Audience reviews
17 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Stefan_Stefanov
A solid, very VERY solid show.
The rating for it is so low it is not even close to reflecting the actual quality of this show.
It's probably because people are comparing it to the original, and not only that but to the MEMORIES AND THE NOSTALGIA they have for the original show. Which they watched 15-20 years ago when they were children.
I also watched the original when I was maybe 12-13 years old. It was fantastic then.
Now as an adult I watched a few episodes of it while watching the remake, just for comparison.
Still a good show, but the new one is MUCH better. This is an opinion of course, but for my current adult self, the remake is a vastly superior show. Not in every way, but in most ways.
A big reason why I feel this way could be simply because I have already watched the original a…
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Feels very rushed and ending and as it was progressing to the end just felt...ugh...i think i will stay with 2001 version. I just wish they made more episoded and gave more time for characters to interact instead of pushing 7 chapters of manga into one episode which makes everything rushed, skipped or on speedrun. I really enjoyed how some characters were introduced, arc with cat and mountain or Faust was great, but generally I feel it was too rushed, Wish they would make twice more episodes for better pace of anime. Recommend watching 2001 version first then this one,
Read at the sourceKitsuneLisek
As of now we have three different versions of Shaman King. Manga, original anime and new anime. They all start pretty much the same with minor differences. Then there goes a part when old anime and manga/new anime becomes different, but still have the same events. Then there goes that part when old anime stray towards totally different path. If you watched Shaman King as a kid and wonder how much different this adaptation will be, that intro should more or less answer your question.
Most of things I say about manga will apply to a new anime, unless specified otherwise. And I will try to compare it to the "original", old anime. There are some parts, where old anime fleshed out some characters better. One of the examples are Umemiya Ryuunosuke. Although manga did it better overall, not just…
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A really weird show.
On the other hand it's a decent remake-sequel of the original Shaman King anime, with the first dozen or so episodes rehashing the original story, but the rest is completely reworked and unique. So if you've seen the original show, the first half of this 2021 run is kind of boring, but it really picks up and becomes very interesting and fun after than, but the end is just weak sauce.
Instead of an epic fight at the climax, we get some almost random ending that does feel rushed and almost like they cheaped out on it.
No clue what happens in the manga, but judging anime strictly by itself, it's really weird how all the hype and buildup ends up not paying off at all, not to mention, it's spoiled like halfway through the show how the story will end.
Overall, the story isn…
Read at the sourceEoussama
Aaaa yay yay, where to even begin!
I guess I’m not the only one who was driven to watch this by pure nostalgia, the OG show makes some of my biggest core memories that I just had to check this one up, whoever said “trust you gut”, that man was not cooking, at least applied to this scenario.
Calling this a flop doesn’t not even begin to describe the dumpster fire it actually turned out to be. The jokes did not age well, the plot was too slow at times, too fast at some other times, no consistency between comedy and drama, the animation is hilariously average for today’s standard, and I can keep going.
One thing I’ll give this adaptation is the voice acting, it was amazing, all the Japanese one and even the English and French dubs, they were outstanding, all on their own right, but only so…
Read at the sourceMelioDasOfir
I have to say that I see people are really disappointed with this anime, the 2021 version, I don't understand why, the plot progresses very well throughout the 52 episodes, the characters are really interesting, at least to me, this series is not a generic shounen series at all, it has excellent character development that is not It's too long, and its content is really light, you won't see characters like this in many shonen anime, I have to say that the Matamone saga bored me, they could have written it differently or shortened it
Story - 9/10
There is something to improve. I won't argue here, but the series deserves a higher place
Read at the sourceDanahi82
The story starts really bad, but gets interesting later on. The really unfortunate part is the pacing. They give no time to build any rapport with the characters, there is no understanding of struggles or time to let their pasts or stories sink in. The participants keep getting stronger and their is no effort shown whatsoever so one does not understand what is going on with them. It is terribly told, and I can't tell if the original story was this bad or it's just the adaptation. The only redeeming quality is that you can understand the tournament a bit and some of the characters are at times cool. Okay for a one time watch but would not recommend if their is anything better out there
Read at the sourceKingKloud18
The person who directed this version of shaman king needs to do better. I was so hyped for it, but this anime does not do the story any service.
There is a lack of tension and pacing throughout this anime. I was giving the beginning the benefit-of-the-doubt, thinking that they were attempting more of a recap so that they could get to the later parts of the story and flex their skills in adapting the story, but no.
This is just Shaman King with bad pacing, no anticipation & slideshow animation.
The only compliment I have for this anime is that the quality of the colors are so good! Is that what most of the budget went to because it definitely was NOT the animation.
If anything, I would want a better animation studio to re-remake this series with better quality and add SAKUGA animation!…
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Shaman King is a very peculiar topic. So many things were done well while others felt severely underwhelming.
To start, the plot and overall story is very run-of-the-mill. The first half has a clear and solid goal, but it's just so boring! Things are uneventful for the most part and there's only a few moments that are memorable. It almost seemed like there wasn't anything going on in the first place. As the series goes on, the plot takes a complete 180 and it does end up getting more interesting with more action, but the "end-goal" completely falls apart. The story just gets more and more convoluted and random as time goes on, but at least there's actually stuff happening that can capture attention. If you piece together your own interpretation, it's honestly not that bad.
