Between a pretty censored version of this anime and there being a Spanish version also available with a faithfully interpreted OP… yeah I’m going with the other version but this OP still slaps cause its sung with so much soul…
Just watched the first few episodes. It kind of feels like an abridged version, because they cut out a lot of filler and effectively crammed a couple episodes worth of material from the original series into individual episodes. Even so, the action and voice acting are really well done, even if Ryu’s new voice actor sounds a little too much like an Elvis impersonator
@@akai3974 I probably would get a lot of hate for this but at least he sounded like a boy. The new version of shaman king is way better than the old version but it was painfully obvious that a lot of the voices for the male characters was women. Not that it's not ok to women to voice male characters but at least in shows like naruto, one piece, Fullmetal alchemist they sound like boys. The boys in this show sounds like they are in the process of transitioning from male to female. It was so cringing and yet hilarious to watch. The english version to the new version is cringing too. I kept watching it as a old shaman king fan but I can't watch it a second time. Not because of the story just the voice actors 😅
Look around you, look beyond, You can make an unbreakable bond, The world around you is not what it seems, it's all revealed beyond your wildest dreams! So many things I never could see, So many choices falling on me, Could it be my destiny to be shaman king? Shaman king To be shaman king Shaman king If your spirit is strong, You could be the one I could look at the world in a different light, And I know what it takes to make it right! And I won't give up the fight, to be Shaman King! Shaman King!!!!
Thank you for making my favorite part when they shout the title of the show at 0:53 sound even more euphoric thanks to the quality bump, this actually made me tear up a bit remembering the good old days.
This intro will always put me in action mode! My inner child blooms to life every time I listen to it. The lyrics are so powerful and the music is just as phenomenal - the Romanian version of this intro is just as top tier. I think this is the best ever intro song to any series, and finding out that it was the actor who dubbed Yoh's voice who sung it? Fucking amazing! Just adds another layer of awesomeness to it.
One of the greatest animes/mangas highlighting how humanity lost connection to spirituality and nature. Not only does it highlight the dangers of capitalism or an anti-capitalist or spiritual villain, but it also shows the importance of preserving balance within oneself. Yoh is a great main character reflecing that aspect. It is true we have lost connection to ourselves due to materialism. Materialism allows us short-term satisfaction for our internal issues. Preventing us to solve the issue on a mental and spiritual level. It is easier to distract with short-term satisfaction instead. This is why we are often depressed today despite "having everything". Shaman King was truly ahead of its time. Take what u need and be done with it. And we modern humans take way more than what we need from nature to satisfy our greed and internal issues. We just waking up now I guess... 😅
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We live in a world that is made better through differing opinion and healthy debate. Differing viewpoints should be welcomed and cherished. Unless you don't like this song.
4Kids did an outstanding job for the Shaman King opening. There's no doubt about it. Please come back to us, for the sake of all Shaman King fans and mine.
Irony. 20 years later, voice actors who were from 4kids teamed with funimation VAs for a proper adaption of Shaman King! It was surreal to hear Eric Stuart(Seto Kaiba) actually get to voice Marco they way he always was meant to sound. And that’s god, the 4kids voice acts were treated like crap by the company so much so that Eric Stuart even said “Leo Burnett and 4kids are the devil!” Dan Green even comes back to voice Lee Pyron!
I have never, not once, ever until today, heard this opening since 2002 when I saw a handful of episodes of this show on WB on saturdays. And yet for 20 years it never totally left my brain. I’ll be doing literally anything and my head will go “SHAAAAAMAAAAAN KIIIIING” and since I haven’t officially heard it for 2 decades I’ve always added little bits and pieces to it so it’s usually 🎵yeah he’s gonna be the buttf******g SHAAAAAAMAAAAN KIIIING!🎵
Actually, it happened to most animes, except the big name franchises like Dragon Ball and One Piece. Here in Israel, we got the Japanese versions for those.
I'll be honest, this was one of 4Kids' better dubs. They kept many of the original Japanese names without simplifying them, and many of the more risque jokes were left in. Heck, they straight up said "jackass" in one scene. Not to mention, the voices weren't too bad (I kinda liked Len's voice, despite him a British accent while being Chinese).
Hmm, what do you mean by "the voices weren't too bad"? Regardless of your opinion on everything else, 4kids is generally considered to have had an allstar voicing cast.
