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Black Bullet (TV)

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Alternative title:
ブラック・ブレット (Japanese)
黒の銃弾 (Japanese)
블랙 불릿 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: In the year 2021, mankind was defeated by Gastrea, a parasitical virus, and is forced to live within a wall made of Varanium Monoliths, a metal that is able to subdue Gastrea. Soon, the "Cursed Children", children born with the Gastrea virus who are able to control it—which gives them superhuman abilities—were discovered. Due to the Gastrea virus' intervention, the Cursed Children could only be female. Civil Securities are formed to specialize in fighting against Gastrea, operating with the pair of an Initiator, who are cursed children, and a Promoter, serving to lead the cursed children. Ten years after the war, Rentarō Satomi, a high school student who is also a Promoter in his childhood friend Kisara Tendō's Tendō Civil Security, along with his Initator Enju Aihara, receives a secret mission to prevent the Tokyo Area's destruction.
User Ratings: 813 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:29, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 122 votes (sub:101, dub:12, others:9
6 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 256 votes (sub:226, dub:15, raw:2, others:13
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Chinese(Mandarin) subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 195 votes (sub:168, dub:14, ?:1, others:12
6 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 110 votes (sub:96, dub:10, raw:1, others:3
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 46 votes (sub:40, dub:2, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Bad: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:3)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:5, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 1526 users, rank: #806 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.196 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7138, rank: #2913 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.113 (Good), rank: #3044 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.18 / seen some: 6.67 / won't finish: 3.82)
Bayesian estimate: 7.119 (Good), rank: #2817 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2014-04-08
Opening Theme:
"black bullet" by fripSide
Ending Theme:
"Tokohana" (トコハナ) by Nagi Yanagi
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Black Bullet - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2015-10-27 (from $38.38)
    Black Bullet - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2021-01-05 (from $44.99)
    Black Bullet - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2024-04-02 (from $28.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Black Bullet - Complete Collection (DVD) 2015-10-27 (from $16.32)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masayuki Kojima
Series Composition: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Script:
Kurasumi Sunayama (eps 5, 7, 11-12)
Sayaka Harada (eps 6, 9-10)
Tatsuhiko Urahata (eps 1-4, 8, 13)
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Ikehata (eps 3-4, 7, 11)
Ken Mori (eps 11-13)
Kiyoshi Matsuda (eps 8, 13)
Masayuki Kojima (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 9, 11-13
)

Mitsuhiro Iwasaki (eps 5, 10, 13)
Yoshihiro Mori (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Ikehata (5 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 7, 11
)

Kiyoshi Matsuda (eps 8, 12)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 13)
Mitsuhiro Iwasaki (eps 5, 10)
Shinya Iino (eps 2, 9)
Yoshihiro Mori (ep 6)
Unit Director:
Hiroshi Ikehata (OP)
Kiyoshi Matsuda (ED)
Music: Shirō Sagisu
Original creator: Shiden Kanzaki (light novel)
Original Character Design: Saki Ukai
Character Design: Senbon Umishima
Art Director:
Akira Suzuki (Studio Uni; eps 7-13 odd)
Kei Ichikura (ep 5)
Satoshi Shibata (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 8, 10, 12
)

Tōru Koga (ep 6)
Chief Animation Director:
Atsushi Hasebe (eps 1-7)
Senbon Umishima
Animation Director: Senbon Umishima (eps 1, 9, 11-13)
Mechanical design: Takeshi Takakura
Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Director of Photography: Toshiya Kimura (T2 Studio)
Producer:
Asuka Yamazaki (AT-X)
Fumiki Yamazaki (Showgate)
Mitsutoshi Ogura (NBCUniversal Japan)
Yasutaka Kurosaki (Kadokawa)

2nd Key Animation: Shūto Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 4, 8-9, 11-13
)

Animation producer: Muneki Ogasawara (KINEMA CITRUS)
Assistant Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
CG Animation:
Kaori Maruyaama (eps 7-8, 11)
Makiko Tanida (eps 6-8)
Color design: Miyao Yamashita
Editing: Akinori Mishima (Graphinica)
Effect Animation Director: Ken Mori (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-9, 11-13
)

Finish Animation: Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle; eps 5-7, 10)
Gastrea Design: Kenji Andō
Illustration: Senbon Umishima (eps 2-3, 5-12)
Image Board: Toshiki Nishi
In-Between Animation:
Asami Mitsui (Studio Elle)
Hiroyuki Satō (Studio Elle)
Junichi Higuchi (Studio Elle)
Masako Itou (Kinema Citrus)
Mikako Kunii (Studio Elle)
Misa Watanabe (Kinema Citrus)
Rie Mukai (Studio Elle)
Shinpei Wada (Kinema Citrus, ED; 8 episodes
eps 1-4, 9, 11-13
)

