Zatch Bell!, known formally by the Japanese title , is an anime based on the manga series by Makoto Raiku. The television series revolves around the eponymous character Zatch Bell, a Mamodo who, along with his human partner Kiyo Takamine, partakes in a tournament that will decide the ruler of his realm, the Mamodo world. Unlike the manga, the anime ends in a cliffhanger with only two Mamodo remaining. The series was directed by Tetsuji Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa, and produced by Toei Animation.

The series aired in Japan on Fuji Television and its affiliates from April 6, 2003, to March 26, 2006 for 150 episodes. The English dub of the series was released in North America by Viz Media. It began airing on March 5, 2005, on Cartoon Network's Toonami in the United States, and was rerun on the network's daytime scheduling block Miguzi between May 15, 2006, and August 4, 2006. The series also aired on YTV's Bionix in Canada starting September 9, 2005. Cartoon Network dropped the series after episode 77 on January 20, 2007, while YTV continued airing it until December 6, 2008, after two seasons. Except for the first four episodes (101-104), the third season was not dubbed in English as Viz's parent company Shogakukan, the publisher of the source manga, revoked its broadcasting rights.

A total of ten theme music pieces are used for the episodes: three opening themes and seven closing themes in the original Japanese version; two opening and one ending theme in the English release. Several CDs containing the theme music and other tracks have been released by King Records. The series was released in fifty-one DVD compilations by Shogakukan between November 19, 2003, and March 7, 2007. As of July 2009, thirteen DVD compilations of the English adaption of the anime have been released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005, and December 4, 2007.

Series overview The "seasons" that compromise the episode list correspond to the Japanese video releases by Shogakukan. In Japan Zatch Bell! aired continuously year-round with regular preemptions for sporting events and television specials taking place, not split into standard seasonal cycles.

Episode list Season 1 (2003–2004)

Season 2 (2004–2005)

Season 3 (2005–2006)

Specials OVA#TitleEnglish airdate

Releases

Japan DVD

Shogakukan (Region 2): Grouped by season +Season 1 VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference Volume 1 November 19, 2003 1 1-2 Volume 2 December 17, 2003 1 3-5 Volume 3 January 21, 2004 1 6-8 Volume 4 February 18, 2004 1 9-11 Volume 5 March 17, 2004 1 12-14 Volume 6 April 21, 2004 1 15-17 Volume 7 May 19, 2004 1 18-20 Volume 8 June 16, 2004 1 21-23 Volume 9 July 14, 2004 1 24-26 Volume 10 August 18, 2004 1 27-29 Volume 11 September 15, 2004 1 30-32 Volume 12 October 20, 2004 1 33-35 Volume 13 November 17, 2004 1 36-38 Volume 14 January 19, 2005 1 39-41 Volume 15 February 16, 2005 1 42-44 Volume 16 March 16, 2005 1 45-47 Volume 17 April 20, 2005 1 48-50

+Season 2: Level 2 VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference Volume 1 May 18, 2005 1 51-52 Volume 2 June 15, 2005 1 53-55 Volume 3 July 20, 2005 1 56-58 Volume 4 August 18, 2005 1 59-61 Volume 5 September 21, 2005 1 62-64 Volume 6 October 19, 2005 1 65-67 Volume 7 November 16, 2005 1 68-70 Volume 8 December 14, 2005 1 71-73 Volume 9 January 18, 2006 1 74-76 Volume 10 February 15, 2006 1 77-79 Volume 11 March 15, 2006 1 80-82 Volume 12 April 5, 2006 1 83-85 Volume 13 April 19, 2006 1 86-88 Volume 14 April 26, 2006 1 89-91 Volume 15 May 17, 2006 1 92-94 Volume 16 June 7, 2006 1 95-97 Volume 17 June 21, 2006 1 98-100

+Season 3: Level 3 VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference Volume 1 July 5, 2006 1 101-103 Volume 2 July 19, 2006 1 104-106 Volume 3 August 2, 2006 1 107-109 Volume 4 August 18, 2006 1 110-112 Volume 5 September 6, 2006 1 113-115 Volume 6 September 20, 2006 1 116-118 Volume 7 October 4, 2006 1 119-121 Volume 8 October 14, 2006 1 122-124 Volume 9 November 1, 2006 1 125-127 Volume 10 November 15, 2006 1 128-130 Volume 11 December 6, 2006 1 131-133 Volume 12 December 20, 2006 1 134-136 Volume 13 January 10, 2007 1 137-139 Volume 14 January 17, 2007 1 140-142 Volume 15 February 7, 2007 1 143-145 Volume 16 February 21, 2007 1 146-148 Volume 17 March 7, 2007 1 149-150 Blu-ray + Happinet (Japan, Region A) Volume Release date Discs Episodes Reference 金色のガッシュベル!! Blu-ray BOX July 4, 2017 1 1–6 2 7–12 3 13–18 4 19–25 5 26–30 6 31–36 7 37–43 8 44–50

United States DVD +Viz Media (Region 1) VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference Volume 1 November 8, 2005 1 1-4 Volume 2 February 14, 2006 1 5-8 Volume 3 April 11, 2006 1 9-12 Volume 4 June 13, 2006 1 13-16 Volume 5 August 1, 2006 1 17-20 Volume 6 October 17, 2006 1 21-24 Volume 7 December 5, 2006 1 25-28 Volume 8 February 13, 2007 1 29-32 Volume 9 April 10, 2007 1 33-36 Volume 10 June 12, 2007 1 37-41 Volume 11 August 7, 2007 1 42-44 Volume 12 October 2, 2007 1 45-48 Volume 13 December 4, 2007 1 49-52

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