Editing Zatch Bell! (section)

=== Anime ===
{{See also|List of Zatch Bell! episodes{{!}}List of ''Zatch Bell!'' episodes}}
A 150-episode [[anime]] television adaptation, titled in Japan as {{nihongo|''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!''|金色のガッシュベル!!|Konjiki no Gasshu Beru!!|"Golden Gash Bell!!"}}, was produced by [[Toei Animation]], and directed by Tetsuharu Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa, with Akatsuki Yamatoya and Hiroshi Hashimoto as the lead scriptwriters.<ref name="Staff">{{Cite web|title=''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'' staff list|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/staff.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130024313/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/staff.html|archive-date=January 30, 2009|access-date=July 14, 2009|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]}}</ref> It began airing on [[Fuji Television]] on April 6, 2003, and ran for 50 episodes per season, concluding after three seasons on March 26, 2006.<ref name="Episodes">{{Cite web|title=''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'' episode list|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/episode/list/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130032407/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/GB/episode/list/|archive-date=January 30, 2009|access-date=July 14, 2009|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]}}</ref> The episodes were collected and distributed by [[Pony Canyon]] into three DVD series, labeled as "levels", consisting of seventeen DVDs each, totaling fifty-one sets: the first level was released from November 19, 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！（1）|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50660&ctg_id=DVD&page=16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323015341/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50660&ctg_id=DVD&page=16|archive-date=March 23, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref> to April 20, 2005;<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！（17）|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50676&ctg_id=DVD&page=17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323032248/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE50676&ctg_id=DVD&page=17|archive-date=March 23, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref> the second level was released from May 18, 2005,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Konjiki no Gash (Zach Bell)!! Level-2 Vol.1|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51460|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=CDJapan|archive-date=August 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829230141/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51460|url-status=live}}</ref> to June 21, 2006;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Konjiki no Gash (Zach Bell)!! Level-2 Vol.17|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51476|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=CDJapan|archive-date=August 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829230132/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCBE-51476|url-status=live}}</ref> the third level was released from July 5, 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！Level ３(1)|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52148&ctg_id=dgash03&page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309074005/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52148&ctg_id=dgash03&page=1|archive-date=March 9, 2007|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref> to March 7, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:金色のガッシュベル！！Level ３(17)|url=http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52164&ctg_id=dgash03&page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326112831/http://member.toei-anim.co.jp/esp/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item_id=PCBE52164&ctg_id=dgash03&page=2|archive-date=March 26, 2007|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Toei Animation]]|language=ja}}</ref>

ShoPro Entertainment (then VIZ LLC's sister company, later merged to form [[Viz Media]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2005|title=Japanese Entertainment Giants to Form Global Enterprise Specializing in Animation and Manga|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/01_merger.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828072435/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/01_merger.php|archive-date=August 28, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> acquired the license to the anime series, under the title ''Zatch Bell!'' in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=June 12, 2004|title=New ShoPro Acquisitions|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-06-12/new-shopro-acquisitions|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=March 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313125515/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-06-12/new-shopro-acquisitions|url-status=live}}</ref> and announced its home video release in August 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 4, 2005|title=Viz Media to Release Manga & Anime Series for Zatch Bell!|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatchbell.