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“Elle Ragu, new Sevaar warrior, trains Gau, fights assassins, and struggles with debts in magical Kuruda.”
Shadow Skill: Eigi
影技 SHADOW SKILL
7.14
4,038 rank · 16,960 viewers · 68 favorites
Action
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Martial Arts
Super Power
Shounen
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Synopsis
Elle Ragu, new Sevaar warrior, trains Gau, fights assassins, and struggles with debts in magical Kuruda.
In the land of Kuruda, warriors with magical powers and incredible fighting skills battle for the ultimate prize: the title of Sevaar, the strongest warrior in the land. Elle Ragu, nicknamed Shadow Skill, is the newest Sevaar to emerge, but that doesn't make her life any easier. Teaching her "little brother," Gau, how to be a warrior, fending off assassins from other kingdoms and thwarting enemy invasions is hard enough, but her biggest challenge will be paying off her drinking debts. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 1.32
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.32 · some divergence
The polarity gap
2.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 6.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Aug 2010 → Jun 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “They don't make them like they used too. This is a must see classic. I haven't enjoyed an anmie like this for quite a while , its just a good old school butt kicking ,ass whopping heroic in the...”
- 8 “ELECTRIFYING! thats what occured to me when i watched it back in 2000, and they don´t make them like it used to. Elle ragu is maybe one of anime most BADASS girls ever, by design,personality, and...”
- 9 “Shadow Skill takes place in a well-constructed fantasy world. It is complete with appropriate politics, social systems, and everything else it could possibly need. The show itself is in a bad spot...”
Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 38%
Long · 25%
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- Format 26 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 50m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1998 – Dec 1998 Summer 1998
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0632 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor
- Manga Entertainment Licensor