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For the unrelated novel by Chris Claremont, see Shadow Star (novel).
Not to be confused with Star Shadow.
Shadow Star
File:Narutaru manga.jpg
Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Shiina Tamai and Hoshimaru
なるたる
(Narutaru)
Genre
Manga
Written byMohiro Kitoh
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
English magazine
Original run1998 – 2003
Volumes12 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byToshiaki Iino
Written byChiaki J. Konaka
Music bySusumu Ueda
StudioPlanet[a]
Licensed by
Original networkKids Station, TBS
Original run July 7, 2003 – September 29, 2003
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
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Shadow Star, known in Japan as Narutaru (なるたる), 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 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

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Main article: 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

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Manga

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Main article: List of Shadow Star chapters

Shadow Star, written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from 1998 to 2003.[3] Kodansha collected its chapters in twelve tankōbon volumes, released from August 19, 1998, to December 22, 2003.[4][5]

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Dark Horse Comics and serialized in their Super Manga Blast! manga magazine.[6] The series ran in the magazine from March 29, 2000,[7] to February 1, 2006,[8] when the magazine ceased its publication.[9] Dark Horse Comics collected the chapters in seven volumes, which were released from September 5, 2001, to December 21, 2005.[10][11]

Anime

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Main article: 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] The anime adapted the storyline of the first six volumes (seven volumes of the American release) of the manga.[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.[citation needed] In 2007 it ran on the Illusion on Demand television network.[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.[citation needed] Central Park Media filed for bankruptcy in 2009, and the DVDs have since been out of print.[12]

Reception

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Tasha Robinson of the Sci Fi Channel described the anime series as "transformed" from "fascinatingly quirky" to "slow but expressive".[13]

Notes

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  1. ^ Production assistance (制作協力) for all episodes provided by Studio Kuma.

References

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  13. ^ Robinson, Tasha. "Shadow Star Narutaru." Sci Fi Channel. May 21, 2008. Retrieved on December 26, 2010.
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