Darker than Black (TV)
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Darker Than Black (manga)
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Darker Than Black (manga)
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (TV) (sequel)
Darker than Black - Kuro no Keiyakusha: Gaiden (OAV) (prequel)
Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana (manga) (alternate retelling)
Alternative title:
Brama Piekieł (Polish)
Darker than BLACK - Kuro no Keiyakusha (Japanese)
Darker than BLACK -흑의 계약자- (Korean)
Darker than BLACK ‐黒の契約者‐ (Japanese)
Темнее черного (Russian)
흑의 계약자 (Korean)
Themes:
assassins,
conspiracy,
crime,
fighting,
living dolls,
neo-noir,
police,
superhuman,
superpowers
Objectionable content:
Significant
Copyright notice:
©BONES•Tensai Okamura / DTB Committee•MBS
Plot Summary:
In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged. Hei is one of the most powerful of these psychic agents, and along with his blind associate, Yin, works for one of the many rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Hell's Gate.
User Ratings:
4622 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2007-04-05 to 2007-09-27
2009-08-08 (Cityvibe Latin America)
Release dates: We have 18
Opening Theme:
#1: "HOWLING" by abingdon boys school (eps 1-14)
#2: "Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without A Name~" by An Cafe (eps 15-23,25)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Tsukiakari" by Rie fu (eps 1-14)
#2: "Dreams" by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR (eps 15-24)
Official website:
Darker than BLACK (Japanese)
DARKER THAN BLACK ―黒の契約者― MBS公式サイト (Japanese)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 9
Reviews:
Darker Than Black DVDs 4-6 (Sep 19, 2009)
Darker than BLACK DVD 3 (Apr 3, 2009)
Darker Than Black DVD 2 (Mar 21, 2009)
Darker than BLACK DVD 1 (Nov 26, 2008)
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| Darker than BLACK (DVD 1) 2008-11-25 (from $3.99) |
| Darker Than Black (DVD 2) 2009-01-20 (from $17.07) |
| Darker than BLACK (DVD 3) 2009-03-10 (from $3.99) |
| Darker Than BLACK (DVD 4) 2009-05-05 (from $17.07) |
| Darker than BLACK (DVD 5) 2009-06-23 (from $17.07) |
| Darker Than Black (DVD 6) 2009-08-11 (from $17.07) |
| Darker than BLACK - Box Set (DVD 1-5) 2010-03-23 |
| Darker than BLACK + Artbox (DVD 1) 2008-11-25 (from $4.99) |
| Darker Than Black DVD Complete First Season (DVD) 2010-05-04 (from $24.99) |
| Darker Than Black: Season 1 - Complete Collection (Classic Line) (DVD) 2011-04-19 (from $26.99) |
Director: Tensai Okamura Script: Kurasumi Sunayama (5 episodes eps 9-10, 17-18, 24 )Shinsuke Onishi (7 episodes eps 7-8, 13-14, 19-20, 23 )Shôtarô Suga (7 episodes eps 5-6, 11-12, 21-22, 25 )Tensai Okamura (eps 1-2) Yuuichi Nomura (eps 3-4, 15-16) Storyboard: Katsuyuki Kodera (eps 9, 21) Minoru Ohara (eps 10, 14, 17) Shinji Ishihira (eps 3-4) Takeshi Mori (eps 13, 20) Takuya Igarashi (eps 7-8, 15, 19) Tensai Okamura (8 episodes eps 1-2, 6, 12, 16, 22, 24-25 )Tomoki Kyoda (eps 5, 11, 23) Episode Director: Daisuke Chiba (4 episodes eps 11, 16, 20, 24 )Eiichi Kuboyama (ep 18) Hideyo Yamamoto (eps 6, 12, 22) Kei Tsunematsu (ep 8) Satoshi Toba (eps 15, 21) Shingo Kaneko (5 episodes eps 3, 7, 10, 14, 19 )Takefumi Anzai (6 episodes eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 23 )Tensai Okamura (eps 1, 25) Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 4) Music: Yoko Kanno Original creator: Tensai Okamura Original Character Design: Yuji Iwahara Character Design: Takahiro Komori Art Director: Takashi Aoi Chief Animation Director: Takahiro Komori Animation Director: Atsushi Hasebe (eps 10, 16, 23) Daisuke Takemoto (ep 21) Hideto Komori (4 episodes eps 8, 15, 21, 24 )Hiroyuki Negishi (eps 14, 24) Ikuo Kuwana (ep 18) Iori Kudou (ep 14) Kiyoaki Maeda (ep 24) Koichi Usami (ep 17) Kouji Murai (ep 25) Kumiko Takahashi (4 episodes eps 7, 13, 