Zatch Bell!
The episodes of the "Zatch Bell!" anime 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 North American English dub has been edited and localized for young children aged 6 to 10 years in America. Viz Media has licensed its individual "Zatch Bell!" merchandising rights to several different companies, including a new toy line made by Mattel and a collectible card game released by Bandai in the United States and Japan.
List of Zatch Bell! characters
, is the heir to a successful American business company, and is traveling the world before being instated as the head of the company. He meets his Mamodo on the way and they begin traveling together and defeating Mamodos when challenged. When traveling to Japan, the pair battle and befriend Kiyo Takamine and Zatch Bell before leaving. In Holland, they encounter Dufort and Zeno Bell and are defeated with Rops' book being burned. After the pair's defeat, Apollo returns home to run the company and uses its resources to assist Kiyo and his friends whenever possible. Rops' spells were based on the manipulation of ropes and chains. Apollo's voice actor is Toshihiko Seki and his English voice actor is Michael Lindsay. Rops' voice actor is Mika Kanai and his English voice actress is Michelle Ruff.