Continuing with it’s current weekly trend the official Shaman King 2021 anime Twitter and website were updated on March 4th at 10:00am local time in Japan with new announcements. Unlike the last couple of weeks, the announcements this time were a bit different!
New Promotional Video
A new promotional video (PV) has released featuring new animation, character designs, and the sampling of the new Opening Theme song! An official English trailer is listed below:
English Streaming will be provided by Netflix
Shortly after being announced in Japan, Netflix has announced that it will be streaming the Shaman King anime in 2021 for English audiences. They have not specified which regions outside of Japan this is for and only lists a release date of 2021. it is not clear if this is an exclusive streaming rights or not. Additionally it’s not clear if there will be an English dub (or when that will release). A page for Shaman King has been added to the English Netflix website.
Netflix Japan has seperately announced that they will be streaming the new anime. They will premiere the new episodes one week in advance of the TV broadcast with Japan only. They will likely have episodes 1 & 2 available on April 1st.
Opening and Ending Themes
Previously it was announced that the voice of Anna, Megumi Hayashibara would be performing the new opening and ending themes for the Shaman King anime. Today the song titles were formally announced!
Opening Theme: “Soul Salvation”
Ending Theme: “#My Fingertips” (Boku no Yubisaki)
On her blog, Megumi Hayashibara wrote that she will be previewing the “Soul Salvation” song on her weekly radio talk show “Tokyo Boogie Night” this upcoming weekend. A recording of this episode will stream online, with no region restrictions, starting on March 9th. This episode will only stream for one week before being replaced with a new episode.
Both of these songs, with their Karaoke/Instrumental tracks will be released in the Single CD on April 15th in Japan. The single will be named “Soul Salvation” to match the opening theme song. The CD cover was also shown in the image below. Previously the single had a temporary title of “TV anime “Shaman King” Theme Song Maxi Single.”
Depending on where you purchase the CD single in Japan there are a variety of bonus extras that may be included and there may be differences between locations for similar items. Bonus are only while supplies last.
- Animate: 2 postcards (a pic of Megumi and a scene of the anime)
- Kinkuri-do: 2 postcards (a pic of Megumi and a scene of the anime)
- Gamers: 2 postcards (a pic of Megumi and a scene of the anime)
- Seven Net Shopping: postcard
- Sofmap Animega (some stores): postcard
- Tower Records: postcard
- Toranoana: postcard
- Yamano Gakki: postcard
- Rakuten Books: postcard
- Amazon: postcard
- HMV: postcard
- Neowing: postcard
- TSUTAYA RECORDS (some stores): postcard
- WonderGOO / Shinseido (some stores): postcard
Additionally, if you buy this CD and Megumi Hayashibara’s 30th Anniversary Album “Vintage Denim” at Animate, there are additional bonus items of an A3 clear poster & badge. The Vintage Denim album contains the 2001’s Shaman King anime themes of “Over Soul” and “Northern Lights.” The the benefits can be found here.
The first printing of the single CD will also have this new image drawn by Hiroyuki Takei:
Premiere Date for the Anime!
The Shaman King (2021) anime will premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo Thursday April 1st, 2021.
The main broadcast will be in the evenings at 5:55 on Thursdays. It will also air on BS TV Tokyo on Thursday evenings at 0:30 (which is effectively Fridays). The exact dates/times are subject to change and the specific channels are listed on their website.
A new Key Visual for the series was also posted.
The date for this announcement was accidently posted on Twitter from the Nakayosi magazine’s official Twitter account. The tweet also included a preview of the upcoming Shaman King: & a garden volume 1 cover and advertise the recently released Nakayosi magazine. The tweet was posted for about 45 minutes before it was deleted. Revised tweet was posted 30 minutes after the official announcement today.
Marco & Iron Maiden Jeanne’s Voice Actors announced
Unlike with previous announcements we did not get a unique visual for these characters, outside of the new “Key Visual 2.”
Yui Horie ( 堀江由衣) will return from the original 2001 anime to play Iron Maiden Jeanne in the new anime.
Yūichi Nakamura (中村悠一) will be the new voice for Marco. Marco was originally played by Akimitsu Takase in the 2001 anime.
Voice Cast Comments
Similar to the previous voice cast announcements, they asked the voice cast members the same questions for their comments. We’ve included a rough English translation below.
Yui Horie for the voice of Iron Maiden Jeanne
Can you tell us about the appeal of this series?
There are many characters in this series, all of which you can feel their emotions, beliefs, and struggles. They are all very attractive too!
Can you tell us about how you feel to play Iron Maiden again?
It’s been a long time since I’ve played Jeanne, but I hope I portray her sense of justice and beliefs passionately.
As a fan, I’m very happy to be able to see Shaman King animated again! I’m sure it will be a wonderful work, so please watch it along with me!♪
Yūichi Nakamura for the voice of Marco
Can you tell us about the appeal of this series?
The themes of the story were so heavy that it made me wonder how it was serialized in a shonen magazine at the time.
I was intrigued by the way the story incorporated various issues into the world of Shaman King and made the readers think about them more deeply.
Can you tell us about how you feel to play Marco?
I hope I can convey Marco’s excessive seriousness and force of justice.
The other cast members are already so powerful, so I will do my best not to lose.
