Shakugan no Shana

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Shakugan no Shana
Original title 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ
transcription Shakugan no Shana
Shakugan no Shana Logo.png
Anime first season logo
genre Action, fantasy
Light novel
country JapanJapan Japan
author Yashichirō Takahashi
illustrator Noizi Ito
publishing company Media Works → ASCII Media Works
First publication November 9, 2002 - November 10, 2012
expenditure 22 + 4
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Yashichirō Takahashi
Illustrator Ayato Sasakura
publishing company Media Works → ASCII Media Works
magazine Comic Dengeki Daiō
First publication February 2005 - August 27, 2011
expenditure 10
Manga
title Shakugan no Shana X Eternal song - Harukanaru Uta
Original title 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ X Eternal song - 遥 か な る 歌 -
country JapanJapan Japan
author Yashichirō Takahashi
Illustrator Shii Kiya
publishing company Media Works → ASCII Media Works
magazine Dengeki Black Mao
First publication September 19, 2007 - July 26, 2012
expenditure 5
Anime television series
title Shakugan no Shana
Shakugan no Shana Second
Shakugan no Shana Final
Original title 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ
灼 眼 の シ ャ ナII（Second）
灼 眼 の シ ャ ナIII（Final）
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2005–2012
Studio JCStaff
length 23 minutes
Episodes 72 in 3 seasons
Director Takashi Watanabe
music Kō Ōtani
First broadcast October 6, 2005 on TV Kanagawa (1st season)
MBS (2nd season)
Tokyo MX (3rd season)
Original video animation
title Shakugan no Shana SP: Koi to Onsen no Kōgai Gakushū!
Original title 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ SP 「恋 と 温泉 の 校外 学習!」
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2006
Studio JCStaff
length 30 minutes
Episodes 1
Director Takashi Watanabe
Original video animation
title Shakugan no Shana S.
Original title 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ S
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2009-2010
Studio JCStaff
length 30 minutes
Episodes 4th
Director Takashi Watanabe
synchronization
Movie
► Gekijoban: Shakugan no Shana (2007)

Shakugan no Shana ( Japanese 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ ) is a light novel series by Yashichirō Takahashi , which was illustrated by Noizi Ito . In 2005 it was implemented as an anime television series and manga series by Ayato Sasakura . In addition, a game for the Playstation 2 , as well as a " Nintendo DS " version with the same content was released .

content

world

In addition to the human world, there is a parallel world, Guze, from which the Guze no Tomogara come, who devour the livelihoods of people. As a result, not only does the person himself disappear, but also his effect on the world as if he had never existed. For this purpose, the eaten people are replaced by so-called torches. These take on the characteristics of the person they are supposed to represent in order to appear in the human world for a certain time. The torches get weaker and weaker until they finally disappear completely. Other people notice them less and less, so that ultimately nobody misses them. These torches consist of a blue flame, the residual energy of humans, which is not perceived by normal people.

The Flame Haze ensure the balance between the human world and the Guze . Flame Haze are fighters who have entered into an alliance with a Guze no Tomogara to fight other Guze no Tomogara when they threaten the balance between the worlds. After a fight has been won, they undo the destruction caused by the fight and convert the remaining energy of the people into torches. These fights are not noticed by normal people because they happen in a spell ( fuzetsu ). Only Flame Haze, Guze no Tomogara , Rinne or Mistes can move in these. Rinne are puppets of the Guze no Tomogara that they use against people.

Mistes are special torches that have a mystical artifact inside with special abilities. Guze no Tomogara can remove these items from such dung and use them. Should a dung be destroyed or its torch burns down, the mystical artifact is transferred to a new torch. This torch then becomes crap too. But which torch the artifact lands at is random.

action

Yūji Sakai has just finished his first day of high school when he witnessed the attack of several gutters in the pedestrian zone. These have a Fuzetsu built and Guze no Tomogara tried Yuji to eat. A Flame Haze appears and fights the gutter . After the fight, Yūji learns from her that he has long been dead. He is no longer a person, just the flame of existence and a piece of crap. The artefact that he carries within him means that he can regenerate his life energy and so does not go out. A classmate of his, who was also in the fuzetsu , also became a torch. However, it disappears soon after Yūji tries to beautify the rest of her life.

Soon Yūji becomes clear about his own impermanence and his relationship with Shana continues to develop.

