsu | 7.9 | 108 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Shaman raifu | 8.2 | 81 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Kita no kuni kara kita shounen | 8.3 | 78 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Innen rokupyaku nen | 8.3 | 80 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Haru ni furu ame | 8.4 | 85 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Hajimari wo tsugeru hoshi | 8.1 | 83 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Oobaa souru | 8.1 | 74 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Shaman faito | 8.2 | 73 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Boon kiraazu | 8.2 | 75 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Fausto rabu | 8.6 | 82 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Besuto puresu futari tabi | 7.8 | 73 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Yoh | 7.9 | 74 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Futari no biggu souru | 8.2 | 74 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Souru matareien | 8.3 | 76 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | Biriibu | 8.1 | 76 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Oretachi no hissatsuwaza | 8.2 | 75 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Yomigaeru nyan nyan doushi | 8.0 | 75 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | Fujimi no Tao En | 8.2 | 77 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Shaman e no tabi | 7.9 | 73 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | Biggu Amerika | 7.9 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | Daujingu reboryuushon | 8.2 | 72 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 28 | Rizerugu ribejyaa | 8.1 | 70 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | Mera konjô | 8.1 | 70 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | Ubawareta orakuruberu | 7.7 | 70 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 31 | Seirei no mori | 8.1 | 69 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | Horo Horo nigai tomo no aji | 7.6 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Himitsu na Asakura | 7.9 | 72 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | Amerika onsen | 7.8 | 70 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 35 | Kyuuketsuki densetsu | 7.8 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 36 | Tenshi no pisutoru | 8.2 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 37 | Joudan kingu | 8.0 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 38 | Seminoa no denshouka | 8.4 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 39 | Hanagumi | 7.8 | 68 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 40 | Chou senjiryakketsu | 8.4 | 70 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 41 | Bakuretsu oobaa souru | 8.2 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 42 | Supiritto obu soodo | 8.1 | 70 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 43 | Kamigami no tatakai | 7.8 | 69 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 44 | Mou hitofunbari | 7.8 | 69 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 45 | Gureeto supirittsu | 8.4 | 72 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 46 | Tao no bourei | 8.2 | 69 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 47 | Mera junjou | 7.9 | 67 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 48 | Doragon no dendoushi | 7.9 | 66 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 49 | Dokutaa dokutaa | 8.1 | 67 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 50 | Ore no kokoro nya yami ga aru | 8.2 | 68 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 51 | Shaman hanto | 8.1 | 65 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 52 | Tokkun dayo!? Zenin shuugou | 8.2 | 66 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 53 | Bai bai | 8.2 | 67 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 54 | Hachibanme no tenshi | 8.2 | 67 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 55 | Geeto obu babiron | 8.6 | 68 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 56 | Babiron no tobira | 8.6 | 70 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 57 | Shaman faito shuuryou? | 8.1 | 65 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 58 | Enjyou enjeru | 8.1 | 67 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 59 | Hoshi no seichi | 8.2 | 66 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 60 | Tomodachi | 8.3 | 66 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 61 | Eien ni sayonara | 8.3 | 68 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 62 | Die gekitotsu! | 8.4 | 66 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 63 | Arubeki basho | 8.2 | 68 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 64 | Epirôgu | 7.9 | 89 | 23 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Oliver Wyman Mortimer 'Morty' Manta
Andrew Rannells Lenny
Michael Sinterniklaas Trey Racer
Megumi Hayashibara Anna Kyôyama
Sam Riegel Johann George Faust VIII
Amy Palant Millie, Milly
Katsuyuki Konishi Amidamaru, Blamuro the Vampire Hunter, Mr. Little Lake
Rachael Lillis Pirika
Sebastian Arcelus Zeke Asakura, Yoh Asakura, Yo Asakura
Sean Schemmel Amidamaru, Rio, Young Amidamaru
Crew
Hiroyuki Takei
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