Portal:Anime and manga/Selected series/Week 14 2006

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Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (anime) and Konjiki no Gash!! (manga) (金色のガッシュベル!!, Konjiki no Gasshu Beru!!^?, lit. translates to Golden Gash Bell!!), is a shōnen manga series by Makoto Raiku, which has been adapted as an anime TV series by Toei Animation. Many of the Zatch Bell! graphic novels have short comics inside titled Zatch & Suzy (Gash and Suzume in the Japanese versions).

One hundred demons (called "mamodos" in the English-language dub) go to Earth every 1,000 years to battle to be the king of the demon world. Each demon needs a human partner in order to use his or her spell book, and if his or her spell book is destroyed, the demon has to return to the demon world.

The main character, Kiyo Takamine (Kiyomaro Takamine in the Japanese version), is a 14-year old boy in junior high school. His father, Seitaro Takamine, discovers an unconscious mamodo named Zatch Bell (Gash Bell in the Japanese version) while in an English forest. His father sends the demon to be Kiyo's mentor. Unlike the other demons, Zatch lost his memory of the demon world. Kiyo and Zatch are now caught up in the battle to be the king of the demons.