Shaman King: Zero (Japanese: シャーマンキング0-zero-, Hepburn: Shāman Kingu 0-zero-) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It is a prequel to Takei's original manga series Shaman King. It was serialized in Shueisha's Jump X[ja] from November 2011 to October 2014, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei, Shaman King: Zero consists on a series of one-shot called "zero stories", detailing the backstories of Yoh and other characters. It was serialized in Shueisha's Jump X[ja] from November 10, 2011, to October 10, 2014.[2][3][4] Shueisha collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released on May 10, 2012, and January 19, 2015.[5][6]Kodansha republished the series digitally in 2018[7][8] and released it in print on June 17, 2021.[9]
In July 2020, Kodansha USA announced the digital English language release of the Shaman King's spin-offs, and Shaman King: Zero was originally scheduled to be released on August 4, 2020;[10] however, it was delayed to October 13 of the same year.[11][12] Seven days after the release of the first volume, the second and final volume was made available on October 20.[13][14]
