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| ja_kanji = 金色のガッシュ!!
| ja_kanji = 金色のガッシュ!!
| ja_romaji = Konjiki no Gasshu!!
| ja_romaji = Konjiki no Gasshu!!
| genre = {{ubl|[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]<ref name="End" />|[[Fantasy comedy]]<ref name="JT">{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Jason |title=[[Manga: The Complete Guide]] |date=July 3, 2012 |publisher=[[Del Rey Books]] |isbn=978-0-345-53944-1 |pages=1350–1352 |type=Kindle |author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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| network = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] ([[Fuji TV]])
| network = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] ([[Fuji TV]])
| network_en = {{English anime networks
| network_en = {{English anime networks
| CA = [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] ([[Bionix (TV programming block)|Bionix]])
| CA = [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] ([[Bionix (TV programming block)|Bionix]])
| IN = [[Cartoon Network India | Cartoon Network]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2005 |title=Cartoon Network seems to be on a high. The channel has unveiled some new shows, acquired original programming franchise and acquisitions at 2005 Kids Upfront Presentation. The acquisitions include: Code LYOKO, Zatch Bell, Naruto, One Piece and Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo. This year, Cartoon Network will telecast brand new series and acquisitions, launch an original programming... |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/apr/apr138.htm}}</ref>
| IN = [[Cartoon Network (Indian TV channel)|Cartoon Network]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Cartoon Network gears up for 2005 with new acquisitions|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/apr/apr138.htm|website=Indian Television|access-date=June 12, 2023|date=April 12, 2005}}</ref>
| US = [[Cartoon Network]] ([[Toonami]]/[[Miguzi]]), [[Starz]]
| US = [[Cartoon Network]] ([[Toonami]]/[[Miguzi]]), [[Starz]]
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| first = April 6, 2003
| first = April 6, 2003
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| studio = Toei Animation
| studio = Toei Animation
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = [[Discotek Media]]
| NA = [[Discotek Media]]
}}
}}
| released = August 7, 2004
| released = August 7, 2004
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| studio = Toei Animation
| studio = Toei Animation
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = Discotek Media
| NA = Discotek Media
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| released = August 6, 2005
| released = August 6, 2005
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<!-- Do not use fan-based sources for reference as they may be unreliable. -->{{See also|List of Zatch Bell! characters}}
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===Setting===
===Setting===
The story takes place during the modern times{{efn-ua|A concert ticket that Kiyo holds in the anime is dated 2003.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Tomboy and the Pop Star |series=Zatch Bell! |season=1 |number=14}}</ref>}} in which mystical creatures with supernatural powers called Mamodo{{efn|{{Nihongo||魔物|Mamono|{{lit.}} "demon"}}; this is expressed as both singular and plural. The English adaptation erroneously pluralizes it as "Mamodos."}} descend to Earth from the parallel Mamodo world.{{efn|{{Nihongo|Demon World|魔界|Makai|lit. "Demon Realm"}}}} Every 1,000 years, one hundred Mamodo are sent to compete in a tournament for the kingship of their world.<ref name="ch 8">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Qualifications to be King" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-586-6 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=1 |chapter=8}}</ref> Each Mamodo carries a [[Grimoire|spell book]]{{efn|{{Nihongo|Spellbook|魔本|Mahon|lit. "magic book"}}}} that seals away their powers and requires a human companion to [[Incantation|read aloud]] in order to cast them in the form of spells.{{efn|{{Nihongo||術|Jutsu|translates to "art," "technique," or "skill"}}. Synonymous with {{Nihongo|Incantation|呪文|Jumon|"Spell"}}}} Only one human is allowed to read from that Mamodo's book,<ref name="ch 7">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The First Fight" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-586-6 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=1 |chapter=7}}</ref> whereupon he or she becomes its book owner{{efn|{{Nihongo||本の持ち主|Hon no Mochinushi|lit. "owner of the book"}}}} and partner.{{efn-ua|This is one of three scenarios specified in the franchise. The second is the Mamodo world in which the Mamodo are free to cast spells as they desire. The anime introduces a third scenario called the "In-Between-World" (異世界, ''Yisekai'', {{lit.}} "[[Isekai|Different World]]"), where spells can be cast independently but only in the presence of a spell book.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Attack of the Iron Army! |series=Zatch Bell! |season=2 |number=95}}</ref>}}
The story takes place during the modern times{{efn-ua|A concert ticket that Kiyo holds in the anime is dated 2003.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Tomboy and the Pop Star|series=Zatch Bell!|season=1|number=14}}</ref>}} in which mystical creatures with supernatural powers called Mamodo{{efn|{{Nihongo||魔物|Mamono|{{lit.}} "demon"}}; this is expressed as both singular and plural. The English adaptation erroneously pluralizes it as "Mamodos."}} descend to Earth from the parallel Mamodo world.{{efn|{{Nihongo|Demon World|魔界|Makai|lit. "Demon Realm"}}}} Every 1,000 years, one hundred Mamodo are sent to compete in a tournament for the kingship of their world.<ref name="ch 8">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Qualifications to be King"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-586-6|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=1|chapter=8}}</ref> Each Mamodo carries a [[Grimoire|spell book]]{{efn|{{Nihongo|Spellbook|魔本|Mahon|lit. "magic book"}}}} that seals away their powers and requires a human companion to [[Incantation|read aloud]] in order to cast them in the form of spells.{{efn|{{Nihongo||術|Jutsu|translates to "art," "technique," or "skill"}}. Synonymous with {{Nihongo|Incantation|呪文|Jumon|"Spell"}}}} Only one human is allowed to read from that Mamodo's book,<ref name="ch 7">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The First Fight"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-586-6|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=1|chapter=7}}</ref> whereupon he or she becomes its book owner{{efn|{{Nihongo||本の持ち主|Hon no Mochinushi|lit. "owner of the book"}}}} and partner.{{efn-ua|This is one of three scenarios specified in the franchise. The second is the Mamodo world in which the Mamodo are free to cast spells as they desire. The anime introduces a third scenario called the "In-Between-World" (異世界, ''Yisekai'', {{lit.}} "[[Isekai|Different World]]"), where spells can be cast independently but only in the presence of a spell book.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Attack of the Iron Army!|series=Zatch Bell!|season=2|number=95}}</ref>}}


Spells cast by the Mamodo produce a variety of effects. Along with direct attacks and defenses, there are also spells which trigger a Mamodo's special ability that can temporarily enhance its strength, give them a secondary form for fighting, create a barrier, render the enemy immobile, or empower an object they carry, although this is rare among Mamodo.{{Pages needed|date=September 2022|reason=The examples of Mamodo spells may require references from the manga for verification.}} Spells in each book are typically different for each Mamodo, but there are others that produce identical spells—an example of this is Zatch Bell and his twin brother, Zeno Bell, for their lightning-based powers. The human and their Mamodo usually start out with one spell, but may unlock more through experience and hard work.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Third Spell" |date=October 11, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-586-6 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=3 |chapter=19}}</ref> Additionally, the spell book responds to the user's strong emotions,{{efn-ua|Called Heart Energy in the original, and "strength from within" in the English dub of the anime.}} so that a spell may be generated with greater energy and fervor.
Spells cast by the Mamodo produce a variety of effects. Along with direct attacks and defenses, there are also spells which trigger a Mamodo's special ability that can temporarily enhance its strength, give them a secondary form for fighting, create a barrier, render the enemy immobile, or empower an object they carry, although this is rare among Mamodo.{{Pages needed|date=September 2022|reason=The examples of Mamodo spells may require references from the manga for verification.}} Spells in each book are typically different for each Mamodo, but there are others that produce identical spells—an example of this is Zatch Bell and his twin brother, Zeno Bell, for their lightning-based powers. The human and their Mamodo usually start out with one spell, but may unlock more through experience and hard work.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Third Spell"|date=October 11, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-586-6|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=3|chapter=19}}</ref> Additionally, the spell book responds to the user's strong emotions,{{efn-ua|Called Heart Energy in the original, and "strength from within" in the English dub of the anime.}} so that a spell may be generated with greater energy and fervor.


The Mamodo tournament involves eliminating opponents, which is achieved by burning their spell book. Once a spell book is burned, the Mamodo that possessed it loses all claim to the position as king and is immediately returned to the Mamodo world. The last Mamodo standing without their book destroyed becomes the Mamodo king for the next thousand years.<ref name="ch 8" />
The Mamodo tournament involves eliminating opponents, which is achieved by burning their spell book. Once a spell book is burned, the Mamodo that possessed it loses all claim to the position as king and is immediately returned to the Mamodo world. The last Mamodo standing without their book destroyed becomes the Mamodo king for the next thousand years.<ref name="ch 8" />
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===Synopsis===
===Synopsis===
==== Manga ====
==== Manga ====
[[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell|Kiyo Takamine]] is an intelligent 14-year-old junior high school student who lives with his mother in the fictional city of Mochinoki, Japan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Unreadable Book" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-586-6 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=1 |chapter=2}}</ref> One day, Kiyo's distant father, Professor Seitaro Takamine, discovers an unconscious child named [[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell|Zatch Bell]] with a book at a forest in England, and sends him over to Kiyo in hopes of deciphering the book and determining Zatch's past which he has no memory of.<ref name="ch 1">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="Operation "Hero of Justice" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-586-6 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=1 |chapter=1}}</ref> Kiyo quickly discovers that Zatch is a Mamado and that the [[Grimoire|book]] causes Zatch to fire lightning from his mouth whenever a spell is read from it. Over time, Kiyo and Zatch come across other Mamodo, especially [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Sherry Belmont and Brago|Brago]] and his partner French noblewoman Sherry Belmont, who explain the ongoing Mamodo tournament.<ref name="ch 82">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Qualifications to be King" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-586-6 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=1 |chapter=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="My Turn" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-588-0 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=2 |chapter=9}}</ref> Zatch and Kiyo also discover that some Mamodo do not wish to fight or do so for the wrong reasons; namely [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Lori and Kolulu|Kolulu]], who was forced to fight due to the nature of her spells.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="A Mamodo's Tears" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-588-0 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=2 |chapter=17}}</ref> Seeing this, Zatch pledges to become a kind king and stop the battle from ever happening again.<ref name="ch 18">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="A Gentle King" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-588-0 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=2 |chapter=18}}</ref> Zatch and Kiyo also find friendlier Mamodo and build up alliances with them and their human partners; chief among them are [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Parco Folgore and Kanchom%C3%A9|Kanchomé]] with Italian movie star Parco Folgore,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Invincible Hero" |date=October 11, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-590-3 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=3 |chapter=27}}</ref> [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Megumi Oumi and Tia|Tia]] with pop idol Megumi Oumi,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="A Trustworthy Friend" |date=December 20, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-0282-3 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=4 |chapter=38}}</ref> [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Kafk Sunbeam and Ponygon|Ponygon]] with German engineer Kafk Sunbeam (although the two do not find each other until later in the series),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Strong Eye" |date=June 12, 2007 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-0832-0 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=13 |chapter=122}}</ref> and [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Li-en and Wonrei|Wonrei]] with teen Hong Konger girl Li-en.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="An Important Person" |date=August 15, 2006 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-0514-5 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=8 |chapter=71}}</ref>
[[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell|Kiyo Takamine]] is an intelligent 14-year-old junior high school student who lives with his mother in the fictional city of Mochinoki, Japan.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Unreadable Book"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-586-6|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=1|chapter=2}}</ref> One day, Kiyo's distant father, Professor Seitaro Takamine, discovers an unconscious child named [[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell|Zatch Bell]] with a book at a forest in England, and sends him over to Kiyo in hopes of deciphering the book and determining Zatch's past which he has no memory of.<ref name="ch 1">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="Operation "Hero of Justice"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-586-6|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=1|chapter=1}}</ref> Kiyo quickly discovers that Zatch is a Mamado and that the [[Grimoire|book]] causes Zatch to fire lightning from his mouth whenever a spell is read from it. Over time, Kiyo and Zatch come across other Mamodo, especially [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Sherry Belmont and Brago|Brago]] and his partner French noblewoman Sherry Belmont, who explain the ongoing Mamodo tournament.<ref name="ch 82">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Qualifications to be King"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-586-6|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=1|chapter=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="My Turn"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-588-0|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=2|chapter=9}}</ref> Zatch and Kiyo also discover that some Mamodo do not wish to fight or do so for the wrong reasons; namely [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Lori and Kolulu|Kolulu]], who was forced to fight due to the nature of her spells.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="A Mamodo's Tears"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-588-0|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=2|chapter=17}}</ref> Seeing this, Zatch pledges to become a kind king and stop the battle from ever happening again.<ref name="ch 18">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="A Gentle King"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-588-0|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=2|chapter=18}}</ref> Zatch and Kiyo also find friendlier Mamodo and build up alliances with them and their human partners; chief among them are [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Parco Folgore and Kanchom%C3%A9|Kanchomé]] with Italian movie star Parco Folgore,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Invincible Hero"|date=October 11, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-590-3|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=3|chapter=27}}</ref> [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Megumi Oumi and Tia|Tia]] with pop idol Megumi Oumi,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="A Trustworthy Friend"|date=December 20, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0282-3|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=4|chapter=38}}</ref> [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Kafk Sunbeam and Ponygon|Ponygon]] with German engineer Kafk Sunbeam (although the two do not find each other until later in the series),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Strong Eye"|date=June 12, 2007|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0832-0|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=13|chapter=122}}</ref> and [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Li-en and Wonrei|Wonrei]] with teen Hong Konger girl Li-en.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="An Important Person"|date=August 15, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0514-5|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=8|chapter=71}}</ref>


Throughout the course of the tournament, Zatch, Kiyo, and their allies work together to combat several potent, ill-intentioned Mamodo. The first adversary they face is [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Koko and Zofis|Zofis]], who commands a cadre of reanimated Mamodo that were sealed in [[Stele|stone tablets]] during the previous tournament one thousand years ago. Zofis has also bent the will of his own partner, Sherry’s childhood friend [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Koko and Zofis|Koko]], into committing heinous acts such as burning down a whole village.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Dark Tunnel" |date=April 18, 2006 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-0387-5 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=6 |chapter=55}}</ref> Another enemy to emerge is [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Faudo, Rioh and Banikis Ghigau|Riou]], a wrathful Mamodo who wields a semi-autonomous [[Kaiju|giant]] named [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Faudo, Rioh and Banikis Ghigau|Faudo]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="Faudo's True Form" |date=August 12, 2008 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-1713-1 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=20 |chapter=189}}</ref> that imperils the globe.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Resurrection of Faudo" |date=December 9, 2008 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-1715-5 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=22 |chapter=209}}</ref> Kiyo is nearly killed in a frantic mission to thwart Riou and avert Faudo.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="Can You Hear Me?" |date=February 10, 2009 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-2238-8 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=215 |chapter=215}}</ref> However, Riou is then overpowered by [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Dufort and Zeno Bell|Zeno Bell]], Zatch’s twin brother.<ref name="Ch 259">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=December 16, 2006 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-120698-5 |series=Zatch Bell |volume=27 |language=ja |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!! |trans-title=Golden Gash!! |chapter=Level 259. 苦戦の理由 |trans-chapter=Level 259. Reason for the Struggle}}</ref> Zeno is deeply envious of his sibling for procuring the sacred power of [[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell#Skills|Bao]] from their father King Bell,<ref name="Ch 272">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=March 16, 2007 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-121023-4 |series=Zatch Bell |volume=28 |language=ja |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!! |trans-title=Golden Gash!! |chapter=Level 272. これが答えだ |trans-chapter=Level 272. This is the Answer}}</ref> and had removed Zatch's memories out of spite,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="The Stolen Memory" |date=February 21, 2006 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-0283-0 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=5 |chapter=48}}</ref> but he soon comes around and apologizes upon seeing the error of his own ways.<ref name="Ch 275">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=June 18, 2007 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-121077-7 |series=Zatch Bell |volume=29 |language=ja |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!! |trans-title=Golden Gash!! |chapter=Level 275. この涙は知っている |trans-chapter=Level 275. I Know These Tears}}</ref> The last and perhaps most powerful Mamodo encountered is [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Vino and Clear Note|Clear Note]],<ref name="Ch 289">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=September 18, 2007 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-121185-9 |series=Zatch Bell |volume=30 |language=ja |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!! |trans-title=Golden Gash!! |chapter=Level 289. 魔物と魔界の光 |trans-chapter=Level 289. Hope of the Demon-king and Demon World}}</ref> who sees no purpose in life and plans to eradicate the entire Mamodo race, including himself. Zatch and Kiyo call upon the spells of all the Mamodo they previously met to quash Clear Note and return him to the Mamodo world.
Throughout the course of the tournament, Zatch, Kiyo, and their allies work together to combat several potent, ill-intentioned Mamodo. The first adversary they face is [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Koko and Zofis|Zofis]], who commands a cadre of reanimated Mamodo that were sealed in [[Stele|stone tablets]] during the previous tournament one thousand years ago. Zofis has also bent the will of his own partner, Sherry’s childhood friend [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Koko and Zofis|Koko]], into committing heinous acts such as burning down a whole village.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Dark Tunnel"|date=April 18, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0387-5|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=6|chapter=55}}</ref> Another enemy to emerge is [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Faudo, Rioh and Banikis Ghigau|Riou]], a wrathful Mamodo who wields a semi-autonomous [[Kaiju|giant]] named [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Faudo, Rioh and Banikis Ghigau|Faudo]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="Faudo's True Form"|date=August 12, 2008|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-1713-1|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=20|chapter=189}}</ref> that imperils the globe.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Resurrection of Faudo"|date=December 9, 2008|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-1715-5|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=22|chapter=209}}</ref> Kiyo is nearly killed in a frantic mission to thwart Riou and avert Faudo.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="Can You Hear Me?"|date=February 10, 2009|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-2238-8|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=215|chapter=215}}</ref> However, Riou is then overpowered by [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Dufort and Zeno Bell|Zeno Bell]], Zatch’s twin brother.<ref name="Ch 259">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=December 16, 2006|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-120698-5|series=Zatch Bell|volume=27|language=ja|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!|trans-title=Golden Gash!!|chapter=Level 259. 苦戦の理由|trans-chapter=Level 259. Reason for the Struggle}}</ref> Zeno is deeply envious of his sibling for procuring the sacred power of [[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell#Skills|Bao]] from their father King Bell,<ref name="Ch 272">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=March 16, 2007|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-121023-4|series=Zatch Bell|volume=28|language=ja|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!|trans-title=Golden Gash!!|chapter=Level 272. これが答えだ|trans-chapter=Level 272. This is the Answer}}</ref> and had removed Zatch's memories out of spite,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="The Stolen Memory"|date=February 21, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0283-0|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=5|chapter=48}}</ref> but he soon comes around and apologizes upon seeing the error of his own ways.<ref name="Ch 275">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=June 18, 2007|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-121077-7|series=Zatch Bell|volume=29|language=ja|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!|trans-title=Golden Gash!!|chapter=Level 275. この涙は知っている|trans-chapter=Level 275. I Know These Tears}}</ref> The last and perhaps most powerful Mamodo encountered is [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Vino and Clear Note|Clear Note]],<ref name="Ch 289">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=September 18, 2007|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-121185-9|series=Zatch Bell|volume=30|language=ja|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!|trans-title=Golden Gash!!|chapter=Level 289. 魔物と魔界の光|trans-chapter=Level 289. Hope of the Demon-king and Demon World}}</ref> who sees no purpose in life and plans to eradicate the entire Mamodo race, including himself. Zatch and Kiyo call upon the spells of all the Mamodo they previously met to quash Clear Note and return him to the Mamodo world.


In the aftermath,{{efn-ua|The final tournament phase in which ten Mamodo remain has been called the ''King's Festival'' by fans, although the term is not actually used in the series.}} Zatch manages to pull through the tournament unscathed, even though all of his allies fall and are brought back to the Mamodo world; this leaves him and Brago as the only remaining candidates on Earth. After Kiyo’s school graduation, the two ilk engage in a final showdown. Zatch ultimately defeats Brago, thereby ending the tournament as the victor. As Zatch departs for the Mamodo world, he rewards Kiyo one of two options for helping him become king: either receiving a wish and forgetting about Zatch, or get nothing but retain his memories of him. He chooses the second option. Three weeks after the tournament, a letter is sent from the Mamodo to their human counterparts, with Zatch's letter stating that all is well in the Mamodo world.<ref name="Ch 323">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=June 18, 2008 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-121399-0 |series=Zatch Bell |volume=33 |language=ja |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!! |trans-title=Golden Gash!! |chapter=Level 323. 最終話 ガッシュからの手紙 |trans-chapter=Level 323. Final Chapter, Gash's Last Letter}}</ref>
In the aftermath,{{efn-ua|The final tournament phase in which ten Mamodo remain has been called the ''King's Festival'' by fans, although the term is not actually used in the series.}} Zatch manages to pull through the tournament unscathed, even though all of his allies fall and are brought back to the Mamodo world; this leaves him and Brago as the only remaining candidates on Earth. After Kiyo’s school graduation, the two ilk engage in a final showdown. Zatch ultimately defeats Brago, thereby ending the tournament as the victor. As Zatch departs for the Mamodo world, he rewards Kiyo one of two options for helping him become king: either receiving a wish and forgetting about Zatch, or get nothing but retain his memories of him. He chooses the second option. Three weeks after the tournament, a letter is sent from the Mamodo to their human counterparts, with Zatch's letter stating that all is well in the Mamodo world.<ref name="Ch 323">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=June 18, 2008|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-121399-0|series=Zatch Bell|volume=33|language=ja|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!|trans-title=Golden Gash!!|chapter=Level 323. 最終話 ガッシュからの手紙|trans-chapter=Level 323. Final Chapter, Gash's Last Letter}}</ref>


==== Anime ====
==== Anime ====
While the anime adaptation covers most of the premise, it observes changes in much of the manga's narrative. These include [[Filler (media)|additional subplots]] and characters not featured in the original story.{{efn-ua|They do appear in colored montages at the end of the first manga series.}} Certain scenes and key events are also altered or chronologically rearranged. For instance, Zatch and Kiyo first learn about Zeno from another Mamodo they encounter<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Invulnerable Robnos |series=Zatch Bell! |season=1 |number=16 |quote=I saw a Mamodo [...] who looked exactly like Zatch!}}</ref> rather than directly from Tia<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="Kiyo's Summer Break" |date=February 21, 2006 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-0283-0 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=5 |chapter=39}}</ref> as in the manga, although she and Megumi corroborate the sighting later on.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Another Zatch |series=Zatch Bell! |season=1 |number=7 |quote=I'm positive it was Zatch who we saw standing there. Either that, or Zatch has a double.}}</ref> Ponygon also appears earlier in the anime's timeline<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Botanical Madness |series=Zatch Bell! |season=1 |number=21}}</ref> than in the manga's.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="Meru-Meru-Me~" |date=April 18, 2006 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-4215-0387-5 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=6 |chapter=56}}</ref> Deviations in the plot are more pronounced during the climatic fight against Faudo in the [[Zatch Bell! (season 3)|third and final season]]. In particular, Kiyo's death does not occur, and Zeno never repents even when he returns to the Mamodo world.<ref name="ep 150">{{Cite episode |title=Decisive battle against Faudo! The golden radiance. The kind king. |series=Zatch Bell! |season=3 |number=150 |language=Japanese}}</ref> As a result of the changes, some Mamodo who lose out in the manga survive up to this point. The anime skips the events involving Clear Note and leaves the demise of most of Zatch's main allies and any remaining Mamodo unresolved. Instead, the series closes with an epilogue showing Zatch and Brago preparing to battle each other as the last two Mamodo standing, with the winner not revealed.<ref name="ep 150" />
While the anime adaptation covers most of the premise, it observes changes in much of the manga's narrative. These include [[Filler (media)|additional subplots]] and characters not featured in the original story.{{efn-ua|They do appear in colored montages at the end of the first manga series.}} Certain scenes and key events are also altered or chronologically rearranged. For instance, Zatch and Kiyo first learn about Zeno from another Mamodo they encounter<ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Invulnerable Robnos|series=Zatch Bell!|season=1|number=16|quote=I saw a Mamodo [...] who looked exactly like Zatch!}}</ref> rather than directly from Tia<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="Kiyo's Summer Break"|date=February 21, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0283-0|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=5|chapter=39}}</ref> as in the manga, although she and Megumi corroborate the sighting later on.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Another Zatch|series=Zatch Bell!|season=1|number=7|quote=I'm positive it was Zatch who we saw standing there. Either that, or Zatch has a double.}}</ref> Ponygon also appears earlier in the anime's timeline<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Botanical Madness|series=Zatch Bell!|season=1|number=21}}</ref> than in the manga's.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="Meru-Meru-Me~"|date=April 18, 2006|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-4215-0387-5|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=6|chapter=56}}</ref> Deviations in the plot are more pronounced during the climatic fight against Faudo in the [[Zatch Bell! (season 3)|third and final season]]. In particular, Kiyo's death does not occur, and Zeno never repents even when he returns to the Mamodo world.<ref name="ep 150">{{Cite episode|title=Decisive battle against Faudo! The golden radiance. The kind king.|series=Zatch Bell!|season=3|number=150|language=Japanese}}</ref> As a result of the changes, some Mamodo who lose out in the manga survive up to this point. The anime skips the events involving Clear Note and leaves the demise of most of Zatch's main allies and any remaining Mamodo unresolved. Instead, the series closes with an epilogue showing Zatch and Brago preparing to battle each other as the last two Mamodo standing, with the winner not revealed.<ref name="ep 150" />


