Zatch Bell!/Episodes

Zatch Bell! is a Japanese anime series based on the manga series Konjiki no Gash, written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. The episodes of the series were directed by Tetsuji Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa and produced by Toei Animation. The episodes were aired on Fuji Television between April 6, 2003 to March 26, 2006 and spanned 150 episodes. Viz Media obtained the foreign television, home video, and merchandising rights to the Zatch Bell! anime from Toei Studio on August 4, 2005. Subsequently, Viz Media contracted Studiopolis to create the English adaptation of the anime.

The English adaptation of the Zatch Bell! anime premiered on Cartoon Network's Toonami from March 5, 2005 to January 20, 2007 with seventy-seven episodes aired. Canada's YTV began airing Zatch Bell! in September 2005 and ended on December 6, 2008 with episode 104.

Thirteen DVD compilations of the English adaption were released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005 and December 4, 2007. On December 3, 2013, New Video released a DVD box set, "Zatch Bell!: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2", that includes the first 100 episodes of the English dub.

Season 1 (2003-2004)
The first season of the Zatch Bell! anime adapts the 1st through 11th volumes of the manga over fifty episodes. The plot follows Kiyo Takamine and his Mamodo partner Zatch Bell's adventures in a tournament that will decide the ruler of the Mamodo world.

Season 2 (2004-2005)
The second season of the Zatch Bell! anime adapts the 11th through 18th volumes of the manga. The plot follows Kiyo Takamine and his Mamodo partner Zatch Bell in their battle against the Mamodo Zofis and his army of thousand-year Mamodos. The dubbed episodes of the second season of Zatch Bell! discontinued airing after episode seventy-seven on Cartoon Network on January 20, 2007. However, the Canadian YTV station aired the entire season.

Season 3 (2005-2006)
The third season of the Zatch Bell! anime adapts the 18th through 22nd volumes of the manga and begins to follow an original storyline. The plot follows Kiyo Takamine and his Mamodo partner Zatch Bell's journey to stop a giant Mamodo named Faudo from being released.