#New Shaman King Anime Gets First Preview Trailer, Key Visual

The upcoming Shaman King anime received its first PV and key visual. It is scheduled to premiere in April 2021.

The anime’s staff includes Jouji Furuta (The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments, Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom) as director, Jouji Yonemura (Wave, Listen to Me!) as series composer, Sano Satohiko (Talentless Nana) as character designer, Masaaki Kawaguchi (Talentless Nana) as art director, Natsuko Ootsuka (In/Spectre) as color designer, Teruyuki Kawase (Talentless Nana) as photography director, and Yuuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia) as music composer. Studio Bridge is in charge of the animation production. 

The cast includes Youko Hikasa (Cells at Work! CODE BLACK, Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina) as You Asakura, Katsuyuki Konishi (Deca-Dence) as Amidamaru, Inuko Inuyama (Pokémon Journeys: The Series) as Manta Oyamada, Megumi Hayashibara (Pokémon Journeys: The Series) as Anna Kyouyama, Romi Park (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) as Tao Ren, and Kousuke Takaguchi (Guilty Crown) as Bason. Other cast members include Masahiko Tanaka (Obsolete) as Ryuunosuke Umemiya, Wataru Takagi (Dorohedoro) as Tokagerou, and Minami Yakayama (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School) as Hao.

Shaman King is based on a manga series by Hiroyuki Takei which ended in 2004. Prior to this new anime series, there was a previous anime adaptation in 2001. Kodansha, which announced in July that it was teaming up with comiXology to make the entire manga series available in English digitally, describes the story as:

In the world of Shaman King, shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada’s about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training!