19, 24 )Minako Shiba (ep 4) Riwako Matsui (ep 18) Satomi Higuchi (ep 15) Shingo Kurakari (ep 20) Tadashi Matsuzaki (eps 5, 11) Takahiro Komori (eps 1, 10, 25) Tatsuro Nagai (eps 17, 25) Tatsuya Oka (ep 10) Toshiaki Iino (ep 18) Yoshiyuki Kodaira (4 episodes eps 2, 9, 16, 23 )Yuka Kudo (eps 3, 10) Yuriko Ishii (eps 6, 12, 22) Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi Director of Photography: Yoshiyuki Takei 2nd Key Animation: Satomi Yamanaka (ep 2) Color design: Nobuko Mizuta Design: Takayuki Yanase Editing Assistant: Wataru Takahashi Finish Check: Shiho Okamiya (ep 7) Key Animation: Hideto Komori (ep 2) Hiroyuki Uehara (ep 2) Hitomi Odashima (5 episodes eps 16, 19-20, 24-25 )Kazumi Inadome (eps 1, 7, 13) Ryousuke Sekiguchi (ep 2) Soji Ninomiya (ep 2) Takashi Mukouda (OP2) Takashi Murai (ep 2) Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP; ep 10) Music Performance: Otohiko Fujita (Horn) Programming: Mutsuko Fujii Recording: Tetsuya Satake Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi Sound Manager: Nobue Yoshinaga Theme Song Performance: abingdon boys school (OP) Antic Cafe (OP2) High and Mighty Color (ED2) Rie Fu (ED1) T.M.Revolution (Part of a. b. s., OP) | Hidenobu Kiuchi as Ikuya Sawaki as Masaru Ikeda as Misato Fukuen as Nana Mizuki as Sanae Kobayashi as Shinichiro Miki as Tomoko Kawakami as Tomoyuki Shimura as Yuuna Inamura as Ai Satou as Akio Nojima as Atsushi Miyauchi as Chika Sakamoto as Chikara Oosaka as Daisuke Kirii as Emi Motoi as Emiri Katō as Erino Hazuki as Fumie Mizusawa as Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiroyuki Yoshino as Iemasa Kayumi as Jin Yamanoi as Jun Hazumi as Junichi Sugawara as Kanji Suzumori as Kaori Nazuka as Katsuhisa Houki as Kazuhiko Inoue as Kazuhiro Oguro as Keiichi Nakagawa as Kenji Nomura as Kiyomi Asai as Koichi Sakaguchi as Kouhei Fukuhara as Kouji Ishii as Kousuke Meguro as Kousuke Toriumi as Maria Kawamura as Masao Harada as Masashi Sugawara as Megumi Nasu as Megumi Toyoguchi as Michihiro Ikemizu as Minako Ichiki as Mitsuki Saiga as Mitsuru Ogata as Miyu Irino as Miyu Matsuki as Naoko Matsui as Naomi Shindoh as Nobuaki Fukuda as Norihiro Inoue as Nozomu Sasaki as Ooki Sugiyama as Osamu Sonoe as Rumiko Ukai as Ryuji Mizuno as Sayaka Ohara as Sayori Ishizuka as Shigeru Nakahara as Shizuka Itou as Shunsuke Sakuya as Taiten Kusunoki as Takako Honda as Takeharu Onishi as Takuya Kirimoto as Tetsuo Komura as Wataru Hatano as Yasunari Takeshima as Yasunori Matsumoto as Yasuo Iwata as Yasuyuki Kase as Yoshiko Matsuo as Yoshino Takamori as Yoshinori Sonobe as Yuko Sanpei as Yuna Fujii as Yutaka Aoyama as | |||
2nd Key Animation: Asahi Production CODE Def.c FAI International Fanout GoHands R.I.C Tokyo Animation Center Triple A 3DCGI: Studio Easter Animation Check: FAI International Animation Production: BONES Background Art: Green Broadcaster: Animax (2007-05-08) Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd (2007-04-05) GyaO (2008-03-03) Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2007-04-05) Kumamoto Broadcasting (2007-04-08) Mainichi Broadcasting System (2007-04-05) RCC Chugoku Broadcasting (2007-04-07) RKB Mainichi Broadcasting (2007-04-10) Sanyo Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2007-04-09) SBS (2007-04-06) TBS (2007-04-06) Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2007-04-06) Tokyo MX TV (2007-10-13) Editing: Jay Film In-Between Animation: Actas Angel Asahi Production Def.c Diomedia Earl Anime FAI International Fanout Frontline G&G Hayashi Inguressa Last House Muses Picture Magic R.I.C SILVER LINK Silverline Studio Ad Studio Cockpit Studio DEEN Studio Fantasia Studio Gash Studio Gimlet Studio Hibari Tatsunoko Production Triple A TYO Animations Wao World Xebec Original Creator: BONES Production Assistance: P.A. Works (ep 4) Production Cooperation: Actas Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center Sound Effects: SOUNDBOX Sound Production: Fonishia | ||||
