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Zatch Bell!
金色のガッシュベル!! (Konjiki no Gash Bell!!)
Demographic	Shōnen
Genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Manga
Author	Makoto Raiku
Publisher	Shogakukan VIZ Media Kana Norma Editorial Egmont Chuang Yi (Chinese and English) SIC Tora Aman
Serialized in	Weekly Shonen Sunday
Original run	18 May 2001 – Present
Volumes	30 (currently)
TV anime
Director	Tetsuji Nakamura Yukio Kaizawa
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji Television Cartoon Network YTV Cartoon Network, Rede Globo Cartoon Network MCOT Cartoon Network TVE2, Jetix
Original run	6 April 2003 – 26 March 2006
Episodes	150
Feature Movies
Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: 101 Banme no Mamono Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: Attack of the Mechavulcan

Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash!! (manga) and Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (anime) (金色のガッシュベル!! Konjiki no Gasshu Beru!! literally translates to "Golden Gash Bell!!"), is a shōnen manga series by Makoto Raiku published in Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday, which has been adapted as an anime TV series by Toei Animation. Many of the Zatch Bell! graphic novels have short comics inside titled Zatch & Suzy (Gash and Suzume in the original versions). Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... A mamodo (or mamono in the original Japanese) is a type of fictional demon or goblin in the anime and manga series Zatch Bell!. Every 1,000 years, 100 mamodo are sent to Earth to battle for the title of King of the Mamodo World. ... Image File history File links Gash. ... Bleach , a well-known example of Shōnen manga This article is about the shōnen style of anime and manga. ... 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In 2003, the manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen. The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japans major manga awards sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. ...

Story

One hundred mamodo (known as "mamono/demons" in the original version) go to Earth every 1,000 years to battle to be the king of the mamodo world (referred to as makai in the original, which can be translated as hell). Each mamodo needs a human partner in order to use his or her spell book, and if his or her spell book is burned, the mamodo has to return to the mamodo world. The spell books contain spells that only the human partner can read and must use them for battling other mamodo. The books depend on the human heart to give the spells power. The human and their mamodo gain these spells through experience. They come in different colors for each mamodo. The last mamodo standing without their book burnt is the new mamodo king. For other uses, see Hell (disambiguation). ...

The main character, Kiyo Takamine (Kiyomaro Takamine in the original version), is a 14-year old boy in junior high school. His father, Seitaro Takamine, discovers an unconscious mamodo named Zatch Bell (Gash Bell in the original version) while in a forest in England. His father sends the mamodo to be Kiyo's mentor. Unlike the other mamodo, Zatch lost his memory of the mamodo world. Kiyo and Zatch are now caught up in the battle to be the king of the mamodos. Kiyo Takamine (left) and Zatch Bell (right) Zatch Bell and Kiyo Takamine are two fictional characters and the main protagonists of the manga and anime series Zatch Bell!. // Zatch Bell (known in the original version as Gash Bell )) is the main character and namesake of the series. ... Kiyo Takamine (left) and Zatch Bell (right) Zatch Bell and Kiyo Takamine are two fictional characters and the main protagonists of the manga and anime series Zatch Bell!. // Zatch Bell (known in the original version as Gash Bell )) is the main character and namesake of the series. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Characters

Main articles: List of Zatch Bell! characters and List of Zatch Bell! minor characters

See also: List of Ancient Mamodo

• Zatch Bell (ガッシュ・ベル Gasshu Beru)- The titular character and Kiyo's mamodo. He has electric based spells that correspond with his emotions. When he was found, he had no memory of where he was from or who he was, except for his name all that was because of his brother Zeno. His favorite food is yellowtail tuna.

• Kiyo Takamine (高嶺清麿 Takamine Kiyomaro) - A brainy junior high school student who is Zatch’s bookkeeper and friend. At first, the two do not get along due to Kiyo's snobbishness. Early on, Kiyo had few friends and was disliked in his school. After his father sent Zatch, things began to change.

• Suzy Mizuno (水野鈴芽 Mizuno Suzume) / - A ditzy girl who has a crush on Kiyo. She draws faces on fruit to express how she is feeling and often uses oranges. She gets jealous when she hears that Kiyo is hanging out with other girls, namely Megumi Oumi or Shion Hibiki.

• Vulcan 300 (バルカン300) - Zatch's best friend. He is said to be a robot that can launch up to 300 air missiles. He was created in five minutes with a hyper body made of a Pocky box ("cardboardium") and chopsticks. He was made by Kiyo as a way to occupy Zatch, and he shows up several times in the series. He apparently had to be remade several times due to his poor construction, and Zatch keeps graves of each previous Vulcan. Vulcan was first made in episode 3 when Zatch began crying because he had no one to play with him while Kiyo went to school.

