Shaman King: The Super Star
Japanese manga series
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Shaman King: The Super Star is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It is a sequel to Takei's Shaman King: Flowers, which is itself a sequel to his original series, Shaman King.[2] It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Magazine Edge from May 2018 until October 2023, when the magazine ceased publication. It later continued on the Magazine Pocket online platform from August to November 2024.
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Cover of the first volume | |
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| Written by | Hiroyuki Takei |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Imprint | Magazine Edge KC |
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| Original run | May 17, 2018 – November 23, 2024 |
| Volumes | 10 |
Plot
Publication
Written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei, Shaman King: The Super Star was announced in December 2017.[3] Three prologue chapters were published in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Magazine Edge on April 17, 2018.[4] The series officially began serialization in the magazine on May 17, 2018.[5][6] On October 18, 2023, Shōnen Magazine Edge ceased publication.[7] The series resumed on Kodansha's online platform Magazine Pocket on August 24, 2024,[8] and concluded on November 23 of that same year.[9] Kodansha compiled the series into ten tankōbon volumes, published from November 15, 2018,[10] to January 8, 2025.[11]
In July 2020, Kodansha USA announced the digital English-language release of the Shaman King spin-offs, including Shaman King: The Super Star, which was originally scheduled for August 2020;[12] however, the release was delayed to December 1 of that same year,[13][14][15] and the last volume was released on December 2, 2025.[16]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | November 15, 2018[17][18] | 978-4-06-513666-9 978-4-06-514052-9 (SE) | December 1, 2020[19] | 978-1-64659-376-7 |
| 2 | August 16, 2019[20] | 978-4-06-516899-8 | December 15, 2020[21] | 978-1-64659-645-4 |
| 3 | December 17, 2019[22] | 978-4-06-517995-6 | December 22, 2020[23] | 978-1-64659-695-9 |
| 4 | June 17, 2020[24] | 978-4-06-519788-2 | December 29, 2020[25] | 978-1-64659-812-0 |
| 5 | February 17, 2021[26] | 978-4-06-521391-9 | July 6, 2021[27] | 978-1-63699-216-7 |
| 6 | August 17, 2022[28] | 978-4-06-528879-5 | May 14, 2023[29] | 978-1-68491-982-6 |
| 7 | July 14, 2023[30] | 978-4-06-532407-3 | October 31, 2023[31] | 979-8-88933-200-8 |
| 8 | December 15, 2023[32] | 978-4-06-534188-9 | June 4, 2024[33] | 979-8-88933-562-7 |
| 9 | November 8, 2024[34] | 978-4-06-537397-2 | March 11, 2025[35] | 979-8-89478-431-1 |
| 10 | January 8, 2025[11] | 978-4-06-538076-5 | December 2, 2025[16] | 979-8-89478-802-9 |