It's extremely…
Read at the sourceInjenss
1. I am an actual Shaman.
2. I have never seen the original Shaman king.
With that in mind, this review may be biased.
I loved this anime. Absolutely loved it. I've never even seen an anime about Shamans before. I've seen anime about Onmyoji, which are Japanese mystics, but I've never seen an anime that covered the entire global Shaman diaspora before. I loved how they really did a great job going all over the world and giving representation to everything from the Druids of Europe to the Shamans of North America. Granted, it's not like it's a compendium of knowledge for true Shamanism, but it's nice to see that whoever made this film really has a knowledge of various Shamanic cultures, histories and ideologies. They also have an even greater depth of knowledge about New Thought. (The…
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Ah yes Shaman King. It is definately one of those shows I used to love as a kid.
To give some backstory first I first watched the old adaptation of this anime back as a kid and went on to read the Manga a bit later. I never finished the story though ... but I knew it differs a lot from the old Anime's ending.
So when the new adaptation was announced I was glad to have the chance to get back into the series to experience the 'correct' adaptation of the Manga's story.
Was it good though...? Well....
The first episodes were actually really promising. I was glad to recognize a lot of scenes from the Manga and it was great to see these characters again after so many years. It was actually pretty enjoyable until the part of Anna's backstory ended... After that everything went downhill sadly.…
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As a big fan of the original anime series of Shaman King, I was pretty concerned about this reboot, since most of the time I tend to be a little disappointed when an old anime gets one (Sailor Moon or Hunter x Hunter, the only exception maybe is Fruits Basket), starting to watch this anime out of curiosity but always with the idea that "next episode it'll get this bad that I'll just hate it."
From my rate, you can deduce this didn't happen. In fact, I actually enjoyed this anime really much. It felt really nostalgic, as you can perfectly see that it's not a recent anime, since it has all the vibes and tropes of a typical 2000's shonen. Even the format of 52 episodes is something that makes me think of an old anime, nowadays it's really rare to have an anime of that lenght. Since it's a 200…
Read at the sourceNadgob
I can think of only one reason this anime is so low rated. It's because people think about it just as I thought at the beginning - oh my lord what does it look like, the nostalgia tells me that this looks bad omg and it's just a reboot. But then I've read that it wasn't just a visual reboot, it was the actual anime adaptation and not only some childlish cartoon about 'friendship is magic'. It's great, it's actually awesome. Yeah sure the art is pretty mediocre and for 2021 anime it SHOULD be better but you can get used to it. Great story. It's awesome that it's gonna get a second season. Can't wait to see it!
Read at the sourceXizKeik
Shaman King is a bad anime series. So where did it all go wrong?
A brief background to make my review more understandable. I watched the original Shaman King when I was a child. Then when I entered high school and was on my way to being addicted to anime, I watched it again, with a broader mind. Then I read the manga and even the sequel, Shaman King Flowers.
When the remake was announced, my childhood friends were making a big fuss of it, on how it was a great story and how it was a lit show. I already knew that the show was going to be bad. The answer to the question of where did it go wrong is simple; the moment an anime adaptation was going to be produced.
People, especially from the place where I’m from tend to view anime from 1990s and 2000s as if they were all good. Maybe because…
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I was really excited to watch Shaman King because this was one series which I was sure that I have heard about, but knew next to nothing about.
Although this remake was all over the place in terms of pacing , with the first 12 ep being speedrun of the part which the old series adapted from the manga, ep 13-37ish something being nice and slow adaptation of Manga, also containing my FAVOURITE arc Osorezan le Voile and MATAMUNE. And the final stretch of it being just so much cut content, averaging at around 6-7 chapter per episode.
One thing you can't complaint about is the Theme Songs, especially the 4 Ending Themes, each better than the previous. And there was no doubt the soundtrack is gonna be epic when you have Hayashi Yuuki on board.
All in all this was far from a perfect adaptation…
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I really loved this adaptation! I had a blast watching it every week and was always excited for each new episode. Of course, it's not perfect, it does have some flaws which, depending on your preferences, may affect your opinion really negatively, but I personally had an overwhelmingly positive experience!
I loved the story, though that's kind of a given, since I'm a fan of the manga in the first place. Nevertheless, it's worth mentioning that this anime does a great job adapting the whole story of the manga and very faithfully at that. There are very few things that have been changed or cut, but they're really inconsequential. I absolutely adored the "Osorezan revoir" arc in particular (which shows Yoh and Anna's backstory), easily the best part of the anime for me and one I've wanted to…
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The story starts meh, becomes kinda interesting and then gets worse and worse, thats both due to messy pacing and the core of story itself being bad.
The story its simple enough and moves fast, which is even more amazing on how it got this bad, it cannot even keep its tone consistent, DEM and lack of any consequences as well.
The characters themselves are not that interesting either, a lot of them are annoying as well and there is a lot of them, pointless additions overall but on the bright side the villain is fleshed out well, if not for the tone thing i mentioned which you cannot take him seriously despite being OP.
Art is on the good side which is a first for Bridge but since its Bridge after all the animation is a slideshow, the music is the only decent part of it.
I have not watch…
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