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SOUL EATER
Soul Eater (ソウルイーター Sōru Ītā?) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Okubo. Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy," the series revolves around three teams consisting of a weapon meister and (at least one) human weapon. Trying to make the latter a "Death Scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster, Shinigami (better known as Death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order or they will have to restart all over again. The manga is published by Square Enix and was first released as three separate one-shots serialized in two Gangan Powered special editions and one Gangan Wing issue between June 24 and November 26, 2003. The manga started regular serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan manga magazine on May 12, 2004. The first bound volume was released by Square Enix under their Gangan Comics imprint on June 22, 2004 in Japan, and as of November 2010, eighteen volumes have been released. The manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Yen Press. The English translated version of Soul Eater is serialized in Yen Press' Yen Plus manga anthology magazine starting on July 29, 2008, and the first manga volume was released on October 27, 2009.
A single drama CD was produced on August 31, 2005 which came bundled with an art book. An anime adaptation produced by Bones first aired on TV Tokyo in Japan on April 7, 2008, and contained 51 episodes; Funimation licensed the anime series for North American distribution. An action-adventure video game by Square Enix for the Wii was released in September 2008, and an action video game for the Nintendo DS was released in October 2008. Another action game was released in January 2009 on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Another manga series which will run alongside the main series, titled Soul Eater Not!, will begin serialization in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from January 12, 2011.
Source: Wikipedia
THE ANIME
Direct Download: All episodes are .mkv, dual-audio encodes at roughly 90MB a piece. The quality is not bad, and I've made decent icons from these encodes, but if you're looking for super-duper HD, you're better off finding a torrent somewhere or BUYING THE DVDS. Really. It's worth every penny.
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STREAMING: You can watch subbed episodes on Hulu. FUNimation is also showing some dubbed episodes here.
THE MANGA
From Wikipedia: "Another manga series which will run alongside the main series, titled Soul Eater Not!, will begin serialization in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from January 12, 2011." This post will be updated with more information as it becomes available!
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MangaShare is one of the better sites to read Soul Eater online. As I've already mentioned, Okubo's style is a little rough in the beginning, and I know many people who were turned off of reading it because of that fact, but around chapter 30 it gets better. In fact, I much prefer the manga after episode 35 of the anime.
THE MUSIC
From Wikipedia:
Six pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; two opening themes and four closing themes. The first opening theme is "Resonance" by T.M.Revolution for the first thirty episodes, and the single was released on June 11, 2008. The second opening theme is "Papermoon" by Tommy heavenly6 from episode thirty-one onwards; the single was released on December 10, 2008 by DefStar Records. The first closing theme is "I Wanna Be" by Stance Punks for the first thirteen episodes, and the fifty-first episode; the single was released on June 4, 2008. The second closing theme is "Style" by Kana Nishino from episode fourteen to twenty-six; the single was released on August 13, 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The third closing theme is "Bakusō Yume Uta" (爆走夢歌?) by Soul'd Out's Diggy-Mo from episode twenty-seven to thirty-nine; the single was released on November 26, 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The final closing theme is "Strength" by Abingdon Boys School from episode forty through episode fifty; the single was released on February 25, 2009. The anime rebroadcasting features two additional themes: "Counter Identity" by Unison Square Garden, set for an autumn 2010 release; and "Ao no Kaori" (碧の香り?) by Yui Makino, to be released on November 10, 2010.
The first character song maxi single sung by Chiaki Omigawa (Maka) and Kōki Uchiyama (Soul) was released on August 6, 2008 by Aniplex. The second single by Yumiko Kobayashi (Black Star) and Kaori Nazuka (Tsubaki) was released on September 3, 2008, and the third single by Mamoru Miyano (Kid), Akeno Watanabe (Liz), and Narumi Takahira (Patty) was released on October 1, 2008. Two original soundtracks for the anime were released on August 27, 2008 and March 18, 2009 by Aniplex. The theme song for Soul Eater: Monotone Princess is "Soul's Crossing" sung by T.M.Revolution, and is included on the "Resonance" single.
SOUL EATER OST 1
SOUL EATER OST 2
THE BEST OF SOUL EATER
ED1 - I Wanna Be by STANCE PUNKS
ED2 Single - Style. by Nishino Kana
ED3 - Bakusou Yumeuta by Diggy-MO’
ED4 Single - STRENGTH by abingdon boys school
OP1 - resonance by T.M. Revolution
OP2 - PAPERMOON by Tommy Heavenly6
Character Song 1 - Mauve-iro no Symphony
Character Song 2 - My Star
Character Song 3 - Death the Kid & Thompson Sisters
THE OTHER STUFF
A Soul Eater artbook titled Soul Eater Soul Art (ISBN4757525346) was released in Japan on Mar 21, 2009. It's 111 colored pages of pure bliss. Download it here!
Other Downloads:
Official Fan Book
2009 Manga Calendar
AnimePaper Scans
Links of Interest:
The Soul Eater LiveJournal Community
Soul Eater @ TVTropes
Soul Eater @ Danbooru (NSFW)
Soul Eater @ Tumblr
Soul Eater Doujins, Image Sets, Etc. @ E-Hentai.ORG (NSFW)
The Soul Eater Wikia
Music Videos @ AnimeMusicVideos.ORG