Shūto Yamamoto (ED; 7 episodes
eps 1-4, 9, 11, 13
)

Yoshihide Ideue (eps 5-7, 10)
Yukie Nishimura (Studio Elle)
Yumiko Mizuno (Studio Elle)
Key Animation:
Akiko Seki (eps 8, 12)
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; eps 6-7, 10)
Atsushi Hasebe (ep 1)
Atsushi Usui (ep 8)
Ayako Kakiuchi (Studio Gimlet; ep 10)
Ayumu Hasegawa (Studio Mark; eps 5-6)
Daisuke Ishibashi (ep 2)
Eri Akazawa (ED)
Goro Taki (ep 9)
Hideki Ito (eps 4, 8)
Hidenori Miyahara (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (eps 5-7, 10, 12)
Hideyasu Okamoto (Toybox; ep 10)
Hiroki Ikegami (ep 10)
Hiroko Oguri (ep 11)
Hiroshi Oikawa (Art Box; eps 5-6)
Hirotaka Nii (eps 1, 3)
Hiroyuki Hojo (Art Box; eps 5-7)
Itsuki Takemoto (ep 1)
Kaori Higuchi (ED)
Kaori Saito (ep 2)
Katsuya Yoshii (Toybox; ep 10)
Kayano Mori (ep 11)
Kazuki Ito (ep 9)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (eps 4, 11, 13)
Kei Ajiki (ED)
Keisuke Kojima (OP; ep 12)
Keita Watanabe (ep 9)
Ken Mori (eps 4, 11, 13)
Kenichi Yamaguchi (ep 2)
Kenta Taniguchi (ep 2)
Kōichi Usami (eps 11, 13)
Koji Maruoka (Toybox; ep 10)
Kou Yoshinari (ep 1)
Mai Toda (eps 2, 8, 13)
Mariko Iwasaki (OP)
Masahiro Kogure (ep 9)
Masako Itou (ED; eps 1, 4)
Masatsugu Arakawa (OP; eps 1-4, 11-13)
Masayuki Kojima (eps 12-13)
Masayuki Nonaka (OP; ep 1-2, 9, 11, 13; ep 7 uncredited)
Mayumi Fukushi (Studio Live; ED; ep 7)
Mitsuhiro Iida (eps 8, 12)
Mitsuru Nakata (Nakamura Production; eps 7, 10)
Miyoko Shikibe (ep 1)
Motoki Kurihara (Art Box; eps 5-7)
Nanako Ninomiya (eps 3, 8)
Naoki Fuchigami (Nakamura Production; eps 7, 10)
Naoki Hiramura (eps 2, 8)
Naoko Tanaka (Nakamura Production; ep 6)
Naomi Okita (eps 2, 8, 12)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 5)
Nobuhiro Okazaki (Toybox; ep 10)
Norie Igawa (ED)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (ep 5)
Ryō Nagashima (Anime R; eps 5-6)
Saki Tanaka (Studio Live; ep 7)
Saori Hosoda (Studio Gimlet; eps 6-7)
Satoru Kurihara (Studio Mark; eps 5-7, 10)
Senbon Umishima (eps 9, 12-13)
Shinichi Iimura (ep 9)
Shinya Uchida (ep 13)
Shuichi Kaneko (ep 4)
Shuichi Onda (Nakamura Production; eps 5-7)
Shūto Yamamoto (ep 3)
Taeko Mitsuhashi (Nakamura Production; eps 5-7)
Takanori Suzuki (eps 4, 11)
Takayuki Kitagawa (OP; 7 episodes
eps 2-4, 9, 11-13
)

Takeo Shudou (eps 8-9)
Takeo Tominaga (Nakamura Production; ep 6)
Takeshi Hirayama (eps 2-3, 8)
Takuya Saitō (ep 1)
Tatsuya Miki (ep 1)
Tomoe Kikuchi (Nakamura Production; eps 5-6)
Tomoyuki Ōshita (Studio Gimlet; eps 6-7)
Toshiharu Sugie (OP; 7 episodes
eps 1-4, 8, 11, 13
)

Yasushi Fujiki (ep 8)
Yōko Kadokura (eps 2, 8, 12)
Yoshiaki Taniguchi (Studio Mark; eps 5-6)
Yoshito Narimatsu (ep 8)
Yuka Kuroda (OP; 9 episodes
eps 1-4, 8-9, 11-13
)

