English-subtitled trailer streamed
Netflix announced on Thursday during its Geeked Week livestream that it will begin streaming the new television anime of Hiroyuki Takei‘s Shaman King manga on August 9. The company streamed an English-subtitled trailer:
The anime premiered on April 1 and is ongoing. The anime will have 52 episodes.
The anime will adapt all 35 volumes of the manga’s new complete edition, which Kodansha started publishing in print volumes in Japan last June. The first anime adaptation of the manga premiered in 2001.
Joji Furuta (The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments, Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Double Decker! Doug & Kirill, ēlDLIVE) is directing the new anime at Bridge (Fairy Tail, The Royal Tutor). Shoji Yonemura (Pokémon franchise, Wave, Listen to Me!) is in charge of the series scripts. Satohiko Sano (Heybot!, Welcome…