Shadow Skill

Shadow Skill
	First tankōbon volume cover (Bamboo Comics edition)
Manga
Phantom of Shade / Black Howling / Black Wing
Written by	Megumu Okada
Published by	Takeshobo (1992–1996); Fujimi Shobo (1996–1999); Kodansha (after 1999);
Magazine	Comic Gamma; (1992–1995); Monthly Dragon Jr.; (1996–1998);
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1992 – 1998
Volumes	4 (original); 3 (reissue);
Manga
Written by	Megumu Okada
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Afternoon Season Zōkan; (2000–2002); Monthly Afternoon; (2003–2014);
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2000 – 2014
Volumes	11
Directed by	Hiroshi Negishi (#1); Yasuhiro Kuroda (#2–4);
Further information
Original video animation
Directed by	Hiroshi Negishi (#1); Yasuhiro Kuroda (#2–4);
Written by	Mayori Sekijima
Music by	Toshiro Yabuki
Studio	Zero-G Room
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment; NA: Manga Entertainment; UK: Manga Entertainment;
Released	October 25, 1995 – November 21, 1996
Runtime	45 minutes (#1); 30 minutes (#2–4);
Episodes	4
Anime film
Shadow Skill: The Movie
Directed by	Yasuhiro Kuroda
Produced by	Laurence Guinness
Written by	Kaoru Mfaume
Music by	Toshiro Yabuki
Studio	Zero-G Room
Licensed by	NA: Manga Entertainment; UK: Manga Entertainment;
Runtime	85 minutes
Anime television series
Shadow Skill: Eigi
Directed by	Tsukasa Sunaga
Produced by	Shinjiro Yokoyama; Masahiro Toyosumi;
Written by	Masashi Sogo
Music by	Ozamu Tezuka
Studio	Studio Deen
Licensed by	NA: ADV Films;
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA: AXN; US: Anime Network;
Original run	July 2, 1998 – December 24, 1998
Episodes	26
Manga
Written by	Megumu Okada
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Afternoon Season Zōkan; (2000–2002); Monthly Afternoon; (2003–2014);
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	2000 – 2014
Volumes	11
Original video animation
Shadow Skill — Kurdan Style: The Secret of the Lethal Martial Art
Directed by	Kazuya Ichikawa
Written by	Kurasumi Sunayama
Music by	Hidenori Chiwata
Studio	Tandm
Released	October 2, 2004
Runtime	60 minutes

Shadow Skill is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Megumu Okada. The series has been adapted into four original video animations released from 1995 to 1996 and an anime adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired on TV Tokyo in 1998.

In North America, the OVAs have been released by Manga Entertainment and the anime television series was distributed by ADV Films.