an anime film based on the first novel that was released in japanese theaters on april 21, 2007 as one of three films released at dengeki bunko's movie festival. the staff who produced the anime series returned to produce the film. the version shown in theaters was 65 minutes in length. those who saw the film in theaters could buy a short book titled "shakugan no shana m" containing two short stories written by takahashi published by ascii media works under the imprint dengeki gekijō bunko. the film was released on dvd in japan on september 21, 2007 in regular and special editions, which featured the full length 90-minute director's cut version. it was later released on blu-ray disc (bd) in japan on july 27, 2011.