Now Viewing: shakugan_no_shanaTag type: Copyright A fantasy action romance drama series. The original light novels were written by Takahashi Yashichiro and illustrated by Ito Noizi. They debuted in 2002 and the main story concluded in 2011 and one final volume with short stories will be published on Nov. 2012. It has been adapted into three seasons of anime by JC Staff plus a few OVAs and a feature length movie retelling the events of the first story arc. The anime is directed by Watanabe Takashi and written by Kobayashi Yasuko. Music is composed by Ohtani Kow. Character designs are handled by Otsuka_Mai. Sakai Yuuji is a normal teenage boy living in Misaki City, or so he thinks. He learns the awful truth one day after walking home from school. Time suddenly stops around him with him being the only person that can move. A monster suddenly appears and kills some of the frozen humans around him and goes for Yuji, but he is rescued by a nameless sword wielding red haired girl. Time soon flows normally after the battle, but Yuji notices that he is able to see blue flames in other people as well as himself. The girl bluntly informs him that he is not the real Yuji and is actually a Torch, a replacement of the deceased Yuuji whose ultimate fate is to not only physically disappear but also disappear from people's memories. Yuuji finds this information difficult to accept, but learns that the girl was not lying when he witnesses a Torch named Hirai Yukari disappear before his eyes even after he exerts a lot of effort to prevent this from happening. The girl informs Yuuji that she is a Flame Haze whose task is to restore balance to the world. Despite the girl's blunt personality, Yuuji forms a strong connection with her and decides to give her a name, Shana. Shana soon becomes more involved with Yuuji's life, she enrolls in Yuuji's school and pretends to be Hirai Yukari, but as no one except Yuuji and Shana remember her existence, Shana gets away with the 'deception.' Shana also opts to stay at Yuuji's home and continues battling monsters while attending school. The two of them gradually develop romantic feelings for each other and Yuuji grows more insistent on helping Shana in her battles. Shana soon learns that Yuuji is not like other Torches, and the battles in Misaki City grow more serious as Yuuji's peers are dragged into the conflict. The series was very successful. Female lead Shana became especially popular and her seiyuu Kugimiya Rie became a popular choice for tsundere characters. While the main storyline is mostly serious, the anime also includes Shana-tan shorts, which are self-parodies of the series. Shana suddenly becomes a tiny girl who is small enough to sit on Yuuji's head and is even smaller than the melon bread she loves eating. Her personality traits as well as the personality traits of other characters are comically exaggerated in the shorts. Main Characters: Sakai_Yuuji Shana Alastor Yoshida_Kazumi Supporting Human: Ike_Hayato Sakai_Chigusa Sakai_Kantaro Satou_Keisaku Tanaka_Eita Ogata_Matake Hirai_Yukari Konoe_Fumina Mystes: Ikko_Tenmoku Johann_(Shana) Flame Haze: Margery_Daw Wilhelmina_Carmel Khamsim_Nbh'w Mathilde_Saint-Omer Rebecca_Reed Sophie_Sawallisch Samuel_Demantius Chiara_Toscana Sale_Habichtsburg Centerhill Eastedge Southvalley Westshore Yuri_Chvojka crimson Lords: Marchosias Tiamat Snake_of_the_Festival Crimson Denizens: Sydonay Hecate Bel_Peol Sabrac Pheles Dantalion Friagne Sorath Tiriel Merihim Lamis Spinoff: Shakugan_no_Shana-tan Crossover: Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus Other Wiki Information Last updated: 01/19/13 5:00 AM by jojosstand This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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