==Production==
==Production==
Following the ending of his previous series in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Shōnen Sunday Super]]'' magazine, Raiku revisited old drafts he created for new ideas for his next series.<ref name="Vol 1">{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=May 18, 2001 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-126231-8 |series=[[Zatch Bell]] |volume=1 |language=ja |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!}}</ref> One of his first ideas was a mercenary who uses a giant sword to defeat enemies. He played with this idea for three months before deciding to abandon it and go for another idea.<ref name="Vol 1" /> His next idea involved a middle school student who finds an old toy and, with the help of a noble knight, combats evil. While pitching this idea with his agent,{{vague|title=Which agent does this refer to?|date=February 2022}} he was advised to use a cuter character as a fighter, and so the titular character [[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell|Zatch]] was created.<ref name="Vol 1" /> After Raiku worked on the idea for a few months, it was published.<ref name="Vol 1" /> Raiku said that he intended to create a "passionate story about a heartwarming friendship," and that he used the concept as a central theme while adding the Mamodo, book, and spell concepts. He cited a western magical story he read as a source of inspiration for creating Zatch's red [[Grimoire|spell book]]. Zatch's lightning spells allude to the fact that Raiku's [[Pen name|name]] means "lightning" in Japanese. He also mentioned that he created [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Parco Folgore and Kanchom%C3%A9|Folgore]] with the words "Invincible Italian Man" as a base.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origins, Creator Q & A |url=http://www.zatch-bell.com/index3_skip.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129035235/http://www.zatch-bell.com/index3_skip.html |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |access-date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=Viz Media |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Raiku went on a research trip in England while writing volumes five and six, which both take place in said country.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=July 18, 2002 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |isbn=978-4-09-126236-3 |series=金色のガッシュ!! |volume=6 |language=ja |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!}}</ref>
Following the ending of his previous series in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Shōnen Sunday Super]]'' magazine, Raiku revisited old drafts he created for new ideas for his next series.<ref name="Vol 1">{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=May 18, 2001|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-126231-8|series=[[Zatch Bell]]|volume=1|language=ja|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!}}</ref> One of his first ideas was a mercenary who uses a giant sword to defeat enemies. He played with this idea for three months before deciding to abandon it and go for another idea.<ref name="Vol 1" /> His next idea involved a middle school student who finds an old toy and, with the help of a noble knight, combats evil. While pitching this idea with his agent,{{vague|title=Which agent does this refer to?|date=February 2022}} he was advised to use a cuter character as a fighter, and so the titular character [[Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell|Zatch]] was created.<ref name="Vol 1" /> After Raiku worked on the idea for a few months, it was published.<ref name="Vol 1" /> Raiku said that he intended to create a "passionate story about a heartwarming friendship," and that he used the concept as a central theme while adding the Mamodo, book, and spell concepts. He cited a western magical story he read as a source of inspiration for creating Zatch's red [[Grimoire|spell book]]. Zatch's lightning spells allude to the fact that Raiku's [[Pen name|name]] means "lightning" in Japanese. He also mentioned that he created [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Parco Folgore and Kanchom%C3%A9|Folgore]] with the words "Invincible Italian Man" as a base.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Origins, Creator Q & A|url=http://www.zatch-bell.com/index3_skip.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129035235/http://www.zatch-bell.com/index3_skip.html|archive-date=January 29, 2010|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=Viz Media|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Raiku went on a research trip in England while writing volumes five and six, which both take place in said country.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=July 18, 2002|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-126236-3|series=金色のガッシュ!!|volume=6|language=ja|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ!!}}</ref>


''Zatch Bell!'' would be Raiku's last manga project published by Shogakukan. Once the series finished in December 2007, the company gave back his original artwork,<ref name="Sue12">"[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-06/zatch-bell/gash-manga-creator-raiku-sues-shogakukan News: Gash/Zatch Bell Manga Creator Raiku Sues Shogakukan (Updated)]." ''[[Anime News Network]]''. June 6, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2011.</ref> a common practice for Japanese publishing companies. Of all the documents Raiku received, at least five drawings failed to turn up.<ref name="Sue22">{{Cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=November 11, 2008 |title=Gash/Zatch Bell's Raiku Wins 2.55M Yen over Lost Art (Update) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-11/gash/zatch-bell-raiku-wins-2.55m-yen-over-lost-art |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> Raiku accused Shogakukan of mishandling his artwork and, in 2007, filed a lawsuit seeking damages over the missing documents.<ref name="Sue12" /> He reached a settlement for {{FXConvert|JPN|2.55|m|cursign=[[Japanese yen|¥]]|year=2008|to=USD|showdate=no}} later that year.<ref name="Sue22" />
''Zatch Bell!'' would be Raiku's last manga project published by Shogakukan. Once the series finished in December 2007, the company gave back his original artwork,<ref name="Sue12">"[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-06/zatch-bell/gash-manga-creator-raiku-sues-shogakukan News: Gash/Zatch Bell Manga Creator Raiku Sues Shogakukan (Updated)]." ''[[Anime News Network]]''. June 6, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2011.</ref> a common practice for Japanese publishing companies. Of all the documents Raiku received, at least five drawings failed to turn up.<ref name="Sue22">{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=November 11, 2008|title=Gash/Zatch Bell's Raiku Wins 2.55M Yen over Lost Art (Update)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-11/gash/zatch-bell-raiku-wins-2.55m-yen-over-lost-art|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> Raiku accused Shogakukan of mishandling his artwork and, in 2007, filed a lawsuit seeking damages over the missing documents.<ref name="Sue12" /> He reached a settlement for {{FXConvert|JPN|2.55|m|cursign=[[Japanese yen|¥]]|year=2008|to=USD|showdate=no}} later that year.<ref name="Sue22" />


The house in which Raiku authored the series was unique in that it doubled as a makeshift studio. Inside was a large collection of autographs from various manga artists displayed at the foyer, which was the first thing one would see upon entering the building.<ref name="Gigazine2">{{Cite web |date=August 3, 2010 |title=Place of Creation: "Zatch Bell!" Manga Artist Makoto Raiku in His Workplace |url=http://en.gigazine.net/news/20100803_makoto_raiku_workplace/ |access-date=November 5, 2015 |website=Gigazine}}</ref> His studio also featured a high ceiling to prevent him from becoming [[Claustrophobia|claustrophobic]], and he would spend an entire day there to meet a deadline.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> Raiku's collection of figurines would be displayed on the wall whenever he was present in the house. Raiku admitted that most of his work actually took place at a nearby restaurant where he also did most of his [[storyboarding]].<ref name="Gigazine2" /> He added that there was less distraction, since he was just surrounded by people rather than games or even the Internet.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> Storyboarding for a regular chapter of ''Zatch Bell!'' took about two days for Raiku to make.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> When the editor approved the storyboard, Raiku summoned four assistants to the house for his project,<ref name="Gigazine2" /> and a fifth whenever necessary.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> Raiku sold the property in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=October 26, 2016 |title=House of Gash/Zatch Bell's Makoto Raiku Posted for Sale Online |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-10-26/house-of-gash-zatch-bell-makoto-raiku-posted-for-sale-online/.108132 |access-date=October 21, 2021 |website=Anime News Network}}</ref>
The house in which Raiku authored the series was unique in that it doubled as a makeshift studio. Inside was a large collection of autographs from various manga artists displayed at the foyer, which was the first thing one would see upon entering the building.<ref name="Gigazine2">{{Cite web|date=August 3, 2010|title=Place of Creation: "Zatch Bell!" Manga Artist Makoto Raiku in His Workplace|url=http://en.gigazine.net/news/20100803_makoto_raiku_workplace/|access-date=November 5, 2015|website=Gigazine}}</ref> His studio also featured a high ceiling to prevent him from becoming [[Claustrophobia|claustrophobic]], and he would spend an entire day there to meet a deadline.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> Raiku's collection of figurines would be displayed on the wall whenever he was present in the house. Raiku admitted that most of his work actually took place at a nearby restaurant where he also did most of his [[storyboarding]].<ref name="Gigazine2" /> He added that there was less distraction, since he was just surrounded by people rather than games or even the Internet.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> Storyboarding for a regular chapter of ''Zatch Bell!'' took about two days for Raiku to make.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> When the editor approved the storyboard, Raiku summoned four assistants to the house for his project,<ref name="Gigazine2" /> and a fifth whenever necessary.<ref name="Gigazine2" /> Raiku sold the property in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=October 26, 2016|title=House of Gash/Zatch Bell's Makoto Raiku Posted for Sale Online|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-10-26/house-of-gash-zatch-bell-makoto-raiku-posted-for-sale-online/.108132|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=Anime News Network}}</ref>


==Media==
==Media==
===Manga===
===Manga===
{{See also|List of Zatch Bell! chapters}}Written and illustrated by [[Makoto Raiku]], ''Zatch Bell!'' was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' magazine from January 10, 2001,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=January 17, 2011 |script-title=ja:雷句誠の今日このごろ。 : 感想コーナー４、そして・・・ |url=http://raikumakoto.com/archives/5649440.html |access-date=February 22, 2019 |website=Makoto Raiku's official blog |language=ja |quote={{lang|ja|あれからもう１０年もの年月が流れたのですね・・・。１０年前の２００１年１月１０日。今でも初めて本作を手にとって眼にした時のことは鮮明に思い出されます。第一話のガッシュの真っ直ぐな言葉に受けた衝撃。それは今でも決して忘れません。そして、ラストの爆発頭の清麿達のことも（笑）。}}}}</ref> to December 26, 2007.<ref name="End">{{Cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=December 28, 2007 |title=Zatch Bell Manga Ends After 7 Years, 323 Installments |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-28/zatch-bell-manga-ends-after-7-years-323-installments |access-date=August 19, 2009 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> The manga ran for a total of 323 chapters, collected in thirty-three ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, between May 18, 2001,<ref name="Shogakukan-V12">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:小学館: コミック 「金色のガッシュ!! 1」 |trans-title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 1 |url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091262317 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130112013012/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091262317 |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |access-date=June 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |language=ja}}</ref> and June 18, 2008.<ref name="Shogakukan-V332">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:小学館: コミック 「金色のガッシュ!! 33」 |trans-title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 33 |url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091213990 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111192909/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091213990 |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |access-date=June 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |language=ja}}</ref>
{{See also|List of Zatch Bell! chapters}}Written and illustrated by [[Makoto Raiku]], ''Zatch Bell!'' was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' magazine from January 10, 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=January 17, 2011|script-title=ja:雷句誠の今日このごろ。 : 感想コーナー４、そして・・・|url=http://raikumakoto.com/archives/5649440.html|access-date=February 22, 2019|website=Makoto Raiku's official blog|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|あれからもう１０年もの年月が流れたのですね・・・。１０年前の２００１年１月１０日。今でも初めて本作を手にとって眼にした時のことは鮮明に思い出されます。第一話のガッシュの真っ直ぐな言葉に受けた衝撃。それは今でも決して忘れません。そして、ラストの爆発頭の清麿達のことも（笑）。}}}}</ref> to December 26, 2007.<ref name="End">{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=December 28, 2007|title=Zatch Bell Manga Ends After 7 Years, 323 Installments|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-28/zatch-bell-manga-ends-after-7-years-323-installments|access-date=August 19, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> The manga ran for a total of 323 chapters, collected in thirty-three ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, between May 18, 2001,<ref name="Shogakukan-V12">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:小学館: コミック 「金色のガッシュ!! 1」|trans-title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 1|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091262317|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130112013012/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091262317|archive-date=January 12, 2013|access-date=June 28, 2009|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja}}</ref> and June 18, 2008.<ref name="Shogakukan-V332">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:小学館: コミック 「金色のガッシュ!! 33」|trans-title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 33|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091213990|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111192909/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=9784091213990|archive-date=January 11, 2013|access-date=June 28, 2009|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja}}</ref>


