Zatch Bell Was Weird: UNDERRATED ANIME | Billiam

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Zatch Bell is an anime by Toei Animation based on the manga Golden Gash by Makoto Raiku. It stars Kiyo, a boy genius, and his best friend, Zatch, a type of demon with the power to shoot lightning! It's cool as heck!!! It's neat!!!
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[@thekuddlykrab1499]

I can’t believe someone is FINALLY talking about this show. I loved it so much as a kid it’s amazing THANK YOU

[@tanya1438]

I used to love this show too much. It really sucked when noone around me knew this amazing show🤦‍♀.....Finally someone is talking about it 🤪🤪🤪

[@tanya1438]

@Never Broke Again I'm currently watching zatchbell and TBH it's just damn good 🙌🙌🙌

[@hippietheory5695]

I dead ass still have a zatchbell spellbook with cards

[@TheYungpromo]

right so underrated

[@WaterKirby1994]

Does anyone even know the reason Zatch Bell was cancelled? I remember it being insanely popular back when it was on Toonami with trading cards & then being completely gone without a trace. I miss the days of anime being aimed at kids on actual television in massive amounts.

[@MissingNovice]

"I miss cable, not really from a use standpoint, but from an aesthetic one." Billiam, right out the gate reminding us how he is the pure essence of being a hipster.

[@northwestclasspnw7974]

And we STAN

[@Spades20XX]

Hipster TRASH*

[@timelordfandango]

Well can you really blame him?

[@oldmanlogan9616]

Cable is indeed charming af tough

[@DammnDeejay]

I remember crying so much watching Zatch Bell. And then it just disappeared! As a kid I eneded up forgetting about it until now. Thanks so much for reviewing these classics! It’s literally my favorite part of KZbin. Watching people gush over the same things I love with ZERO shame!

[@orangeslash1667]

Zatch Bell is very difficult franchise to convince someone that it's good because the humor is weird!!!!!!!!!!!!! even one piece and fairytale standers.

[@Justamanliving]

Yes! It disappeared out to thin air!!

[@andym2090]

@@Justamanliving yup the anime was never finished, still a 10/10

[@masalanicholoff3593]

The manga is really freaking good. Anyone who hasn't read it, and wants closure for the characters should check it out. It's about 300 chapters, so it's not crazy long. Really amazing finale.

[@_Crimson._]

@@andym2090 the manga is resumed

[@JeffNimoy]

Glad you liked the dub! One correction, Richard Horvitz only played Kanchome for one season, I played him in Season 2.

[@CoopJ23]

Holy moly it's Nicholas D Wolfwood

[@GoodNBadGurl]

OMg! Being a voice actress would be a dream of mine 😮ur job is so cool!

[@ChoaiDode]

Goodness gracious it’s Tentomon

[@calebcollins5887]

Well ya killed it.

[@rustysapphire5269]

Zatch bell, the anime that gets you attached to the characters in the 1 minute of seeing them, then killing them off.

[@Spats2Bats]

This was the first anime I saw that really taught me I should be ready to get emotionally destroyed as soon as I got attached to certain characters. Still remember watching Lulu's last episode after school and just crying my eyes out at her death. She was the most relatable too as she never wanted to fight in the first place...just make friends.

[@herronariela7469]

danganronpa:hold my beer....

[@Slow_Biden]

Attack on Titan would like to know your location...

[@belannacooper4134]

Black bullet: as you were saying....

[@Chronoflation]

Dude, the manga makes you get attached to characters for hundred of chapters just to end all of them in one final arc. It's so brutal, God I love that last arc. Plus you see Folgore's true power and he deserves every title ever given to him, that man is truly the Invincible Iron Italian Man

[@projectmessiah]

This anime is the definition of weird bizarre underrated shounen.

[@ilngsisfh]

I can’t believe this and Bobobo were out at the same time, no wonder our humor is dead

[@jay7568]

But it was still fun to watch

[@serioussilliness2064]

@@ilngsisfh holy shit

[@projectmessiah]

@@ilngsisfh we overloaded on wtf humor.

[@projectmessiah]

@@jay7568 of course. That's why I called it underatted.

[@HibikiTehMan]

My favorite bit beyond Paco is how Schneider never gets his actually name revealed cause all he can say is "Meru Meru mei" so Kiyo decides to call him Ponygon because he's a pony and he wants him gone. I LOVE THIS SHOW!

[@bmartinez534]

Lmfao dead

[@THIZzSCO415]

L O L I never knew that’s why Kiyo named him that 🤣😂😂💀

[@user-og9nl5mt1b]

No gon is suffix for monster in Japanese, that's why so uma means horse and gon is monster, so it actually means horse monster

[@royalghost4914]

@@user-og9nl5mt1b yeah but the english dub gives the explanation said in the comment

[@Tamojit_Roy]

Yes 😆😆😆

[@TimToonsTalks]

I know Kiyo can be an ass sometimes, but I honestly fell in love with him during that episode when Zatch convinced him to stop a bank robbery. He knew it was crazy but jumped on his bike anyway and raced there while basically screaming *FUCK IT* all the way there 😂

[@bmartinez534]

Hahahaha facts!!!!

