Editing Zatch Bell! (section)

=== Manga ===
''Zatch Bell!'' won the [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for best {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|shōnen]]}} title of the year in 2003.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=September 29, 2007|access-date=August 19, 2009|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja}}</ref> It ranked 33rd of the top 100 manga series on [[TV Asahi]]'s Manga Sōsenkyo poll in 2021, in which 150,000 people responded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 3, 2021|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103111919/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2|archive-date=January 3, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=animate Times|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|language=ja}}</ref>

By June 2008, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation;<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-06-20|script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ!!」の作者である漫画家、雷句誠さんにいろいろとインタビューしてきました|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3692781/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222171523/http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3692781/|archive-date=February 22, 2014|access-date=2013-11-29|website=Gigazine|via=[[Livedoor News]]|language=ja}}</ref> by March 2017, it had 23.8 million copies in circulation, including [[Manga#Digital manga|digital versions]].<ref>{{Cite press release|date=March 15, 2017|script-title=ja:共闘対戦 爽快パズル消しゲー 『エレメンタルストーリー』、大人気漫画『金色のガッシュ!!』とのコラボがスタート|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000263.000006324.html|access-date=July 15, 2022|publisher=Crooz|via=[[PR Times]]|language=ja|archive-date=August 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829230123/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000263.000006324.html|url-status=live}}</ref> By August 2024, the ''Konjiki no Gash!! 2'' manga had over 900,000 copies in circulation.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1824355506821173348|author=[[Village Vanguard (Japanese bookstore)|Village Vanguard]]|user=vv__official|language=ja|script-title=ja:「金色のガッシュ!!」の待望の続編。 たちまち累計（紙書籍のみで）90万部突破‼⚡|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241024234709/https://x.com/vv__official/status/1824355506821173348|archive-date=October 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jason Thompson from ''[[Anime News Network]]'' describes the series as "''Zatch Bell!'' was one of hundreds of manga competing to be Number Two in the newly established genre of "heroes who fight using cute-but-violent monster/animal/pet companions." But Zatch is an extreme case because it's SO cute and SO violent, both at the same time, mixing squash-and-stretch body distortions, heta-uma ugliness, smiling faces and gushing blood".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Jason|date=August 14, 2014|title=House of 1000 Manga - Zatch Bell|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-08-14/zatch-bell/.77624|access-date=October 4, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|language=|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004103549/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-08-14/zatch-bell/.77624|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Manga.com|Mania.com]]'s Jarred Pine's review of the first volume said that "The characters can look lopsided and out of proportions at times, with Kiyo experiencing Popeye arms on occasion. When the artwork gets more serious, it looks quite good, even though the added effect lines tend to make some panels feel a bit overdramatic, especially when Zatch is crying. The action work can feel quite explosive, with all the lightning bolts and flying icicles and all, which makes the Mamodo battle scenes a lot of fun. He added "The book really started off on the wrong foot with me with the introduction of Kiyo, one of the most irritating and arrogant lead characters in a {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga. His attitude is not a result of any sort of disposition or a hard life, he’s just a know-it-all that looks down on others. Luckily, Zatch’s quirky and upbeat personality helps balance the scales and quickly goes to work on fixing Kiyo’s bad attitude".<ref name="M.Vol.1">{{Cite web|last=Pine|first=Jarred|date=August 11, 2005|title=Zatch Bell (aka: Konjiki no Gash!!) Vol. #01|url=http://www.mania.com/zatch-bell-aka-konjiki-gash-vol-01_article_82272.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901105726/http://www.mania.com/zatch-bell-aka-konjiki-gash-vol-01_article_82272.html|archive-date=September 1, 2009|access-date=July 21, 2009|publisher=Mania.com|df=mdy-all}}</ref>