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Tokageroh

Tokageroh was once a thief that took up residence in an abandoned bowling alley Ryu's gang was inhabiting as their best place. Initially, Tokageroh possessed Ryu to take his revenge on Amidamaru. Later, after some training with Yoh's father, Mikihisa, Ryu learns to be a shaman and takes Tokageroh as his spirit.

X-Laws

The X-Laws consist of (clockwise) Marco, Denbat, Lyserg, Venstar, Cebin, Porf, Meene, & Larch. They are the loyal followers of Jeanne-sama in her quest to rid the world of evil - Hao and his minions. There are no grey areas with the X-Laws. You are either on their side, believing fully in Jeanne-sama, or their enemy.

X-Laws Spirits

Lyserg's Angel = Zerual, Marco's = Michael, Jeanne-sama's = Shamash, Meene's = Gabriel, Venstar's = Metatron, Cebin's = Remiel, Denbat's = Raphael, Larch's = Uriel, and Porf's = Sariel

Yoh Asakura

Yoh is a Shaman, whose main spirit is the great samurai, Amidamaru. Yoh is also the kind of guy who likes to take it easy. Some might call that lazy. He'd much rather take a nap or watch nature than train. Fortunately for him, his fiancee, Anna, has come to make sure he trains hard and becomes the Shaman King.

Yohmei Asakura

Yoh's Grandpa, and the one responsible for Yoh's training up until now. He was the one to set up Yoh's engagement to Anna, and he is the one Yoh turns to when he needs help training.

Zenki (red) and Kouki (blue)

Anna's shikigamis were once Hao's shikigamis that were sealed away in his book containing of all the Onmyou teachings (Chou Senji Ryakettsu). Anna defeats them so she can take the book to Yoh. Later, she uses them at opportune times to her advantage. As Anna isn't a shaman, they don't possess her.

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Pirika

Horo Horo's little sister is determined to train him hard to make sure he becomes the Shaman King.

Ponchi

One of Tamao's meddlesome spirits along with Konchi who despises Anna.

Ran Tao

Jun and Ren's mom who can occasionally calm her husband down but doesn't do much else.

Ren Tao

Ren is the first Shaman Yoh fights before the Shaman Fight. Ren is his family's hope - he must become Shaman King to restore the Tao family. He is determined to beat Yoh in the Fight.

Ryu of the Wooden Sword

Ryu leads a gang of well meaning, yet not very bright outcasts in their quest to find the Best Place, the place where they can belong. Ryu has never felt like he's fit into society, and so he searches for meaning. Upon meeting Yoh, he decided that he wanted to become a Shaman.

Shamon

Lee Pyron's master who Anna is able to contact to help Yoh in his match against Jun Tao.

Silva

Silva/Silver is one of the Priests overseeing the Shaman fight who becomes more concerned with Yoh and the bureaucracy of the Shaman Fight as the series moves forward.

Spirit of Fire

Hao's extremely powerful spirit that can change elementals depending on atmosphere.

Tamao

Tamao has lived on the Asakura estate and grew up training with Yoh. She can predict the future and has two spirits, Ponchi, the raccoon spirit, and Konchi, the fox spirit. She also has a huge crush on Yoh.

Tao Jun

Jun is Ren's loving and protective older sister, who watches out for him in his quest to become the Shaman King.

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Lilirara

A menicine woman who is well versed in Seminoan folklore who provides Yoh and the boys info on getting to Patch Village, though she hates the idea of the Shaman Fight.

Lily Five

Lily Five are Sharon, Millie, Elly, Lily, and Sally. These girls seem to have little talent, and one wonders how they made it so far. They tend to use the boys to get what they need - like directions to Patch Village - but in general, interactions are more or less friendly. Ryu is particularly fond of Millie-chan

Lyserg

Lyserg is kind of a whiny guy who is always putting himself down. His goal is to get stronger so that one day he can avenge his parents' deaths.

Macchi (aka Matilda)

The orange haired girl of Hao's Hanagumi team. Her spirit is the pumpkin doll, Kirisaki Chopper.

Manta

Manta is a strange, and very short, boy who can see spirits, unlike most humans. He befriends Yoh and becomes completely fascinated with the concept of Shamans.

Mari (aka Marion)

The blonde of Hao's team Hanagumi who carries around her demented Manta doll, Kirisaki Gun.