ADR Director: Zach Bolton Script: Alex Muniz (eps 8, 10, 13) Jared Hedges (eps 5-7, 24-26) John Burgmeier (eps 1-4, 9) Sean Whitley (eps 14, 17-20) Spencer Prokop (7 episodes eps 11-12, 15-16, 21-23 )Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga ADR Engineer: Peter Hawkinson Commentary: Brina Palencia (ep 13) Christopher R. Sabat (ep 9) Colleen Clinkenbeard (ep 2) Jason Liebrecht (ep 2) John Burgmeier (ep 22) John Swasey (ep 13) Kate Oxley (ep 9) Kent Williams (ep 26) Laura Bailey (ep 16) Peter Hawkinson (ep 26) Spencer Prokop (ep 22) Travis Willingham (ep 16) Troy Baker (ep 16) Zach Bolton (eps 13, 22, 26) DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez DVD Menu Audio: Duane Deering DVD Menu Design: TJ Larson DVD Producer: Clarine Harp DVD Quality Control: Caesar Lopez Christine Bertolino DJ Fonner Jason Gee Jesse Kirstein (Volume 5-6) Kris Bryan (Volume 2-6) Head Writer: John Burgmeier Line Producer: Zach Bolton Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison Production Assistant: Susie Nixon Subtitling: Ashley Hayward (Volume 4-6) Ben Phillips Brandy Richmond (Volume 2-6) Brian Thomas (Volume 2-6) Chiye Green Erica Maroney (Volume 4-6) Shojin Bateman Talent Coordination: Tara Williams Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs (eps 11-26) Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler (eps 11-26) | Brina Palencia as Jason Liebrecht as John Swasey as Kent Williams as Christopher R. Sabat as Chuck Huber as Kate Oxley as Laura Bailey as Leah Clark as Lily Truncale as Monica Rial as Todd Haberkorn as Troy Baker as Alison Viktorin as Allison Tolman as Andy Mullins as Bill Jenkins as Bob Carter as Brandon Potter as Brigette Goudeau as Brittney Karbowski as Caitlin Glass as Carrie Savage as Charles Baker as Chris Ayres as Chris Burnett as Chris Cason as Chris Rager as Christopher R. Sabat as Cole Brown as Colleen Clinkenbeard as Cory Huddleston as Cynthia Cranz as Dana Schultes as Daniel Penz as David Trosko as Duncan Brannan as Ed Blaylock as Eric Faulk as Eric Pulido as Eric Vale as George Manley as Grant James as Greg Dulcie as J Paul Slavens as Jad Saxton as James Stephens as Jasper Dutt as Jay Allen as Jeff Johnson as Jennifer Seman as Jerome Fifty-Seven as Jerry Jewell as Jerry Russell as John Burgmeier as John Davenport as John Gremillion as John Swasey as Jonathan Brooks as Josh Grelle as Justin Cook as Kenny Green as Kevin M. Connolly as Kim Matula as Kristi Bingham as Kyle Hebert as Larissa Wolcott as Laurie Steele as Lily Truncale as Luci Christian as Lydia Mackay as Majken Bullard as Mark Stoddard as Maxey Whitehead as Meg Bauman as Melinda Wood Allen as Michael Serrecchia as Michele Specht as Nazia Chaudhry as Peter Hawkinson as Phil Parsons as R Bruce Elliott as Scott Freeman as Spencer Prokop as Stephanie Young as Tony Patterson as Trina Nishimura as Vic Mignogna as Wendy Powell as | |||
ADR Production: FUNimation Studios Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand) Manga Entertainment (UK) (Great Britain & Ireland) Internet Streaming: Anime News Network FUNimation Entertainment Hulu Madman Screening Room (Australia & New Zealand) YouTube Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment | ||||
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Broadcaster: LAPTV (CityVibe) License: THE LICENSING MACHINE (Spain) Translation: TRADUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES (Spain dub) | ||||
Dialogbuch: Fritz Rott | Rieke Werner as Rolf Berg as Sven Hasper as Thomas Friebe as Silke Linderhaus as Corinna Dörenkamp as David Nathan as Hans Bayer as Jochen Kolenda as Kirstin Hesse as Peter Harting as Renier Baaken as Stefan Schleberger as Sunke Jansen as Susanne Dobrusskin as | |||
Distributor: Panini Video | ||||
Translation: Weronika Staniszewska | ||||
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