[@tomasfong40]

Kyo is based

[@therealwilldalbey]

It's very relatable.

[@Rong_Rong]

One of the most underrated anime of all time

[@pitua2268]

Fax

[@94est.43]

Why is it underated?

[@Kajimityphoon]

im subbed to you!

[@SunChaserEUC]

94' Brown because it’s really good, but they cancelled it in the US after a few seasons. So a lot of People haven’t heard of it or just remember it as the show that played on the weekends. I only found out a few years ago that the show continued, just not dubbed

[@spych0367]

Love you and this opinion

[@rirururu4697]

Billiam: I have a feeling the entire show will be ruined for me once Falgore and Kanchome appear - Billiam: Falgore and Kanchome are the best thing to ever be created

[@KawaiiBabyTragon]

The best part is that in the JP original, Folgore is singing about why he loves big breasts. That's what the "boing boing" part is about, and they kept it in the dub.

[@KawaiiBabyTragon]

If you don't believe me, and are willing to potentially have your childhood ruined, kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnXdpWClerFnn5o It makes more sense why Kiyo hates the dancing, whereas in the dub he just seems like a total joykill lol.

[@JapaAppa]

@@KawaiiBabyTragon holy shit this was the best thing ive ever seen

[@maliksmith9003]

@@JapaAppa the Zatch Bell musical performances were fire. Here's Big Boing's dance for Kiyo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXWth2WOo9qmfKs

[@metalmachine555]

Kanchoume was more strong than Gash at end

[@90s_Wizard]

holy fuck this is like unearthing some old memories I haven't had in years

[@zaweirdo.3343]

Good or bad

[@90s_Wizard]

@@zaweirdo.3343 Good. I bought a big card set and book when I was a kid. loved it but never could play with anybody since no one else cared for it.

[@zaweirdo.3343]

@@90s_Wizard damn i feel your pain man there was only like 2 other people who would play cards with me

[@philipsparks6089]

I watched this and loved it as a kid and now at the age of 22 im rediscovering it after months of occasionally looking for the title. I feel so accomplished

[@therealwilldalbey]

I started rereading the manga since it now has a sequel manga.

[@jayhollow2936]

I feel like this show was overshadowed by Naruto when it aired on Toonami along with The Prince of Tennis, Blue Dragon, and MAR.

[@HDGaminTutorials]

Also you gotta understand it being on at around 9:00p.m for kids was almost impossible for most kids to watch

[@abc4781]

@@HDGaminTutorials lol right we had to get our asses in bed.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@HDGaminTutorials Eh, that was usually the last thing i'd be able to watch unless it was a friday which back then I and a lot of kids back then stayed up 'till midnight.

[@TheRakyero]

@@HDGaminTutorials i remember having to record it on my cable DVR to be able to watch like half the episodes as a kid 😭

[@flockinify]

Too bad they couldn't animate Kanchome and Flogore's final arc in the manga. They became my favorite characters.

[@caphead100]

based. Kanchome is best boy

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Oh lord, I read the manga and that seriously made me bust out into tears

[@marcellXcatalyst]

Kanchome became the strongest Mamodo

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

boing boing

[@JerikRiza]

Kanchome straight broken by the end

[@BugsyFoga]

This and Bobobo-bo bo-bobo were stuff I definitely thought were bizarre fever dreams back then .

[@adonis431]

i loved both of them. the bizarre randomness was great.

[@PokemonaMoni]

Bobobo is another hidden gem. And it's actually the only anime that I like watching in my native Spanish dub because it's so good and funny, the voice actors really had a lot of fun

[@323starlight]

Bobobo made my childhood.

[@GuardianDiancie]

I enjoyed watching them both.

[@exile5678]

Bobobo and Maruchen awakens romance

[@TheAzulmagia]

A gag that works a little bit better in the sub than the dub is how Gash's first spell goes off the first time. When he finds out that Gash is supposed to be living with him now, Kiyo says "Fuzakeruna!" or "You've got to be kidding me!". Of course, that has "zakeru" in there, so he accidentally winds up setting off Gash's first spell and blasting himself with lightning.

[@moviesquad73]

If they ever decide to reboot the anime, I hope they get Debbie Derryberry back for the dub! She played Zatch perfectly!

[@ReineGalena]

It's a shame the anime never really went anywhere. A reboot with a complete story would be nice.

[@mooneater7072]

Just read the manga, it’s just as good if not better

[@pitua2268]

The sub was good

[@princessscarlet2219]

@Broly The Sarcastic Savage You think they should bring back the original dub cast if it gets rebooted? That'd be awesome if they could. If they can't, then that's fine too.

[@jordynrosenberg88]

The anime ended 1 arc (in japanese) before the actual ending, the actual last arc is amazing!

[@jaygardner6639]

Manga was so good

[@aceknown3230]

Zatch: How old is he? Kio: 5 minutes

[@sayantaroy9640]

😆😆😆

[@mirandarodriguez7460]

that’s my favorite line from the whole show

[@orekisan97]

Vulcan 300

[@wat5058]

Alright, I love this show, and I know almost no one is gonna see this comment at this point, but I gotta point out how this show is basically a war in which children are forced to not-quite-kill kill each other. Those sad episodes hit real hard when you're ALSO a kid watching them.

