Manga creator Makota Raiku announced that a sequel series to his hit manga Zatch Bell is in the works.
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Raiku confirmed the news on his official Twitter account, sharing a brief teaser trailer that said the sequel series would begin in mid-March 2022.
Check out the Zatch Bell 2 announcement below:
お知らせです。?
クリックすると、勇壮な音楽も流れます。? pic.twitter.com/YNGkVkez8I— 雷句誠 (@raikumakoto) February 26, 2022
Not too much is known about what Zatch Bell 2 will feature, but it’s likely that fans will get to see the next chapter in the main characters Zatch and Kiyomaro’s story. The original Zatch Bell manga series began in 2001 and ran for 6 years, spanning 33 volumes more than 300 chapters in its entirety. An anime series based on the manga also ran for 3 years in Japan and produced 150 episodes before coming to an end.
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“Kiyomaro Takamine is a brilliant junior high student whose inflated ego (and tendency to blow the grading curve) has made him a major target for teasing at school,” reads the synopsis of the original Zatch Bell manga. “So his father sends him a bizarre birthday present — a strange little boy named Gash — to help him make friends and reform his bad attitude. Gash brings with him a mysterious red volume of spells, and Kiyomaro discovers that Gash has magic powers that are unleashed by reading from the book! But there are more surprises to come, and Kiyomaro’s destiny is about to change forever!”