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Nekomonogatari (Black) (TV)

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Alternative title:
Nekomonogatari -Kuro- (Japanese)
猫物語(黒) (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Koyomi Araragi is a student who has recently survived a vampire attack, with the help of his friend Tsubasa Hanekawa. Now, he finds that she has been possessed by an oddity called the Curse Cat, and is now attacking people, including her parents. He must now find a way to help get rid of the Curse Cat.
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User Ratings: 933 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 110 votes (sub:97, raw:1, dub:1, others:11
6 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 236 votes (sub:212, dub:6, raw:4, ?:1, others:13
5 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 308 votes (sub:281, dub:6, raw:3, ?:1, others:17
10 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Latin American Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 168 votes (sub:155, dub:5, raw:2, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 62 votes (sub:56, raw:1, dub:1, others:4
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:12)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1430 users, rank: #867 (of 9763)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.938 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5399, rank: #782 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 7.866 (Very good), rank: #815 (of 9909) (seen all: 7.87 / seen some: 6.68)
Bayesian estimate: 7.860 (Very good), rank: #569 (of 7492)
Running time: 21 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 2012-12-31
Opening Theme:
"perfect slumbers" by Yui Horie
Ending Theme:
"Kieru Daydream" (消えるdaydream) by Marina Kawano
Official website:
猫物語(黒) | アニメ公式サイト (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Review:
Nekomonogatari Black Sub.Blu-Ray (May 20, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Nekomonogatari Black - Tsubasa Family [Limited Edition] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-04-22
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Nekomonogatari Black [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-08-25
DVD (Region 2)
    Nekomonogatari Black [UK] (Sub.DVD) 2014-08-25

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Series Composition:
Akiyuki Simbo
Fuyashi Tou
Script:
Munemasa Nakamoto
Yukito Kizawa
Storyboard:
Takashi Kawabata (eps 1-2)
Tomoyuki Itamura (eps 3-4)
Episode Director:
Kenjirō Okada (ep 2)
Takashi Kawabata (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Itamura (eps 3-4)
Music: Satoru Kōsaki
Original creator: NisiOisin (novel)
Original Character Design: VOfan
Character Design: Akio Watanabe
Art Director: Hisaharu Iijima
Chief Animation Director:
Akio Watanabe
Nobuhiro Sugiyama
Animation Director:
Hiroki Yamamura (eps 2, 4)
Issei Aragaki (eps 1-2)
Kana Miyai (ep 3)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ep 1)
Tsutomu Matsūra (eps 1-4)
Yasuhiro Nakura (ep 4)
Yoshio Kosakai (eps 2, 4)
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Takayuki Aizu
Producer:
Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex)
Mitsutoshi Kubota (Shaft)
Takuya Matsushita (Kodansha)

