Shadow Star

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Shadow Star, known in Japan as Template:Nihongo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh, originally serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 1998 to 2003. The Japanese name is an abbreviation of Template:Nihongo, 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.

PlotEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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.

MediaEdit

MangaEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Shadow Star, written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 1998 to 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kodansha collected its chapters in twelve tankōbon volumes, released from August 19, 1998, to December 22, 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The series ran in the magazine from March 29, 2000,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to February 1, 2006,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> when the magazine ceased its publication.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dark Horse Comics collected the chapters in seven volumes, which were released from September 5, 2001, to December 21, 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

AnimeEdit

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A 13-episode anime adaptation by Planet was broadcast from July 7, to September 29, 2003, on Kids Station.Template:Citation needed The anime adapted the storyline of the first six volumes (seven volumes of the American release) of the manga.Template:Citation needed

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.Template:Citation needed In 2007 it ran on the Illusion on Demand television network.Template:Citation needed 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.Template:Citation needed Central Park Media filed for bankruptcy in 2009, and the DVDs have since been out of print.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ReceptionEdit

Tasha Robinson of the Sci Fi Channel described the anime series as "transformed" from "fascinatingly quirky" to "slow but expressive".<ref>Robinson, Tasha. "Shadow Star Narutaru." Sci Fi Channel. May 21, 2008. Retrieved on December 26, 2010.</ref>

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External linksEdit

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