[@bobbysmith8095]

They aren;t kid, they are demon that look like kid to add the cute factor. Some of the demon are cat, robot, etc not all kid looking. They just want them to be cute looking or "funny" looking.

[@axelvinicius3365]

@@bobbysmith8095 They are demons but they are also kids. Iirc the youngest is Umagon (4 years old) and the oldest are like, 15 or something like that.

[@JMDarkly1]

I did love the motivations of Zatch and Kiyo as they went through the series. First just trying to help Zatch get his memories, then actively working to get stronger to defend themselves from the constant random attacks, and finally realizing the cruelty of the Fights and trying to make Zatch the winner so he could find a way to end the suffering. Much more relatable than the common 'Must get stronger because reasons' themes.

[@YourFather1555]

I love how gash plans that even if he loses he wants to have other kind demons left behind to become a “kind king”

[@chiphxncho9501]

For the longest time I made myself believe this anime didn’t exist because I couldn’t put the pieces together to find it from my childhood. This is blowing my mind rn

[@Bigbodybennz]

Same bro lil

[@dtk1981]

Same. Just like bobobobobo........explaining my childhood anime to younger friends is a struggle, especially when nose hair is involved

[@Bigbodybennz]

the25bam19 khun idk how you forget the name of bobobobobo... or can’t find that anime.. all u had to do was google “nose hair anime” and boom

[@Hotaru9]

Sherry's backstory was the first time I saw a character in a cartoon try to commit suicide and as a kid, that blew my mind. I liked Zatch bell but Sherry and Drago were my favorite pair.

[@JEAMillennial13]

They cold stubborn cruel and scary

[@THIZzSCO415]

Zatch Vs Bari was a CRAZY good fight one of the main fights I’ll never forget from that series

[@regalteratorn7115]

Consider Zatch Bell just got a sequel manga, I'm excited for what's to come.

[@PleasentDddd]

Folgore in English Version: Song about dancing all day. Folgore in Japanese Version: Song about how much he loves boobs. I love this show.

[@nobodyimportant2470]

And the woman on the US super hero team's power wasn't smelling nice. Japanese version was named Big Boing and her power was having a huge rack.

[@PleasentDddd]

NobodyImportant *wheeze*

[@TwilightWolf032]

CHICHI WO MOGE!!!

[@Riel93]

@@nobodyimportant2470 BIG BOING CHOP!

[@tzukishiro]

@KKK Revolution cause you like trash?

[@Ivoreh]

the trope of “tome only the protagonist can read” really feels good in this series tbh

[@yordlejay6820]

What's nice about the trope for ZB is it doesn't make the Protag entirely unique? Like he isn't the only person with a tome only he can read, he's just the one we follow.

[@Ivoreh]

SomeIdiotWithAGame yes yes im talking about that general concept though yknow, only the relevant characters can read the tomes. its a trope that feels good here.

[@korokonas]

Wishing that when this does hopefully get a revitalized anime, they rehire the original dubs voice actors You can't beat Jimmy Neutron, Invader Zim, and INVINCIBLE ITALIAN MAAAAN

[@micah459]

Zatch bell really needed more love and I love the concept because its different than most anime. If only people gave it more recognition

[@JEAMillennial13]

Put Zatch bell in Jump Force Game in DLC GAME and Pokémon anime, Sekirei, Fairy tail, yugioh arc v, yugioh, yugioh GX, yugioh Zexal yguih 5DS, yugioh VArins , Dinosaur King, beyblade metal , Bakugan battle brawlers attack on titan, one piece

[@cassandralyris4918]

Zatch Bell is terribly underrated and I'm glad to see you giving it some love!

[@seinenwax94jr9]

Makoto Raiku's art style to this day is still the most unique of the 2000s imo

[@popcream2082]

Totally agree .

[@edwardrobinson5470]

Yes

[@xItsuki]

There are so many tear jerkers in this show... Like Kido and Dr. Riddles

[@ddb1014]

Honestly Dr. Riddles was the saddest thing

[@Chronoflation]

Just hearing their names brings tears to my eyes. Their story was so devastating

[@thenameslado9207]

Never cried so hard at that moment 😭😭

[@KaraMorassco]

When they got separated for good. I cried so hard from the episode. This series was amazing.

[@Chronoflation]

@@KaraMorassco You should check out the manga for the final arc. Imagine the same feeling spread throughout a series of chapters, building up to a couple straight chapters of pure tear jerkers. Zatch Bell deserves the Brotherhood treatment even if just to get that final arc on air by itself. It's truly one of my favorite things I've ever read

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

I remember watching this constantly in middle school. It actually kind of surprises me how many people my age still remember this show.

[@denzelcanvas5223]

damn i was watching this when i was 6

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

@@denzelcanvas5223 I’m just old, don’t mind me.

[@philipsparks6089]

@@denzelcanvas5223 SAME legit 6 years old. I would steal my dads over sized shirts and pretend I was Zatch, but I forgot the name of it until now at the age of 22.

[@wesley060]

All of the voices for this anime are spot ons! They fit them so well!