Characters

Yūji Sakai ( 坂 井 悠 二 , Sakai Yūji )
Yūji , the main character in the series, is your average high school student. However, his world turns upside down when he finds out that he is already dead and has little time before he disappears. Fortunately, Yuji is a mystic that contains a treasure - the Reiji Maigo ( 零時 迷 子 , meaning "lost midnight child "). Unlike other torches, this treasure renews Yuji s life energy at exactly midnight every night. With the Reiji Maigo , Yuji can continue to live like a normal person, as long as he makes sure that his life energy is not completely used up before midnight. Later he begins to get to know and use his as yet untapped powers. After a while he falls in love with Shana and confesses his feelings to her.
Shana ( シ ャ ナ , also Empatsu Shakugan no Uchite , German "warrior with flaming hair and shining eyes")
She is the female lead in the series and a Flame Haze who fights against Guze no Tomogara . At first she only focuses on her duty as Flame Haze, which goes so far that she doesn't even have a name. She sees Yūji only as a torch, an object that is only slightly interesting because of its existence as crap. Nevertheless, she slowly opens up to Yūji , begins to see him as a person despite his existence as a torch and finally falls in love with him. Before she met Yūji she was only known by her Flame Haze title "Warrior with flaming hair and shining eyes" or by the name of her sword Nietono no Shana ( 贄 殿 遮那 , dt. " [Vairo] cana of the gift room"). Yūji , who wants to give her her own identity as a person, gives her the name " Shana " after her sword. Shana has the habit of saying "Urusai!" Three times in a row - translated: "Be quiet!" - whenever Yūji asks her questions or makes comments that disturb her original view. But in reality they like each other. She has a huge fondness for melon bread . Shana later comes to the surprising realization that she loves Yūji and even reveals her love to him in the final episode of the first season when she thought she was going to die, but he couldn't hear what she was saying. Shana is constantly torn between her mission to maintain balance and her love for Yūji . Due to a decision she makes towards the end of the anime's first season, the closeness they once had began to fall apart when Yūji kept their distance from her because of that decision. Still, it seems that Shana and Yūji were able to restore their old bond.
Alastor ( ア ラ ス ト ー ル , Arasutōru )
A tomogara that is concerned with the balance between the human world and Guze . That is why he uses Shana to kill the tomogara , who indiscriminately devour human existences and so severely disturb the balance. His appearance is the amulet that Shana wears around her neck.
Kazumi Yoshida ( 吉田 一 美 , Yoshida Kazumi )
Yūji's schoolmate is in love with him, which she confesses to him towards the end of the first season. She is constantly waging a "fight" against Shana for Yuji's heart.
Marcocias ( マ ル コ シ ア ス , Marukoshiasu )
As Tomogara , like Alastor, he hunts the other Tomogara , but for different reasons. His appearance is the book that Margery always carries with her.
Margery Daw ( マ ー ジ ョ リ ー ・ ド ー , Mājorī Dō )
The Flame Haze hates the Guze no Tomogara and, unlike Shana , she doesn't care about the balance between the dimensions, she kills all monsters without exception. Margery is also a drinker and in doing so is rude with her talking book, Marcocias.
Keisaku Satō ( 佐藤 啓 作 , Satō Keisaku )
Kei is one of Yuji's schoolmates . He meets Margery Daw with his friend Eita Tanaka , whereupon the two help her. He's rich and has a big house, but that doesn't interest him. Since his parents are never there (and since there is an immense supply of alcohol in the house), Margery stays with him after a certain time.
Eita Tanaka ( 田中 栄 太 , Tanaka Eita )
He is Kei's best friend and also in Yuji and the others' class. Eita often calls Margery Ane-san , a respectful and outdated form of address for an older / older sister or person who is perceived as such.
Matake Ogata ( 緒 方 真 竹 , Ogata Matake )
Ogata is a classmate of Yuji and friends. She is in love with Eita Tanaka and tells him so at a festival. In the second season the two become a couple.
Hayato Ike ( 池 速 人 , Ike Hayato )
Ike has been Yuji's best friend since middle school . Because of his high average he could have gone to any other high school, but goes to the same school as Yuji, who is his only friend.

