Editing Shadow Star

{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{for|the unrelated novel by Chris Claremont|Shadow Star (novel)}}
{{distinguish|Star Shadow}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Narutaru manga.jpg
| caption         = Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Shiina Tamai and Hoshimaru
| ja_kanji        = なるたる
| ja_romaji       = Narutaru
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Dark fantasy]]<ref>{{cite web|last=King|first=Patrick|title=Shadow Star Vol.3: Shadows of the Past|url=http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2003/04/reviews/08/index.php3|website=animefringe|access-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030629000939/http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2003/04/reviews/08/index.php3|archive-date=June 29, 2003|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Santos|first=Carlo|title=Shadow Star Narutaru DVD 2 - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/shadow-star-narutaru/dvd-2|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 11, 2019|date=September 20, 2005|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112001023/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/shadow-star-narutaru/dvd-2|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Mohiro Kitoh]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Dark Horse Comics]]}}
| demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine        = [[Monthly Afternoon]]
| magazine_en     = {{English manga magazine|NA=[[Super Manga Blast!]]}}
| first           = 1998 
| last            = 2003
| volumes         = 12
| volume_list     = List of Shadow Star chapters
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Toshiaki Iino
| producer        = 
| writer          = [[Chiaki J. Konaka]]
| music           = Susumu Ueda
| studio          = Planet
| network         = [[Kids Station]], [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Central Park Media]]}}
| first           = July 7, 2003
| last            = September 29, 2003
| episodes        = 13
| episode_list    = List of Shadow Star episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

'''''Shadow Star''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Narutaru'''''|なるたる}}, is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Mohiro Kitoh]], originally serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Monthly Afternoon]]'' from 1998 to 2003. The Japanese name is an abbreviation of {{Nihongo|''Mukuro Naru Hoshi, Tama Taru Ko''|骸なる星 珠たる子}}, which roughly translates to ''Corpse of a Star; A Precious Child''. In North America, it was licensed by [[Dark Horse Comics]] and serialized in ''[[Super Manga Blast!]]''. A 13-episode anime adaptation by Planet was broadcast in 2003 and was released in English by [[Central Park Media]].

==Plot==
{{main|List of Shadow Star characters}}
The protagonist of the series is a twelve-year-old girl named Shiina Tamai. She bonds with a starfish-shaped "dragonchild" (baby "shadow dragon") whom she calls Hoshimaru. The series is mainly about the interaction between Shiina and other young people who have also bonded with dragons.

==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>

==Reception==
Tasha Robinson of the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] described the anime series as "transformed" from "fascinatingly quirky" to "slow but expressive".<ref>Robinson, Tasha. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080521012139/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue419/anime.html Shadow Star Narutaru]." ''[[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]]''. May 21, 2008. Retrieved on December 26, 2010.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q56459283|id=tt1227046}}
*{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615053203/http://www.centralparkmedia.com/shadowstar/|date=June 15, 2006|title=Central Park Media website about Shadow Star}}
*{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710191519/http://www.kids-station.com:80/minisite/narutaru/|date=July 10, 2012|title=Narutaru site at Kid's Station}} {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/00.10/feature/1/index.php3 ANIMEFringe article about ''Shadow Star'']
*{{Anime News Network|manga|1337}}

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