Kage Kara Mamoru!

Kage Kara Mamoru!
Cover of Kage Kara Mamoru! volume 1 as published by Media Factory
陰からマモル
(Mamoru the Shadow)
Light novel
Written byTaro Achi
Illustrated bySai Madara
Published byMedia Factory
ImprintMF Bunko J
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 2003March 2008
Volumes12
Manga
Written byAchi Taro
Illustrated bySai Madara
Published byMedia Factory
English publisher
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original run20072009
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byYoshitaka Fujimoto
Written byRyunosuke Kingetsu
Music byTakeshi Watanabe
StudioGroup TAC
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run January 7, 2006 March 25, 2006
Episodes12

Kage Kara Mamoru! (陰からマモル, "Mamoru from the Shadows", or lit. "I Will Protect You from the Shadows") is a Japanese series of light novels written by Achi Taro. The light novels had ended in March 2008 with the release of Volume 12, but as of July 2009, a new series entitled Motto! Kage Kara Mamoru! (もっと!陰からマモル!, "More! Mamoru from the Shadows") has started serialization. It features manga and anime adaptations. The main character is Mamoru Kagemori, a ninja who is sworn to protect his neighbor Yūna Konnyaku.