anime recounts tale battle mamodo king every  years  mamado children sent earth fight determine next king in original japanese creatures mamono literally means magicevil object mamado paired human partner given magic spellbook human use book unleash incredible powers mamodo mamodo defeated spellbook engulfed flames alternately mamdodos book captured burned directly mamodo returns mamodo worldbr br the titular character zatch gash japan year old mamodo electric powers paired kiyomaru takamini year old genius zatch initially reluctant fight learning mamodo evil deciding battle king wrong decided fight become kind kingbr br zatch bell drawn comparison pokemon better comparison digimon like digimon mamodo human one one symbiotic relationship also unlike pokemon shows actual plotbr br zatch bell features character growth evolving relationships fairly adult story lines like love vs racism slavery mind control etc even decent plot twists mysteries