Say what you want about 4Kids. This is amazing and will always be the best English opening for me
Agreed
So badass!
Between a pretty censored version of this anime and there being a Spanish version also available with a faithfully interpreted OP… yeah I’m going with the other version but this OP still slaps cause its sung with so much soul…
Dam Straight!!
@@OutOfTouch.
"Sung with so much soul"
Maybe they got an actual shaman to sing it huh?
I love that the song is sung from the perspective of Yoh by Yoh's own voice actor.
Wait, seriously? I never realized it was done by Yoh's VA, lmao.
I wish he reprised his role in the Netflix reboot. Abby Trott is fine but Sebastian Arcelus WAS Yoh as far as I’m concerned.
WOW the original voice actor really sung the theme song????
@@redstreak9430 definitely.
Arcelus killed it with his laid background young boy voice. Abby Trott sounds like Ash Ketchum.
@@Father_of_Death4Kids Flasback did confirm this: Sebastian Arcelus sang this!
You are a GOD SEND for this. The quality is INSANE.
Big news! Shaman King will be making its debut on Netflix at August 9 this year hehe! 😁
@@gtone339 new vers or old
@@Anilsecret a reboot aparently
Just watched the first few episodes. It kind of feels like an abridged version, because they cut out a lot of filler and effectively crammed a couple episodes worth of material from the original series into individual episodes. Even so, the action and voice acting are really well done, even if Ryu’s new voice actor sounds a little too much like an Elvis impersonator
4kids may have done some shitty ass localisations, but you can't deny that they are fucking gods when it comes to making opening songs
yesss
I almost agreed but then I remembered the one piece rap💀
@@litboy6917 The one piece rap is a god damned masterpiece and I will fight anyone who claims otherwise
@@Raivon lmfao
I'd argue that Shaman King is among the Best of 4Kids dubs frankly.
This is the quality I always picture from when I watched as a kid
SAME
This is the one and only time I prefer the English opening over the original Japanese opening. Meaning that this is freaking god tier.
Pokemon season 1 op wants to know your location.
I love both Over Soul and Northern Lights, but this slightly beats them out for me.
@@MasterChild117 Card captors, og sailor moon lots of great openings :) chaotic
So beautifull childhood memories ✔️💯🔥💎
Big blessing up form the Netherlands!✓ 🇳🇱
It’s a shame Yoh’s 4Kids actor has moved away from anime. It would have been nice to hear him reprise his role and do an updated cover of this.
4kids anime voiced aren’t always the best yohs voice sounded a lot older then he was supposed be
At the very least it would be nice to see Sebastian Arcelus do some voice work in something again.
@@akai3974 i disagree especially compared with how he sounds now
@@TheBuckoswald that’s just me
@@akai3974 I probably would get a lot of hate for this but at least he sounded like a boy. The new version of shaman king is way better than the old version but it was painfully obvious that a lot of the voices for the male characters was women. Not that it's not ok to women to voice male characters but at least in shows like naruto, one piece, Fullmetal alchemist they sound like boys. The boys in this show sounds like they are in the process of transitioning from male to female. It was so cringing and yet hilarious to watch. The english version to the new version is cringing too. I kept watching it as a old shaman king fan but I can't watch it a second time. Not because of the story just the voice actors 😅
Goose bumps till this day
Cartoons from the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s were so much better than cartoons of today
Absolutely
The reboot of Shaman king doesn't sit right for some reason. Maybe it's the animation and pacing for me
Look around you, look beyond,
You can make an unbreakable bond,
The world around you is not what it seems,
it's all revealed beyond your wildest dreams!
So many things I never could see,
So many choices falling on me,
Could it be my destiny to be shaman king?
Shaman king
To be shaman king
Shaman king
If your spirit is strong,
You could be the one
I could look at the world in a different light,
And I know what it takes to make it right!
And I won't give up the fight, to be Shaman King!
Shaman King!!!!
Thank you for making my favorite part when they shout the title of the show at 0:53 sound even more euphoric thanks to the quality bump, this actually made me tear up a bit remembering the good old days.
this upscaled animation looks like it could have been released yesterday! that's amazing
You can say what you want about 4kids, but hot damn, this was one fire ass theme song and I love it to this day. Thanks for the upload!