[@MassayukiSama]

The manga has an actually excellent final fight with Vrago and he becomes extremely likable, like a Vegeta that's more complex.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Brago is one of the most interesting characters in the series. Sherry wasn't too bad either, learning to not be such a priss.

[@jakew6162]

I read the manga but I didn't finished reading it

[@Netherwolf6100]

@@jakew6162 You should. Its worth it

[@StarDragonJP]

Shaman King hasn't been a Jump series for years, after the magazine Shaman King Flowers was in got cancelled, he left the company & now Shaman King has a new home in Shonen Magazine.

[@dizluanimated1170]

“Like how you gonna bringa da sheep back?”

[@thechubbycynic]

I thought I fucking hallucinated this anime! All I could remember was that it was like pokemon but if pikachu was naruto

[@monkeyscientist9913]

I can't believe you forgot to mention the greatest scene in the anime: The Berry Melon song. Words can't describe this masterpiece of an anime scene. Even the likes of Miyazaki and Tezuka couldn't even create something half as amazing even if they had done the fusion dance.

[@Kamsae]

Honestly the whole Victoream thing is one of the most amazing things I have seen.

[@loonloonlikemoonmoon1577]

Victoreem was simply poetic cinema

[@Gameorama91]

Absolutely love Zatch Bell. Once I read through all of the manga a few years ago, it became one of my favorite Shonen manga ever, and I still revisit it now and then. Those last couple arcs are intense and amazing, really wish the anime got around to finishing.

[@JEAMillennial13]

also I don't like sherry cand cold jerk idiot brago and zeno

[@Chronoflation]

YESSSS!!! This is a series that only got better as it progressed. I didn't even care that they deus ex machina-ed the final boss, everything leading up to that was amazing and it felt earned

[@clutch5630]

I just read the fight between kiyomaro vs ryou and holy shit... The anime could have been so much better if it was done right

[@ViraRiva]

i too thought the show was stupid when i saw the promo commercials as a kid. i watched the first episode just to make fun of it but ended up LOVING the show. it was my FAVORITE anime as a kid and the anime that got me into animes. i still love it today and watching some episodes still make me cry

[@yashkulshrestha4931]

The anime was so full of emotions.. my favourite anime ZATCHBELL❤️❤️

[@djtaitai]

I was like halfway through this when I realized the voice of Zatch is also the voice of Jimmy Neutron.

[@justposeidon3810]

REAL SHIT?

[@devincasebeer4459]

@@justposeidon3810 real shit, bro.

[@RexcorJ]

Debbi-muthaf**kin'-Derryberry

[@rushmaverick1923]

I know she voiced a lot of characters in TV, Movies, and Video Games, but for the life of me, the only time I was able to recognize her voice in anything was when she voiced Jimmy Neutron, Zatch Bell, and Nergal Jr. from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.

[@devincasebeer4459]

@@rushmaverick1923 wait she did nergel Jr too? Huh. For once my ears didn't pick up on that.

[@Replica_Rabbit]

I get so annoyed when people talk about Black Clover power system being amazing and never bring up Zatch Bell that almost has the same power system but better. I still don't get why people in Black Clover don't attack the floating book, it the source of your enemy powers that be my number one target. Anyway, love Zatch Bell. It is in my top five favorite shonen of all time, hope it get a remake

[@ebeleingram8048]

This is definitely a hot take. You're a a smart man

[@arcanefury3666]

Black Clover's power system is amazing? I always thought people in Black Clover can just do *insert magic type here* and use it in a way that reflects a person's personality with all characters able to pull a magic spell out of their asses if they're in a tight spot or seek to become more powerful. It doesn't sound that much different from any other show. I like Black Clover but what makes there system different from any other show or am I missing something because I've only watched upped to when the ghosts of the elves passed on?

[@Replica_Rabbit]

@@arcanefury3666 One of the reasons people believe Black Clover has an amazing battle system was a video done by Nux Taku's talking about Black Clover has the third-best power system. There so many Black Clover fans that link me that video, every time I said, Black Clover fights aren't great. Anyway, I'm up to date with the manga and nothing really changes (besides a power-up that doesn't make sense). Man, Black Clover could be so much better if they bring in more strategy and make the villains smarter.

[@Error0101]

@@Replica_Rabbit I mean, the runes make plenty sense. They can give a spell additional inputs outside of what the spell itself entails. That's allows for a lot of versatility. As for the other thing, Yami does pull spells out of his pretty much tbh. But in general you get a new spell when you further your character development, which is incredibly satisfying. We see this mostly with Noelle.

[@Replica_Rabbit]

@@Error0101 I wasn't talking about the runes that I totally forgot about (this arc has too much going on). I was talking about a character gaining the ability to fly somehow. That what happens in most shonen and Zatch Bell does it a little better since the characters don't know how the spell works and have to figure it out in battle. Adding a new layer to the fight

[@maxlarson1072]

The ending to the manga was about as perfect an ending as you could hope for. to this day i feel like this manga subconsciously sets my standards in a lot of categories

[@panama1131]

So one thing I loved about this series was the consistency in the mamodo/demon language. You hear enough of the spells, and you start to notice words popping up repeatedly enough that, with context, you can kind of translate. One example is the word "Ganzu", which whenever it's used usually ends in a rapid-fire attack of some sort. So you could reason that "Ganzu" means "many" or "rapid."