2nd Key Animation:
Genichirō Abe
Hiromi Minamibayashi
Hiromi Shirakami
Issei Aragaki
Kazu Yasui
Mariko Iwasaki
Mina Ōtaka
Naoko Takeichi
Naoto Kōno
Rina Takenawa
Shōko Yakita
Takana Ioka
Tsutomu Matsūra
Yasuhiro Nakura
Yōichirō Katayama
Yoshio Kosakai
Yōsuke Aburaya
Yūsuke Sōen
Art Setting: Morihito Ōhara
Assistant Episode Director:
Shunsuke Ishikawa
Tomoyuki Itamura
Assistant producer:
Akiko Yodo
Kazuki Adachi
Kozue Okazaki
Miku Ōshima
Associate producer: Kozue Kananiwa
Background Art:
Asami Ogura (Ryubido)
Katsuki Matsumoto (Ryubido)
Kazuaki Itō (Ryubido)
Ryousuke Asakura (Ryubido)
Shin Maeda (Ryubido)
Tomomi Ōmura (Ryubido)
Yuka Yamauchi (Ryubido)
Yukihiro Saitō (Ryubido)
Yūya Yoshiyama (Ryubido)
Bandage Characters: Zintetu
Color design: Izumi Takizawa
Color Key:
Izumi Takizawa
Kensuke Katsu
Rieko Ishii
Yasuko Watanabe
Color setting: Jin Hibino
Color Setting Assistance: Yasuko Watanabe
Editing: Rie Matsubara
Editing Assistant: Hiromi Sasaki
Ending Animation:
Hajime Ueda
Takayuki Aizu
Yukihiro Miyamoto
Ending Illustrations: VOfan
Finish Animation: Chiyō Nishikawa (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
In-Between Animation:
Aki Komori
Asami Ōta
Atsuko Hikimoto
Chika Tamura
Chiyō Nishikawa
Daisuke Konno
Eimi Terashima
Eri Tatezono
Erika Nishihara
Hanako Egami
Hiroaki Otsuji
Hiromi Minamibayashi
Hiromi Yako
Kimiko Nakagawa
Mai Teshima
Maiko Ono
Mamiko Hyūga
Mari Tomita
Michiko Makita
Miho Araki
Minami Konagai
Mio Yamakawa
Mitsuru Sasaki
Miyuki Abe
Momoko Aida
Nanami Etō
Naoaki Shibuta
Natsumi Yamashita
Nayuta Mori
Rina Takenawa
Ritsuko Taniguchi
Sachiyo Hiraide
Saki Hagino
Satoru Kakutani
Sayo Mizuno
Shōko Yakita
Shota Serizawa
Tomomasa Kashiwashima
Tomomi Kamatani
Tomoyo Hata
Yoko Matoba
Yoshitake Nakakōji
Yōsuke Aburaya
Yūichirō Komuro
Yuka Emori
Yuka Miyoshi
Yukari Saka
Yūsuke Inoue
Yūta Yokoo
In-Show Illustration:
Daisuke Konno
Hajime Ueda
Hiroki Haritama
Key Animation:
Akiko Kawazoe (ep 4)
Akio Watanabe (OP; eps 1-4)
Atsushi Tsukamoto (ep 4)
Ayako Takarada (ep 3)
Chihiro Nishikawa (eps 3-4)
Chiori Haneda (ep 2)
Chiyō Nishikawa (ep 3)
Chizuko Kusunoki (ep 4)
Daigo Tamura (eps 3-4)
Emi Kōno (ep 1)
Fumiaki Usui (ep 1)
Fumie Muroi (OP; eps 1-4)
Fuyumi Toriyama (ep 2)
Genichirō Abe (ep 2)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 2)
Hiroki Haritama
Hiromi Maezawa (ep 1)
Hironori Tanaka (eps 1, 4)
Hiroya Iijima (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ep 3)
Ikumi Oka (ep 1)
Issei Aragaki (ep 2)
Kana Kōno (eps 1-2)
Kana Miyai (eps 1, 4)
Kanako Nakai (ep 3)
Kanta Suzuki (ep 3)
Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 1)
Kazune Sugano (ep 3)
Keisuke Mikami (ep 2)
Ken Sugita (ep 2)
Kenta Eiji (ep 3)
Kenta Nagaya
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 2)
Kōichi Arai (eps 1, 4)
Koichi Kikuta (OP)
Maki Fujita (ep 1)
Manabu Akita (ep 3)
Manabu Shioda (ep 1)
Mariko Iguchi (ep 1)
Mariko Iwasaki
Mariko Iwazaki (ep 4)
Masahiro Kogure (ep 4)
Masaki Kōsaka (ep 2)
Masashi Wakayama (ep 2)
Masato Hagiwara (eps 3-4)
Megumi Okazaki (eps 3-4)
Miki Takahashi (eps 1, 4)
Minoru Morita (ep 3)
Misako Izumi (eps 3-4)
Mitsutaka Echigo (eps 1-4)
Mitsutaka Koshigo
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 1)
Naoko Takeichi (ep 3)
Nobuhiro Nagata (ep 2)
Rie Nakajima (ep 2)
Sahori Uchida (ep 3)
Sawako Shigematsu (eps 1, 3)
Shigeki Sunada (ep 1)
Shigeru Fujita (OP)
Shinpei Kobayashi (ep 1)
Sinomin (ep 1)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 2-3)
Tatsuya Miki (ep 2)
Tatsuyuki Maeda (ep 1)
Tetsuya Masuda (ep 4)
Tomoyuki Itamura (ep 4)
Tsutomu Matsūra (eps 3-4)
Yasue Katori (ep 1)
Yasuhiro Nakura (ep 4)
Yasunori Matsuki (eps 3-4)
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (ep 4)
Yōko Kadokami (eps 3-4)
Yōko Tanabe (ep 3)
Yoshihiro Maeda (eps 1, 3)
Yoshiki Mizuno (ep 2)
Yoshiko Takemoto (eps 3-4)
Yoshio Kosakai (eps 1-4)
Yōsuke Aburaya (ep 4)
Yui Kinoshita (ep 4)
Yūichirō Yamada (ep 2)
Yūkei Yamada (eps 1-2)
Yūki Fukuchi (ep 4)
Yūya Geshi (ep 4)
Literature Production: Tomoyo Ueji
Music Production Assistance:
Keiichi Okabe (MONACA)
Shinji Yamauchi (MONACA)
Opening Director: URA
Photography:
Haruna Yoshioka (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Kōji Tsuchiya (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Naoki Etō (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Rei Egami (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Shinichiro Eto (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Shouhei Uchimura (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Takayuki Aizu (DIGITAL@SHAFT)
Picture Scroll Illustration: Daisuke Konno
Planning:
Kōichirō Natsume
Tomio Yoshioka
Planning Assistant:
Eri Hayashi (Zenryoku Publishing)
Haruya Ishiwata
Jun'ichirō Tsuchiya
Mariko Yajima
Shigenobu Satō (Quaras)
Tatsunobu Satō
Production Advancement:
Hiroo Matsukawa
Tatsuya Yoshioka
Yuki Komada
Production Design: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Production producer: Takuo Yukinaga
Promotion Cooperation: Wataru Onoki
Publicity: Shoichi Kobayashi
Publicity Producer: Yūma Takahashi
Recording: Yasushi Nagura
Recording Assistant: Mika Kamemoto
Setting Production: Kozue Arai
Sound Effects: Hidemi Tanaka
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Theme Song Arrangement: Satoru Kōsaki (MONACA)
Theme Song Assistance: Keiichi Sotomura (Sony Music Entertainment)
Theme Song Composition: Satoru Kōsaki (MONACA)
Theme Song Lyrics:
meg rock (OP)
Saori Kodama (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Marina Kawano (ED)
Yui Horie (OP)
Video Editing:
Hidenori Takemura
Tsuneyasu Hisajima
Visual Effects:
Kenji Maruo
Masahiro Kurahara
Motoi Sakai
Shin'ya Takano
Su Jeong Song
Web Production:
Satsuki Maruyama
Takeo Tsuda
Hiroshi Kamiya as Koyomi Araragi
Yui Horie as Tsubasa Hanekawa

