Shakugan no Shana

Shakugan no Shana
Shakugan no Shana light novel volume 1
灼眼のシャナ
Genre	Action, Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Light novel
Written by	Yashichiro Takahashi
Illustrated by	Noizi Ito
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	NA Viz Media (formerly)
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Original run	November 9, 2002 – November 10, 2012
Volumes	26 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Yashichiro Takahashi
Illustrated by	Ayato Sasakura
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Original run	April 2005 – October 2011
Volumes	10
Anime television series
Directed by	Takashi Watanabe
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Music by	Kow Otani
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Universal Australia NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Original network	Animax, MBS, TVA, Teletama, Chiba TV, TV Kanagawa
English network	PH TV5 SEA Animax Asia US Funimation Channel
Original run	October 6, 2005 – March 23, 2006
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Game
Developer	Vridge
Publisher	MediaWorks
Genre	Action RPG, Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS
Released	JP: March 23, 2006 (PS2) JP: March 29, 2007 (DS)
Original video animation
Shakugan no Shana SP
Directed by	Takashi Watanabe
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Music by	Kow Otani
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Universal Australia NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Released	December 8, 2006
Runtime	24 minutes
Anime film
Directed by	Takashi Watanabe Shigeru Ueda (co-director)
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Music by	Kow Otani
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Universal Australia NA Funimation
Released	April 21, 2007
Runtime	90 minutes
Manga
Shakugan no Shana X Eternal song: Harukanaru Uta
Written by	Yashichiro Takahashi
Illustrated by	Shii Kiya
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki Black Maoh Dengeki Maoh
Original run	September 19, 2007 – September 2012
Volumes	5
Anime television series
Shakugan no Shana Second
Directed by	Takashi Watanabe
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Music by	Kow Otani
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Universal Australia NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Original network	MBS, TBS, CBC, Animax
English network	PH TV5 SEA Animax Asia
Original run	October 5, 2007 – March 28, 2008
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Shakugan no Shana S
Directed by	Takashi Watanabe
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Music by	Kow Otani
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Universal Australia NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Released	October 23, 2009 – September 29, 2010
Runtime	24 minutes each
Episodes	4 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Shakugan no Shana Final
Directed by	Takashi Watanabe
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Music by	Kow Otani
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Universal Australia NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Original network	Tokyo MX, Chiba TV, TV Kanagawa, MBS, CBC, AT-X, BS11
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	October 8, 2011 – March 24, 2012
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ^?, lit. Burning-Eyed Shana), also known simply as Shana (シャナ^?), is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations by Noizi Ito. ASCII Media Works published 26 novels from November 2002 to November 2012 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The story focuses on Yuji Sakai, a high school boy who inadvertently becomes involved in an age-old conflict between forces of balance and imbalance in existence. In the process, he befriends a fighter for the balancing force and names her "Shana". The series incorporates fantasy and slice of life elements into its tale.

Two manga adaptations were published by ASCII Media Works in Dengeki Daioh and Dengeki Maoh. Between 2005 and 2012, the series was adapted by J.C.Staff into three 24-episode anime television series, a four-episode original video animation (OVA) series, an animated film and an additional stand alone OVA episode. A PlayStation 2 video game was released in March 2006, and it was ported to the Nintendo DS in March 2007. Viz Media licensed the novels and the first manga series for release in North America, but stopped publishing both prematurely. Geneon originally licensed the first television series for release in North America, but the license later transferred to Funimation, who also licensed the remaining anime properties. Critics praised the series for its execution of typical story elements and how it continuously becomes better over time. However, the series is described as having issues with pacing.