Shadow Star
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Plot
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Media
Manga
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Shadow Star, written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 1998 to 2003.[1] Kodansha collected its chapters in twelve tankōbon volumes, released from August 19, 1998, to December 22, 2003.[2][3]
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Dark Horse Comics and serialized in their Super Manga Blast! manga magazine.[4] The series ran in the magazine from March 29, 2000,[5] to February 1, 2006,[6] when the magazine ceased its publication.[7] Dark Horse Comics collected the chapters in seven volumes, which were released from September 5, 2001, to December 21, 2005.[8][9]
Anime
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A 13-episode anime adaptation by Planet was broadcast from July 7, to September 29, 2003, on Kids Station.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The anime adapted the storyline of the first six volumes (seven volumes of the American release) of the manga.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The anime was licensed by Central Park Media and released in English as Shadow Star Narutaru, and has played on Comcast's Anime Selects multiple times.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 2007 it ran on the Illusion on Demand television network.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Central Park Media released the title under their "U.S. Manga Corps" line, on 4 DVDs, and later re-released the DVDs in a box set.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Central Park Media filed for bankruptcy in 2009, and the DVDs have since been out of print.[10]
Reception
Tasha Robinson of the Sci Fi Channel described the anime series as "transformed" from "fascinatingly quirky" to "slow but expressive".[11]
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- ↑ Robinson, Tasha. "Shadow Star Narutaru." Sci Fi Channel. May 21, 2008. Retrieved on December 26, 2010.