[@inferneo]

I'm guessing it was derived from the japanese pronunciation of "guns", would make sense for the bullet like attacks

[@itSCOOTER1]

I remember being that one kid that actually wrote spells down in a folder to say them later on 😂😂

[@kacerislofton715]

Ayeee I stayed Ready Too! Wasn't gone catch me lacking w out my Spells 🤣😂😂

[@Otes]

@@kacerislofton715 bro I had an actual Zatch bell mini binder that I kept mine in

[@justpuckett]

We would have been friends lol

[@royalghost4914]

And I was the kid who made an entire spell book and wrote spells on it And I still have it

[@pandapo7542]

LOL same.

[@OpenDoorLeia]

I would STRONGLY recommend to anyone who has even a faint memory of Zatch Bell to go and read the manga because it is one of the best shounen ever made. Good video! I love Kanchome and Folgore too.

[@overlordfigmori7971]

best shonen? Kinnikuman would like a word with you

[@OpenDoorLeia]

@@overlordfigmori7971 LOL yeah, that's an extremely under rated one too. Everyone, when you're done reading Zatch Bell go read Kinnikuman.

[@Santoryu90]

I likely will after rewatching the anime I have a lot nostalgia from it

[@himynameis9355]

Hey, silly question but, I am new to anime and manga and don't know much. I had a question, is anime better or manga? Also, if I watch zatchbell's both seasons and then continue to the manga where it left of, will it make a difference?

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

どこで読めますか？

[@KINGTUTT_]

this was my childhood anime. i remember buying all the spellbooks and cards to make my own. i’m still pissed to this day that they never finished the english dub

[@ezrawyvern6795]

This series was something I thought about for years. I'm glad that someone acknowledges what a fantastic series of books it is (lol).

[@beamingplatinum6060]

“She’s not a demon just a child” what’s the difference?

[@DynaMightSoloz]

children are cool babies are hellspawn

[@AnimeMasterManWND]

a child is much worse

[@rpsyco]

As a librarian and sometimes substitute teacher, I can confirm children are demons. They're evil...

[@bunnyshark1581]

@Broly The Sarcastic Savage I saw some weird stuff of daddy shark.

[@emmanuelwil-jeff]

@@DynaMightSoloz what do you mean kids are the hellspawn babies are innocent they can't even do or think but in all seriousiness i haven't seen a worse kid bully than naomi a name usually used on nice or nicer girls i mean i don't remember her ever getting a redemptive arc so she's really the devil's spawn but also bully's hurt to so idk

[@StriderHoang]

Normal momodo: childlike features, abstract aesthetics. Chinese momodo team: SEXUAL TENSION.

[@solodecade]

Bruh I swear they HAD to be screwing there is no way they weren’t

[@TheLivelyRobby]

No tension there. They were legit a couple.

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

I swear Saber Marionette J is just Zatch Bell but with harems

[@cractor6307]

In retrospective, that momodo has to be one of my first gay crushes

[@supercloudreed]

i think Momon will fall under the chinese momodo team do to what he did in ep 120 with tia. You mite know the seeing what girls wear under there dress/skirts.

[@mugiwara7116]

Just hearing Steve Blum voice the Toonami host just gave me nostalgia overload

[@hobbyist518]

Really hope they do a complete anime adaptation. The last manga arc is baller, and so was the end of the faudo arc. Dufort's backstory is amazing, but they completely changed his character, and I'm pretty sure they didn't do Zeno justice either.

[@pabloguerrero8900]

BRO NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS SERIES!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH AND I DONT EVER SEE ANYONE TALK ABOUT IT!!! I’ve read the manga all the way through so many times, and watched the anime a bunch too. This is the definition of underrated. I wish I knew peeps who liked to discuss it

[@ToonUlaros]

Zofis was my favorite character.

[@yorkieadventure]

Did you hear it got A sequel

[@djrobotnik299]

Kanchome having Billy's voice from Billy and Mandy is too perfect.

[@Not.Spooky]

Don't forget that zatch is Jimmy Neutron

[@petertoye314]

@@Not.Spooky Zofis is Wuya

[@alien-x0815]

😢This show was so awesome but was discontinued with only a few epidsodes 😭 Zatch Bell is really one of the underrated masterpieces that exist...

[@geoff3610]

Wow, i saw the thumbnail and thought "oh, i think i remember watching an episode of that" but as the video went on, i recognized several characters and plot points, namely the horse mimoto episode. It actually looks pretty good

[@special_summon]

I remember loving the Zatch Bell TCG as a kid. The starter packs came with a mini spellbook to hold your cards, so cute

[@Spacewolf89]

This. I had a couple of those as a kid and found them recently burried in a box.

[@HackedGlitch265]

I had 2 of these. Never played the game mind you, but I remember buying two books and some cards.

[@CorpseRot.]

I actually have a couple of them unopened

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Omg I remember those!!! My spell book was red

[@BigPapiMatt]

@@MASTEROFEVIL mines to. That's Zatch's book

[@Cimoooooooo]

This reminds me of the short-lived CCG for Zatch Bell. It was neat because the “book” was your deck, with the “pages” being filled with different cards. Not the most practical, but interesting to say the least. Hope you’ve been well, buddy!