Eri Kitamura as Karen Araragi
Maaya Sakamoto as Ex-Kiss-shot/Shinobu Oshino
Takahiro Sakurai as Meme Oshino
Yuka Iguchi as Tsukihi Araragi
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AI
Anime R
Anitus Kōbe
G&G Entertainment
GAINAX
Jumondo
Rivers Image Creation
Seigasha
Studio Graffiti
Studio Luna
Studio Wanpack
Whisker's
Animation Production: SHAFT
Background Assistance:
Kusanagi
Studio Tulip
Backgrounds: Ryūbidō
Broadcaster:
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation
Tokyo MX
Editing: Seyama Editing Room
Finish Animation: DIGITAL@SHAFT
Finish Animation Cooperation:
Ace Company
AI
AIC
Anitus Kōbe
Bird
CJT
diomedéa
FAI
Hayashi
I&S Factory
PEACE
Studio Elle
Wish
In-Between Animation Cooperation:
acca effe
Ace Company
AI
Anitus Kōbe
APPP
Ashi Productions
CJT
diomedéa
Ekura Animal
FAI
Hayashi
I&S Factory
Jumondo
P.A. Works
PEACE
Studio Wanpack
TNK
Internet Streaming: Niconico
Key Animation:
Studio Mu
Studio Wanpack
Whisker's
Music Production: Aniplex
Music Production Cooperation: MONACA
Photography: DIGITAL@SHAFT
Production:
Aniplex
Kodansha
SHAFT
Production Cooperation: MOVIC
Recording Studio:
Studio Gong
studio2010:
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
special effects: DIGITAL@SHAFT
Video Editing: Sony PCL
English companies
English staff
Translation: Midori Maejima

Subtitling: Robby Huang
Blu-Ray Authoring: Q-Tec
Distributor: Hanabee Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Aniplex Channel
Crunchyroll
Daisuki
FUNimation Entertainment (US, Canada)
Licensed by:
Aniplex of America
MVM (UK & Ireland)
Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
Translation: Xavier Fleury (Wakanim)
Broadcaster: Grand Rex (From 02 Feb. 2013)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
French cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Fernando Mucioli
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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