Mick

Mick is Chocolove's Jaguar spirit.

Mikihisa Asakura

Yoh's father. He watches over Yoh from a distance and sends spirits to warn him that the Shaman Fight is about to begin. He has also taken Ryu under his wing and trains him in the ways of the Shaman.

Millie

Millie is the youngest of Sharon's group of 5 girls. She tends to switch loyalties and hangs out with Yoh and co on their way to the Shaman Fight. She's also developed this schoolgirl crush on Lyserg.

Morphine

Morphine is Lyserg's faithful shaman, who stays by him, even when he disowns her for an X-Law Angel.

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Faust VIII

Faust is the Shaman Yoh lost to in the preliminaries, who all but killed Manta for his beloved, deceased Eliza. He has a pure heart which makes him extremely dangerous, but maybe also a powerful ally.

Gorudoba / Goldoba (sp?)

The woman who oversees the 10 Priests of the Shaman Fight and the Shaman Fight in general.

Hao

The mystery guy who looks a lot like Yoh and is pretty powerful. He has taken an interest in Yoh over the other fighters in the Shaman Fight.

Horo Horo

Horo Horo is a Shaman of the Ainu tribe who dreams to becoming the Shaman King to save the Koro Pokkuru race, spirits that live under coltsfoot in the northern lands. His main spirit is Kororu and he uses ice as his elemental power. He also rides a snowboard in OverSoul mode.

Jack

Macchi (aka Matilda)'s Oversoul who does Trick or Treat.

Kanna

The blue haired member of Hao's Hanagumi team. Her main spirit is Ashcroft.

Kino Asakura

Yoh's grandmother who trained Anna in the ways of Itako.

Konchi

Tamao's mischievously sarcastic fox spirit who seems to despise Anna.

Kororo

Kororo is Horo Horo's spirit and one of the Koro Pokkuru, spirits that live under coltsfoot in the northern lands. They have lived in harmony with Horo Horo's people (the Ainu), for years. Now, city life has been destroying nature and the Koro Pokkuru are losing their habitat. It is Horo Horo's dream to become Shaman King and create a vast land filled with coltsfoot for the Koro Pokkuru.

Li Pailong / Lee Pyron

Or in the English Shonen Jump, Lee Bailong... anyway, Lee was originally a kung fu master that starred in a number of martial arts films where he alone would take on the forces of evil. He is Manta's idol. Jun is a priest, not a shaman, and Pailong was given to her 17 years ago as her main kyonshi (frozen corpse). After meeting Yoh, Jun sets Pyron free from her binding spell and he freely chooses to be her kyonshi.

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Amidamaru

Amidamaru is Yoh's main spirit, a samurai who died 600 years ago. Legend says that Amidamaru disobeyed his shogun and killed a great number of people fighting to escape. Now, he and Yoh are friends along with their spirit/shaman relationship.

Anna Kyoyama

Anna is Yoh's fiancee and determined to train him until he becomes the Shaman King because she is determined to live an easy life as the Shaman King's wife. Anna is incredibly powerful, and can act as a Spiritualistic Medium to communicate with the dead. She's also really hard on everyone, especially Yoh and any freeloaders that may stay at the house.

Ashcroft

Kanna's main spirit who does Izuto Brutto.

Bason

Bason is Ren's loyal spirit, who is almost as powerful as Amidamaru. Bason proves his loyalty when Ren confronts his father En Tao to break the seal of hatred that has cursed his family. Alone, Ren is no match for his father, so to prevent his father from using Bason as a puppet, he commands him to leave before he is defeated. Bason unwillingly goes, and immediately seeks out Yoh and persuades him to help. Bason knows his master's heart and can see the good in Ren at all times.

Billy

A man who sometimes shows up whenever Ryu calls Oversoul Big Thumb. He and Ryu have a special bond, and if he's in the area, he'll give the boys a life.

Ching Tao

Ren and Jun's grandfather who doesn't do much.

Chocolove

Chocolove is a Shaman Yoh and co. pick up on their way to Patch Village. His dream is to become a great comedian and spread laughter anywhere. Too bad he isn't funny, but his Oversoul is to evil spirits...

Chuck

Mari (aka Marion)'s Oversoul who does Magnum Craft.

