About Soul Eater

Soul Eater is a popular animated television series based on the manga by Atsushi Ōkubo. The show, released in 2008, revolves around students at a school for weapon wielders and the human weapons they wield. Each team aims to have their weapon consume 99 evil human souls and the soul of a witch in order to become a "Death Scythe," a weapon fit for the Grim Reaper.

Making / Production

Soul Eater was produced by Bones and Aniplex, directed by Takuya Igarashi. The series was broadcasted on TV Tokyo.

Actors

• Micah Solusod (Soul Eater Evans) - Captures the character's cool and laid-back personality perfectly.
• Laura Bailey (Maka Albarn) - Her voice provides the determined, no-nonsense spirit of the scythe meister.
• Brittney Karbowski (Black Star) - Delivers an energetic and boisterous performance for the self-confident ninja.
• Cherami Leigh (Patty Thompson) - Brings to life the light-heartedness of the character with her happy and fun-loving voice.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• The iconic sun and moon imagery found in Soul Eater is directly influenced by the surrealist works of artists like Salvador Dali.
• The series contains many references to music, including character names like Black Star and Soul “Eater” Evans, which are based on famous musicians.
• Maka Albarn, one of the characters, is the only scythe meister who doesn't have a family name related to music.

Awards

While Soul Eater has not received any major industry awards, it has nonetheless gained a large and devoted fanbase since its release.

Quotes

• "A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body." - Maka Albarn
• "If you forget your fear, you become reckless." - Dr. Stein
• "Excalibur! Excalibur! From the United Kingdom! I'm looking for him! I'm going to California!" - Excalibur Song

Music, Soundtrack

• The opening theme song for the first 30 episodes is "Resonance" by T.M.Revolution.
• The second opening theme song, used from episode 31 till the end of the series, is "Papermoon" by Tommy heavenly6.
• The main ending themes are "I Wanna Be" by Stance Punks and "Style" by Kana Nishino.