• Sherry Bellmont (シェリー・ベルモンド Sherī Berumondo) - A girl with a painful childhood who is trying to find a way to defeat a mamodo named Zophis, who has brainwashed her best friend, Koko. Her mamodo is Brago. She is not a particularly friendly person because of her callousness.

• Brago (ブラゴ Burago) - One of the most powerful mamodo, who uses gravitational spells and isn't exactly thrilled with having to have a human partner, much less a weak girl, to read his spells. He often expresses disdain for having to team up with a human to win the mamodo battle. Exceptionally strong, he is one of the few mamodo who do not require spells to fight.

• Parco Folgore (パルコ・フォルゴレ Paruko Forugore) - An Italian superstar who has a mamodo named Kanchomé. In the original version, his "trademark song" is the infamous "Chichi wo Moge" (which translates into English as "Groping Breasts"). The American dub changes the song to the more innocent "Hey, Hey, Let's Dance All Day". In the original version, he's a pervert who gropes every girl he comes across, but in the American version he is simply a flamboyant womanizer. He likes to call himself "The Invincible Folgore" and he even has a song for it.

• Kanchomé (キャンチョメ Kyanchome) - Folgore's mamodo, who seems weaker than Gash, but only because his spells are more based around deception and transformation of form. He is dubbed "crybaby" by those around him. He is extremely loyal to Folgore and sings Folgore's songs all day. He has an "endless pocket" filled with all kinds of candy, but despite that he will always try to take candy that is nearby, which has caused him problems.

• Tia (ティオ Tio) / Tia - A tomboy female mamodo that used to bully Zatch, yet is now his ally. At first, she did not believe that mamodos could team up, but that all changed due to Zatch. She is very outgoing and a bit pushy because of her stressing partner. Her spells are mainly defensive (shields), with sword-based ones later on. She apparently has a crush on Zatch, who is oblivious to her actions. Tia went as far as to give the lunch she made for Zatch to Kiyo as an attempt to hide her feelings.

• Megumi Oumi (大海 恵 Ōumi Megumi) - A Japanese teenage idol who befriends both Zatch and Kiyo (some would say more than friends on the latter). Her mamodo is Tia. There is currently no background info on her, but she is always busy due to tours and concerts. Tia is really upset at the fact that she has limited vacation time. She can make Kiyo blush many times in one day. She also seems to be skilled in Judo and has also taught her mamodo how to defend herself physically.

• Ponygon (ウマゴン Umagon) - A mamodo that appears to be a kind of miniature horse. This mamodo uses armor based spells, although he is unable to find his partner for a very long time. First befriended by Zatch in England in the manga (in the anime, he first shows up in Japan), he is consistently obsessed with eventually finding his book keeper and taking part in the mamodo battle as well. His partner turns out to be Kafk Sunbeam, a German engineer who can somewhow understand Ponygon. Ponygon seems good-natured and befriends everyone easily, except for Kiyo. His real name is "Schneider", but because no one can understand his language, they end up calling him Ponygon (even Kafk, who tries to ask his real name and ends up getting the same answer as everyone else). In the original version, this stems from uma ("Horse") and gon (as in Monster). In the American dub, Kiyo says "Since you look like a horse (pony) and I want you gone...", leading to Ponygon.

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Anime

The anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and while it followed the manga, there were a number of liberties taken with the storyline, particularly towards the end of the series. The anime was a success in Japan, spawning two feature films and a good deal of merchandise. However, the series ended in March 2006, after 150 episodes. The story did not have a conclusion, as the manga is still ongoing. While part of the problem involved the writer, Makoto Raiku, breaking his hand preventing him from drawing for two to three months, it was further compounded with the animation studio catching up with the artist and another anime series, Digimon Savers, scheduled for that time slot starting in April. These lead to Toei choosing to create their own ending with the final episodes, creating their own battles and scenarios for the end of this arc as well as making adaptations to certain things already introduced by Raiku in the chapters that were not animated, both prior and after their cutoff point. While some plot points and specific spells remained the same, others would bear a remarkable difference between Toei's interpretation and Raiku's version, particularly those done by the mangaka after the anime's end. “Animé” redirects here. ... Toei Animation Company, Limited ) (JASDAQ: 4816) is a Japanese animation studio owned by the Toei Company. ... For other uses, see Makoto. ... Digimon Savers is a Japanese anime television series, and the fifth series produced as part of the Digimon franchise. ...