The series was licensed for the English-language release by [[Viz Media]], which also provided the alternate title. The first two volumes of the series were released on August 2, 2005.<ref name="Viz-V12">{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 1 |url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2372 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230142244/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2372 |archive-date=December 30, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref><ref name="Viz-V22">{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 2 |url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2370 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230142645/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2370 |archive-date=December 30, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> Viz Media discontinued the series after twenty-five volumes, with the last released on June 9, 2009.<ref name="Viz-V252">{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 25 |url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7592 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230143442/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7592 |archive-date=December 30, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> The manga was also published in English by [[Chuang Yi]] in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell |url=http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/english/sud_pages/zatchBell/zatchBell_index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707072315/http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/english/sud_pages/zatchBell/zatchBell_index.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2009 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Chuang Yi]]}}</ref>
The series was licensed for the English-language release by [[Viz Media]], which also provided the alternate title. The first two volumes of the series were released on August 2, 2005.<ref name="Viz-V12">{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 1|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2372|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230142244/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2372|archive-date=December 30, 2009|access-date=June 28, 2009|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref><ref name="Viz-V22">{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 2|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2370|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230142645/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2370|archive-date=December 30, 2009|access-date=June 28, 2009|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> Viz Media discontinued the series after twenty-five volumes, with the last released on June 9, 2009.<ref name="Viz-V252">{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell! Vol. 25|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7592|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230143442/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7592|archive-date=December 30, 2009|access-date=June 28, 2009|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> The manga was also published in English by [[Chuang Yi]] in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell|url=http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/english/sud_pages/zatchBell/zatchBell_index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707072315/http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/english/sud_pages/zatchBell/zatchBell_index.htm|archive-date=July 7, 2009|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Chuang Yi]]}}</ref>


In March 2011, Raiku released a one-shot chapter of ''Zatch Bell!'' to promote the repackaging of the manga in a new ''[[bunkoban]]'' format under [[Kodansha]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gash/Zatch Bell Gets New 1-Shot Manga in March |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-10/gash/zatch-bell-gets-new-1-shot-manga-in-march |access-date=May 29, 2011}}</ref> Sixteen volumes were published between March 8, 2011, and June 7, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ！！（１） |url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000012756 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ！！（１６） |url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000012771 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |language=ja}}</ref> In July 2018, a [[Ebook|digital]] sixteen-volume ''[[kanzenban]]'' edition of ''Zatch Bell!'' was released through Birgdin Board Corp., Raiku's [[Self-publishing|own publishing company]]. The re-releases feature newly-drawn cover art, color pages from the original ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' serialization, and a special [[Omake|bonus chapter]] in each volume called ''Zatch Café'',{{efn|Known in Japan as ''Gash Café'' (ガッシュカフェ, ''Gasshu Kafe'')}} which stars characters from that volume's cover.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=2018-06-23 |script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ！！完全版」が、電子書籍で販売されます！！ |url=http://raikumakoto.com/archives/2018-06.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223214541/http://raikumakoto.com/archives/2018-06.html |archive-date=February 23, 2020 |access-date=2020-02-23 |website=Makoto Raiku's official blog |language=ja }}</ref> After successful sales and demand from fans, the ''kanzenban'' edition was released in physical format in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |date=2019-04-19 |script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ！！完全版」が紙の書籍で出ます！ |url=http://raikumakoto.com/archives/2019-04.html |access-date=2020-02-23 |website=Makoto Raiku's official blog |language=ja}}</ref>
In March 2011, Raiku released a one-shot chapter of ''Zatch Bell!'' to promote the repackaging of the manga in a new ''[[bunkoban]]'' format under [[Kodansha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gash/Zatch Bell Gets New 1-Shot Manga in March|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-10/gash/zatch-bell-gets-new-1-shot-manga-in-march|access-date=May 29, 2011}}</ref> Sixteen volumes were published between March 8, 2011, and June 7, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ！！（１）|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000012756|access-date=February 20, 2019|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュ！！（１６）|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000012771|access-date=February 20, 2019|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|language=ja}}</ref> In July 2018, a [[Ebook|digital]] sixteen-volume ''[[kanzenban]]'' edition of ''Zatch Bell!'' was released through Birgdin Board Corp., Raiku's [[Self-publishing|own publishing company]]. The re-releases feature newly-drawn cover art, color pages from the original ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' serialization, and a special [[Omake|bonus chapter]] in each volume called ''Zatch Café'',{{efn|Known in Japan as ''Gash Café'' (ガッシュカフェ, ''Gasshu Kafe'')}} which stars characters from that volume's cover.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=2018-06-23|script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ！！完全版」が、電子書籍で販売されます！！|url=http://raikumakoto.com/archives/2018-06.html|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223214541/http://raikumakoto.com/archives/2018-06.html|archive-date=February 23, 2020|access-date=2020-02-23|website=Makoto Raiku's official blog|language=ja }}</ref> After successful sales and demand from fans, the ''kanzenban'' edition was released in physical format in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|date=2019-04-19|script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ！！完全版」が紙の書籍で出ます！|url=http://raikumakoto.com/archives/2019-04.html|access-date=2020-02-23|website=Makoto Raiku's official blog|language=ja}}</ref>


In February 2022, Raiku announced a sequel to the manga, titled {{nihongo|''Konjiki no Gash!! 2''|金色のガッシュ!! 2|Konjiki no Gasshu!! Ni}}, which began its [[Webcomic|digital publication]] on various digital book services on March 14 of the same year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=February 26, 2022 |title=Konjiki no Gash/Zatch Bell! Manga Gets New Series in Mid-March |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-26/konjiki-no-gash-zatch-bell-manga-gets-new-series-in-mid-march/.183029 |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1500792850644041728 |user=raikumakoto |language=ja |script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ！！２」第1話<br>３月１４日、各電子書店にて配信開始です。<br>今回のCM動画もクリックすると、カッコイイ曲がついてきます。😊}}</ref>
In February 2022, Raiku announced a sequel to the manga, titled {{nihongo|''Konjiki no Gash!! 2''|金色のガッシュ!! 2|Konjiki no Gasshu!! Ni}}, which began its [[Webcomic|digital publication]] on various digital book services on March 14 of the same year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=February 26, 2022|title=Konjiki no Gash/Zatch Bell! Manga Gets New Series in Mid-March|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-26/konjiki-no-gash-zatch-bell-manga-gets-new-series-in-mid-march/.183029|access-date=2022-02-26|website=[[Anime News Network]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1500792850644041728|user=raikumakoto|language=ja|script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ！！２」第1話<br>３月１４日、各電子書店にて配信開始です。<br>今回のCM動画もクリックすると、カッコイイ曲がついてきます。😊}}</ref>


===Anime===
===Anime===
{{See also|List of Zatch Bell! episodes}}
{{See also|List of Zatch Bell! episodes}}
A 150-episode [[anime]] television adaptation, titled in Japan as {{nihongo|''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!''|金色のガッシュベル!!|Konjiki no Gasshu Beru!!|"Golden Gash Bell!!"}}, was produced by [[Toei Animation]], and directed by Tetsuji Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa, with Akatsuki Yamatoya and Hiroshi Hashimoto as the lead scriptwriters.<ref name="Staff">{{Cite web |title=''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'' staff list |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/staff.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130024313/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/staff.html |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009 |publisher=[[Toei Animation]]}}</ref> It began airing on [[Fuji Television]] on April 6, 2003, and ran for 50 episodes per season, concluding after three seasons on March 26, 2006.<ref name="Episodes">{{Cite web |title=''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'' episode list |url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/episode/list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130032407/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/episode/list/ |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009 |publisher=[[Toei Animation]]}}</ref> The episodes were collected and distributed by [[Pony Canyon]] into three DVD series, labeled as "levels", consisting of seventeen DVDs each, totaling fifty-one sets: the first level was released from November 19, 2003,<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！（1） |url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50660&ctg_id=DVD&page=16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323015341/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50660&ctg_id=DVD&page=16 |archive-date=March 23, 2005 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Toei Animation]] |language=ja}}</ref> to April 20, 2005;<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！（17） |url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50676&ctg_id=DVD&page=17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323032248/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50676&ctg_id=DVD&page=17 |archive-date=March 23, 2005 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Toei Animation]] |language=ja}}</ref> the second level was released from May 18, 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Konjiki no Gash (Zach Bell)!! Level-2 Vol.1 |url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51460 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=CDJapan}}</ref> to June 21, 2006;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Konjiki no Gash (Zach Bell)!! Level-2 Vol.17 |url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51476 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=CDJapan}}</ref> the third level was released from July 5, 2006,<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！Level ３(1) |url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52148&ctg_id=dgash03&page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309074005/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52148&ctg_id=dgash03&page=1 |archive-date=March 9, 2007 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Toei Animation]] |language=ja}}</ref> to March 7, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！Level ３(17) |url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52164&ctg_id=dgash03&page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326112831/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52164&ctg_id=dgash03&page=2 |archive-date=March 26, 2007 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Toei Animation]] |language=ja}}</ref>
A 150-episode [[anime]] television adaptation, titled in Japan as {{nihongo|''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!''|金色のガッシュベル!!|Konjiki no Gasshu Beru!!|"Golden Gash Bell!!"}}, was produced by [[Toei Animation]], and directed by Tetsuji Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa, with Akatsuki Yamatoya and Hiroshi Hashimoto as the lead scriptwriters.<ref name="Staff">{{Cite web|title=''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'' staff list|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/staff.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130024313/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/staff.html|archive-date=January 30, 2009|access-date=July 14, 2009|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]}}</ref> It began airing on [[Fuji Television]] on April 6, 2003, and ran for 50 episodes per season, concluding after three seasons on March 26, 2006.<ref name="Episodes">{{Cite web|title=''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'' episode list|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/episode/list/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130032407/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/episode/list/|archive-date=January 30, 2009|access-date=July 14, 2009|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]}}</ref> The episodes were collected and distributed by [[Pony Canyon]] into three DVD series, labeled as "levels", consisting of seventeen DVDs each, totaling fifty-one sets: the first level was released from November 19, 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！（1）|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50660&ctg_id=DVD&page=16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323015341/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50660&ctg_id=DVD&page=16|archive-date=March 23, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref> to April 20, 2005;<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！（17）|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50676&ctg_id=DVD&page=17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323032248/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50676&ctg_id=DVD&page=17|archive-date=March 23, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref> the second level was released from May 18, 2005,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Konjiki no Gash (Zach Bell)!! Level-2 Vol.1|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51460|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=CDJapan}}</ref> to June 21, 2006;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Konjiki no Gash (Zach Bell)!! Level-2 Vol.17|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51476|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=CDJapan}}</ref> the third level was released from July 5, 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！Level ３(1)|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52148&ctg_id=dgash03&page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309074005/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52148&ctg_id=dgash03&page=1|archive-date=March 9, 2007|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref> to March 7, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！Level ３(17)|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52164&ctg_id=dgash03&page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326112831/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52164&ctg_id=dgash03&page=2|archive-date=March 26, 2007|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref>


