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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 13/10/2026

To promote the upcoming Japanese release of the movie "Hi-Five", Hiroyuki Takei has drawn the following image. The South Korean movie originally released in 2025 under the title "하이파이브" and is available for free streaming on Tubi TV in English.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 09/10/2026

Trailer for "Martial War" featuring art by Hiroyuki Takei as posted on the official Instagram account for the series (www.instagram.com/martialwarof...).

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 01/09/2026

The entire Shaman King Flowers anime will be streaming in Spanish on the Samsung TV Plus FAST channel 2294 in Mexico starting at 7am on September 1st. All 13 episodes will air back-to-back until 1:30pm. It will repeat the showing again on Thursday (6:30am) and Saturday (6:00am).

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 14/08/2026

Kodansha USA will have their upcoming License Announcement panel at Anime NYC on Friday August 21 at 6:15pm. The full list of announcements will be posted on their website after the panel has concluded.

Screenshot from the Anime NYC website for the panel "New & Upcoming Kodansha Manga Revealed"

Friday, August 21
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
1A23-24

Kodansha—purveyors of some of the most exciting manga published today, like Gachiakuta, Blue Lock, and Witch Hat Atelier—invites manga and anime fans to a sneak peek of upcoming Kodansha print manga releases making their way to a bookshelf near you! Join the manga experts from Kodansha for an exciting look at new and upcoming releases, participate in our Q&A, and walk away with a few surprises.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 08/08/2026

The Japanese Granblue Fantasy mobile game has announced it will have a Shaman King collaboration event starting on January 15, 2027. (Official announcement via Twitter)

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 26/07/2026

Hiroyuki Takei's "Nekogahara" manga series is slowly in the process of going out of print. The 4th volume is currently out of print, and other volumes may go out of print once the remaining stock is sold. The complete series is still available digitally worldwide from Kodansha in English.

English cover art for Nekogahara - Stray Cat Samurai volume 4 by Hiroyuki Takei.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 30/06/2026

Happy 28th anniversary to the Shaman King franchise! The first chapter of the series released in Japan on June 30th, 1998. The series will conclude in the sequel series "Shaman King Yard" (SKY) which does not have release date yet.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 28/06/2026

Anime Expo has announced that "Joji Furuta" will be a guest at the convention this upcoming weekend for the "Ascendance of A Bookworm And Your Next Obsession presented by ytv animation & YTE" anime panel. He previously worked on the Shaman King 2021 anime series.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 19/06/2026

Chapter 8 of "Juro" is now available for free reading in Japanese on the Weekly Corocoro Comic website. The color page for the chapter features an Earth Mover from Takei's "Jumbor" manga series which is on hiatus. Chapter 9 will be published on July 17, 2026. Link: www.corocoro.jp/chapter/5106...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/04/2026

Volume cover for Juro volume 1. This will be part of the new "Corociao: Horror" print line.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 03/02/2026

Starting on February 5th, the Shaman King collab will be returning to the Japanese mobile game Medarot S in celebration for the game's 6th anniversary.

Keyart for the Medarot S and Shaman King collab.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/01/2026

Juro has been added as a delayed serialization on Shogakukan's "Manga One" Japanese app. New chapters will come out on the 2nd or 4th Wednesday of the month following it's first release on Weekly Corocoro Comic. The 3rd chapter will be added on January 28th. It is not available on the website.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/12/2025

A new promotional image of "Juro", Hiroyuki Takei's new manga serialization starting in Corociao magazine issue #1 which will release in Japan on December 19, 2025.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 02/12/2025

Also on the main page is a section focusing on all of the other Shaman King series that are currently available from Kodansha in English: • Shaman King (Original) • & a Garden • Flowers • Marcos • Red Crimson • Zero

Banner that is subtitled "Shaman Kingdom" with the main title stating: "Enjoy Takei Hiroyuki's hit manga in all its glory with the main series, spinoffs, and more"
Colored banners for Shaman King, & a garden, Flowers, and Marcos are below it with links to read the first chapters.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 02/12/2025

Shaman King: The Super Star is currently listed in the top banner of @kodansha.us's website today! The final volume of The Super Star is now available in an English digital edition which is available worldwide (outside of Japan).