[@zankudragon]

Yeah! I still have the Red and Black book from the CCG. I can't remember how many they produced, but I always thought that it was super neato.

[@northwestclasspnw7974]

Oh man I LOVED that game! Always played against myself. But the books were so cool, and having the book as your deck was even cooler.

[@Zanji1234]

O_o since this anime wasn't on tv in EU i NEVER heard of the anime nor the card game but OMG after looking on google it's kinda cool. Sadly you really NEED a book to play and evern if you proxi the cards... you can't play it :-(

[@jordancrooks6752]

@@northwestclasspnw7974 my friends had it

[@thatguymatt5816]

I loved that game. My local shop had tournaments for about two months before it died out

[@pyroronpa]

I find it interesting how he rags on Kio so much, he was honestly one of my favorites cause he felt really relatable to me. Also, adding Shadow's theme to Brago's introduction, nice touch.

[@lyssclark]

I LOVED Zach Bell growing up. This makes me want to rewatch as an adult but I surprisingly remember a lot more than I thought based solely on this video

[@royalgarden18]

Fun Fact: Zatch Bell is one of the most popular anime amongst women in Japan

[@RKNancy]

Huh, I was among them.

[@kwaku7226]

Japanese women have amazing taste.

[@Khrene]

I honestly doubt it Jesus. Like who would they have to ship? Kio and Fulgore? This isn't a show with high Ho-yay potential.

[@royalgarden18]

@@Khrene From the art and stuff I've seen on Twitter its mostly Zatch X Zeno. Although some of the art isn't really based on ships more so the cute sibling relationship Zatch and Kiyo have.

[@KingM1023]

"She's not a demon, just a child" the joke writes itself

[@p.a.r.c1694]

I just read this and was like "...oooohhh hahahaha"

[@DammnDeejay]

This anime made me cry. I still roll my eye when I think about it lol Edit: Kyo is totally Light Yagami, but instead of the Death Note..he’s got Zatch 😂

[@txan9700]

Did you watch till Clearnote arc ?

[@DammnDeejay]

@@txan9700 tbh I couldn’t tell you if I did or didn’t since back then I didn’t really know about “arcs” yet. They were just “episodes” to me

[@kanchomerocks12]

@@DammnDeejay Then you didn't because clear note wasn't in the anime.

[@DammnDeejay]

@@kanchomerocks12 sounds about right then. I just “watched” when it came on. Like everybody else. So even the title of the episodes didn’t mean anything. It was just “ooo zatch bell is on! “ 😆

[@SplashCity46]

This is still one of my favorite Billiam videos

[@autobotrock4789]

Me: "It was just another forgettable anime." Also me: "HEY! HEY! LET'S DANCE ALL DAY! BOING BOING!"

[@popcream2082]

Lmfao

[@zenas19]

Thank you for bringing that buried memory back up 😂 now I’m gonna have that song in my head for the next week

[@CosmixReflection]

When i saw the original japanese version after seeing the english of this moment it made me laugh so much more knowing they left the "boiing boiing" line x3

[@crucialstormxyz9352]

"BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOOGIE!"

[@kikilovely9100]

Moge! moge! moge! Chi chi wo moge! 😂😂😂

[@Kuribohchaos8]

When someone dies every episode and you gotta cry. Catch my heart, Berry Melon

[@melloman8902]

The backstories to bro; like sherry's. Coco's too... homeless and what-not. The feels😭

[@wilfredoguzmanperalta2741]

Victoreem

[@Kuribohchaos8]

@@melloman8902 oh that guy, the Frieza looking Mamodo got BODIED later on.

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

That moment when a single youtube thumbnail brings back your entire repressed childhood....

[@koil475]

Zatch Bell has returned with a sequel, already going on 8 months and it's a monthly series and it's so good so far.

[@jetsetren8619]

"a show abouta kung fu fighting praying mantis" im only just now all these years later realizing this was supposed to be Kamen Rider

[@narutohinataashgaara]

Damn you just made me realize how many references i missed in the show and manga.

[@cbbblue8348]

Very fitting that anime adaptation is handled by toei, company that responsible for Kamen rider lol

[@kingcheerio8558]

To be fair, when this series first aired in English, how many of us had been exposed to, or even had knowledge of, all the other media that was being referenced there.

[@G2Quiznos025]

And now I want to see Billiam review Tokusatsu.

[@jetsetren8619]

@@G2Quiznos025 imagine him reviewing Kamen Rider Amazons

[@thenameslado9207]

Me and my sister rewatched this show and cried at the same scenes that got us as kids. I miss kiddo and yo-popo 😭😭

[@UsrNmTkn]

Yo-popo 😭

[@Qao_the_Potato]

The fact that yo-popo kept fighting even as his book was burning is what made me cry.

[@lStr1ker50l]

Kiddo real had his soul leave his body just so he can say by to doctor riddles 😢

[@coleblack784]

I tried to rewatch this recently, and couldn't escape the fact that Zatch sounds like Jimmy Neutron

[@bmartinez534]

Same voice actor. Still blows my mind yo.