This intro will always put me in action mode! My inner child blooms to life every time I listen to it. The lyrics are so powerful and the music is just as phenomenal - the Romanian version of this intro is just as top tier. I think this is the best ever intro song to any series, and finding out that it was the actor who dubbed Yoh's voice who sung it? Fucking amazing! Just adds another layer of awesomeness to it.
Man is singing like he got bills to pay and I'm all for it
Most of it is Yoh's voice actor signing it.
I still prefer the English opening to the Japanese one. This one just sounds more fitting.
No
@@emiliofernandezzini1358 Yup ^^
I respect your opinion
just what i was looking for! the quality is so unreal
I grew up watching this the nostalgia is there and I love it to this day and I can't wait for the reboot I'm so hyped for it
I gto goosebumps and tears in my eyes. Thank you for giving this to the world.
the most badass anime intro to exist.
This intro has been stuck in my head for a few days now. God knows why, since it’s been decades since I’ve last heard it.
Underrated gem. One of my favorites on Saturday mornings as a kid
Glad I found a version that doesn't have the song scaled up an octave for some stupid reason!
Feels great to hear this song again.
Oh my god finally one that’s not pitched up
Forever the best intro in English for me. Waking up every Saturday back in the day this intro hypes me up everytime
I'm so glad they brought shaman king back this year
The nostalgia I watched this version of Shaman King during my childhood
When u get told that some of ur child hood memories could have been made up in the head. I’m glad this opening and anime wasn’t one of them :,)
The quality of this is damn gorgeous! Thank you for this!
You know as an adult it's hard ignoring a lot of the problems shaman king has but this OP does put a smile on my face
Grow up with this opening theme. Good memories
The 2001 Shaman King is way better than the Netflix remake. They should have completed it back than.
They didnt have go this hard for the opening but they did
I remember watching this as a kid now I’m happy they brought it back this year
One of my favorite anime's growing up 🥰
This really takes me back to the old days of the 2000s. Happy times, too. 😊🥲.
I miss the old 4kids days they really had bangers for most of their themes
go gogogo go go go go go go
Meet bad boys from outer space!
can you share any other 4kids good openings?
@@nothingtodo183 GOTTA GO FAST!
Sunday mornings were worth it!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for uploading this
One word about Shaman King: awesome.
I forgot how awesome this was. Thanks for the upload!
Loved this series growing up and yes I miss this opening. Got it as a ringtone
One of the best intros in children’s tv ever!
cute that after the reboot happened you got some hype on your video, this has been in my music playlist : P
Wow, I havent heard this opening theme song since the Fox Box, thank u for this
One of the greatest animes/mangas highlighting how humanity lost connection to spirituality and nature. Not only does it highlight the dangers of capitalism or an anti-capitalist or spiritual villain, but it also shows the importance of preserving balance within oneself. Yoh is a great main character reflecing that aspect. It is true we have lost connection to ourselves due to materialism. Materialism allows us short-term satisfaction for our internal issues. Preventing us to solve the issue on a mental and spiritual level. It is easier to distract with short-term satisfaction instead. This is why we are often depressed today despite "having everything". Shaman King was truly ahead of its time. Take what u need and be done with it. And we modern humans take way more than what we need from nature to satisfy our greed and internal issues. We just waking up now I guess... 😅
As much as we give 4kids crap. They did do good openings.
Well it was one of their better dubs, besides names like Zeke and Trey, and Making En Tao their uncle for some reason lol
This is the op I remember! Netflix should’ve gone with this one.
this intro is so cool, literally eye candy
One of the best anime’s/openings to me❤
Thank you RUclips for the recommendation, this was exactly what i was looking for! :D
One of the first anime's I've ever watched. So nostalgic omg I love the opening so MUCH!
One of the few good English dubbed anime , Shaman King was goat
wish this was the intro for the new remake, it better be for the dub at least
IF YOUURRR SPIRIT IS STRONGGGGG
Welcome Back Shaman King ❤
Yes.
Best opening for shaman king
IDC what anyone says this is still one of my fav anime of all time. And probably in top 3 of greatest anime intros
Raise your hand if wish this series was back at Shonen Jump, just like a lot of things you wish would go back to being a part of Disney.
I was hooked on this version of the anime back in 2006 when I was in middle school. It kind of bummed me that there were only 64 episodes.
AH YEA DAS THAT GOOD SHII!! Tysm for this👍
It's amazing how much A.I. can improve a show from 20 years ago
it's a slap int the face to the animators tho
@@M4TTYN how?
The good old times.... Man takes me back me
This opening is a banger.
I like how started in weekly shonen jump but then moved on to kodansha years later I find it every interesting
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Thanks for the sugestions. I will look into them
Used to watch this with my siblings back in the day!!! Mann this had a dope ass opening
The theme song hits different when I watch the low quality version but this quality is really something else 🤯
im frikkin excited for Shaman King coming back this year!! this opening brings back lot ov memories ov reading/watching Shaman King!!
What are you talking about, it already came
Shaman King is coming out in Netflix at August 9 this year (2021)! 😮
Can't wait
I used to listen to this intro in romanian, i loved it
Memories
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Unless you don't like this song.
My first Anime!
Thank you for keeping as close to original tone also
4Kids did an outstanding job for the Shaman King opening. There's no doubt about it.
Please come back to us, for the sake of all Shaman King fans and mine.
I really wish they'd used this for tge reboot.
I love this one better then the Netflix version
This has to be the most 80s cartoon intro from 2003 I've ever seen. I'm really getting those Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors vibes
Irony. 20 years later, voice actors who were from 4kids teamed with funimation VAs for a proper adaption of Shaman King! It was surreal to hear Eric Stuart(Seto Kaiba) actually get to voice Marco they way he always was meant to sound.
And that’s god, the 4kids voice acts were treated like crap by the company so much so that Eric Stuart even said “Leo Burnett and 4kids are the devil!”
Dan Green even comes back to voice Lee Pyron!
I have never, not once, ever until today, heard this opening since 2002 when I saw a handful of episodes of this show on WB on saturdays. And yet for 20 years it never totally left my brain. I’ll be doing literally anything and my head will go “SHAAAAAMAAAAAN KIIIIING” and since I haven’t officially heard it for 2 decades I’ve always added little bits and pieces to it so it’s usually 🎵yeah he’s gonna be the buttf******g SHAAAAAAMAAAAN KIIIING!🎵
Godly dub opening, out of this world
Firmly in the S TIER of anime opening themes
This song is a masterpiece!!
I wish Netflix brought back this opening for their Shaman King reboot.
This song honestly shows me how Yoh feels given he's singing some of the lyrics too
When the English opening is so good that other countries copy it instead of the Japanese one.
Actually, it happened to most animes, except the big name franchises like Dragon Ball and One Piece. Here in Israel, we got the Japanese versions for those.
Shaman King in Brazil has the original japanese opening, you americans have the bad habit of thinking that the world revolves around you
@@Furry_A04 but it does, most of the time.
@@LizardOfOz69 no no no no no
@@Furry_A04 in Israel it is, anyway.
This is the best part of the English dub
It seems that Manta Oyamada or Morty is nowhere to be found in this intro.
I may still preffer the version we got, but this is a pretty good one.
It's coming on Netflix in the reboot this April Fools Day before my birthday.
For US release is not coming on april 1st. I think that's just for japanese release
@@jewelabyss ya but you can obviously watch it online on different services before to goes on Netflix
@@globoiitsuna i know. That's exactly what i'm going to do
Nostalgia. Let me go back to childhood. I’m incapable of enjoying these things properly now but damn.
Thank you
The breakdown at :28 didnt have to go so hard
This and Digimon Frontier were gold status
Damn I forget how hard the original dub went with its opening so fitting for all the themes of the show too.
If you stare long enough, you can see Len smile at the viewers😀😎
THIS SHOW IS LEGENDARY! Not the new one, no. This has a special place. This is also where I got my ign as you see haha
I'll be honest, this was one of 4Kids' better dubs. They kept many of the original Japanese names without simplifying them, and many of the more risque jokes were left in. Heck, they straight up said "jackass" in one scene. Not to mention, the voices weren't too bad (I kinda liked Len's voice, despite him a British accent while being Chinese).
Hmm, what do you mean by "the voices weren't too bad"? Regardless of your opinion on everything else, 4kids is generally considered to have had an allstar voicing cast.
This ended up being one of their darkest English dubs.
What episode had the "Jackass" scene in?
Could you do the English Dub End Credits as well? :D
Hey!