Zatch Bell! season 1
season of television series
The first season, retroactively titled level 1, of the Zatch Bell! anime series was directed by Tetsuji Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa and produced by Toei Animation. Based on the manga series by Makoto Raiku, the plot follows the adventures of Zatch Bell, a Mamodo who is sent to Earth and partnered with the human Kiyo Takamine for a battle that adjudges the new monarchy of the Mamodo world. The first season of the TV series, known formally as Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (金色のガッシュベル!!, lit. "Golden Gash Bell!!"), ran from April 6, 2003, to March 28, 2004, on Fuji TV. The season adapts volumes 1 through 11 of the manga, and also features original, self-contained subplots.
Viz Media provided the English dub of the anime, which aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami and Miguzi scheduling blocks in the United States and on YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada starting March 5, 2005. The episodes were collected into seventeen DVD compilations and released by Shogakukan between November 19, 2003, and April 20, 2005. The dubbed episodes of this season were collected into thirteen DVD compilations and released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005, and December 4, 2007.
Four pieces of theme music are used throughout the season: one opening theme and two closing themes in the Japanese episodes, and a single theme each for the opening and ending in the dubbed episodes.
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