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The Lightning Boy From Another World | |
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| Japanese title | |
| Kanji | 魔界から来た電撃少年 |
| Rōmaji | Makai kara kita Dengeki Shōnen |
| Translation | The Lightning Boy from Demon World |
| Information | |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode # | 1 |
| Arc | Zatch Arc |
| Chapter(s) | 1 |
| Japanese airdate | April 6, 2003 |
| English airdate | March 5, 2005 |
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| Next episode | A Freezing Spell |
The Lightning Boy From Another World (魔界から来た電撃少年 Makai kara kita Dengeki Shōnen, lit. "The Lightning Boy from Demon World") is the first episode of the Zatch Bell!/Konjiki no Gash Bell!! anime.
Synopsis[]
One day, a mamodo named Zatch Bell crashes into Kiyo Takamine's room. Zatch gives Kiyo a letter from his father which reveals that Kiyo's father found an amnesic Zatch unconscious in the forest and with him was a red book in a mysterious language. Mr. Takamine saw the kindness and determination in Zatch and decided to send him to Kiyo in order to help Kiyo make friends, and as a birthday present.
While arguing with Zatch, Kiyo reads Zakeru from the book. The book glows red and Zatch shoots lightning out of his mouth destroying Kiyo's wall, yet Zatch seems unaware of what happened. At school, Kiyo annoyed with Zatch's presence sends Zatch to the rooftop to deal with "bullies". Zatch finds Suzy Mizuno on the rooftop and coincidently, also finds a bully named Kane. The bully proceeds to beat up Zatch and mocks Kiyo while Kiyo watches from afar. Eventually, he finds the courage to stand up to Kain, but he is also beaten.
Later, a mysterious flying skateboarder named Eido comes from the sky and knocks out the bully by blasting wind with his hand. He then demands Suzy to be his girlfriend and attacks Kiyo and Zatch. Kiyo notices that a child like Zatch is the one using the wind techniques. Kiyo reads "Zakeru" from Zatch's red book and Zatch fires lightning at Eido, scaring them away. In the distance, a mysterious Brago and Sherry Belmont reveal the mamodo battle has begun.
New content shown[]
Characters[]
- Zatch Bell and Kiyo Takamine
- Hyde and Eido
- Suzy Mizuno
- Brago and Sherry Belmont
- Kane
- Seitaro Takamine (flashback)
- Hana Takamine
Spells[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the original Japanese version, the first opening theme Kasabuta was used as an insert song when Zatch fought against Hyde toward the end of the episode.
- In the English version Zatch is wearing boxers instead of being naked in the very beginning.
- Due to censorship purposes, 2 out of 3 scenes of Suzy's skirt flying up and revealing her white panties as a result of Eido's perversion are cut from the English version. Interestingly, one scene is kept intact in the English version during Zatch's first use of the Spell "Zaker" at Kiyo's school but is mostly obscured by her shadow from the blast.
- Hyde and Eido are the first mamodo Zatch and Kiyo meet in the anime but not in the manga as they never appeared in the manga but Hyde appears in chapter 319 as a cameo.
| Season 1 episodes | Mamodo Battle arc 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • Magic Mirror arc (31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35) • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 |
| Season 2 episodes | Ancient Mamodo arc 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • Maestro arc (93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98) • 99 • 100 |
| Season 3 episodes | Faudo arc
101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 |
| Episodes 13, 31-35, 51, 57, 68, and 89, 91, 93-98, and 100 are anime-exclusive episodes and are non-canon to the manga. Episodes 139-150 are semi-canon episodes. | |
| Other animations | |
| OVAs | Japanese OVAs 00F ~Ōgon no Chichi wo Motsu Otoko~ • Hashire Gash!! Ubawareta Umagon |
| Films | 101st Devil (Unlisted Demon #101 in Japan) • Attack of Mechavulcan |