Yukari Takeuchi (eps 1-2, 4)
Yūki Fukaya (eps 6-7)
Yūki Nakajima (ep 2)
Yuya Tsukada (Studio Mark; eps 5-6)
Licensing Manager:
Eri Shigeta
Yoshihiro Murata
Music producer: Jun Nishimura
Online Editor: Katsuhiro Kimura
Orchestra Conductor: Masamichi Amano
Photography:
Kumiko Tsuchiya (T2 Studio)
Sanae Seno (T2 Studio)
Planning:
Hisato Usui (Showgate)
Jun Tanaka (NBCUniversal)
Kazutomo Suzuki (Kadokawa ASCII Media Works)
Muneki Ogasawara (Kinema Citrus)
Tetsuya Tsuchihashi (AT-X)
Production Advancement: Kōji Furukuwa (ep 11)
Production Advancement Assistant: Kōji Furukuwa (eps 2-4, 8, 13)
Production Desk: Katsuhito Masuda
Prop Design: Senbon Umishima (ep 2)
Sound Effects: Tōru Noguchi (Anime Sound)
Theme Song Arrangement: Satoshi Yaginuma (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Satoshi Yaginuma (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Satoshi Yaginuma (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
fripSide (OP)
Nagi Yanagi (ED)
Weapons Design: Ken Mori
Rikiya Koyama as Kagetane Hiruko
Rina Hidaka as Enju Aihara
Yūki Kaji as Rentarō Satomi

Aki Toyosaki as Seitenshi
Ami Koshimizu as Miori Shiba
Aoi Yūki as Kohina Hiruko
Hiromichi Tezuka as Shōgen Ikuma
Kōsuke Toriumi as Ayn Rand
Rumi Okubo as Yuzuki Katagiri
Shinichirō Miki as Shōma Nagisawa
Tamio Ohki as Kikunojō Tendō
Tesshō Genda as Nagamasa Gadō
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Tina Sprout
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tamaki Katagiri
Yui Horie as Kisara Tendō
Yui Ogura as Midori Fuse
Yūko Kaida as Sumire Muroto

Ai Kayano as Blind girl (eps 8, 10)
Aika Oomae as
Girl (ep 1)
Girl D (ep 8)
Initiator of Nigel (ep 9)
Akinobu Imai as
Doctor (ep 7)
Holy Residence Staff A (ep 5)
Subordinate (ep 12)
Ayaka Fukuyama as
Girl D (ep 10)
Reporter (eps 1, 8)
Ayanatsu Fukuyama as Reporter (eps 1, 8)
Baron Yamazaki as
Commentator (ep 8)
Doctor (ep 2)
Hiroki Matsukawa as
Pilot (ep 3)
Reporter B (ep 9)
Hiroshi Shimozaki as
Civil Police A (ep 12)
Policeman A (ep 2)
Hisako Tōjō as Maria (ep 2)
Hitomi Nabatame as Shiina Kazumi (ep 13)
Inori Minase as Asaka Mibu
Kana Takemura as Girl (ep 3)
Kanako Hino as Schoolgirl A (ep 6)
Kanami Satou as Synthetic Voice (ep 4)
Kazuki Shimizu as TV Announcer (ep 13)
Kazuyuki Okitsu as Kasumitsu Tendō (ep 13)
Kengo Kawanishi as Self-Defense Official (ep 8)
Kenta Matsumoto as
Announcer (ep 10)
Civil Police B (ep 12)
Kokoro Tanaka as Man A (ep 10)
Kyōhei Onoue as Yankee B (ep 5)
Manami Hanawa as Girl B (eps 8, 10)
Masamichi Kitada as Policeman (ep 5)
Masaru Yoshida as Reporter A (ep 9)
Masato Niwa as Holy Residence Staff B (ep 5)
Megumi Han as Kayo Senju
Megumi Iwasaki as Girl with Red Eyes (ep 2)
Miku Itō as Dancer (ep 1)
Misa Kayama as Boy (ep 3)
Nozomi Yamane as Schoolgirl B (ep 6)
Ryou Sugisaki as Brick Nigel (ep 9)
Shinji Kawada as Hidehiko Gadō (ep 11)
Shinjirō Gōda as
Driver (eps 5-6)
Okajima (ep 1)
Policeman B (ep 2)
Shino Shimoji as Girl A (eps 8, 10)
Shinya Hamazoe as Operator (ep 4)
Shinya Takahashi as Reporter (ep 9)
Shuhei Matsuda as Subordinate (ep 11)
Shūhei Sakaguchi as Kagemochi Mikajima
Subaru Kimura as Takuto Yasuwaki
Taishi Murata as Policeman A (ep 1)
Takashi Matsuyama as Shigetoku Tadashima (ep 7)
Takayuki Nakatsukasa as
Civil Police A (ep 9)
Man A (ep 2)
Policeman B (ep 1)
Tetsurou Tsukada as Man B (ep 10)
Tomohiro Yamaguchi as Criminal (ep 1)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Matsuzaki
Tooru Sakurai as Yankee A (ep 5)
Tsuyoshi Minamijima as
Civil Police B (ep 9)
Man B (ep 2)
Yankee C (ep 5)
Unshō Ishizuka as Sōgen Saitake
Yasuhiro Kikuchi as Self-defense official (eps 2, 4)
Yosuke Iwasaki as Secretary (ep 2)
Yukiko Morishita as Girl C (eps 8, 10)
Yūya Murakami as Teacher (eps 2-3)
Japanese companies
3DCGI: Orange
Animation Production:
Kinema Citrus
Orange
Color Inspection: M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 9, 12)
Color Specification: M.S.J Musashino Production (eps 9, 12)
Editing: Graphinica
Finish Animation Cooperation: M.S.J Musashino Production
In-Between Cooperation: M.S.J Musashino Production
Key Animation:
Anime R (eps 5-6)
Artbox (eps 5-7)
Nakamura Production (eps 5-7, 10)
Studio Gimlet (eps 6-7, 10)
Studio Live (ep 7)
Studio Mark (eps 5-7, 10)
Studio Toybox (ep 10)
Modeling Cooperation: Betop Japan
Music Production: Geneon Universal Entertainment
Online Editing: Q-Tec
Photography: T2 Studio
Photography Assistance: 10GAUGE (OP)
Production Cooperation: Studio Pastoral (eps 5-7, 10)
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Ayres
Translation:
Michelle Tymon (Crunchyroll)
Neil Nadelman
ADR Script: George Manley
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Mixing: Brent Marshall
Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Luke Patterson
Subtitling: Jessica Kim
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Chris Patton as Rentaro Satomi
Jay Hickman as Kagetane Hiruko
Luci Christian as Enju Aihara

