The movie is more or less a retelling of the first few episodes of the series that is not much more than a slightly padded director's cut. You do learn some interesting details such as where Yugi's dad is, a look at the flame haze who was in the city before Shana, and even a couple of new powers for the Reiji Maigo. The story is certainly fleshed out quite a bit more and the final 15 minutes of the film comprise a surprisingly powerful conclusion (worth the price of admission on its own), but I would have liked a more original story rather then a highly polished version of one that I've already enjoyed. In the end, spectacular visuals, great new music, and well thought out additions to the core story leave you feeling glad to have seen the film. On the other hand, the fact that anything new that was added obviously doesn't change the events that come later in the series means that established fans will likely leave the experience less than satisfied.
Unfortunately the movie Shakugan no Shana: The Movie is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Yasuko Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Takashi Watanabe | Director |
| Art | Shin Okui | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jin Aketagawa | Sound Director |
| Sound | Kow Otani | Music |
| Directing | Shigeru Ueda | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Takashi Ikehata | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Takashi Watanabe | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Takashi Watanabe | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiki Mizuno | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinichi Iimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naomi Miyata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Isao Sugimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Imoto | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Nobuhiro Arai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masahiro Fujii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shigeki Kimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nobuhiko Kawakami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Makiko Uemura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Imoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomotaka Shibayama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yumi Kobayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hirotaka Kinoshita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masayuki Ozaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryoichi Oki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mai Otsuka | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Tsuyoshi Kawada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kunihiro Abe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Soichiro Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takenori Tsukuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideki Tachibana | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Yakou | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mai Otsuka | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Miki Kato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ikumi Fukumoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukie Hiyamizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Kawakami | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Tomioka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akio Kitahara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Iwao | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaru Kawashima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Kawashima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Kawakami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fujiko Aoyagi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Aono | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Ujiie | Key Animation |
