a weekly radio drama of "shakugan no shana" aired four episodes between november 29 and december 20, 2003 on "dengeki taishō". the scenario was an original side-story written by takahashi, and takes place between the first and second light novel volumes. the cast for the radio drama was different from the anime adaptations. a cd compilation of the radio drama titled "shakugan no shana drama disc", including an additional audio drama, was eligible for mail orders up to march 31, 2004. another drama cd was released with the april 2008 issue of tokuma shoten's "animage" magazine; the cast is the same as with the anime versions.