ShoPro Entertainment (then VIZ LLC's sister company, later merged to form [[Viz Media]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2005 |title=Japanese Entertainment Giants to Form Global Enterprise Specializing in Animation and Manga |url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/01_merger.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828072435/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/01_merger.php |archive-date=August 28, 2005 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> acquired the license to the anime series, under the title ''Zatch Bell!'' in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Christopher |date=June 12, 2004 |title=New ShoPro Acquisitions |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-06-12/new-shopro-acquisitions |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> and announced its home video release in August 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2005 |title=Viz Media to Release Manga & Anime Series for Zatch Bell! |url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatchbell.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107073723/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatchbell.php |archive-date=November 7, 2005 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> The English dubbed of the series (produced at [[Studiopolis]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nimoy, Jeff |author-link=Jeff Nimoy |date=January 15, 2021 |title=The First Days of Naruto |url=https://thestoop.tv/2021/01/15/the-first-days-of-naruto/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=The Stoop}}</ref> premiered in the United States on [[Cartoon Network]]'s Saturday night programming block [[Toonami]] on March 5, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 2005 |title='Naruto' Heads to Toonami |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/6452/naruto-heads-toonami |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=[[ICv2]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Brooks |first=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PT1564 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |date=2015 |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |edition=9th |page=1564 |author-link=Tim Brooks (historian) |access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref> The series was also broadcast on the network's daily programming block [[Miguzi]] starting on April 3, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2006 |title='Zatch Bell' on the Daily Miguzi Block |url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/8394/zatch-bell-daily-miguzi-block |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=[[ICv2]]}}</ref> Seventy-seven episodes were broadcast on Cartoon Network until January 20, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanson |first=Brian |date=January 20, 2007 |title=The Click: January 20th - January 26th |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/01-20-07 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The series also premiered on [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]]'s programming block [[Bionix (TV programming block)|Bionix]] in Canada on September 9, 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2005 |title=Viz Media's Breakthrough Hit, Zatch Bell! To Wow Kids in Canada on YTV |url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatch_ytv.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028045118/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatch_ytv.php |archive-date=October 28, 2005 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> and finished with the 104th and last English-dubbed episode on December 6, 2008. Thirteen DVDs, collecting the first fifty-two episodes, were released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005,<ref name="Zatch 1">{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell!, Vol. 1 (DVD) |url=http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5416 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217051100/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5416 |archive-date=February 17, 2009 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> and December 4, 2007.<ref name="Zatch 13">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Davey C. |date=December 31, 2007 |title=Zatch Bell vol. 13: The Sixth Spell |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2007/12/31/zatch-bell-vol-13-the-sixth-spell/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110034054/http://activeanime.com/html/2007/12/31/zatch-bell-vol-13-the-sixth-spell/ |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |website=Active Anime}}</ref> [[New Video|New Video Group]] released a DVD box set, ''Zatch Bell!: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2'', on December 3, 2013, which included the first hundred episodes of the English dub.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell! Complete Seasons 1 & 2 |url=http://www.newvideo.com/flatiron-film-company/zatch-bell-complete-seasons-1-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225204318/http://www.newvideo.com/flatiron-film-company/zatch-bell-complete-seasons-1-2/ |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |publisher=[[New Video]]}}</ref> All 104 episodes of the English dub began streaming on [[Crunchyroll]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Tiara |date=January 16, 2015 |title=Crunchyroll Offers Manga with Premium Membership, Adds GTO & Zatch Bell Anime, TomoToons |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-01-16/crunchyroll-offers-manga-with-premium-membership-adds-gto-and-zatch-bell-anime-tomotoons/.83357 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Luster |first=Joseph |date=February 16, 2016 |title=Crunchyroll Adds More Dubbed "Zatch Bell!" and "Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL" |work=[[Crunchyroll]] |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/16/crunchyroll-adds-more-dubbed-zatch-bell-and-yu-gi-oh-zexal |access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> In June 2017, [[Starz]] announced that it would be offering episodes of the series for its [[video on demand]] service starting on July 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2017 |title=Starz app July 2017 Movies and TV Titles Announced |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/861323-starz-app-july-2017-movies-and-tv-titles-announced |access-date=September 13, 2018 |publisher=ComingSoon.net}}</ref>
ShoPro Entertainment (then VIZ LLC's sister company, later merged to form [[Viz Media]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2005|title=Japanese Entertainment Giants to Form Global Enterprise Specializing in Animation and Manga|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/01_merger.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828072435/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/01_merger.php|archive-date=August 28, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> acquired the license to the anime series, under the title ''Zatch Bell!'' in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=June 12, 2004|title=New ShoPro Acquisitions|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-06-12/new-shopro-acquisitions|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> and announced its home video release in August 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 4, 2005|title=Viz Media to Release Manga & Anime Series for Zatch Bell!|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatchbell.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107073723/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatchbell.php|archive-date=November 7, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> The English dubbed of the series (produced at [[Studiopolis]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nimoy, Jeff|author-link=Jeff Nimoy|date=January 15, 2021|title=The First Days of Naruto|url=https://thestoop.tv/2021/01/15/the-first-days-of-naruto/|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=The Stoop}}</ref> premiered in the United States on [[Cartoon Network]]'s Saturday night programming block [[Toonami]] on March 5, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 16, 2005|title='Naruto' Heads to Toonami|url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/6452/naruto-heads-toonami|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[ICv2]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Brooks|first=Tim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PT1564|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|date=2015|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4|edition=9th|page=1564|author-link=Tim Brooks (historian)|access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref> The series was also broadcast on the network's daily programming block [[Miguzi]] starting on April 3, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 20, 2006|title='Zatch Bell' on the Daily Miguzi Block|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/8394/zatch-bell-daily-miguzi-block|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[ICv2]]}}</ref> Seventy-seven episodes were broadcast on Cartoon Network until January 20, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hanson|first=Brian|date=January 20, 2007|title=The Click: January 20th - January 26th|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/01-20-07|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The series also premiered on [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]]'s programming block [[Bionix (TV programming block)|Bionix]] in Canada on September 9, 2005,<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 22, 2005|title=Viz Media's Breakthrough Hit, Zatch Bell! To Wow Kids in Canada on YTV|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatch_ytv.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028045118/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatch_ytv.php|archive-date=October 28, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> and finished with the 104th and last English-dubbed episode on December 6, 2008. Thirteen DVDs, collecting the first fifty-two episodes, were released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005,<ref name="Zatch 1">{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell!, Vol. 1 (DVD)|url=http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5416|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217051100/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5416|archive-date=February 17, 2009|access-date=July 16, 2021|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> and December 4, 2007.<ref name="Zatch 13">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Davey C.|date=December 31, 2007|title=Zatch Bell vol. 13: The Sixth Spell|url=http://activeanime.com/html/2007/12/31/zatch-bell-vol-13-the-sixth-spell/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110034054/http://activeanime.com/html/2007/12/31/zatch-bell-vol-13-the-sixth-spell/|archive-date=January 10, 2012|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=Active Anime}}</ref> [[New Video|New Video Group]] released a DVD box set, ''Zatch Bell!: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2'', on December 3, 2013, which included the first hundred episodes of the English dub.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell! Complete Seasons 1 & 2|url=http://www.newvideo.com/flatiron-film-company/zatch-bell-complete-seasons-1-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225204318/http://www.newvideo.com/flatiron-film-company/zatch-bell-complete-seasons-1-2/|archive-date=December 25, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2021|publisher=[[New Video]]}}</ref> All 104 episodes of the English dub began streaming on [[Crunchyroll]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Tiara|date=January 16, 2015|title=Crunchyroll Offers Manga with Premium Membership, Adds GTO & Zatch Bell Anime, TomoToons|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-01-16/crunchyroll-offers-manga-with-premium-membership-adds-gto-and-zatch-bell-anime-tomotoons/.83357|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=February 16, 2016|title=Crunchyroll Adds More Dubbed "Zatch Bell!" and "Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL"|work=[[Crunchyroll]]|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/16/crunchyroll-adds-more-dubbed-zatch-bell-and-yu-gi-oh-zexal|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> In June 2017, [[Starz]] announced that it would be offering episodes of the series for its [[video on demand]] service starting on July 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 22, 2017|title=Starz app July 2017 Movies and TV Titles Announced|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/861323-starz-app-july-2017-movies-and-tv-titles-announced|access-date=September 13, 2018|publisher=ComingSoon.net}}</ref>


=== Films ===
=== Films ===
[[Toei Animation]] produced two animated films based on the TV series, both which serve as [[Spin-off (media)|spin-offs]]. The first film, ''Zatch Bell!: 101st Devil'',{{efn|Known in Japan as {{Nihongo3|lit. "Movie Golden Gash Bell!! Unlisted demon #101"|劇場版 金色のガッシュベル！！ 「１０１番目の魔物」|"Gekijou Ban Konjiki no Gash Bell!! 101 Banme no Mamono"}}}} was released to Japanese theaters on August 7, 2004, and to DVD on December 15, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trailers! |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-09/trailers |access-date=August 19, 2009 |website=Anime News Network}}</ref><ref name="Movie 12">{{Cite web |title=劇場版「金色のガッシュベル!!101番目の魔物」 [DVD] |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0006A9J60/ |access-date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref> Here, a vengeful Mamodo named Wiseman seeks to illicitly enter the tournament by stealing a coveted white spell book, then baiting Zatch into the Mamodo world as a means of displacing him from the battle for king. The film also explores Zatch's home world in finer detail and how a human partner is selected for each Mamodo, with Wiseman deemed incompatible for one. The second film, ''[[Zatch Bell! Movie 2: Attack of Mechavulcan]]'',{{efn|Known in Japan as {{Nihongo3|lit. "Movie Golden Gash Bell!! Attack of the Mechavulcan"|劇場版 金色のガッシュベル！！ 「メカバルカンの来襲」|"Gekijou Ban [[Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Mecabarukan no raishuu]]"}}}} premiered in Japanese theaters on August 6, 2005, before coming out on DVD on January 2, 2006.<ref name="Movie 22">{{Cite web |title=劇場版 金色のガッシュベル!! メカバルカンの来襲 [DVD] |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000BNFIEY/ |access-date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref> This movie tells of a conceited Mamodo scientist, Dr. M2, from the future who invades Earth with an army of [[Mecha (anime)|oversized robots]] resembling a toy<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raiku |first=Makoto |title="A Real Family" |date=August 2, 2005 |publisher=Viz Media |isbn=978-1-59116-588-0 |series=Zatch Bell! |volume=2 |chapter=16}}</ref> that Kiyo made for Zatch in the main series.
[[Toei Animation]] produced two animated films based on the TV series, both which serve as [[Spin-off (media)|spin-offs]]. The first film, ''Zatch Bell!: 101st Devil'',{{efn|Known in Japan as {{Nihongo3|lit. "Movie Golden Gash Bell!! Unlisted demon #101"|劇場版 金色のガッシュベル！！ 「１０１番目の魔物」|"Gekijou Ban Konjiki no Gash Bell!! 101 Banme no Mamono"}}}} was released to Japanese theaters on August 7, 2004, and to DVD on December 15, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trailers!|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-09/trailers|access-date=August 19, 2009|website=Anime News Network}}</ref><ref name="Movie 12">{{Cite web|title=劇場版「金色のガッシュベル!!101番目の魔物」 [DVD]|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0006A9J60/|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=ja}}</ref> Here, a vengeful Mamodo named Wiseman seeks to illicitly enter the tournament by stealing a coveted white spell book, then baiting Zatch into the Mamodo world as a means of displacing him from the battle for king. The film also explores Zatch's home world in finer detail and how a human partner is selected for each Mamodo, with Wiseman deemed incompatible for one. The second film, ''[[Zatch Bell! Movie 2: Attack of Mechavulcan]]'',{{efn|Known in Japan as {{Nihongo3|lit. "Movie Golden Gash Bell!! Attack of the Mechavulcan"|劇場版 金色のガッシュベル！！ 「メカバルカンの来襲」|"Gekijou Ban [[Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Mecabarukan no raishuu]]"}}}} premiered in Japanese theaters on August 6, 2005, before coming out on DVD on January 2, 2006.<ref name="Movie 22">{{Cite web|title=劇場版 金色のガッシュベル!! メカバルカンの来襲 [DVD]|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000BNFIEY/|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|language=ja}}</ref> This movie tells of a conceited Mamodo scientist, Dr. M2, from the future who invades Earth with an army of [[Mecha (anime)|oversized robots]] resembling a toy<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raiku|first=Makoto|title="A Real Family"|date=August 2, 2005|publisher=Viz Media|isbn=978-1-59116-588-0|series=Zatch Bell!|volume=2|chapter=16}}</ref> that Kiyo made for Zatch in the main series.


