Shaman King Reboot Anime Sequel Announced
Published on April 22, 2022
The rebooted anime adaptation of the Shaman King anime is getting a sequel. The upcoming sequel series will revolve around Hana, the son of Yoh Asakura (Youko Hikasa) and Anna Kyoyama (Megumi Hayashibara). It will adapt the Shaman King: Flowers sequel manga. The recently concluded series has aired 52 episodes over the past year.
Additional details about the new anime, such as format and release date, are yet to be revealed. Read on to know more about the sequel series.
Shaman King Sequel Series: All We Know
Shaman King premiered in Japan in April 2021. It is the second anime adaptation of Hiroyuki Takei‘s manga, following an earlier adaptation in 2001. The sequel manga series is available in English on Kodansha USA's official website. The original Shaman King manga series is also available in English on Kondasha.
Check out a short trailer for the upcoming anime series:
Shaman King's main staff sees Jouji Furuta in the director's chair. Jouji Yonemura serves as the series composer and Sano Satohiko as the character designer. Studio Bridge has produced the series. Two "thank you" visuals featuring the current and grown-up cast have also been released along with the announcement. Check them out:
The Shaman King manga ran from 1998 to 2004 with 32 tankoubon volumes. Shueisha originally published the manga before being re-published by Kodansha in 2018. It later inspired the 2011 Shaman King: Zero manga and the 2012 to 2014 sequel Shaman King: Flowers, which starred Hana. Various Shaman King video games have also been released over the years.
Kodansha USA describes the sequel series, Shaman King: Flowers, as:
"The action returns in this brand-new sequel to SHAMAN KING! Hana Asakura finds that being the son of Yoh & Anna Asakura isn't all it's cracked up to be, and his boredom has him itching for any kind of excitement. But when a fight comes straight to his doorstep, it's from a place he least expects—his own family? The battle for Asakura supremacy begins!"
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