List of Zatch Bell! episodes


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, 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.

Releases

Japan

DVD
Shogakukan : Grouped by season
VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference
Volume 1November 19, 200311-2
Volume 2December 17, 200313-5
Volume 3January 21, 200416-8
Volume 4February 18, 200419-11
Volume 5March 17, 2004112-14
Volume 6April 21, 2004115-17
Volume 7May 19, 2004118-20
Volume 8June 16, 2004121-23
Volume 9July 14, 2004124-26
Volume 10August 18, 2004127-29
Volume 11September 15, 2004130-32
Volume 12October 20, 2004133-35
Volume 13November 17, 2004136-38
Volume 14January 19, 2005139-41
Volume 15February 16, 2005142-44
Volume 16March 16, 2005145-47
Volume 17April 20, 2005148-50

VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference
Volume 1May 18, 2005151-52
Volume 2June 15, 2005153-55
Volume 3July 20, 2005156-58
Volume 4August 18, 2005159-61
Volume 5September 21, 2005162-64
Volume 6October 19, 2005165-67
Volume 7November 16, 2005168-70
Volume 8December 14, 2005171-73
Volume 9January 18, 2006174-76
Volume 10February 15, 2006177-79
Volume 11March 15, 2006180-82
Volume 12April 5, 2006183-85
Volume 13April 19, 2006186-88
Volume 14April 26, 2006189-91
Volume 15May 17, 2006192-94
Volume 16June 7, 2006195-97
Volume 17June 21, 2006198-100

VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference
Volume 1July 5, 20061101-103
Volume 2July 19, 20061104-106
Volume 3August 2, 20061107-109
Volume 4August 18, 20061110-112
Volume 5September 6, 20061113-115
Volume 6September 20, 20061116-118
Volume 7October 4, 20061119-121
Volume 8October 14, 20061122-124
Volume 9November 1, 20061125-127
Volume 10November 15, 20061128-130
Volume 11December 6, 20061131-133
Volume 12December 20, 20061134-136
Volume 13January 10, 20071137-139
Volume 14January 17, 20071140-142
Volume 15February 7, 20071143-145
Volume 16February 21, 20071146-148
Volume 17March 7, 20071149-150

'''Blu-ray'''

United States

;DVD
VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference
Volume 1November 8, 200511-4
Volume 2February 14, 200615-8
Volume 3April 11, 200619-12
Volume 4June 13, 2006113-16
Volume 5August 1, 2006117-20
Volume 6October 17, 2006121-24
Volume 7December 5, 2006125-28
Volume 8February 13, 2007129-32
Volume 9April 10, 2007133-36
Volume 10June 12, 2007137-41
Volume 11August 7, 2007142-44
Volume 12October 2, 2007145-48
Volume 13December 4, 2007149-52