Shaman King

It's not bad, but a bit disappointing. What I especially dislike is that they changed the theme song from the epic original one to another forgettable anime song you skip through.

The anime series Shaman King is an adaptation of the manga of the same name, which was previously adapted as an anime in 2001. It pits shamans against each other in a contest held every 500 years to determine the next shaman king.

I had hoped that there would already be some comments here that could explain why I found "Shaman King" so boring, because the anime actually has nice animations and also a more or less interesting story, but something bothered me and I was slowly starting to think that has withdrawn interest in this anime.

Back when I saw it there were only 38 episodes and I really have no interest in watching anymore.

The reviews here speak for themselves, which calms me down because it shows me that my gut feeling wasn't wrong.

I haven't seen the original either.

I'll admit the first 13 episodes were rather rocky but when it got to episode 14 and higher the pacing and animation gotten better. I'm glad shaman king has gotten a re adaptation, following closely to the manga and given a new spin on the cast and crew. Some of the negative reviews are warranted while others are not. I've noticed a lot are based on blind nostalgia and poor arguments.

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! This series really deserved it...

To compare it to the early 2000's series, I rewatched it and have to say even within the first few episodes the storytelling, action and comedy was much better. The only thing it suffers from is some drawn out pacing like in the Faust vs. Yoh fight, but that rarely occurs.

The old anime also has an alternate ending to the manga due to it not being finished at the time of it's making.

I highly doubt it will happen, but I hope this series gains traction to be remade again in a much better way.

The old series i watched as a kid was a lot better in my opinion.