Shadow Star, known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh, originally serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from March 1998 to October 2003. The Japanese name is an abbreviation of . An anime television series adaptation produced by Planet Entertainment was broadcast from July to September 2003.
Plot
The protagonist of the series is a twelve-year-old girl named Shiina Tamai. She bonds with a starfish-shaped "dragonchild" (baby "shadow dragon") whom she calls Hoshimaru. The series is mainly about the interaction between Shiina and other young people who have also bonded with dragons.
Media
Manga
Shadow Star, written and illustrated by Mohiro Kitoh, was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from March 1998, to October 2003.