[@assassinatingindividual6032]

Yeah the voice actor is Debi Derryberry who also gave the voice for winnie in Oswald the Octopus and those aliens in Toy Story!

[@txan9700]

Zatch's dedication of becoming the king still gives me goosebumps

[@jamalhartley5863]

The manga ending and anime ending between Zatch and Zeno is so starkly different as one relies on the theme of the show that showing kindness takes strength. And the other shits on that idea.

[@cbbblue8348]

Zeno turn into a big brother that adores his brother in the manga, grow to respect every mamodo and seeing them fight and even respect one by taking his attack head on. Felt his brother pain of while Zeno is suffering, Zatch is suffering hard but maintain a smiling face too. Meanwhile he do a huge fuck you in the anime

[@jamalhartley5863]

@@cbbblue8348 Exactly.

[@cbbblue8348]

@@jamalhartley5863 they could do a cliffhanger but idk, the anime derails abit from manga or so I heard, the anime it's been awhile since I watched it

[@jamalhartley5863]

@@cbbblue8348 I don't know if the anime was ended properly. I think it ends with Zatch and Grado being the last ones left in the tournament. We don't see the fight though but it's assumed Zatch won.

[@madnessarcade7447]

I remembered zatchbell being a puppet Maybe it was the lines under his eyes

[@ProudFilthyCasual]

Demons souls tied to puppets.

[@Momon143]

A lot of people thought this. The below commenter is wrong, they're not puppets. Some mamodo are puppet like and some are waaaaay not.

[@sylvyboi]

@@Momon143 Take Kid as example

[@thepokesannin4434]

My older bro saw me watching this show as a kid and thought they were puppets too.

[@imnotaking7397]

Same here.

[@ToastyBrain]

This felt like a fever dream but it was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@VexLove]

For the longest time I remembered seeing an anime where they ate an alligator and could never figure it out till now, this brings me back lol remembering I always wanted a TCG pack but never could afford it back then, holy nostalgia.

[@drakwind9051]

Damn. Literally just got done re-reading the manga. Such a good series.

[@kristianbutler6213]

My mouth dropped when I saw this in my sub box 😂I love it

[@cibor07]

Kanchome is such a good boy 😭

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

@@kale4580 Manga is better.

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

@@kale4580 The anime is mostly its own thing, especially during the Faudo arc. From the Faudo arc to end story, the anime doesn't follow the manga and it never adapted the final story arc of the manga. The anime was never properly concluded.

[@scottbecker4367]

@@kale4580 there's no closure to the anime. Plus the manga is so good.

[@jasontamer]

I was the weird kid who loved zatch bell. There was a "Card tournament" happening in toys r us for the zatch bell cards in 2004/2005 & I went to participate. I was the only kid who was participating in the zatch bell card tournament XD everyone else had Yu-gi-oh cards haha I automatically won the rare "book sleeve". I miss those times

[@kota86]

Aww, man, I would've loved that! Me and two of my friends actually played the Zatch Bell TCG back in those times, so that would've been pretty fun.

[@dudeman3594]

This video got me into this amazing series and now I'm working on its (unofficial) manga scanlation! This series genuinely changed my life! Thank you for this video, Billiam!

[@valinsummers2565]

It was this and Bobobo I always watches on Toonami all the time. So glad I have both these series on DVD.

[@Andynic12]

For what it was, the English anime adaptation was still unique and charming in its own way. The manga did not get nearly enough love, and unfortunately I think many people (like yourself) when first watching the show did get turned off from it. It does deserve a second chance though in my opinion because the anime omits so many important details and character development, in addition to closure on what I think is one of the best conclusions to a series.

[@yorkieadventure]

Recently finished the manga, and boy was it on another level compared to the anime!

[@scottbecker4367]

I just finished the manga like an hour ago. The character arcs at the end are so good.

[@Xeno455]

Clear Note was a bad arc. I have to admit But manga Faudo was perfection. And the final battle between the black book and the red book was as well

[@jagerbradley]

Yorkie Adventures Can you elaborate on how? I’ve read some of the manga ages ago, and was curious as to whether or not I should pick up the series again, through anime or manga.

[@Xeno455]

@@jagerbradley The manga is just the better story. Dor example we see Kyanchome the duck looking demon actually get a story arc of growth. We see Gash Bell grow into a decent king candidate. Plus the art. Even Kiyomaro gets more love in the manga for his entire arc. Helping Gash help himself changed his life and made him a better person overall.

[@JamesLawner]

"Tom cruised through space" "I save money. with Honey" Nice.

[@brandonmccrimmon5652]

More Chery and Grago, they were amazing characters. I would definitely watch a new anime adaptation

[@user-sg2ic7tm8g]

They're names are sherry and brago

[@faustox77]

Not only dusting out the Zatch Bell vault but you even add in the Lazer collection reference. You are a master!

[@mythking541]

Animes that should come back to english dub, or remastered: Cased Closed, Zatch Bell, Rave Master

[@ColonelSanders17]

Really good dubs!

[@tenryuublackrose2176]

Will never forget this man this and bobobo was and still is hype af wish we'd get another zatchbell game.

