Shadow Skill
| Shadow Skill | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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影技 SHADOW SKILL (Shadō Sukiru) |
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| Genre | Martial arts, Fantasy, Drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Megumu Okada |
| Published by | Takeshobo |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Comic Gamma |
| Original run | 1992 – 1996 |
| Volumes | 4 |
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* The 4 volumes was later reissued in 3 aizōban editions retitled as Shadow Skil: Phantom Of Shade, Shadow Skil: Black Howling and Shadow Skil: Black Wing respectively. |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Megumu Okada |
| Published by |
Fujimi Shobo (1996–1998) Kodansha (2001–2014) |
| Demographic | Shōnen (former), Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Dragon Jr. (1996–1998) Monthly Afternoon (2001–2014) |
| Original run | 1996 – 2014 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Negishi (ep. 1) Yasuhiro Kuroda (ep. 2-4) |
| Written by | Mayori Sekijima |
| Music by | Toshiro Yabuki |
| Studio | Zero-G Room |
| Licensed by |
NA/UKManga Entertainment |
| Released | October 25, 1995 – November 21, 1996 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes (ep. 1) 30 minutes (ep. 2-4) |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Anime film | |
| Shadow Skill: The Movie | |
| Directed by | Pat Griffiths |
| Produced by | Laurence Guinness |
| Written by | Kaoru Mfaume |
| Music by | Toshiro Yabuki |
| Studio | Zero-G Room, CTV Studios |
| Licensed by | NA/UKManga Entertainment |
| Runtime | 85 minutes |
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* Shadow Skill: The Movie is the American compilation film of OVAs 2 to 4. |
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| Anime television series | |
| Shadow Skill - Eigi | |
| Directed by | Tsukasa Sunaga |
| Written by | Koji Ueda |
| Music by | Ozamu Tezuka |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo, Anime Network |
| Original run | July 2, 1998 – December 24, 1998 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Original video animation | |
| Shadow Skill: Kuruda-ryu Kousatsu-hou no Himitsu | |
| Directed by | Kazuya Ichikawa |
| Written by | Kurasumi Sunayama |
| Music by | Hidenori Chiwata |
| Studio | Tandm |
| Released | October 2, 2004 |
| Runtime | 65 minutes |
* The 4 volumes was later reissued in 3 aizōban editions retitled as Shadow Skil: Phantom Of Shade, Shadow Skil: Black Howling and Shadow Skil: Black Wing respectively.
* Shadow Skill: The Movie is the American compilation film of OVAs 2 to 4.
* Episode 1 of OVA series was later released in North America as Shadow Skill: The Origin
Shadow Skill (影技 SHADOW SKILL Shadō Sukiru?) is a manga series with anime adaptations, produced by Studio Deen and aired on TV Tokyo in 1998 and has been released in the United States by ADV Films in 2005. The series is based on the manga by Megumu Okada. Shadow Skill is a shōnen series which features Styles of combat, such as martial arts. In addition to having a 26 episode television series three separate OVAs were made which have been released in the United States by Manga Entertainment. The television series, which has a different storyline to that of the OVAs, is distributed by ADV Films. In 2014 Okada announced that he has finished all of his work on Shadow Skill.
Shadow Skill takes place in the warrior kingdom of Kurda, where the main character Elle Regu has recently become the 59th Sevaar, a title awarded to their most elite warriors. She often leaves a trail of destruction when she fights and along with a drinking habit. Elle is constantly followed by debts and throughout the series takes on jobs to work off these debts. One of these such jobs leads her to the Green Octopus Inn on an island outside the city, which eventually becomes the protagonists' base of operation.
Throughout the series, Elle travels along with her adopted younger brother Gau Ban, who is studying Elle's fighting skills so that one day he could become the greatest Sevaar in Kurda. Also in Elle and Gau's life is Faurink Maya (Faury), a Sui Rame talisman sorceress, and Kyuo Lyu, a Septia beast-catcher and grandniece of Eva Stroll, the king of Kurda.
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