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A fifty-one episode anime adaptation is directed by Takuya Igarashi, and produced by Bones, Aniplex, Dentsu, Media Factory, and TV Tokyo; Bones and Aniplex are responsible for the animation and music production respectively.The anime's scenario writer is Akatsuki Yamatoya who bases the anime's story on Atsushi Okubo original concept. Character design is headed by Yoshiyuki Ito, with overall art direction by Norifumi Nakamura.The anime's conceptual design is done by Shinji Aramaki. The episodes started airing on April 7, 2008 on TV Tokyo. The episodes also aired at later dates on TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co.Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one closing theme. The opening theme is "Resonance" by T.M.Revolution, and the closing theme is "I Wanna Be" by Stance Punks. A single containing "Resonance" will be released in Japan on June 11, 2008, and the single for "I Wanna Be" will be released on June 4, 2008.The anime's sound direction is headed by Kazuhiro Wakabayashi.The first DVD compilation volume will be released on August 22, 2008.

The anime is regularly broadcast Mondays at 6:00 pm on TV Tokyo. The official Japanese website of the Soul Eater anime series has announced that each episode will air in two different versions: the regular Monday 6:00 p.m. version and a late-night "Soul Eater Late Show" version. Special footage is added at the start and end of the commercial break; the next episode preview is also different from the regular version. The dual broadcast of this supernatural action series is being billed as the "world's first evening and late-night resonance broadcast". The "resonance" term refers to a story concept in which the characters, such as the heroine Maka and her living weapon partner Soul Eater, achieve maximum power by synchronizing their souls.

Official website:

SOUL EATER - ソウルイーター - (Japanese)

Soul Eater @ TV Tokyo (Japanese)