Banner of Kodansha's English website. The textbox reads the following with a link:
"Channel some adventure with this spirited spinoff to the Shaman King series"
"Shaman King: The Super Star"
"Hiroyuki Takei"
"View More Info" (Link to: https://kodansha.us/series/shaman-king-the-super-star/)

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 30/11/2025

Shaman King The Super Star volume 10 will be available in English digital edition from Kodansha on December 2nd. Most webstores have pre-orders open and we have the list of available locations here with the prices: www.patch-cafe.net?page_id=6401...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 14/11/2025

🎉New Hiroyuki Takei Manga Serialization Announcement🎉 In the new Corociao manga magazine releasing in Japan on December 19, 2025 will feature Hiroyuki Takei's new serialization "Juro". The release schedule for the magazine or when future chapters will released has not been determined yet.

A portion of the new manga announcement featuring all Japanese text. The summary of the story reads the following in Japanese:
霊の存在が解明された近未来、主入公の俊作が呪術式ロボット「呪口」に乗って悪霊たちに立ち向かう!

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 12/11/2025

A 14-page preview of the upcoming "Shaman King: The Super Star" volume 10 is now available for reading in English on @bookwalker-gl.bsky.social. Pre-Orders are now open and will release worldwide (outside of Japan) on December 2. Link: viewer-trial.bookwalker.jp/03/20/viewer...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 11/11/2025

The English cover design for the final volume of "Shaman King: The Super Star" (volume 10) has been released. It will be published worldwide English digital edition on December 2, 2025 from Kodansha. Digital pre-orders will be opening up this week on various marketplaces.

English cover design for "Shaman King: The Super Star" volume 10. This features a young Sati and her spirit guardian standing in front of a white background.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 17/10/2025

The final volume of "Shaman King: The Super Star" (volume 10) will have its worldwide English digital release on December 2, 2025 from Kodansha. The series will continue in "Shaman King Yard" (SKY), but that series has not started serialization in Japan yet.

Japanese cover design for "Shaman King: The Super Star" volume 10. This features a young Sati and her spirit guardian standing in front of a white background.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 05/10/2025

Kodansha will have a panel at New York Comic Con (NYCC) this upcoming Friday, October 10th, at 11:30am. They will be announcing some of their upcoming digital titles this Fall and other print manga titles for Fall 2026 (and beyond). www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/things...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/08/2025

Gemeinschaft is partnering with Hiroyuki Takei again for a new illustration to be part of an upcoming sticker release. Hiroyuki Takei's new original drawing is shown below as originally posted on Twitter today.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 02/08/2025

As part of the "Minpachi Slot Summit" the recently released Shaman King pachinko machine will be on display on August 9 in the Red booth #4. Fans who check out the machine will also receive a free Shaman King themed tenugui (hand towel). More info: minpachi-slosummi.com/shida

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 01/08/2025

Some additional examples for comparison. You can see the full chapter in Japanese here: shonenjumpplus.com/episode/1710...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 01/08/2025

Posted earlier this month (July 14th), the Japanese manga oneshot "Yō no Kami" (妖の髪 - "Demonic Hair") won the honorable mention for the 98th Jump New World Manga Award and was posted on the Jump+ website. However, it has some very similar page layouts (and content) to the 1st Shaman King chapter...

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 17/07/2025

Kodansha USA will be having an industry panel and new license announcements at San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) on Thursday July 24 at 2pm PDT. Any new announcements are typically posted on their website around that time.

New and Upcoming Kodansha Manga Revealed

Thursday July 24, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Room 28DE

Kodansha—purveyors of some of the most exciting and heartfelt manga published today, including Blue Lock, Gachiakuta, Witch Hat Atelier, and A Sign of Affection—invites new and veteran fans of manga to a sneak peek at new and upcoming manga licenses! From print books to digital manga, premium editions, box sets, and more, get a glimpse of amazing manga series coming soon to a bookshelf near you. Featuring Ivan Salazar (senior marketing director, Kodansha), Ben Applegate (Penguin Random House director publishing services), and Misaki Kido (Kodansha events director).

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 14/07/2025

The finalized volume covers for the Spanish release of Shaman King Flowers and Shaman King Zero (both 2-in-1 editions) by Ivrea have been announced. Both of these will release sometime later this month.

Spanish volume cover of Shaman King Flowers featuring Hana holding Amidamaru in spirit ball mode on a white background.

