On June 28th via a tweet, German publisher KSM Anime has announced they acquired the license for the 2001 Shaman King anime. The first Blu-ray boxset will release in Germany on September 26, 2024. The boxset will contain the first 16 episodes of the 64 episode series in both the German audio dub and Japanese with German subtitles. The first boxset will also come with a slipcase to contain the future sets. The exact number of sets have not been announced yet. But based on the episode count, likely each set will contain 16 episodes.
The runtime is listed at 384 minutes, will be on 4 Blu-ray discs for a MSRP of 49,99 € and is available for pre-order on Anime-Planet.de. It will have DTS-HD Master Audio and the video presentation will be cropped to at 16:9 ratio and is listed as the first time the series is being presented in HD in Germany. The original anime series was created in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Extras included on the disk are a trailer and episode guide.
The region code for this release has not been announced. Normally discs released in Germany would have the region coding of B, for use in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand. This Blu-Ray box set may not be playable in region A Blu-ray players which are available in North America and Japan.
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Previously, the Shaman King (2001) anime was released in Germany on a variety of DVD sets featuring the German language dub between 2005 and 2008. Prior to this upcoming release on Blu-ray in Germany, it was only available on Blu-ray in North America with Discotek’s 2 releases; one featuring the original Japanese audio with English subtitles, and the other featuring the English audio dub. Both of these English releases maintain the original 4:3 aspect ratio for the video presentation. The original 2001 Shaman King anime has not been released on Blu-ray in Japan. The 2021 remake of the Shaman King anime has only released on Blu-ray in Japan.