Eliza (aka Mephisto E)

Eliza was Faust's beloved, whom he had saved from a terrible illness. The two married and opened a clinic, but Eliza was shot and killed. Faust turned to necromancy to bring her back to life, but never truly succeeding until Anna helped.

En Tao

Ren and Jun's father who is rather large and overpowering. He does not take kindly to his children's disloyalty.

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Shaman King

Shaman King
Publisher: Shueisha Inc
Type of Anime: TV
Genre: Adventure, Martial Arts, Fantasy
Watched Subbed/Dubbed: Subbed

Overall Rating:

Shaman King is the story of Asakura Yoh, a shaman, and his quest to become the Shaman King. Along the way, Yoh meets a boy, Manta, who has the ability to see spirits, an unusual feat for a human, attempts to find a powerful spirit that will be his main spirit and must withstand intense training from his fiancée, Anna, who dreams of living an easy life as the wife of the Shaman King. He also meets numerous friends along the way.

Shamans have the ability to possess spirits and then utilize the power and skills of the spirit to fight. One of the interesting things, though, is that a Shaman's power does not all come from the spirit he possesses, but is a combination of the Shaman's ability and the spirit's ability, hence Anna's insistence on training. With more training, the Shaman and his spirit become more comfortable with each other and can utilize greater attacks in battle.

As humanity has developed, they have forgotten the spirits and have acted out of desire. The Shaman King is the Shaman who can unite with the Seirei no Ou, or King of Spirits to lead the world back to the right path. The Shaman King will become the world's Savior and reinstate the harmony that once existed. Apparently, there are a good number of Shaman out for the title of Shaman King, to the point where there are even competitions to see who is the strongest. Being of Asakura heritage, Yoh may be a great rival, but he certainly isn't strong enough... at least initially.

Yoh is a great character. He is very laid back and rarely lets his emotions get the better of him. He fights for what he believes in and to protect his friends. The best way I can describe him is that he's mastered Zen philosophy. He can sit for hours thinking of absolutely nothing and believes that there is no point to worrying. Things will happen they way they do regardless of whether he sleeps or doesn't. Anna's pretty much the same way, except that she does worry about Yoh - not that she'd let him see that. The two have an odd relationship. Yoh's scared of Anna and will do what she tells him and Anna constantly pushes Yoh to get better and better. She doesn't seem as though she's capable of showing him how much she cares or maybe she's just scared he will let her down if he cannot become the Shaman King. Still, she believes strongly in him and shows she cares in odd ways like making him new clothes.

The Shaman Fight is a tournament that takes place once every 500 years. An Oversoul is a technique whereby a shaman can shape his spirit into form. They do this by consuming materialization energy known as Furiyoku. During the Fight, Shamans battle one another until their Oversouls fade and all their Furyoku is used up. The shaman who uses all of his Furyoku first is the loser.

The Shaman Fight preliminaries and getting to Patch Village, where the Shaman Fight will be held make up about half of this series. The other half is the actual Shaman Fight itself. Of course, it's not quite that easy, and the Shaman Fight has other implications that Yoh and his friends discover along the way.

My overall impression of is pretty good. I like the mix of philosophy, animation, humor, and fighting, and the characters introduced are interesting (even Lyserg or Chocolove grew on me by the end - although I never did figure our what was up with Millie and Lyserg being Ryu's "Best Place"??). Yes, sometimes it does drag out when each episode becomes a new Shaman Fight battle in that Flame of Recca style, but overall, there were very few episodes I was disappointed with, and the last several were quite good. Now that 26 episodes have been licensed by 4Kids here in the US, I'm absolutely terrified that the series will become a watered down shadow of its former self... guess we'll see in the upcoming months...

I like the animation style a lot, actually. It's simple with just the right amount of detail. It has a nice style to it that goes really well with the overall mood of the series.

The opening and closing theme songs are by Megumi Hagashibara. They're ok for theme songs. The rest of the music isn't bad, though not necessarily .hack//sign or escaflowne caliber. The music did grow on me, and the second season music is far better...

I like the way the character development panned out. Everyone is interesting and they each have their own personalities with good traits and flaws. Yoh is really likable, and Anna just cracks me up with her stern yet powerful nature. Sure, this may be a kid's show, but it's definitely one of the better anime out there!

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