Editing Shadow Star (section)

==Media==
===Manga===
{{main|List of Shadow Star chapters}}
''Shadow Star'', written and illustrated by [[Mohiro Kitoh]], was serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Afternoon]]'' from 1998 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:鬼頭莫宏「なるたる」新装版、描き下ろしカバーで6月より刊行開始|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/236796|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 31, 2021|language=ja|date=June 14, 2017|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831123645/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/236796|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha collected its chapters in twelve ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, released from August 19, 1998, to December 22, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:なるたる（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030101|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831113920/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030101|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:なるたる（１２）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030244|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122743/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030244|url-status=live}}</ref>

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by [[Dark Horse Comics]] and serialized in their ''[[Super Manga Blast!]]'' manga magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Manga News Briefs|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/1999-10-23/u.s-manga-news-briefs|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|date=October 23, 1999|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107121246/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/1999-10-23/u.s-manga-news-briefs|url-status=live}}</ref> The series ran in the magazine from March 29, 2000,<ref>{{cite web|title=Super Manga Blast! #1|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/98-523/Super-Manga-Blast-1|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122743/https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/98-523/Super-Manga-Blast-1|url-status=live}}</ref> to February 1, 2006,<ref>{{cite web|title=Super Manga Blast! #59|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/10-811/Super-Manga-Blast-59|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122746/https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/10-811/Super-Manga-Blast-59|url-status=live}}</ref> when the magazine ceased its publication.<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Isaac|title=Super Manga Blast Discontinued|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-24/super-manga-blast-discontinued|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|date=November 24, 2005|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918074823/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-24/super-manga-blast-discontinued|url-status=live}}</ref> Dark Horse Comics collected the chapters in seven volumes, which were released from September 5, 2001, to December 21, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shadow Star Vol. 1 TPB|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/11-173/Shadow-Star-Vol-1-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122742/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/11-173/Shadow-Star-Vol-1-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shadow Star Vol. 7: Victim's Eyes, Assailant's Hands TPB|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-762/Shadow-Star-Vol-7-Victims-Eyes-Assailants-Hands-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831122745/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-762/Shadow-Star-Vol-7-Victims-Eyes-Assailants-Hands-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Anime===
{{Main|List of Shadow Star episodes}}

A 13-episode anime adaptation by Planet was broadcast from July 7, to September 29, 2003, on [[Kids Station]].{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} The anime adapted the storyline of the first six volumes (seven volumes of the American release) of the manga.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}

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.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} In 2007 it ran on the Illusion on Demand television network.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} Central Park Media filed for bankruptcy in 2009, and the DVDs have since been out of print.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/central-park-media-files-chapter-7/|website=www.comicsbeat.com|access-date=2019-11-30|title=Syndicated Comics|date=30 April 2009|archive-date=2021-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228063506/https://www.comicsbeat.com/central-park-media-files-chapter-7/|url-status=live}}</ref>