[[Discotek Media]] licensed both films for distribution in North America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=January 14, 2018 |title=Discotek Licenses Great Mazinger Anime, Toriko Film, 2 Zatch Bell Films |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-14/discotek-licenses-great-mazinger-anime-toriko-film-2-zatch-bell-films/.126408 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> They were released on [[Blu-ray]] and DVD with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles on March 27 and May 21, 2018, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ressler |first=Karen |date=March 27, 2018 |title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 25–31 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-27/north-american-anime-manga-releases-march-25-31/.129610 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ressler |first=Karen |date=May 1, 2018 |title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 29-May 5 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-01/north-american-anime-manga-releases-april-29-may-5/.131070 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><!-- Missing section: anime soundtrack releases. -->
[[Discotek Media]] licensed both films for distribution in North America.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=January 14, 2018|title=Discotek Licenses Great Mazinger Anime, Toriko Film, 2 Zatch Bell Films|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-14/discotek-licenses-great-mazinger-anime-toriko-film-2-zatch-bell-films/.126408|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> They were released on [[Blu-ray]] and DVD with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles on March 27 and May 21, 2018, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=March 27, 2018|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 25–31|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-27/north-american-anime-manga-releases-march-25-31/.129610|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=May 1, 2018|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 29-May 5|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-01/north-american-anime-manga-releases-april-29-may-5/.131070|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><!-- Missing section: anime soundtrack releases. -->


===Video games===
===Video games===
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===Other media===
===Other media===
[[File:Zatch Bell! TCG cardback.png|thumb|right|120px|Cardback to the ''Zatch Bell!'' TCG.]]
[[File:Zatch Bell! TCG cardback.png|thumb|right|120px|Cardback to the ''Zatch Bell!'' TCG.]]
A toy line made by Mattel and a [[collectible card game]], titled ''Zatch Bell!: The Card Battle'', were released by [[Bandai]] in the United States and Japan.<ref name="Card Game">{{Cite web |title=Bandai's 'Zatch Bell! TCG' |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6458.html |access-date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=icv2.com}}</ref><ref name="Clothes">{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell Apparel License Granted |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/7370.html |access-date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=icv2.com}}</ref><ref name="Toys">{{Cite web |title=Mattel Plans Full Zatch Bell Line |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/7295.html |access-date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=icv2.com}}</ref>
A toy line made by Mattel and a [[collectible card game]], titled ''Zatch Bell!: The Card Battle'', were released by [[Bandai]] in the United States and Japan.<ref name="Card Game">{{Cite web|title=Bandai's 'Zatch Bell! TCG'|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6458.html|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=icv2.com}}</ref><ref name="Clothes">{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell Apparel License Granted|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/7370.html|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=icv2.com}}</ref><ref name="Toys">{{Cite web|title=Mattel Plans Full Zatch Bell Line|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/7295.html|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=icv2.com}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
===Manga===
===Manga===
''Zatch Bell!'' won the [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for best ''[[shōnen]]'' title of the year in 2003.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 |url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=August 19, 2009 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |language=ja}}</ref> It ranked 33rd of the top 100 manga series on [[TV Asahi]]'s Manga Sōsenkyo poll in 2021, in which 150,000 people responded.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2021 |script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!? |url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103111919/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2 |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |website=animate Times |publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]] |language=ja}}</ref>
''Zatch Bell!'' won the [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for best ''[[shōnen]]'' title of the year in 2003.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=September 29, 2007|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja}}</ref> It ranked 33rd of the top 100 manga series on [[TV Asahi]]'s Manga Sōsenkyo poll in 2021, in which 150,000 people responded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 3, 2021|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103111919/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2|archive-date=January 3, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=animate Times|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|language=ja}}</ref>


As of June 2008, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-20 |script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ!!」の作者である漫画家、雷句誠さんにいろいろとインタビューしてきました |url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3692781/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222171523/http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3692781/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |access-date=2013-11-29 |website=Gigazine via [[Livedoor|Livedoor News]] |language=ja}}</ref> as of March 2017, it had 23.8 million copies in circulation, including [[Manga#Digital manga|digital versions]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2017 |script-title=ja:共闘対戦 爽快パズル消しゲー 『エレメンタルストーリー』、大人気漫画『金色のガッシュ!!』とのコラボがスタート |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000263.000006324.html |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=PR Times |language=ja}}</ref>
As of June 2008, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation;<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-06-20|script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ!!」の作者である漫画家、雷句誠さんにいろいろとインタビューしてきました|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3692781/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222171523/http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3692781/|archive-date=February 22, 2014|access-date=2013-11-29|website=Gigazine via [[Livedoor|Livedoor News]]|language=ja}}</ref> as of March 2017, it had 23.8 million copies in circulation, including [[Manga#Digital manga|digital versions]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 15, 2017|script-title=ja:共闘対戦 爽快パズル消しゲー 『エレメンタルストーリー』、大人気漫画『金色のガッシュ!!』とのコラボがスタート|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000263.000006324.html|access-date=July 15, 2022|website=PR Times|language=ja}}</ref>


Jason Thompson from ''[[Anime News Network]]'' describes the series as "''Zatch Bell!'' was one of hundreds of manga competing to be Number Two in the newly established genre of "heroes who fight using cute-but-violent monster/animal/pet companions." But Zatch is an extreme case because it's SO cute and SO violent, both at the same time, mixing squash-and-stretch body distortions, heta-uma ugliness, smiling faces and gushing blood".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jason |date=August 14, 2014 |title=House of 1000 Manga - Zatch Bell |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-08-14/zatch-bell/.77624 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |language=}}</ref> [[Manga.com|Mania.com]]'s Jarred Pine's review of the first volume said that "The characters can look lopsided and out of proportions at times, with Kiyo experiencing Popeye arms on occasion. When the artwork gets more serious, it looks quite good, even though the added effect lines tend to make some panels feel a bit overdramatic, especially when Zatch is crying. The action work can feel quite explosive, with all the lighting bolts and flying icicles and all, which makes the Mamodo battle scenes a lot of fun. He added "The book really started off on the wrong foot with me with the introduction of Kiyo, one of the most irritating and arrogant lead characters in a ''shōnen'' manga. His attitude is not a result of any sort of disposition or a hard life, he’s just a know-it-all that looks down on others. Luckily, Zatch’s quirky and upbeat personality helps balance the scales and quickly goes to work on fixing Kiyo’s bad attitude".<ref name="M.Vol.1">{{Cite web |last=Pine |first=Jarred |date=August 11, 2005 |title=Zatch Bell (aka: Konjiki no Gash!!) Vol. #01 |url=http://www.mania.com/zatch-bell-aka-konjiki-gash-vol-01_article_82272.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901105726/http://www.mania.com/zatch-bell-aka-konjiki-gash-vol-01_article_82272.html |archive-date=September 1, 2009 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |publisher=Mania.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Jason Thompson from ''[[Anime News Network]]'' describes the series as "''Zatch Bell!'' was one of hundreds of manga competing to be Number Two in the newly established genre of "heroes who fight using cute-but-violent monster/animal/pet companions." But Zatch is an extreme case because it's SO cute and SO violent, both at the same time, mixing squash-and-stretch body distortions, heta-uma ugliness, smiling faces and gushing blood".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Jason|date=August 14, 2014|title=House of 1000 Manga - Zatch Bell|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-08-14/zatch-bell/.77624|access-date=October 4, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|language=}}</ref> [[Manga.com|Mania.com]]'s Jarred Pine's review of the first volume said that "The characters can look lopsided and out of proportions at times, with Kiyo experiencing Popeye arms on occasion. When the artwork gets more serious, it looks quite good, even though the added effect lines tend to make some panels feel a bit overdramatic, especially when Zatch is crying. The action work can feel quite explosive, with all the lighting bolts and flying icicles and all, which makes the Mamodo battle scenes a lot of fun. He added "The book really started off on the wrong foot with me with the introduction of Kiyo, one of the most irritating and arrogant lead characters in a ''shōnen'' manga. His attitude is not a result of any sort of disposition or a hard life, he’s just a know-it-all that looks down on others. Luckily, Zatch’s quirky and upbeat personality helps balance the scales and quickly goes to work on fixing Kiyo’s bad attitude".<ref name="M.Vol.1">{{Cite web|last=Pine|first=Jarred|date=August 11, 2005|title=Zatch Bell (aka: Konjiki no Gash!!) Vol. #01|url=http://www.mania.com/zatch-bell-aka-konjiki-gash-vol-01_article_82272.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901105726/http://www.mania.com/zatch-bell-aka-konjiki-gash-vol-01_article_82272.html|archive-date=September 1, 2009|access-date=July 21, 2009|publisher=Mania.com|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


===Anime===
===Anime===
In 2005, the series ranked 20th on ''[[Animage]]''{{'}}s anime popularity poll,<ref name="2005 rank">{{Cite web |date=June 2006 |script-title=ja:トップ ＞ 第28回アニメグランプリ ［2006年6月号］（現在位置） |url=http://animage.jp/gp_new/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019171753/http://animage.jp/gp_new/index.html |archive-date=October 19, 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2009 |publisher=[[Animage]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and 64th in the top 100 anime shows in a web poll conducted by TV Asahi.<ref name="Top 100 2005">{{Cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Christopher |date=September 23, 2005 |title=TV Asahi Top 100 Anime |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-09-23/tv-asahi-top-100-anime-part-2 |access-date=August 19, 2009 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> Although the show's English dub fared poorly in reviews, it became notable for its voiceover cast. [[Debi Derryberry]], the voice for Zatch, was nominated twice for "Best Actress in a Comedy" at the [[American Anime Awards]] for her role as the titular character,<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2007 |title=American Anime Awards Finalists Announced |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-02-07/american-anime-awards-finalists-announced |access-date=February 16, 2022 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> while [[Jason Spisak]] placed fifth in the category "best English voice actor" in the SPJA Industry Award for his role as Kiyo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SPJA Industry Award Finalists At Tokyo International Anime Fair |url=http://www.comipress.com/press-release/2008/03/27/3442 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716191443/http://www.comipress.com/press-release/2008/03/27/3442 |archive-date=July 16, 2009 |access-date=July 23, 2009 |publisher=Comipress.com}}</ref> [[Dave Wittenberg]] was also nominated "Best Male Actor in a Comedy" for his portrayal of Parco Folgore.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 28, 2007 |title=A Backstage Guide to the American Anime Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2007-02-28 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Anime News Network}}</ref> [[Philece Sampler]] was also accredited for her performance as the minor character [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Lori and Kolulu|Lori]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ortiz |first=Juan |date=July 3, 2021 |title=Digimon Voice Actor Philece Sampler Has Passed |work=The Nerd Stash |url=https://thenerdstash.com/digimon-voice-actor-philece-sampler-has-passed/ |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>
In 2005, the series ranked 20th on ''[[Animage]]''{{'}}s anime popularity poll,<ref name="2005 rank">{{Cite web|date=June 2006|script-title=ja:トップ ＞ 第28回アニメグランプリ ［2006年6月号］（現在位置）|url=http://animage.jp/gp_new/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019171753/http://animage.jp/gp_new/index.html|archive-date=October 19, 2010|access-date=August 11, 2009|publisher=[[Animage]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and 64th in the top 100 anime shows in a web poll conducted by TV Asahi.<ref name="Top 100 2005">{{Cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=September 23, 2005|title=TV Asahi Top 100 Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-09-23/tv-asahi-top-100-anime-part-2|access-date=August 19, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> Although the show's English dub fared poorly in reviews, it became notable for its voiceover cast. [[Debi Derryberry]], the voice for Zatch, was nominated twice for "Best Actress in a Comedy" at the [[American Anime Awards]] for her role as the titular character,<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 2, 2007|title=American Anime Awards Finalists Announced|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-02-07/american-anime-awards-finalists-announced|access-date=February 16, 2022|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> while [[Jason Spisak]] placed fifth in the category "best English voice actor" in the SPJA Industry Award for his role as Kiyo.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SPJA Industry Award Finalists At Tokyo International Anime Fair|url=http://www.comipress.com/press-release/2008/03/27/3442|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716191443/http://www.comipress.com/press-release/2008/03/27/3442|archive-date=July 16, 2009|access-date=July 23, 2009|publisher=Comipress.com}}</ref> [[Dave Wittenberg]] was also nominated "Best Male Actor in a Comedy" for his portrayal of Parco Folgore.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 28, 2007|title=A Backstage Guide to the American Anime Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2007-02-28|access-date=February 16, 2022|website=Anime News Network}}</ref> [[Philece Sampler]] was also accredited for her performance as the minor character [[List of Zatch Bell! characters#Lori and Kolulu|Lori]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ortiz|first=Juan|date=July 3, 2021|title=Digimon Voice Actor Philece Sampler Has Passed|work=The Nerd Stash|url=https://thenerdstash.com/digimon-voice-actor-philece-sampler-has-passed/|access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>