[@Gkowi]

This is wild. I completely forgot about this show until now, and I remember loving it as a kid

[@Plasmooo]

this video got me interested in zatch bell, and today i just watched the final episode of the anime and im about to read the manga, so i just wanted to say: thank you

[@primeministerofgreenteam1983]

This was the first time I had heard a Dr. Octagonapus reference in like 10 years congrats.

[@thefrontier2288]

That was no mistake, I’m glad he did it

[@RexcorJ]

_"Hell Above the Water" softly plays_

[@calebgoodman2076]

“Evil Zatch” 😂 They’re brothers. The story arc showing the abusive past Gash (Zatch) went through and Zeon (Zeno) thinking he was snubbed by their father the king by having the power of Baou given to his weaker brother made me feel very emotional. 😭

[@KaraMorassco]

Zeon is my absolute favorite character in the series.

[@JEAMillennial13]

@@KaraMorassco I don't like him evil and scary pure evil bullying. Zeref Dragnnel vs evil Zeno Bell ( brother of Zatch bell and brother Kai the thunder mamando (ash Ketchum Pikachu mamndo partner ) and Dufort and son of Blackbeard mamando

[@byssted]

@@JEAMillennial13 Speaking to the morals of kindness in the series, I think Zeon and his partner whose name may not be spelled are very interesting examples of how those who are abused often end up perpetuating that cycle themselves because they don't know anything else, and how it takes kindness to fix cruelty as opposed to violence in the form of punishment. Also Answer Talker is ridiculous as an ability and watching two omniscient people basically playing brain-chess for that whole fight was really funny so maybe I'm biased.

[@JEAMillennial13]

@@byssted Zoen is such evil and cruelty unforgibvale, enough moral thing and sorry.

[@solemnjester2100]

You were losing me there in the beginning but you won me over when you realized the greatness of Kanchome and Parco Falgore.

[@resdraon]

Zatchbell is my favorite anime and manga of all time. I was lucky enough to end up getting all the english manga volumes out which are pretty much impossible to find now a days and hold them very dear. The anime didn't even get a full arc done, but by the time it ended the internet was opened enough and I was old enough to the point I could read the manga online and watch the dub(which honestly I didn't like much because the story and characters derailed so much). I cried so much at the end of the manga, since evne if it was really cliché, having characters you've loved for like 300+ chapters pretty much die was a real heart jerker. Not to even mention how amazing seeing zatch as the king was. Though the more I think about it, if you add in all the video game characters, manga, and anime OC's, I think they went over 100, lmfao. And if they didn't, it means Zatch pretty much defeated half the demons on his own and Zofis hardly did anything with his army XD

[@SolidFunderful]

"DOCTOR OCTOGONAPUS *BLAH*" What a throwback.

[@frigginresulrum]

Thank you, was looking for this comment

[@guylabayen1677]

As a kid, I was one of the hipsters who preferred Zatch Bell to Naruto. I must have spent at least $150+ on the trading card game.

[@redx589]

That just means you had good taste.

[@cll27]

Same

[@skinniestbox3_67]

Same here, it's a shame that my older brother took all the cards with him when he went to uni.

[@knowledge5686]

Same

[@lordpicklenips3407]

The guy who voices Kakashi played the invincible Italian man.

[@daltonking6956]

Put this on to learn about a show I never heard of, only to realize in the intro description that I had watched few episodes when I was a kid and was flooded with positive feelings... I think I'm going to go watch it

[@universallyadored5785]

Hey I know this video is older but I’ve spent the whole day watching your videos bc you’re like the only youtuber who can consistently get me to laugh! You’re hilarious! I love all your jokes and puns! I love how you always try to give the shows/things you comment on a chance! You justify your criticism with GOOD VALID reasoning. You deserve a lot more subscribers and I’m honestly surprised you’re not a KZbin hit! New subscriber for life!

[@KingofAnime7]

Zatch Bell is my favorite anime of all time and one silly reason why I liked it as a kid back then was that my last name was bell. I hope Zatch bell gets a reboot version like hunter x hunter, fruits basket because it deserves it. oh and I played the video games and was super excited it when it came on Toonami.

[@AnimeBlaze-qi4jx]

Zatch bell or konjiki no gash bell is extremely underrated! I remember watching it as a kid. I feel so nostalgic right now I might actually go back and rewatch it. I am glad somebody is finally doing a review on it. I really hope it comes back with a remake if it gets popular enough since lots of old shows came back too like Inuyasha and dragon quest.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@AnimeBlaze-qi4jx Not likely since toei is busy with one piece.

[@mamodokod]

Yeah Zatch bell is voiced by Debby Derryberry who voices Jimmy Nuetron Boy Genius!

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

If I'm correct, it also sounds like Kyo's voice actor also did Marcus from Digimon Data Squad.

[@KawaiiKaabii1993]

in the Japanese version Zatch was voiced by the same actress who did the voice for Pikachu and Kyo's voice in English I als heard Bartz from Dissidia Final Fantasy

[@lordxmugen]

Who is also Coco in Crash Bandicoot.

[@User-ih9xq]

My older brother just told me about this show he used to watch as a kid. Ima try to watch it

[@komlat253]

love this show. it's like Pokemon but with a way more heavy twist. the whole burning books thing is so freaking sad. omg