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107073723/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatchbell.php|archive-date=November 7, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> The English dubbed of the series (produced at [[Studiopolis]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nimoy, Jeff|author-link=Jeff Nimoy|date=January 15, 2021|title=The First Days of Naruto|url=https://thestoop.tv/2021/01/15/the-first-days-of-naruto/|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=The Stoop|archive-date=May 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519184529/https://thestoop.tv/2021/01/15/the-first-days-of-naruto/|url-status=live}}</ref> premiered in the United States on [[Cartoon Network]]'s Saturday night programming block [[Toonami]] on March 5, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 16, 2005|title='Naruto' Heads to Toonami|url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/6452/naruto-heads-toonami|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[ICv2]]|archive-date=March 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313125515/https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/6452/naruto-heads-toonami|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PT1564|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|date=2015|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4|edition=9th|page=1564|author-link=Tim Brooks (historian)|access-date=March 13, 2022|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321182221/https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PT1564|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was also broadcast on the network's daily programming block [[Miguzi]] starting on April 3, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 20, 2006|title='Zatch Bell' on the Daily Miguzi Block|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/8394/zatch-bell-daily-miguzi-block|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[ICv2]]|archive-date=March 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313125515/https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/8394/zatch-bell-daily-miguzi-block|url-status=live}}</ref> Seventy-seven episodes were broadcast on Cartoon Network until January 20, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hanson|first=Brian|date=January 20, 2007|title=The Click: January 20th - January 26th|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/01-20-07|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=March 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313125518/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-click/01-20-07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The series also premiered on [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]]'s programming block [[Bionix (TV programming block)|Bionix]] in Canada on September 9, 2005,<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 22, 2005|title=Viz Media's Breakthrough Hit, Zatch Bell! To Wow Kids in Canada on YTV|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatch_ytv.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028045118/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2005/08_zatch_ytv.php|archive-date=October 28, 2005|access-date=March 13, 2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> and finished with the 104th and last English-dubbed episode on December 6, 2008. Thirteen DVDs, collecting the first fifty-two episodes, were released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005,<ref name="Zatch 1">{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell!, Vol. 1 (DVD)|url=http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5416|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217051100/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5416|archive-date=February 17, 2009|access-date=July 16, 2021|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> and December 4, 2007.<ref name="Zatch 13">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Davey C.|date=December 31, 2007|title=Zatch Bell vol. 13: The Sixth Spell|url=http://activeanime.com/html/2007/12/31/zatch-bell-vol-13-the-sixth-spell/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110034054/http://activeanime.com/html/2007/12/31/zatch-bell-vol-13-the-sixth-spell/|archive-date=January 10, 2012|access-date=July 16, 2021|website=Active Anime}}</ref> [[New Video|New Video Group]] released a DVD box set, ''Zatch Bell!: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2'', on December 3, 2013, which included the first hundred episodes of the English dub.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zatch Bell! Complete Seasons 1 & 2|url=http://www.newvideo.com/flatiron-film-company/zatch-bell-complete-seasons-1-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225204318/http://www.newvideo.com/flatiron-film-company/zatch-bell-complete-seasons-1-2/|archive-date=December 25, 2013|access-date=July 16, 2021|publisher=[[New Video]]}}</ref> All 104 episodes of the English dub began streaming on [[Crunchyroll]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Tiara|date=January 16, 2015|title=Crunchyroll Offers Manga with Premium Membership, Adds GTO & Zatch Bell Anime, TomoToons|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-01-16/crunchyroll-offers-manga-with-premium-membership-adds-gto-and-zatch-bell-anime-tomotoons/.83357|access-date=March 13, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-date=March 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313125725/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-01-16/crunchyroll-offers-manga-with-premium-membership-adds-gto-and-zatch-bell-anime-tomotoons/.83357|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Luster|first=Joseph|date=February 16, 2016|title=Crunchyroll Adds More Dubbed "Zatch Bell!" and "Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL"|work=[[Crunchyroll]]|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/16/crunchyroll-adds-more-dubbed-zatch-bell-and-yu-gi-oh-zexal|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224053542/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/02/16/crunchyroll-adds-more-dubbed-zatch-bell-and-yu-gi-oh-zexal|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2017, [[Starz]] announced that it would be offering episodes of the series for its [[video on demand]] service starting on July 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 22, 2017|title=Starz app July 2017 Movies and TV Titles Announced|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/861323-starz-app-july-2017-movies-and-tv-titles-announced|access-date=September 13, 2018|publisher=ComingSoon.net|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914022552/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/861323-starz-app-july-2017-movies-and-tv-titles-announced|url-status=live}}</ref>