For the first season, the eyecatcher between commercial breaks would show Zatch riding on Ponygon through a field and then crashing into the camera, and then it would show Zatch being chased around the park by Naomi, and then Naomi crashing into the camera. The second season had two more eye-catchers. The first was Tia chasing Zatch around the park, and then the second being Suzume walking around town, running into Wife and Folgore. The third season continued the second season eye-catchers until episode 108. Episode 108 on, Toei removed the eye-catchers, but added instead a cold opening to the beginning of each episode and a scene at the end of each episode with two characters having their hair styles swapped. Each eyecatch from Marmalade Boy rotates every few episodes. ... A cold open in a television program or movie is the technique of jumping directly into a story at the beginning or opening of the show, before the title sequence or opening credits are shown. ...

When the anime was adapted into English, it was adapted to a tone that would be considered more kid-friendly to American audiences. Some names were changed, shortened, or Americanized, Gash's tendency to run around naked was altered by giving him a pair of boxers, and Folgore's signature song, "Chichi wo Moge" (lit. "Grope the Breasts") was changed to the far more innocent "Hey Hey Let's Dance All Day". Weapons were made to appear as toys, often by making them glow, or sometimes changed to water guns. All blood was erased, most of the jokes centered around sexual innuendo (namely Big Boing) were censored, and moments of violence were covered with brief splashes of color. While most of the music in the English dub is brand new, there have been certain occasions where the original Japanese soundtrack has been used; one episode even used the original episode title theme.

The dubbed version of the anime is no longer showing on Toonami at the moment, last showing episode 77. Earlier episodes can be seen on Cartoon Network's online broadband service, Toonami Jetstream. However, the manga editions are still being published in English every two months. Viz has announced at the 2007 Anime Expo that the English dub of the anime will return to television eventually, although no arrangements have been made between Viz and Cartoon Network. Season 3 of the English dub (beginning at episode 79) began airing in September 2007 on YTV in Canada, but is currently on hiatus. For Toonami, the television channel in the United Kingdom, see Toonami (UK). ... Toonami Jetstream (www. ... Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an anime convention that usually takes place on the July 4th weekend for 4 days each year in Southern California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article is about the Canadian television network. ...

Episodes

See List of Zatch Bell! episodes

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Theme songs

Japan (Konjiki no Gash Bell!!)

Openings

1. カサブタ / Kasabuta / "Scab" by Hidenori Chiwata (Episodes: 1-50)
2. 君にこの声が届きますように / Kimi ni Kono Koe ga Todokimasu yō ni / "So That This Voice Can Reach You" by Takayoshi Tanimoto (Episodes: 51-100)
3. 見えない翼 / Mienai Tsubasa / "Invisible Wings" by Takayoshi Tanimoto (Episodes: 101-150)

Endings

1. "PERSONAL" by Aya Ueto (Episodes: 1-30)
2. "STARS ~you don't have to worry about tomorrow~" by KING (Episodes: 31-58)
3. つよがり / Tsuyogari / "A Bluff" by Eri Kitamura (Episodes: 59-75)
4. イデア / "Idea" by Tsukiko Amano (76-100)
5. 今日より明日は / Kyou yori Ashita wa / "Tomorrow more so than Today" by Echiura (Episodes: 101-125)
6. ★遊FEVER 2005★ / "★Aso FEVER 2005★" by Tomoe Shinohara (Episodes: 126-149)
7. カサブタ / Kasabuta / "Scab" by Hidenori Chiwata (Episode: 150)

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Openings

(1-52) "Zatch Bell! Theme" by Thorsten Laewe and Greg Prestopino

(53-) "Follow the Light" by Thorsten Laewe and Greg Prestopino

Endings

(1-52, 71-74) "Zatch Bell! Theme (Instrumental)" by Thorsten Laewe

(53-70, 75-) "Follow the Light (Instrumental)" by Thorsten Laewe

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Cast

Main article: List of Zatch Bell! cast members

Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash!!/Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (金色のガッシュ!!) is a manga and anime series by Makoto Raiku. ...

See also

• List of Zatch Bell! video games - List of video games based on the series

JP: 金色のガッシュベル!! - うなれ！友情の電撃 (Konjiki no Gash Bell!! - Yuujou no Zakeru) literally translates to: Electric Shock of Friendship US: Zatch Bell: Electric Arena Platform(s): Game Boy Advance Release Date: -12/12/03 (JPN)- -11/22/05 (US)- JP: 金色のガッシュベル!! - うなれ！友情の電撃2 (Konjiki no Gash Bell!! - Yuujou no Zakeru 2) literally translates to: Electric Shock...

External links

English

• Official English Zatch Bell! website
• Zatch Bell! at TV.com
• GASH!! Fan Site

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• Shonen Sunday Konjiki no Gash Bell!! website
• Toei Konjiki no Gash Bell!! website
• Fuji TV “Konjiki no Gash Bell!! website