Zatch Bell!

Love it. The most best part is ending. Best story with best ending. When you start watching show or reading comic you will get connected to story.

When I first watched "Zatchbell!" on Cartoon Network, I admit, I was very skeptical, I was expecting another butchered up anime, ie: "Rave Master", "Pokemon", and "Yu-Gi-Oh!" But to my pleasant surprise, "Zatchbell" was original and definitely entertaining, if not humorous with a touch of warmth.

I'm sure the names were altered to suit American viewing audience but the anime itself is excellent. The voice acting is pretty decent, with resident voice actors like Steven Blum ("Cowboy Bebop," "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex," "Wolf's Rain," "the Big O!" ), Crispin Freeman ("Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex," "Wolf's Rain") and Debi Derryberry ("Jimmy Neutron") at the helm.

The characters are all pretty well developed. The main character, Kiyo, is the smart, hothead, taciturn, stubborn head who doesn't have any friends (unless you count empty headed Suzy); but when one day his father drops in his birthday gift, Kiyo gets more than he bargained for: his best friend, Zatch, a Mamodo sent from the Mamodo world to do battle with the rest of the Mamodos, also sent from the Mamodo world to earth, to team up with a human partner and become King of the Mamodos. "Zatchbell" is sort of analogous to "Pokemon" except its the Mamodos that are fighting each other to gain "power," plus they can speak the human language. Each Mamodo is assigned a book from which the human counterparts read spells from that allow the Mamodos to perform amazing capabilities like shoot lightening from their mouths or move at lightening speed.

The show's certainly nothing like the anime greats, "Cowboy Bebop," "Trigun," "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex," and "Fullmetal Alchemist," but it certainly can stand alone by itself with memorable characters and a decent plot.

Overall, "Zatchbell!" is a pretty entertaining anime that shouldn't be missed. I give an 8+/10 B+++

This anime is one of the best that I've ever watched in my life. I watched it when I was a little boy and re-watched it now, as an adult, due to the amazing history and the beautiful message that it provides. However, the TV Series (a.k.a. anime) is not finished. I've read that the manga drawer broke his wrist and couldn't continue it, so the anime team had to figure up a way to finish it, cutting the 'real' history and making another ending. When the manga writer recovered, he continued the history, and he made the 'real ending' of it, that is a lot better than th anime one, with the original ideas. I would have liked watching the real ending in anime, but instead I had to read it all along the manga, which is really good though.

I am NOT one to like those Anime Cartoons (eg.Pokemon,Dragonball Z,Naruto), But Zatch Bell is Different in my opinion.Zatch Bell is more Exciting, has better characters, and doesn't focus so much on a sort of weapon or Mamodo as much as the episodes i've seen,Such as it The Episodes "Big Brother Kanchome", "Zatch vs. Kiyo".Zatch Bell Really focuses on the Life of The Strange Zatch,The Smart Kiyo,The Clueless Suzy,and the WeIrD Ponygon.Zatch Bell is probably my Fav Cartoon for now,but I encourage others to watch 1 Episode of it, you'll most likely will like it!

-Robbie H. (aka Vectorman)

About a decade ago, when Toonami used to air this anime, I wasn't exactly fond of it. However I just watched the pilot on YouTube and it's better than I gave it credit for. Yeah, the first episode plays like something out of The Karate Kid, but I gets better from there. Zatch is an awesome and adorable kid. I really want to watch more of the series. Too bad Toonami doesn't air it, anymore and would rather show overrated crap like Attack on Titan. I guess there's always the internet.