Shaman King (Japanese: シャーマンキング, Hepburn: Shāman Kingu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in manga. The Shaman King manga was originally serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump between June 1998 and August 2004. The individual chapters were collected and released in 32 tankōbon volumes. In 2017, Kodansha acquired the rights to the series and re-launched it on 35 e-book volumes in 2018, also published in print since 2020.

An anime television series produced by NAS and Xebec aired for 64 episodes on TV Tokyo from July 2001 to September 2002. A reboot anime television series adaptation, produced by Bridge, premiered on TV Tokyo and other channels in April 2021. The manga has also been reprinted in a kanzenban edition, and has spawned various spin-offs and sequel manga, video games, a trading card game, and many types of Shaman King-related merchandise.

In North America, Viz Media obtained the English-language license for the manga and published chapters of Shaman King in its Shonen Jump magazine from March 2003 to August 2007. Kodansha USA re-licensed the series in 2020, and will release it in both digital and physical formats. The anime series was licensed in North America by 4Kids Entertainment in 2003, and aired on Fox Box. Exclusive video games were released by 4Kids Entertainment in North America and Europe.

In Japan, the manga has been popular. As of March 2021, it had over 38 million copies in circulation. Both the manga and anime have been featured, at various times, in “top ten” lists of their respective media. The Shaman King anime has been watched by many television viewers in Japan. Publications about manga, anime, and other media have commented on the Shaman King manga, with positive comments on the series.

Shaman King
Cover of the 25th Japanese kanzenban edition volume, featuring Yoh Asakura
シャーマンキング (Shāman Kingu)
Genre	Adventure Supernatural
Manga
Written by	Hiroyuki Takei
Published by	Shueisha (former) Kodansha (current)
English publisher	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media (former) Kodansha USA (current)
Imprint	Jump Comics (original) Magazine Edge KC (complete edition)
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA Shonen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 30, 1998 – August 30, 2004
Volumes	32 (original) 35 (complete edition) (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Seiji Mizushima
Produced by	Fukashi Azuma Naoki Sasada Takatoshi Chino
Written by	Katsuhiko Koide
Music by	Toshiyuki Ōmori
Studio	Xebec
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment EU Fox Kids Europe/Jetix Europe NA Discotek Media
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	AU Network Ten AUS Cartoon Network BI Fox Kids / Jetix CA YTV PH Cartoon Network US Fox (FoxBox / 4Kids TV)
Original run	July 4, 2001 – September 25, 2002
Episodes	64 (List of episodes)
Manga
Funbari Poem
Written by	Hiroyuki Takei
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media (former) Kodansha USA (current)
Magazine	Akamaru Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 15, 2003 – September 15, 2004
Anime television series
Directed by	Joji Furuta
Written by	Shōji Yonemura
Music by	Yuki Hayashi
Studio	Bridge
Licensed by	Netflix (streaming rights)
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run	April 1, 2021 – present
Episodes	52[4] (List of episodes)
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