Shaman King Season 2 Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Everything You Need to Know
The Shaman King reboot in 2021 was a shōnen anime that we didn’t know we needed. Its engrossing magical plot, and snappy visuals similar to Soul Eater’s animation, were the perfect dose of nostalgia for fans of classic 2000s anime.
Nevertheless, the 52-episode-long first season proved to be rather short considering the story’s scope, as such, the fanbase is wondering what’s the scoop on Shaman King: Season 2.
Interestingly, there’s good news and bad news. The bad being there technically might not be a Shaman King: Season 2, and the good is that a sequel anime is already under development.
Upon the conclusion of the television anime reboot for Hiroyuki Takei’s Shaman King manga, it was immediately revealed through an ad that Shaman King Season 2 has already been greenlit.
The second season will adapt the sequel of the manga called Shaman King: Flowers, which focuses on Hana Asakura, the son of Yoh and Anna, as he is brought into the Asakura Family while his parents are away.
Nowadays, if you asked someone what their favourite classic shonen anime was, you’d likely hear the names “Dragon Ball Z,” “Naruto,” or “One Piece.”
While those shows are amazing in their own right, they’re only the tip of the iceberg, and they are far from the only options when it comes to influential shonen.
Amidst those names stands another series that is, perhaps, somewhat overlooked. This may be due to the inaccuracies of its original anime adaptation, or the simple fact that the series itself ended before reaching the lengthy runs some shonen series enjoy.
Whatever the cause, the classic 2001 anime “Shaman King” just isn’t as well known as its contemporaries.
However, that’s beginning to change as Netflix subscribers are bingeing a new reboot that aims at a more faithful adaptation of the original manga.
Netflix picked up the exclusive streaming rights for the series, introducing it to an entire new generation of anime fans.
Netflix debuted the first season in its entirety on August 9. Now, fans are wondering when they’ll get to see more of this ongoing series.
A new Shaman King Season 2 sequel was confirmed to be greenlit for production shortly after Shaman King 2021 Episode 52 was released in Japan on April 21, 2022.
Shaman King Season 2 Release Date
Netflix is releasing Shaman King which consists of 52 episodes in total in volumes, With Volume 1 consists of 1 to 13 released on 25 August 2021, which was followed by Volume 2 consisting of 14 to 26 episodes got released on 24 November 2021, then volume 3 consisting of 27 to 39 episodes got premiered on 23 February 2021.
And Netflix is all set to release Shaman King’s season 1 final volume consisting of 40 to 53 episodes on 4th May 2022.
But Netflix has still not announced any updates regarding Shaman King Season 2 but has announced that it will be released in near future.
And the remaining volume of Shaman King Season 1 is also going to be delayed as per the sources.
But as any updates come regarding the release date of Shaman king season 2 we will immediately update this section, till then stay tuned to Latest Series for future updates and more related to movies, anime, and web series.
Shaman King Season 2 Cast
Characters are the most important feature in any anime after its plot, Shaman King has a set of diverse characters, which grow slowly as the series continues in its story. Shaman King’s Protagonist, Yoh Asakura was voiced by Yoko Hikasa in Japanese and in the English language by Abby Trott, Yon was a 13 years old young Shaman who aspires of becoming Shaman King by winning the upcoming Shaman Fight tournament which happens after every 50 years.
Yon was accompanied by his Shaman allies and his team consists of :
Ryosuke Umemiya, who was voiced by Masahiko Tanaka in Japanese and D.C. Douglas in English.
Ren was voiced by Romi Park in Japanese and Laura Megan Stahl in English.
Horohoro, was voiced by Yuuji Ueda in Japanese and Michael Sinterniklaas in English.
Amidamaru was Yon’s teammate in form of his samurai spirit guardian and was voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in Japanese and by Kaiji Tang in English.
Manta was Yon’s best friend and was voiced by Inuko Inuyama in Japanese and in English by Oliver Wyman.
Anna was going to be Yon’s bride and was voiced by Megumi Hayashibara in Japanese and in English by Tara Sands.
As Yon gets toward being Shaman King, he has to overcome any bad evil spirits and has many enemies. In Shaman King season 1 the audience saw Hao, who was voiced by Minami Takayama.
There are also many Shaman teams participating in this tournament, one of them is the X-LAWS. X-LAWS includes, John Denbat being voiced by Katsuyuki in Japanese, Larch Dirac being voiced by Kousuke Takaguchi, Prof Griffith being voiced by Takumu Miyazono, Chris Venstar being voiced by Tsuguo Mogami, Cebin Mendel being voiced by Wataru Takagi and Meene Montgomery being voiced by Mariko Nagai.
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Shaman King Season 2 Plot
Shaman King follows a 13-year-old shaman, Yoh Asakura, and his buddy, Amidamaru, a samurai warrior spirit, as they travel the world fighting bad spirits and misguided shamans on their mission to become the next Shaman King.
In Season 1, Yoh and company have 3 months to practise before the Shaman Fight officially begins, his opponent was Hao who was strong and was competing for becoming Shaman King for the previous 500 years, and the force which motivates him is as he became the Shaman King he will destroy humanity.
As Netflix has not released any specific plot, we are guessing that Yoh and Company will continue their search for Patch Tribe, and in their way, they will terminate all the evil spirits they find, they will also try to solve the mystery of Hao’s hidden past.
And Once the tournament begins, viewers will get all the action they are expecting from Shaman King.
Viewers will also get to know whether You is strong enough to default all other Shaman participating in this tournament, especially when he has to face his own companions, for more stories fans have to wait till the release of Shaman King Season 2.
Shaman King: Season 2, or whatever the sequel’s called, will follow the magical misadventures of Hana Asakura, the son of Yoh and Anna.
The story is set after a 16-year timeskip, so there will be plenty of familiar faces, although they’ll have grown up quite a bit.
Hana’s a rather rebellious kid who even puts Yoh’s childhood laziness and fights to shame. His life’s next to boring in his eyes but that soon changes when Yohane and Luca, two members of the Asakura Family, arrive and try to kill him and his father for personal gain.
As these mysterious foes have now appeared, Hana learns about the secret war between rival Shaman Houses, and so begins his own tale of becoming a symbol of peace.
The first season of “Shaman King” ended with Yoh and company arriving in America for the Shaman Fight and researching the location of the Patch Tribe’s village. They have three months to find it before the Shaman Fight officially begins.
Unbeknownst to them, however, Hao is watching their every move. He and You have some sort of connection, though You don’t know what it is.
All he does know is that Hao is incredibly strong, probably stronger than he is, and was somehow a competitor in the last Shaman Fight 500 years prior.
On top of that, Hao revealed that his ultimate goal as Shaman King is to eradicate humanity.
Season 2, then, will follow You and his friends as they continue their search for the Patch Tribe and uncover Hao’s mysterious past.
Once the proper fight begins, they’ll have a lot of trouble on their hands as every Shaman in the country sets their sights on either incapacitating or killing the other competitors.
Whether You has the strength to overcome these battles, especially when it’s time for him to fight his friends, is something fans won’t learn until “Shaman King ” Season 2 releases on Netflix.