List of Rave Master episodes
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This is a list of episodes of the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series Rave Master
Rave Master
, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...

, which is based on the first twelve volumes of the thirty-five volume manga series written by Hiro Mashima
Hiro Mashima
is a Japanese manga artist. He is most known for his fantasy manga Groove Adventure Rave, published by Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, from 1999 to 2005. The series was later adapted into an anime. However, the anime adaption was cancelled before it could complete the series.In 2003, he...

. Rave Master premiered in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 on TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

 on October 13, 2001 and ran until September 28, 2002. The anime series is based on the first ninety-five chapters of the manga series.

In the original Japanese release, four pieces of theme music are used. For the first season, episodes one through twenty-five, "Butterfly Kiss" is used for the opening sequence, while is used for the ending. Both pieces are performed by Chihiro Yonekura
Chihiro Yonekura
is a Japanese singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.-History:While Yonekura was attending university, she sent off several demonstration tapes to recording companies. She was scouted out, and received the opportunity to do the opening song "Arashi no Nakade Kagayaite" for the anime Mobile Suit...

. For the second season, Kumoko
Sora Izumikawa
, is a Japanese artist, singer-songwriter, seiyū, composer and producer currently based on Japan. Also Ex-CEO for Dog-Rights Co.,Ltd.- Biography :Born in Hiroshima, Japan to a chorister father and mother who taught electronic organ, Sora started playing the piano at the age of two...

 performs the opening and ending themes of "Higher and Higher" and , respectively.

The series is licensed for an English language release by Tokyopop
Tokyopop
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. Tokyopop chose to release the series only in an English dubbed
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...

 format, The English dubbed
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...

 version premiered on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (United States)
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 in the United States
United States
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 on June 5, 2004 as part of the Toonami
Toonami
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 programming block. For this release, the company replaced the series music. "Rave-o-lution" by Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...

 became the new opening theme, while "The Power of Destiny" by Jennifer Paige
Jennifer Paige
Jennifer Paige is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success with the 1998 pop hit "Crush". She is considered to be one of the 1990s' biggest one-hit wonders.-Biography:...

was used for the ending.

Season 1

# Title Original air date English air date


Season 2

# Title Original air date English air date

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