''Anime News Network'''s Zac Bertschy review of the anime adaptation described it as "...mind-numbingly over-the-top, so enthusiastically bizarre, that it's difficult to not get sucked into its strange little world" but criticized how it was like a "battle your way to the top while learning important lessons about teamwork and courage" anime. He commented how the "sheer exuberance and energy" saves the show from being a bland anime and how it would be the perfect show for kids.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bertschy |first=Zac |title=Zatch Bell – DVD 1 review |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/zatch-bell/dvd-1 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> [[IGN]]'s review of the series was mostly negative. IGN's Jason Van Horn criticized the animation, plot, and dubbed voice acting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horn |first=Jason Van |date=January 8, 2007 |title=Anime Worth Your Time |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/753/753103p4.html |access-date=July 23, 2009 |publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> IGN's JKB stated the books are more interesting than the animation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2005 |title=Zatch Bell Vol. 1 & 2 Review |url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/649/649091p1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928211317/http://tv.ign.com/articles/753/753103p4.html |archive-date=September 28, 2008 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> [[Common Sense Media]] describes the story as "isn't just about violence". They also say that there are always challenges, adversities, and questions of identity that the characters face especially Zatch and Kiyo. They compliment how the characters often think aloud when talking about their painful experiences or flashbacks. They applaud on how each of the characters problems in the series are not far off on what kids deal with today. They criticized how the battles uses visuals, languages, sound effects, and dramatic effects that often get drawn out and sometimes become hard to watch. Overall, they said with the graphic violence and the internal struggles that the different characters face throughout the series some parents may not find ''Zatch Bell!'' appropriate for their children under ten years old.<ref name="Common Sense Media">{{Cite web |title=Zatch Bell! TV Review |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/zatch-bell |access-date=November 8, 2015 |website=[[Common Sense Media]]}}</ref>
''Anime News Network'''s Zac Bertschy review of the anime adaptation described it as "...mind-numbingly over-the-top, so enthusiastically bizarre, that it's difficult to not get sucked into its strange little world" but criticized how it was like a "battle your way to the top while learning important lessons about teamwork and courage" anime. He commented how the "sheer exuberance and energy" saves the show from being a bland anime and how it would be the perfect show for kids.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bertschy|first=Zac|title=Zatch Bell – DVD 1 review|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/zatch-bell/dvd-1|access-date=July 21, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> [[IGN]]'s review of the series was mostly negative. IGN's Jason Van Horn criticized the animation, plot, and dubbed voice acting.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Horn|first=Jason Van|date=January 8, 2007|title=Anime Worth Your Time|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/753/753103p4.html|access-date=July 23, 2009|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> IGN's JKB stated the books are more interesting than the animation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 8, 2005|title=Zatch Bell Vol. 1 & 2 Review|url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/649/649091p1.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928211317/http://tv.ign.com/articles/753/753103p4.html|archive-date=September 28, 2008|access-date=July 21, 2009|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> [[Common Sense Media]] describes the story as "isn't just about violence". They also say that there are always challenges, adversities, and questions of identity that the characters face especially Zatch and Kiyo. They compliment how the characters often think aloud when talking about their painful experiences or flashbacks. They applaud on how each of the characters problems in the series are not far off on what kids deal with today. They criticized how the battles uses visuals, languages, sound effects, and dramatic effects that often get drawn out and sometimes become hard to watch. Overall, they said with the graphic violence and the internal struggles that the different characters face throughout the series some parents may not find ''Zatch Bell!'' appropriate for their children under ten years old.<ref name="Common Sense Media">{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell! TV Review|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/zatch-bell|access-date=November 8, 2015|website=[[Common Sense Media]]}}</ref>


===Other media===
===Other media===
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Bandai's ''The Card Battle'' game had sold over {{nowrap|300 million}} units by May 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2004|title=Bandai's History|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/company/history2000_00.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326012250/http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/company/history2000_00.html|archive-date=March 26, 2009|access-date=March 21, 2009|publisher=[[Bandai]]}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

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Zatch Bell!
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Zatch Bell riding Owashi and Kiyo Takamine
金色のガッシュ!!
(Konjiki no Gasshu!!)
Genre
Manga
Written byMakoto Raiku
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 10, 2001 – December 26, 2007
Volumes33 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Tetsuji Nakamura
  • Yukio Kaizawa
Produced by
  • Aatsuya Takase
  • Hiroyuki Sakurada
  • Shinichi Ikeda
  • Takatoshi Hamano
Written by
  • Akatsuki Yamatoya
  • Hiroshi Hashimoto
Music byKow Otani
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
  • NA: Viz Media
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
English network
Original run April 6, 2003 – March 26, 2006
Episodes150 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Zatch Bell! Movie 1: 101st Devil
Directed byJunji Shimizu
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Music byKow Otani
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
ReleasedAugust 7, 2004
Runtime84 minutes
Anime film
Zatch Bell! Movie 2: Attack of Mechavulcan
Directed byTakuya Igarashi
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Music byKow Otani
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
ReleasedAugust 6, 2005
Runtime85 minutes
Manga
Konjiki no Gash!! 2
Written byMakoto Raiku
Published byBirgdin Board Corp.
Original runMarch 14, 2022 – present
Volumes1
Related media

Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash!! (Japanese: 金色のガッシュ!!, Hepburn: Konjiki no Gasshu!!, "Golden Gash!!"), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday between January 2001 and December 2007, with its chapters collected in thirty-three tankōbon volumes. The series follows the title character Zatch Bell, a mystical being called a Mamodo, who is partnered with a 14-year-old schoolboy Kiyo Takamine for a once-a-millennium tournament on Earth that determines the right to rule the Mamodo world as king. During their adventure, Zatch and Kiyo encounter and battle various Mamodo and their human partners, and meet allies who aid Zatch in his quest to become a "kind king."

Zatch Bell! was later adapted into an anime television series produced by Toei Animation. The series aired for 150 episodes on Fuji TV from April 2003 to March 2006. In addition to an array of licensed merchandise, the franchise also spawned a series of video games and two animated theatrical films.

Viz Media licensed both the manga and anime series for English-language localization in North America in 2005; only twenty-five volumes of the manga were published until 2009. The anime series ran in the United States on Cartoon Network's Toonami and Miguzi programming blocks from 2005 to 2007 for seventy-seven episodes, and in Canada on YTV's Bionix programming block from 2005 to 2008; in all, 104 episodes were dubbed in English.

As of March 2017, the Zatch Bell! manga had over 23.8 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2003, the series won the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. The manga has received generally positive reviews from critics. It was praised for its unique characters, humor, and overall concept. The television adaptation has a more mixed reception, with criticism largely focused on the visuals, graphical violence, and voice acting, particularly for the English dub.

A sequel to the original manga, titled Konjiki no Gash!! 2, began digital distribution in March 2022.

Premise

See also: List of Zatch Bell! characters

Setting

The story takes place during the modern times[A] in which mystical creatures with supernatural powers called Mamodo[a] descend to Earth from the parallel Mamodo world.[b] Every 1,000 years, one hundred Mamodo are sent to compete in a tournament for the kingship of their world.[5] Each Mamodo carries a spell book[c] that seals away their powers and requires a human companion to read aloud in order to cast them in the form of spells.[d] Only one human is allowed to read from that Mamodo's book,[6] whereupon he or she becomes its book owner[e] and partner.[B]

Spells cast by the Mamodo produce a variety of effects. Along with direct attacks and defenses, there are also spells which trigger a Mamodo's special ability that can temporarily enhance its strength, give them a secondary form for fighting, create a barrier, render the enemy immobile, or empower an object they carry, although this is rare among Mamodo.[pages needed] Spells in each book are typically different for each Mamodo, but there are others that produce identical spells—an example of this is Zatch Bell and his twin brother, Zeno Bell, for their lightning-based powers. The human and their Mamodo usually start out with one spell, but may unlock more through experience and hard work.[8] Additionally, the spell book responds to the user's strong emotions,[C] so that a spell may be generated with greater energy and fervor.

The Mamodo tournament involves eliminating opponents, which is achieved by burning their spell book. Once a spell book is burned, the Mamodo that possessed it loses all claim to the position as king and is immediately returned to the Mamodo world. The last Mamodo standing without their book destroyed becomes the Mamodo king for the next thousand years.[5]

Synopsis

Manga

Kiyo Takamine is an intelligent 14-year-old junior high school student who lives with his mother in the fictional city of Mochinoki, Japan.[9] One day, Kiyo's distant father, Professor Seitaro Takamine, discovers an unconscious child named Zatch Bell with a book at a forest in England, and sends him over to Kiyo in hopes of deciphering the book and determining Zatch's past which he has no memory of.[10] Kiyo quickly discovers that Zatch is a Mamado and that the book causes Zatch to fire lightning from his mouth whenever a spell is read from it. Over time, Kiyo and Zatch come across other Mamodo, especially Brago and his partner French noblewoman Sherry Belmont, who explain the ongoing Mamodo tournament.[11][12] Zatch and Kiyo also discover that some Mamodo do not wish to fight or do so for the wrong reasons; namely Kolulu, who was forced to fight due to the nature of her spells.[13] Seeing this, Zatch pledges to become a kind king and stop the battle from ever happening again.[14] Zatch and Kiyo also find friendlier Mamodo and build up alliances with them and their human partners; chief among them are Kanchomé with Italian movie star Parco Folgore,[15] Tia with pop idol Megumi Oumi,[16] Ponygon with German engineer Kafk Sunbeam (although the two do not find each other until later in the series),[17] and Wonrei with teen Hong Konger girl Li-en.[18]

Throughout the course of the tournament, Zatch, Kiyo, and their allies work together to combat several potent, ill-intentioned Mamodo. The first adversary they face is Zofis, who commands a cadre of reanimated Mamodo that were sealed in stone tablets during the previous tournament one thousand years ago. Zofis has also bent the will of his own partner, Sherry’s childhood friend Koko, into committing heinous acts such as burning down a whole village.[19] Another enemy to emerge is Riou, a wrathful Mamodo who wields a semi-autonomous giant named Faudo[20] that imperils the globe.[21] Kiyo is nearly killed in a frantic mission to thwart Riou and avert Faudo.[22] However, Riou is then overpowered by Zeno Bell, Zatch’s twin brother.[23] Zeno is deeply envious of his sibling for procuring the sacred power of Bao from their father King Bell,[24] and had removed Zatch's memories out of spite,[25] but he soon comes around and apologizes upon seeing the error of his own ways.[26] The last and perhaps most powerful Mamodo encountered is Clear Note,[27] who sees no purpose in life and plans to eradicate the entire Mamodo race, including himself. Zatch and Kiyo call upon the spells of all the Mamodo they previously met to quash Clear Note and return him to the Mamodo world.

In the aftermath,[D] Zatch manages to pull through the tournament unscathed, even though all of his allies fall and are brought back to the Mamodo world; this leaves him and Brago as the only remaining candidates on Earth. After Kiyo’s school graduation, the two ilk engage in a final showdown. Zatch ultimately defeats Brago, thereby ending the tournament as the victor. As Zatch departs for the Mamodo world, he rewards Kiyo one of two options for helping him become king: either receiving a wish and forgetting about Zatch, or get nothing but retain his memories of him. He chooses the second option. Three weeks after the tournament, a letter is sent from the Mamodo to their human counterparts, with Zatch's letter stating that all is well in the Mamodo world.[28]

Anime

While the anime adaptation covers most of the premise, it observes changes in much of the manga's narrative. These include additional subplots and characters not featured in the original story.[E] Certain scenes and key events are also altered or chronologically rearranged. For instance, Zatch and Kiyo first learn about Zeno from another Mamodo they encounter[29] rather than directly from Tia[30] as in the manga, although she and Megumi corroborate the sighting later on.[31] Ponygon also appears earlier in the anime's timeline[32] than in the manga's.[33] Deviations in the plot are more pronounced during the climatic fight against Faudo in the third and final season. In particular, Kiyo's death does not occur, and Zeno never repents even when he returns to the Mamodo world.[34] As a result of the changes, some Mamodo who lose out in the manga survive up to this point. The anime skips the events involving Clear Note and leaves the demise of most of Zatch's main allies and any remaining Mamodo unresolved. Instead, the series closes with an epilogue showing Zatch and Brago preparing to battle each other as the last two Mamodo standing, with the winner not revealed.[34]

Production

Following the ending of his previous series in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Super magazine, Raiku revisited old drafts he created for new ideas for his next series.[35] One of his first ideas was a mercenary who uses a giant sword to defeat enemies. He played with this idea for three months before deciding to abandon it and go for another idea.[35] His next idea involved a middle school student who finds an old toy and, with the help of a noble knight, combats evil. While pitching this idea with his agent,[vague] he was advised to use a cuter character as a fighter, and so the titular character Zatch was created.[35] After Raiku worked on the idea for a few months, it was published.[35] Raiku said that he intended to create a "passionate story about a heartwarming friendship," and that he used the concept as a central theme while adding the Mamodo, book, and spell concepts. He cited a western magical story he read as a source of inspiration for creating Zatch's red spell book. Zatch's lightning spells allude to the fact that Raiku's name means "lightning" in Japanese. He also mentioned that he created Folgore with the words "Invincible Italian Man" as a base.[36] Raiku went on a research trip in England while writing volumes five and six, which both take place in said country.[37]

