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This anime recounts the tale of the Battle for Mamodo King. Every 1,000 years, 100 Mamado children are sent to Earth to fight to determine who will be their next king (in the original Japanese, the creatures are Mamono, which literally means magic/evil object). Each Mamado is paired with a Human partner, and given a magic spellbook. The Human can use this book to unleash incredible powers in the Mamodo, and when a Mamodo is defeated, their spellbook is engulfed in flames (alternately, a Mamdodo's book can be captured and burned directly). After that the Mamodo returns to the Mamodo world.

The titular character is Zatch (Gash in Japan), a 6-year old mamodo with electric powers. He is paired with Kiyomaru Takamini, and 14-year old genius. Zatch is initially reluctant to fight, but learning that some Mamodo are evil and deciding the battle for king is wrong, he decided to fight to become a 'kind king'.

Zatch Bell has drawn comparison to Pokemon, but a better comparison is to Digimon. Like Digimon, the Mamodo and Human have a one to one, symbiotic relationship. Also unlike Pokemon, both shows have an actual plot.

Zatch Bell features character growth and evolving relationships, and some fairly adult story lines (like love vs racism; slavery; mind control; etc.). It even has some decent plot twists and mysteries.

this is one of the first anime i ever saw on cartoon network as a kid, and 5 years later i actually bought the first and second season. for those of you, who don't know, in this show, creatures called momodos are required to fight in all battle royale every 100 years, and whoever wins gets to be king of their world, of course they have limitations, they can only use their powers with spells from a book made for each one of them, but they require a human partner to read the spells for them, also they have to have a very strong emotional bond with them, for the spells to work. i know this sounds a lot like digimon, or maybe even pokemon, but this time the stakes are much higher, because if a momado loses a fight, then their books gets burned and they are sent back to their world, and they can never see their human partners again, this often leads to a lot of tears. its even sadder when you realize that the very likable main characters will all have to say good bye to their friends someday, no matter what they do. This thought is what made each battle very tense. this anime has awesome fights, every episode you cant wait to see who the new mamodo is going to be, or what their powers are, also its awesome when a new spell is unlocked. the best part of the show has to be when one of the villains finds an army of mamodos, and uses them to fight for him, this leads to one of the most powerful mamodo, named brago and his equally awesome partner sherry, to take on the entire army single handily, it is awesome! Also there are a lot of funny jokes in this anime, and its good to know their not too sexual,also the fights don't get too grotesque or disturbing like in other anime. however i have to say, i know i should expect every anime to have annoying fillers, but i hate every single filler in this anime, any episode that doesn't involve a new mamodo or any fights, is completely boring, never contribute to the full plot,their weird and not funny, i don't know why most of the fillers in this show are a waist of time, so i would usually forwards through them. also some of the fights end up being dragged for a lot of episodes, i heard dragon ball z did the same thing, but it just felt like the fights took to long. Some jokes were also really annoying but lighthearted. And my biggest complaint is that they never finished the dub, i heard that even in Japanese they didn't finish the show, but there were still a lot of episodes i would have loved if they dubbed it. i suppose you could read the manga to find out what happens, but i already made my conclusion before i even looked in to it, i think its safe to say that it is Zatch bell who becomes king at the end, but there a lot of fights that make you question if he would survive, also it just as sad when he loses all his friends along the way. This isn't my favorite anime, but i got to say as soon as you watch the first episode, you get hooked, its like when you get annoyed by one thing, you are instantly impressed the next minute, its a roller coaster ride, and it is one of the coolest anime I've ever seen, i recommend it highly.

When I first watched Zatch Bell, I was sitting on my couch at around seven years old, waiting for something to show up on Cartoon Network. I don't remember much from back then, but I knew that I had loved watching it. seven years later, as of last week, I came back to Zatch and Kiyo's story.

I must say, it hasn't changed at all. I still love watching the show from the moment Zatch barged into Kiyo's room with a flopping yellowtail, to the moment Faudo was put down for good with Baou.

The anime was a little corny, but I found it extremely addicting. The seriousness, the silliness, and the characters all made it what it is. I felt like the show was a little repetitive, and the ending was rushed. But nonetheless, Zatch and Kiyo still delivered.

But then I moved onto the manga. The manga was completely different in some ways. Faudo was the second to last "bad guy." The Clear Note arc left so many feelings trapped in my mind, that I had no idea how I should handle them. All of the characters have matured so much from the battle for king, and it's just sad to see them complete their training. Zatch, Kiyo, Tio, Megumi, Kanchome, Folgore, Umagon, Sunbeam, Brago, Sherry... They all came a long way, and they all lost the battle one by one. First to go was Kanchome, followed by Tio, Umagon, and then Brago. Zatch was crowned king, and the very last thing he did was attend Kiyo's middle school graduation. The ending was beautiful.

The impact that Gash and his friends made was so powerful that I was shrouded in emotions, and I wasn't myself again until I wrote this review.

Gash will always stay in my heart as the anime/manga that had the largest impact on my life.

I just wished that the author wrote a little more. Maybe something about how everyone was a year after the Battle for King, and then how they spent their future lives.

Konjiki no Gash!!

What I consider a masterpiece.

Best part The best part of the anime is that it shows a variety of genres as it has action, adventure, emotions, humor, mystery (of zeno- Japanese name zeon) and many others.

Summary The anime revolves around a kid named kiyo (Japanese name- Kiyomaro) who has a iq over 180. He is shown to even outsmart the teachers in the class and to underestimate everyone around him thinking of them as useless beings. But he changes gradually as he battles with zatchbell (gash- Japanese name). zatch was sent to kiyo by his father who is a professor in London when he found zatch (nickname of zatchbell) lying unconscious in an forest. From that time zatch lives with kiyo as kiyo helps him to become the king of momodo world.

plot Momodos are demons who come to human world after every 1000 years. Each momodo has a spell book which is to be used by a human to use the momodo power. The book is triggered by the emotions that a human has while reading the spell in the book. The spells are attained by an momodo gradually over time. If the book of an momodo is burned in any battle, the momodo has to return to momodo world and it's journey towards becoming momodo king comes to an end. there a a total of 100 momodos that come to the human world

flow Flow is good. everything links with each other. Story dialogues are good.

Contains spoilers If you watch the entire anime and if then you read the real manga(comic), you realize that The anime is not as interesting as the manga. The manga has a bit different story than anime in middle part and completely differs in the ending. ending of Anime is not the real ending but the anime ends after defeating clear note which is not even mentioned in the anime.

I somewhat enjoyed the anime. Don't forget to read the manga after anime as manga will entertain you more than anime!!!!!