MANTA OYAMADA SURPRISED FACE TV

I remember rushing home everyday from school, telling everyone to shut up and turning on the TV to watch Shaman King. I grew up with them as they grew up with each other. Each has their own unique personalities, dreams and lessons to teach us. 10.Ĭharacters! Who can forget Yoh's goofy smile, Ren's fits of anger, Ryu's gigantic thumb and pompadour, Horohoro's cute spirit Kororo, Anna's scary eyes, Manta's brave soul? Nah, they and the rest are unforgettable. I can still recite the two openings and a few other songs from memory. Anyway, the music is very varied and was used purposefully, blending with various scenes in harmony. I even fell in love with Ren Tao - seriously I made dozens of drawings, I even dreamt about him. The effort poured into the voice acting and soundtrack of this series is certainly not widely acknowledged, but the series include two bombs like Romi Paku and Megumi Hayashibara who are very talented, along with many other skillful actors that brought characters to life. Comedic aspects were well balanced with drama and the epic action. The tournament became a means to explore underlying themes of friendship, hatred, forgiveness, hard work, hope and destiny. Characters were introduced, developed and interacted with one another beautifully. I thoroughly enjoyed how it all moved forward, how conflicts were resolved and how the single one threat of Hao loomed closer and closer to build it all up. The dialogues and the story-line are well done until the very end of the anime and the ending may leave a lot of people unsatisfied, therefore I couldn't rate the story 10. Considering their immense number, action sequences are animated okay. People, spirits, places and backgrounds are moderately well designed. As a grown-up I've seen top notch quality and you do not expect SK to demonstrate excellence in terms of art.

For this review I'll consider the Japanese version. I was a child then.Ĭhildren can and do appreciate good anime though. It wasn't my first anime ever but it was the first anime that while watching I was aware it was an anime. I watched Shaman King in three languages, Turkish first, English then Japanese.

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