Spanish volume cover for Shaman King Zero, featuring Yoh in a white hood on a green background with gold stars.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 04/07/2025

Happy 24th anniversary to the original broadcast of Shaman King (2001) anime episode 1! The first animated series premiered in Japan on July 4th, 2001! The entire original series is available in English on Blu-Ray in both sub and dub editions from @discotekmedia.bsky.social !

Cover of the Blu-ray for Shaman King, listed as the "Original 2003 English Dubbed TV Series", featuring the cast of the first season.

Cover of the Blu-ray for Shaman King, listed as the "Original Uncut Japanese Language with English subtitles", featuring the cast of the first season.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 02/07/2025

Kodansha USA will be holding a licensing announcement panel at Anime Expo on July 4th at 10am PDT in Room 408AB. Details of the announcements are usually published within the hour of the event. Past panels included upcoming digital-only titles and print releases for the next year.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 30/06/2025

Happy 27th anniversary to the Shaman King manga series! The series was first published in Weekly Shonen Jump issue #31 in 1998 which was available in stores on June 30, 1998.

Cover image of Weekly Shonen Jump issue #31 from 1998 with Yoh holding a spirit ball.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 22/05/2025

Shaman King Flowers and Shaman King Zero manga series have both been licensed by Ivrea for release in Spain in July 2025. Both Zero and Flowers will be two-in-one editions. This will match how Flowers was released in Mexico (different Spanish translation/lettering).

Banner ad from Twitter showing the Shaman King Flowers (left) and Shaman King Zero (right) volumes. The text is all in Spanish which says the following:

Shaman King Flowers
SERIE DE 3 TOMOS DE 400 PÁGS.

Shaman King Zero
TOMO ÚNICO DE 400 PÁGS.

A LA VENTA EN JULIO
IVREA

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 15/03/2025

The Corocoro website is currently listing a new chapter of Hiroyuki Takei's "Hyper Dash! Yonkuro" manga will release on March 21st in Japan. The series has been on hiatus for the last 4 years. Series page: www.corocoro.jp/title/128

Screenshot from the Weekly Corocoro website in Japanese featuring Hyper Dash! Yonkuro. On the blue bar in the middle of the page is a release date of the next chapter being on 3/21.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 15/03/2025

A video (originally posted on Twitter) of Hiroyuki Takei hand drawing on an ema that was on display at the Butsu Zone Exhibition. 10 lucky attendees of the exhibition would win their own custom ema from Hiroyuki Takei after the event and this was shown as one of the examples.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 04/03/2025

A 14 page preview of the digital worldwide release of Shaman King The Super Star volume 9 in English is available on Bookwalker. Pre-orders are open now and will go on sale March 11, 2025. Preview: viewer-trial.bookwalker.jp/03/19/viewer...

Cover of Shaman King The Super Star volume 9 in English

Color page of the opening of Shaman King The Super Star volume 9 featuring "Shamash Boy", Yohane, and Gakko near a parked van on the side of the road.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 21/02/2025

The online store for the Butsu Zone hand-signed prints will launch for international fans at 11am on February 22, 2025 (Japan time). A countdown clock has started on the official @Edition88art home page! Shop when available: edition88.com/collections/...

A wall featuring 5 pieces of artwork from the Butsu Zone Exhibition that will be on sale. A copyright text is listed along with the title "Butsu Zone" and a text saying "Feb 22, 11 A.M. Japan time Release".

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 20/02/2025

From Twitter: Sample of Hiroyuki Takei hand-signed the new prints being sold at the Butsu Zone Exhibition from Edition88. Takei also did some additional illustrations in the second photo, which may be on display at the the event.

A print of the Butsu Zone Exhibition using the main keyart hand signed by Hiroyuki Takei in gold ink.

A poster of the main keyart of the Butsu Zone Exhibition signed by Hiroyuki Takei and had additional doodles of Jizo and Bato added. In the table in front is also a Ema with an illustration of Jizo.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 20/02/2025

From Twitter: Edition88 is currently setting up the venue for the Butsu Zone Exhibition that will be opening on February 22. The 88Graph pieces (expensive signed and framed art) will also be available on their online store for purchase.

4 samples of the printed Butsu Zone are hung on the left wall. On the back and right wall has live-size cardboard cut outs of Senju, Bato, Sachi, and Jizo.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 18/02/2025

Cover design for English worldwide release of Shaman King The Super Star volume 9 releasing on March 11, 2025. Translation by Nate Derr, Lettering by Thea Willis, and Editing by Thalia Sutton. Digital pre-orders opening starting today & contains chapters 53-60.

