5.323 minSeason 1 • Episode 52
LatestHao releases the might of his newly acquired powers against Yoh and the others, but the scrappy crew refuses to give up hope.
Medium Yoh Asakura enters a battle tournament held every 500 years, competing with other shamans in a bid to become the all-powerful Shaman King.
Acting
Minami Takayama's chilling dual performance as Hao
Direction
Brisk pacing that trusts viewers to keep up
Writing
Anna and Yoh's terrifyingly healthy relationship
Yoko Hikasa
Yoh Asakura (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Amidamaru (voice)
Minami Takayama
Hao (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Anna Kyoyama (voice)
Inuko Inuyama
Manta Oyamada (voice)
Romi Park
Tao Ren (voice)
Kosuke Takaguchi
Bason (voice)
Masahiko Tanaka
Ryunosuke Umemiya (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Tokagerō (voice)
Yuji Ueda
Horohoro (voice)
Megumi Nakajima
Kororo (voice)
Michiko Neya
Tao Jun (voice)
Toru Sakurai
Lee Pailong (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Tamao Tamamura (voice)
Takumu Miyazono
Ponchi (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2021 reboot adapts the manga's complete ending, which the 2001 anime never reached due to catching up with ongoing publication.
The Patch tribe and Hao's backstory critique colonialism and indigenous exploitation — unusually pointed for shounen.
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