Light novel

The light novel series, written by Yashichirō Takahashi and illustrated by Noizi Ito , was published by Dengeki Bunko in Japan from November 2002 to November 2012 . The main series is complete and comprises 22 volumes, numbered from I to XXII. In addition, four volumes of short stories have been published, 0, S, S II and S III.

By August 2011 around 8 million volumes of the light novel series had been sold. The first two volumes were published in English by Viz Media .

Adaptations

Manga

The manga by Ayato Sasakura appeared in the magazine Comic Dengeki Daiō of the MediaWorks publishing house from the issues 4/2005 from February 2005 to 10/2011 from August 27, 2011. The series was also summarized in ten anthologies ( Tankōbon ). In the USA , the manga was licensed by Viz Media , which published six volumes from April 17, 2007 to September 21, 2010. A German publication has been carried out since November 2012 by Egmont Manga with all ten volumes.

A second manga series, Shakugan no Shana X Eternal song: Harukanaru Uta ( 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ X Eternal song - 遥 か な る 歌 - ) by Shii Kiya was published from September 19, 2007 to July 26, 2012 in Dengeki Black Maō magazine . It has been summarized in five anthologies and was also published in Germany by Egmont Manga from July 3, 2014 to March 5, 2015.

Anime

In 2005, the studio produced JCStaff a Anime - TV series with 24 episodes for the Light-Novel series. It was directed by Takashi Watanabe , the character design is by Mai Otsuka . Shin Okui was the artistic director . The series aired from October 5, 2005 to March 22, 2006 on Chiba TV , TV Kanagawa and TV Saitama . A few days later the broadcasts began on the channels Mainichi Broadcasting and TV Aichi . Animax aired the series in 2006 . In terms of content, the series comprises the first six volumes of the light novel. The first season of the television series has been translated into English, Korean and Polish.

On December 8, 2006 an OVA episode with the title Shakugan no Shana SP: Koi to Onsen no Kōgai Gakushū! ( 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ SP 恋 と 温泉 の 校外 学習! ). In this, the first season was shown summarized as one film. In the beginning a lot of scenes are reused, later the plot deviates slightly without changing too much.

The second season ran from October 4, 2007 to March 28, 2008 on Japanese television under the name Shakugan no Shana Second ( 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ II ) and again consists of 24 episodes.

From October 23, 2009 the four episode OVA Shakugan no Shana S has been published. The OVA covers the relationship between Shana and Yuji . The three short stories (episode 1, episode 2 and episode 3/4) are not chronologically connected, the third short story (episode 3/4 plays) before the first season.

The final season Shakugan no Shana Final ( 灼 眼 の シ ャ ナ III ) was broadcast on Japanese TV from October 7, 2011. Like the previous two seasons, it consists of 24 episodes.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Shana Rie Kugimiya
Yūji Sakai Satoshi Hino
Alastor Masashi Ebara
Kazumi Yoshida Ayako Kawasumi
Margery Daw Hitomi Nabatame
Marcocias Mitsuo Iwata

music

The music in the series was composed by Kō Ōtani . For the first season, Hishoku no Sora by Mami Kawada and Being by Kotoko were used for the opening credits . For the Broadcast was used Yowake Umare Kuru Shōjo of Yōko Takahashi , Aka no seijaku of Yoko Ishida and Hishoku no Sora by Mami Kawada .

For the OVA, the opening title Hishoku no Sora and the closing title Yowake Umare Kuru Shōjo from the series were used. The end credits of the film are highlighted with Tenjō o Kakeru Mono-tachi from Love Planet Five.

The opening credits for the second season are Joint by Mami Kawada and Blaze by Kotoko . Mami produced Kawada triangle and Kotoko Sociometry as the closing songs . In the last episode of the second season the song sense was used by Mami Kawada .

The soundtrack of the first season was also released in 2006 in the USA by Geneon .

Movie

On April 21, 2007, the 86-minute film Gekijōban: Shakugan no Shana was released in cinemas in Japan. The film was produced by the JCStaff studio, the team was the same as for the series. The film does not tell a new plot, but is based on the events of the first part of the series, which have been slightly modified and are more based on the light novel.

game

MediaWorks developed an adventure game for the PlayStation 2 that was released in Japan in March 2006. A version of the game for Nintendo DS was released in March 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shakugan no Shana S III at Ascii Media Works.
  2. ↑ Dengeki Bunko Light Novel Series Sales Listed . Anime News Network, August 16, 2011

Web links

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