#Hikaru Midorikawa Reprises His Role as Silva in Shaman King Reboot Anime

One more returning cast is confirmed. The official website for the upcoming reboot TV anime based on Hiroyuki Takei’s Shaman King manga announced today that Hikaru Midorikawa (Heero Yuy in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) will reprise his role as Silva, a Native American of the Patch Tribe and a member of the Shaman Fight Selection Committee. As with many other cast mmebers, he returns to the franchise for the first time in 20 years, since the first anime in 2001-2002.

Meanwhile, Silva’s best friend Kalim is newly played by Eiji Hanawa (Ironman in Marvel Future Avengers). The character was previously voiced by Kazuhiro Nakata, who is now 62, and his last TV anime role was Karasawa-sensei in Shin Atashin’chi in 2016.

Comments from Hikaru Midorikawa:

“I’m very happy to be able to play Silva again. Now I’m rather stable in my low-pitched acting, but I guess it wasn’t so good last time, was it? I think I was struggling to do the low-pitched play with a certain amount of effort. Now that I’m more comfortable with my performance, so I’m going to play Silva with more astringency. Please look forward to it♪”

Comments from Eiji Hanawa:

“I like you, Karim-san. And because I am a fan, I’d like to try to get rid of the one-sided image I have of him and approach him from a flat position. I will do my best so that not only the fans of this series but also those who will watch it for the first time will enjoy it. Thank you very much for your support.”

The new Shaman King TV anime is set to premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates at 17:55 on April 1, 2021 (JST). And it will be streamed on Netflix in 2021.

Main voice cast:

• Yoh Asakura: Yoko Hikasa
• Manta Odayama: Inuko Inuyama 
• Anna Kyoyama: Megumi Hayashibara
• Tao Ren: Romi Park
• Ryunosuke Umemiya: Masahiko Tanaka
• Amidamaru: Katsuyuki Konishi
• Bason: Kousuke Takaguchi
• Horohoro: Yuji Ueda
• Kororo: Megumi Nakajima
• Tamao Tamamura: Nana Mizuki
• Ponchi: Takumu Miyazaono
• Conchi: Noriaki Kanze
• Faust VIII: Takehito Koyasu
• Mosuke: Nasakazu Morita
• Pirika: Rina Hidaka
• Lyserg Diethel: Yoko Soumi
• Chocolove McDonnell: Motoko Kumai
• Silva: Hikaru Midorikawa
• Kalim: Eiji Hanawa

Source: The new “Shaman King” TV anime official website / Twitter

©Hiroyuki Takei, Kodansha/SHAMAN KING Project, TV Tokyo