- Start
- Apr 7, 200892% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
- End
- Mar 30, 200992% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
Soul Eater Premieres
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- MyAnimeList7.86/10
Soul Eater begins broadcast, Bones' adaptation of Atsushi Ohkubo's manga set at the Death Weapon Meister Academy, where weapon-and-meister pairs collect souls to forge new Death Scythes while defending Death City from monsters.
- Soul Eater is a 51-episode TV anime from studio Bones, aired Apr 7, 2008 to Mar 30, 2009, premiered Spring 2008 and broadcast Mondays at 18:00 (JST), 23 min. per ep., rated PG-13 - Teens 13 or older.[1]
- Produced by TV Tokyo, Aniplex, Dentsu, Media Factory and Fonishia, licensed by Funimation; adapted from the manga Soul Eater; genres Action, Comedy, Fantasy with a School theme, shounen demographic.[1]
- Setting: "Death City is home to the famous Death Weapon Meister Academy (Shibusen), a technical academy headed by the Shinigami - Lord Death himself. Its mission: to raise Death Scythes for the Shinigami to wield against the many evils of their fantastical world." Death Scythes "are born from human hybrids who have the ability to transform their bodies into Demon Weapons, and only after they have consumed the souls of 99 evil beings and one witch's soul."[1]
- It follows Demon Scythe Soul Eater Evans and his meister Maka Albarn, alongside Black Star with his weapon Tsubaki, and Death the Kid, dual wielder of the twin pistols Patty and Liz.[1]
- Directed by Takuya Igarashi (also episode director and storyboards), with producers Yoshihiro Oyabu, Aya Yoshino and Tahei Yamanishi.[1]
- Cast: Chiaki Omigawa (Maka Albarn), Kouki Uchiyama (Soul Evans), Yumiko Kobayashi (Black Star), Kaori Nazuka (Tsubaki Nakatsukasa), Mamoru Miyano (Death the Kid), with Maaya Sakamoto as Crona and Takehito Koyasu as Excalibur.[1]
- Themes include the openings "Resonance" by T.M.Revolution (eps 1-30) and "PAPERMOON" by Tommy heavenly6 (eps 31-50), and endings by STANCE PUNKS, Kana Nishino, Diggy-MO' and abingdon boys school.[1]
- On MyAnimeList it scores 7.86 from 916,357 users, ranked #1036 and #65 in popularity with 1,795,675 members, and streams on Crunchyroll.[1]
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