Zatch Bell!, Vol. 1: The Lightning Boy From Another World [DVD]

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Product Description Kiyo, a genius but introverted middle school student, hates going to school and has trouble making friends… until one day Zatch comes crashing through his bedroom window! Zatch is a present from Kiyo’s father, who saved the little tot on an archaeological dig and hopes that Zatch will help motivate Kiyo to go to school and make friends. What is Kiyo going to do with this kid Zatch, who suddenly sticks to him like glue? Exclusive Zatch Bell! CCG Card Free Inside (limited time offer) Features 5 episodes! - The Lightning Boy from the Mamodo World!, A Freezing Spell!, The Second Spell! and The Great Mamodo Battle! .com Kiyo Takamine, the hero of the long-running broadcast series Zatch Bell (2003), is a 14-year-old genius with a chip on his shoulder the size of Mt. Fuji: he doesn't like his junior high classmates and they don't like him. Kiyo's father asks him to look after Zatch Bell, a diminutive boy who possesses a book of spells; Zatch insists he's looking after Kiyo, and sets out to win him some friends. Kiyo discovers that when he invokes a spell from the book correctly, Zatch shoots lightning out of his mouth that zaps anything and anyone in its path. Zatch is a Mamodo, a child from another dimension, who will become king of his world if he and his human partner defeat the other 99 contenders loose on Earth. Purists complain that Zatch Bell has been edited for its American release, but the series was never a masterpiece, and the grade-school boys who constitute its obvious audience probably won't care. (Rated "A" All Ages, suitable for ages 8 and older: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon