a 24-episode anime television series adaptation of "shakugan no shana" aired in japan between october 6, 2005 and march 23, 2006 on tv kanagawa. produced by j.c.staff and directed by takashi watanabe, the screenplay was written by yasuko kobayashi, and chief animator mai otsuka based the character design used in the anime on noizi ito's original designs. the sound director is jin aketagawa, and the soundtrack is composed by kow otani. the series was later released by geneon in eight dvd compilation volumes from january to august 2006. later, an original video animation (ova) episode titled "shakugan no shana sp", which takes place after the events of episode 13, was released on december 8, 2006.