| Season Name: | Soul Eater |
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| Num Episodes: | 51 |
| Network: | TV Tokyo |
Soul Eater is a Japanese anime television series based on Atsushi Ohkubo's manga series of the same name. The anime is directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Bones, Aniplex, Dentsu, Media Factory, and TV Tokyo. Bones and Aniplex were responsible for the animation and music production, respectively.[1] The story follows Maka Albarn, a "meister" of the Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA), and her living weapon, Soul Eater, as she seeks to make the latter into a "death scythe" through absorbing the souls of evil humans. After episode 38, the anime deviated from the manga it was based on which lead to an anime original ending not found in the source material.
The anime series aired 51 episodes from April 7, 2008, to March 30, 2009, on TV Tokyo. The episodes also aired at later dates on TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting. It was released on DVD in thirteen separate compilations from August 22, 2008, to August 25, 2009.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] The anime was licensed by Funimation and was released in four half-season DVD box sets from February 9 to July 27, 2010.[15] There are also two Blu-ray box sets that were released in Japan, containing both Japanese and English audio tracks; the first was released on January 26, 2011,[16] and the second was released on March 23, 2011.[17] Reruns aired on TV Tokyo under the title Soul Eater: Repeat Show from September 30, 2010, to March 31, 2011.[18] The English dub of the series aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block starting on February 17, 2013.[19]
Six pieces of theme music were used for the original broadcasting; two opening themes and four closing themes. The opening theme for the first 30 episodes is "Resonance" by T.M.Revolution. The second opening theme from episode 31 onwards is "Papermoon" by Tommy Heavenly6. The first closing theme is "I Wanna Be" by Stance Punks for the first 13 episodes and the final episode; the second closing theme is "Style" by Kana Nishino for episodes 14 through 26; the third closing theme is by Soul'd Out's Diggy-Mo from episode 27 through 39; the fourth closing theme, "Strength" by Abingdon Boys School, is used from episodes 40 to 50. Soul Eater: Repeat Show features two additional opening and closing themes. The first opening and closing themes for the first 12 episodes are "Counter Identity" by Unison Square Garden and by Yui Makino. The second opening and closing themes from episode 13 onward are by Shion Tsuji and "Northern Lights" by How Merry Marry.[18] __TOC__
| Volume | Release date | Episodes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUL.1 | August 22, 2008 | 1–3 | ||
| SOUL.2 | September 25, 2008 | 4–7 | ||
| SOUL.3 | October 24, 2008 | 8–11 | ||
| SOUL.4 | November 21, 2008 | 12–15 | ||
| SOUL.5 | December 25, 2008 | 16–19 | ||
| SOUL.6 | January 23, 2009 | 20–23 | ||
| SOUL.7 | February 25, 2009 | 24–27 | ||
| SOUL.8 | March 25, 2009 | 28–31 | ||
| SOUL.9 | April 24, 2009 | 32–35 | ||
| SOUL.10 | May 22, 2009 | 36–39 | ||
| SOUL.11 | June 25, 2009 | 40–43 | ||
| SOUL.12 | July 24, 2009 | 44–47 | ||
| SOUL.13 | August 25, 2009 | 48–51 | ||
| Part One | February 9, 2010 | 2 | 1–13 | |
| Part Two | March 30, 2010 | 2 | 14–26 | |
| Part Three | June 1, 2010 | 2 | 27–39 | |
| Part Four | July 27, 2010 | 2 | 40–51 | |
| The Meister Collection | May 24, 2011 | 4 (DVD); 3 (BD) | 1–26 | |
| The Weapon Collection | August 9, 2011 | 4 (DVD); 3 (BD) | 27–51 | |
| Complete Series | November 20, 2012 | 8 (DVD); 6 (BD) | 1–51 |