List of Zatch Bell! characters
The fictional storyline takes place largely in Japan during the early 21st century and focuses on the eponymous character Zatch Bell; a being called Mamodo with supernatural powers fighting in a millennial, royal tournament; alongside an intelligent teen boy named Kiyo Takamine.
Casting a Mamodo's spell consumes the partner's stamina referred to as Heart Power (心の力, kokoro no chikara), which emerges from professing a bond in their dyad.
The intensity of the spell conjured from the spellbook is also determined by the user's Heart Energy (心のエネルギー, kokoro no enerugī) or "strength from within" in the English dub of the anime.
Another key element in the manga is a spontaneous psychic ability called the Answer Talker (アンサートーカー, Ansa Tōkā), which only surfaces in human characters when they are in extreme psychiatric stress.
manga, Makoto Raiku wanted a "passionate story about a heartwarming friendship" as a central theme, borrowing elements of otherworldly entities, spells and grimoires.
1 In his primitive form, Zatch was portrayed as a toy that magically changes into a noble knight to defeat malevolent forces and summoned by a middle school student.
[2] During the manga run, Raiku also created Parco Folgore based on the "Invincible Italian Man" epithet and paired him with Kanchomé for their humorous psyche.
He is voiced by Masami Kikuchi in the Japanese version; in the English dub, he is portrayed by Richard Steven Horvitz up to episode 48, and Jeff Nimoy for the remainder of the series.
Kanchomé's partner is Parco Folgore (パルコ・フォルゴレ, Paruko Forugore), a philandering and charismatic 21-year-old Italian musician and film star whom he views as a role model.
Raiku first proposed Ponygon to be a cat or a dog with intricate apparel and sporting a mushroom-shaped horn on his head; he ultimately opted for a simplistic design of the character.
Wonrei's partner is Li-en, or Li Yen (リィエン, Ryien) in the original, a tenacious 15-year-old Hong Konger girl with advanced kung-fu mastery.
Zofis (ゾフィス, Zofisu) is a domineering and sadistic Mamodo who adopts the alias Milordo-Z, or simply "Lord" (ロード, Rōdo) in the Japanese release,Ch.
12 He then appoints them as his army and uses his hypnosis to corrupt the hearts of humans (with some exceptions) and pair them with each Mamodo, setting up sanctum inside an ancient ruin in South America as well.Vol.
As Sherry fights for Koko's freedom, Zofis claims that this would only worsen her guilt of the travesties committed under his dominance and make her lose the will to live,Ch.
To accomplish this, Rioh places a deadly curse on several Mamodo partners, such as Li-en, that gradually saps their life force which Faudo feeds on.
Zeno's partner is Dufort, or Dufaux (デュフォー, Dyufō) in the original, a misanthropic 18-year-old man born with the Answer Talker, which lets him probe thoughts of others and anticipate their moves.Ch.
The anime modifies his backstory: Dufort was forcefully interned at a penal colony because his psychic powers were a perceived aberration, and he was inhumanely experimented on for scientific gains until Zeno broke him out.Ep.
319 who is then reborn and reverted into a purified Mamodo baby named White (ワイト, Waito), with only Zatch bearing witness to this transformation.Side Clear Note posts 3rd on the tournament.
6 The anime significantly expands Hosokawa's background as an unforgiving criminal who capitalizes on Reycom's spells by robbing banks and forward his greed,Ep.
23 During the battle against Zatch, it is revealed that Shin is fulfilling his mother's deathbed wish for him to be a stronger person by heart, which Eshros has been exploiting for his own nefarious resolve.Ch.
Rops' partner is Apollo Genesis (アポロ・ジェネシス, Aporo Jeneshisu), a mellow and patrician heir to a proliferating American corporation who travels the world to find as much joy as he can before taking the reins as CEO.Ch.
Purio, known as Pappiprio (パピプリオ, Papipurio) in the Japanese release, is a vain and boisterous Mamodo who likes using his regal front to mask his predominately weak facet.Ch.
Riddles informs Zatch, Kanchomé, Tia, Ponygon, and Wonrei about the threat from Zofis and unifies them into a strike force team to blunt him,Ch.
152 Byonko is an agent of Zofis, helping him collect stone tablets to form his army of pastime Mamodo, as well as escorting Penny over to him, inadvertently saving Zatch from her in the process.Ch.
On the run-up to the infiltration of Faudo, Kiyo secretly instructs Jido and Ted to rendezvous with him and Zatch by giving them Apollo's contact information by email.
Souza also shows an apparent affection to Ellie as he attempts to make her die from Rioh's curse to prevent Faudo's release, but Kiyo deters him from that plan.Ch.
230 In the anime, Zaruchim is steadfastly subservient to Rioh's cause and nearly kills Kiyo, Megumi and Aleshie with his spells before being driven off by Ted,Ep.
245 In the manga, Jedun is initially hesitant to do any kind of battle but is persuaded when he accepts the Godufa upgrade inside Faudo and attacks Zatch and his allies, and he directly targets Elle before being eliminated by Zatch.Ch.
One of his techniques creates a two-way wormhole that allows him to travel from one place to another in an instant, and between the portals is an intra-dimensional zone called the Black Room (黒い部屋, Kuroi Heya; or ブラック・ルーム, Burakku Rūmu).Ch.
In a state of fright, Laila tries to impede Zatch and company from reaching the Stone of Moonlight on the second incursion, but Kiyo manages to convince her that Zofis' admonition is a mind trick.Vol.
