4Kids Entertaiment. The episodes of the Shaman King anime series are based on the manga of the same name written by Hiroyuki Takei. They were directed by Seiji Mizushima (水島 精二, Mizushima Seiji) and produced by Xebec. The episodes were aired between July 4, 2001 and September 25, 2002 on TV Tokyo in Japan and spanned sixty-four episodes. 4Kids Entertainment obtained the rights to the Shaman King anime in North America; it premiered on 4Kids network Foxbox on August 30, 2003. The final episode aired on September 3, 2005.