Shakugan no Shana
TV ShowTitle | 灼眼のシャナ |
User score | 7.3 |
Release date | Oct 6, 2005 |
Release date of last episode | Mar 23, 2012 |
Genre | Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | J.C.STAFF, Showgate, Cosmic Ray, Toshiba Entertainment, ASCII Media Works, Geneon Universal Entertainment |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 3 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 72 |
Run time | 25 min. |
The world has become a slaughtering ground for the Crimson Denizens, mysterious beings from a parallel universe who thrive on the life energy of humans. These merciless murderers only leave behind scant remainders of souls called "Torches," which are mere residues that will eventually be destroyed, along with the very fact of the victims' existence from the minds of the living. In an ambitious endeavor to put an end to this invisible, hungry massacre, warriors called Flame Hazes relentlessly fight these monsters. One fateful day, Yuuji Sakai ceases to be a regular high schooler—he becomes trapped in a crevice of time and is suddenly attacked by a Denizen. Coming to his rescue just in the nick of time is a nameless hunter who seems no different from an ordinary young girl except for her blazing eyes and burning crimson hair. However, before Yuuji can learn anything more about his situation, he discovers that he has already been reduced to a Torch—merely a scrap of memory waiting to be extinguished.