Zatch Bell! would be Raiku's last manga project published by Shogakukan. Once the series finished in December 2007, the company gave back his original artwork,[38] a common practice for Japanese publishing companies. Of all the documents Raiku received, at least five drawings failed to turn up.[39] Raiku accused Shogakukan of mishandling his artwork and, in 2007, filed a lawsuit seeking damages over the missing documents.[38] He reached a settlement for ¥2.55 million (US$24,671.17) later that year.[39]

The house in which Raiku authored the series was unique in that it doubled as a makeshift studio. Inside was a large collection of autographs from various manga artists displayed at the foyer, which was the first thing one would see upon entering the building.[40] His studio also featured a high ceiling to prevent him from becoming claustrophobic, and he would spend an entire day there to meet a deadline.[40] Raiku's collection of figurines would be displayed on the wall whenever he was present in the house. Raiku admitted that most of his work actually took place at a nearby restaurant where he also did most of his storyboarding.[40] He added that there was less distraction, since he was just surrounded by people rather than games or even the Internet.[40] Storyboarding for a regular chapter of Zatch Bell! took about two days for Raiku to make.[40] When the editor approved the storyboard, Raiku summoned four assistants to the house for his project,[40] and a fifth whenever necessary.[40] Raiku sold the property in 2016.[41]

Media

Manga

See also: List of Zatch Bell! chapters

Written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku, Zatch Bell! was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from January 10, 2001,[42] to December 26, 2007.[1] The manga ran for a total of 323 chapters, collected in thirty-three tankōbon volumes, between May 18, 2001,[43] and June 18, 2008.[44]

The series was licensed for the English-language release by Viz Media, which also provided the alternate title. The first two volumes of the series were released on August 2, 2005.[45][46] Viz Media discontinued the series after twenty-five volumes, with the last released on June 9, 2009.[47] The manga was also published in English by Chuang Yi in Singapore.[48]

In March 2011, Raiku released a one-shot chapter of Zatch Bell! to promote the repackaging of the manga in a new bunkoban format under Kodansha.[49] Sixteen volumes were published between March 8, 2011, and June 7, 2012.[50][51] In July 2018, a digital sixteen-volume kanzenban edition of Zatch Bell! was released through Birgdin Board Corp., Raiku's own publishing company. The re-releases feature newly-drawn cover art, color pages from the original Weekly Shōnen Sunday serialization, and a special bonus chapter in each volume called Zatch Café,[f] which stars characters from that volume's cover.[52] After successful sales and demand from fans, the kanzenban edition was released in physical format in 2019.[53]

In February 2022, Raiku announced a sequel to the manga, titled Konjiki no Gash!! 2 (金色のガッシュ!! 2, Konjiki no Gasshu!! Ni), which began its digital publication on various digital book services on March 14 of the same year.[54][55]

Anime

See also: List of Zatch Bell! episodes

A 150-episode anime television adaptation, titled in Japan as Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (金色のガッシュベル!!, Konjiki no Gasshu Beru!!, "Golden Gash Bell!!"), was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Tetsuji Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa, with Akatsuki Yamatoya and Hiroshi Hashimoto as the lead scriptwriters.[56] It began airing on Fuji Television on April 6, 2003, and ran for 50 episodes per season, concluding after three seasons on March 26, 2006.[57] The episodes were collected and distributed by Pony Canyon into three DVD series, labeled as "levels", consisting of seventeen DVDs each, totaling fifty-one sets: the first level was released from November 19, 2003,[58] to April 20, 2005;[59] the second level was released from May 18, 2005,[60] to June 21, 2006;[61] the third level was released from July 5, 2006,[62] to March 7, 2007.[63]

ShoPro Entertainment (then VIZ LLC's sister company, later merged to form Viz Media)[64] acquired the license to the anime series, under the title Zatch Bell! in 2004,[65] and announced its home video release in August 2005.[66] The English dubbed of the series (produced at Studiopolis)[67] premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network's Saturday night programming block Toonami on March 5, 2005.[68][69] The series was also broadcast on the network's daily programming block Miguzi starting on April 3, 2006.[70] Seventy-seven episodes were broadcast on Cartoon Network until January 20, 2007.[71][54] The series also premiered on YTV's programming block Bionix in Canada on September 9, 2005,[72] and finished with the 104th and last English-dubbed episode on December 6, 2008. Thirteen DVDs, collecting the first fifty-two episodes, were released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005,[73] and December 4, 2007.[74] New Video Group released a DVD box set, Zatch Bell!: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2, on December 3, 2013, which included the first hundred episodes of the English dub.[75] All 104 episodes of the English dub began streaming on Crunchyroll in 2015.[76][77] In June 2017, Starz announced that it would be offering episodes of the series for its video on demand service starting on July 1, 2017.[78]

Films

Toei Animation produced two animated films based on the TV series, both which serve as spin-offs. The first film, Zatch Bell!: 101st Devil,[g] was released to Japanese theaters on August 7, 2004, and to DVD on December 15, 2004.[79][80] Here, a vengeful Mamodo named Wiseman seeks to illicitly enter the tournament by stealing a coveted white spell book, then baiting Zatch into the Mamodo world as a means of displacing him from the battle for king. The film also explores Zatch's home world in finer detail and how a human partner is selected for each Mamodo, with Wiseman deemed incompatible for one. The second film, Zatch Bell! Movie 2: Attack of Mechavulcan,[h] premiered in Japanese theaters on August 6, 2005, before coming out on DVD on January 2, 2006.[81] This movie tells of a conceited Mamodo scientist, Dr. M2, from the future who invades Earth with an army of oversized robots resembling a toy[82] that Kiyo made for Zatch in the main series.

Discotek Media licensed both films for distribution in North America.[83] They were released on Blu-ray and DVD with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles on March 27 and May 21, 2018, respectively.[84][85]

Video games

See also: List of Zatch Bell! video games

A number of video games have been created featuring characters of the Zatch Bell! series, with all but one being action or fighting games. Thus far, the majority of the games have only been published in Japan, but three have been imported and localized in North America. Zatch Bell! Electric Arena, initially released on December 12, 2003, for the Game Boy Advance, was the very first video game for the series. The second game titled Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles, which debuted on March 25, 2004, for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube, became the first console game installment based on the series. Lastly, Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury was released on December 2, 2004 for PlayStation 2 and is the only North American release for the GameCube. A fourth game titled Zatch Bell! Electric Arena 2 was intended to be released in North America, but the plan never materialized. A video card game based on the series' CCG is the only installment not featuring in-combat form of gameplay. Eighting, Banpresto, and Bandai oversaw the development and publication of the Zatch Bell! games; since the merging of Bandai and Namco in 2004, GameCube versions are published under Namco Bandai Games.

Other media

File:Zatch Bell! TCG cardback.png
Cardback to the Zatch Bell! TCG.

A toy line made by Mattel and a collectible card game, titled Zatch Bell!: The Card Battle, were released by Bandai in the United States and Japan.[86][87][88]

Reception

Manga

Zatch Bell! won the Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen title of the year in 2003.[89] It ranked 33rd of the top 100 manga series on TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo poll in 2021, in which 150,000 people responded.[90]

As of June 2008, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation;[91] as of March 2017, it had 23.8 million copies in circulation, including digital versions.[92]

Jason Thompson from Anime News Network describes the series as "Zatch Bell! was one of hundreds of manga competing to be Number Two in the newly established genre of "heroes who fight using cute-but-violent monster/animal/pet companions." But Zatch is an extreme case because it's SO cute and SO violent, both at the same time, mixing squash-and-stretch body distortions, heta-uma ugliness, smiling faces and gushing blood".[93] Mania.com's Jarred Pine's review of the first volume said that "The characters can look lopsided and out of proportions at times, with Kiyo experiencing Popeye arms on occasion. When the artwork gets more serious, it looks quite good, even though the added effect lines tend to make some panels feel a bit overdramatic, especially when Zatch is crying. The action work can feel quite explosive, with all the lighting bolts and flying icicles and all, which makes the Mamodo battle scenes a lot of fun. He added "The book really started off on the wrong foot with me with the introduction of Kiyo, one of the most irritating and arrogant lead characters in a shōnen manga. His attitude is not a result of any sort of disposition or a hard life, he’s just a know-it-all that looks down on others. Luckily, Zatch’s quirky and upbeat personality helps balance the scales and quickly goes to work on fixing Kiyo’s bad attitude".[94]

Anime

In 2005, the series ranked 20th on Animage's anime popularity poll,[95] and 64th in the top 100 anime shows in a web poll conducted by TV Asahi.[96] Although the show's English dub fared poorly in reviews, it became notable for its voiceover cast. Debi Derryberry, the voice for Zatch, was nominated twice for "Best Actress in a Comedy" at the American Anime Awards for her role as the titular character,[97] while Jason Spisak placed fifth in the category "best English voice actor" in the SPJA Industry Award for his role as Kiyo.[98] Dave Wittenberg was also nominated "Best Male Actor in a Comedy" for his portrayal of Parco Folgore.[99] Philece Sampler was also accredited for her performance as the minor character Lori.[100]

Anime News Network's Zac Bertschy review of the anime adaptation described it as "...mind-numbingly over-the-top, so enthusiastically bizarre, that it's difficult to not get sucked into its strange little world" but criticized how it was like a "battle your way to the top while learning important lessons about teamwork and courage" anime. He commented how the "sheer exuberance and energy" saves the show from being a bland anime and how it would be the perfect show for kids.[101] IGN's review of the series was mostly negative. IGN's Jason Van Horn criticized the animation, plot, and dubbed voice acting.[102] IGN's JKB stated the books are more interesting than the animation.[103] Common Sense Media describes the story as "isn't just about violence". They also say that there are always challenges, adversities, and questions of identity that the characters face especially Zatch and Kiyo. They compliment how the characters often think aloud when talking about their painful experiences or flashbacks. They applaud on how each of the characters problems in the series are not far off on what kids deal with today. They criticized how the battles uses visuals, languages, sound effects, and dramatic effects that often get drawn out and sometimes become hard to watch. Overall, they said with the graphic violence and the internal struggles that the different characters face throughout the series some parents may not find Zatch Bell! appropriate for their children under ten years old.[104]

Other media

Bandai's The Card Battle game had sold over 300 million units by May 2004.[105]

Notes

  1. ^ Mamono (魔物, lit. "demon"); this is expressed as both singular and plural. The English adaptation erroneously pluralizes it as "Mamodos."
  2. ^ Demon World (魔界, Makai, lit. "Demon Realm")
  3. ^ Spellbook (魔本, Mahon, lit. "magic book")
  4. ^ Jutsu (術, translates to "art," "technique," or "skill"). Synonymous with Incantation (呪文, Jumon, "Spell")
  5. ^ Hon no Mochinushi (本の持ち主, lit. "owner of the book")
  6. ^ Known in Japan as Gash Café (ガッシュカフェ, Gasshu Kafe)
  7. ^ Known in Japan as "Gekijou Ban Konjiki no Gash Bell!! 101 Banme no Mamono" (劇場版 金色のガッシュベル！！ 「１０１番目の魔物」, lit. "Movie Golden Gash Bell!! Unlisted demon #101")
  8. ^ Known in Japan as "Gekijou Ban Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Mecabarukan no raishuu" (劇場版 金色のガッシュベル！！ 「メカバルカンの来襲」, lit. "Movie Golden Gash Bell!! Attack of the Mechavulcan")
  1. ^ A concert ticket that Kiyo holds in the anime is dated 2003.[4]
  2. ^ This is one of three scenarios specified in the franchise. The second is the Mamodo world in which the Mamodo are free to cast spells as they desire. The anime introduces a third scenario called the "In-Between-World" (異世界, Yisekai, lit. "Different World"), where spells can be cast independently but only in the presence of a spell book.[7]
  3. ^ Called Heart Energy in the original, and "strength from within" in the English dub of the anime.
  4. ^ The final tournament phase in which ten Mamodo remain has been called the King's Festival by fans, although the term is not actually used in the series.
  5. ^ They do appear in colored montages at the end of the first manga series.

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