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Format
TV
Episodes
24
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 2005
Aired
2005-10-06 to 2006-03-23
Source
Light novel
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Action
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
School
Mahou Shoujo
Studios
J.C.Staff
Producers
Geneon Universal Entertainment
ASCII Media Works
Toshiba Entertainment
Cosmic Ray
Showgate
Licensors
Funimation
Geneon Entertainment USA
Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ)
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. [Written by MAL Rewrite]