English cover design for Shaman King The Super Star volume 9 featuring Black Maiden wearing a black dress and holding the mask of Iron Maiden.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 12/02/2025

Uni-Market will be releasing 3 new Shaman King products in Japan for late February based on the designs for their recently released slot machine: • Rubber Play Mat • Acrylic Key Chain • Sticker set Product listing: www.unimarket-777.com/SHOP/145893/...

A deskmat on on grey background featuring Yoh, Anna, and Amidamaru using the new keyart design for the slot machine.

2 keychains on a grey background, both in the shape of the number 7. The first one features Yoh and Amidamaru in the design. The second one features Anna.

A set of 2 sticker sheets featuring a collection of iconography from the Shaman King slot machine, including the number 7. The 2 sheets are overlapping each other on a grey background.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 04/02/2025

The K Manga app is now available in additional countries/areas! The Shaman King manga, and most of its various sequels and spin-offs are available for reading on the app and website.

A map of the world highlighting various countries/areas and has the following text:
K Manga
Now available in the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Mexico, and Brazil!
And many more to come (heart)

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 03/02/2025

The Shaman King Slot machine game officially releases in Japan today (February 3rd). In addition to video from the 2021 anime, it has new animations created exclusively for the game (similar to the Funbari Chronicle game).

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 03/02/2025

New Shaman King merch based on the recently released slot machine will be available via Uni-Market starting on February 12.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 21/01/2025

The English digital release of Shaman King The Super Star volume 9 is scheduled for a worldwide release on March 11, 2025 from Kodansha USA. (Japanese volume cover design shown below)

Shaman King The Super Star volume 9 cover featuring Black Maiden in a black dress and veil while holding the mask of the Iron Maiden. A white spirit orb of Jeanne floats in front of her.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 15/01/2025

Edition88 will be hosting the "Hiroyuki Art Career Roughly 30th Anniversary: Butsu Zone Original Art Exhibition" from February 22 through March 16 at the Yurakucho Marui 8F event space. Around 100 original illustrations from Butsu Zone, Itako no Anna, and Death Zero will be on display.

Key art for the Butsu Zone exhibition. Featuring Sennju and Ashura clashing with Satchi in the background.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 21/12/2024

The Shaman King Exhibition is returning to Taiwan between December 21, 2024 through January 20, 2025 in the International Hall on the 13th floor in building C of the Zhongyou Department Store in Taichung. In addition to the original art on display there is a pop-up shop.

Banner for the Shaman King Exhibition and Popc-up store. Lists the dates "2024.12.21 Sat --> 2025.01.20 Mon." and the location in Chinese. Horohoro, Ren, Yoh, Hao, Lyserg, and Chocolove from their "Shaman King Kai" redesigns are also shown.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 19/12/2024

The final Shaman King: The Super Star cover design. Volume 10 releases in Japan on January 8th, 2025 in both print and digital editions. The series will continue in the sequel "Shaman King Yard" (SKY) sometime in the future.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 19/12/2024

Cover design for the German boxset 4 for the original Shaman King (2001) anime releasing on Blu-ray on March 20, 2025 for 49,99 €. It will contain episodes 49-64 with both German and Japanese audio tracks with German subtitles in the original aspect ratio.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 16/12/2024

The official Butsu Zone Twitter account earlier today posted their gratitude to the fans who gave such a positive response to the Butsu Zone Collector's Edition. They are also working on something else that will get fans even more excited.

A photo of 6 pages from Butsu Zone. The 2 on the left are in black/white while the 4 on the right are all colored illustrations.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 26/11/2024

A new trailer for a Pachislot/Pachinko arcade cabinet from Universal Entertainment featuring the Shaman King series is in development. More information will be coming soon.

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Patch Café - Shaman King News Feed @shamanking.news · 26/11/2024

Bookwalker has started its Black Friday Week sale and all Hiroyuki Takei titles currently available in English are either 50% or 70% points back. You can use those points just like in-store credit! Sale ends November 30th. List of titles: global.bookwalker.jp/authors/7582...

Website banner ad saying "Bookwalker Black Friday Week Sale" and "Up to 70% Point Back Ends Nov. 30th PT"

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