Shakugan no Shana: The Movie

The movie is more or less a retelling of the first few episodes of the series that is not much more than a slightly padded director's cut. You do learn some interesting details such as where Yugi's dad is, a look at the flame haze who was in the city before Shana, and even a couple of new powers for the Reiji Maigo. The story is certainly fleshed out quite a bit more and the final 15 minutes of the film comprise a surprisingly powerful conclusion (worth the price of admission on its own), but I would have liked a more original story rather then a highly polished version of one that I've already enjoyed. In the end, spectacular visuals, great new music, and well thought out additions to the core story leave you feeling glad to have seen the film. On the other hand, the fact that anything new that was added obviously doesn't change the events that come later in the series means that established fans will likely leave the experience less than satisfied.

Crew

Kow Otani

Original Music Composer
Yasuko Kobayashi

Screenplay
Tomotaka Shibayama

Key Animation
Takenori Tsukuma

Key Animation
Takashi Watanabe

Director
Takashi Watanabe

Storyboard Artist
Takashi Watanabe

Second Unit Director
Atsushi Aono

Key Animation
Jin Aketagawa

Sound Director
Yoshihiro Ujiie

Key Animation
Shigeki Kimoto

Key Animation
Shin Okui

Art Direction
Takashi Ikehata

Second Unit Director
Soichiro Matsuda

Key Animation
Hiroshi Kawashima

Key Animation
Hirotaka Kinoshita

Key Animation
Miki Kato

Key Animation
Masahiro Fujii

Key Animation
Shigeru Ueda

Second Unit Director
Hiroshi Tomioka

Key Animation
Masayuki Ozaki

Key Animation
Takashi Iwao

Key Animation
Yukie Hiyamizu

Key Animation
Shinichi Iimura

Key Animation
Isao Sugimoto

Key Animation
Tetsuya Kawakami

Animation Director
Tetsuya Kawakami

Key Animation
Nobuhiko Kawakami

Key Animation
Hideki Tachibana

Key Animation
Mai Otsuka

Animation Director
Mai Otsuka

Supervising Animation Director
Nobuhiro Arai

Key Animation
Hiroshi Yakou

Key Animation
Akio Kitahara

Key Animation
Ryoichi Oki

Key Animation
Yumi Kobayashi

Key Animation
Masaru Kawashima

Key Animation
Fujiko Aoyagi

Key Animation
Yuki Imoto

Key Animation
Yuki Imoto

Animation Director
Tsuyoshi Kawada

Key Animation
Yoshiki Mizuno

Key Animation
Naomi Miyata

Key Animation
Makiko Uemura

Key Animation
Ikumi Fukumoto

Key Animation
Kunihiro Abe

Key Animation

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