Three kids pull their shadows off the ground and they become monsters that fight for them. That's the entire hook, and it never gets old. You're watching a show that commits completely to its own logic, where a peasant boy's shadow happens to be a colossal blue dragon, and nobody pretends that's anything other than exactly as cool as it sounds. The monster designs change everything about what these kids can do, but the real engine is watching Shu figure out he's braver than he thought he was. This is a show built for people who miss when adventure anime trusted you to just enjoy the ride.

When an unknown enemy attacks his village, Shu and his friends Jiro and Kluke decide to fight back and protect their home. They soon cross paths with a warrior named Zola and gain the power of Shadow, which lets them turn their own shadows into mighty monsters. Shu's shadow is Blue Dragon, one of the strongest of all, and together the group sets off to defeat the enemy. The adventure mixes fantasy battles and supernatural powers with plenty of comedy.