Adam Gibbs as Tamaki Katagiri
Andrew Love as Shogen Ikuma
Brittney Karbowski as Yuzuki Katagiri
Caitlynn French as Tina Sprout
Carli Mosier as Seitenshi
Christina Kelly as Kisara Tendo
Cynthia Martinez as Midori Fuse
George Manley as Nagamasa Gado
Joanne Bonasso as Sumire Muroto
John Swasey as Kikunojo Tendo
Krystal LaPorte as Kohina Hiruko
Margaret McDonald as Miori Shiba
Mark X Laskowski as Ayn Rand
Mike Yager as Shoma Nagisawa

Allison Sumrall as
Blind Girl (eps 8, 10)
Shiina Kazumi
Cara Duncan as Asaka Mibu
Christopher Ayres as Matsuzaki
Clint Bickham as Hidehiko Gado
Gabriel Regojo as Sato (ep 8)
Hilary Haag as Kayo Senju
Houston Hayes as Kazumitsu Tendo
John Swasey as Nigel the Brick
Mark X Laskowski as General (ep 4)
Rob Mungle as Shigetoku Tadashima
Scott Gibbs as Takuto Yasuwaki
Ty Mahany as
Okajima (ep 1)
Sogen Saitake

English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor:
Distribution Solutions (2024 release; United States and Canada)
Hanabee Entertainment
Section23 Films
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Hanabee Entertainment
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) 
iTunes (Subtitled)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production:
Sentai Filmworks
Sentai Studios (2021 release)
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Karl-Line Heller

Angelique Heller as Enju Aihara
Brice Ournac as Rentarô Satomi

Angelique Heller as Miori Shiba
Emmanuelle Lambrey as Seitenshi
Justine Hostekint as
Kohina Hiruko
Muroto Sumire
Karl-Line Heller as
Kisara Tendô
Tina Sprout
Michaël Maino as Tamaki Katagiri
Sébastien Mortamet as Shoma Nagisawa
French companies
Broadcaster:
J-One (from 18 September 2017)
Mangas
Distributor: Black Box
Dubbing: O' Bahamas
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
German staff
German cast
Paulina Bohlmann as Enju Aihara
Ricardo Richter as Rentarou Satomi

Andrea Aust as Sumire Muroto
Andreas Meese as Kagetane Hiruko
Annette Potempa as Seitenshi
Arne Stephan as Shouma Nagisawa
Charlotte Uhlig as Yuzuki Katagiri
Denise Monteiro as Miori Shiba
Gisa Bergmann as Kisara Tendou
Helmut Winkelmann as Kikunojou Tendou
Jana Kilka as Tina Sprout
Jennifer Weiß as Midori Fuse
Julia Meynen as Kohina Hiruko
Michael Lucke as Nagamasa Gadou
Paulina Ferrari as Asaka Mibu
René Dawn-Claude as Tamaki Katagiri

Claus-Peter Damitz as Takuto Yasuwaki
Jana Dunja Gries as Kayo Senju (eps 2-3)
Tobias Brecklinghaus as Shougen Ikuma (eps 2-3)
German companies
Additional Dubbing: Oxygen Sound Studios
Distributor: Peppermint Anime
Internet Streaming:
Peppermint Anime
Wakanim (German speaking countries)

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