Darker than Black (TV)

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:
Intense
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:
5337 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
2008-10-01 (Spain - Buzz Channel)
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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Convention report:
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Blu-ray (Region A) |
Darker than Black - Complete First Season [Premium Edition] (Blu-ray) 2015-05-26 (from $299.99) |
DVD (Region 1) |
Darker than Black (DVD 1) 2008-11-25 |
Darker than Black - w/ Artbox (DVD 1) 2008-11-25 (from $89.99) |
Darker than Black (DVD 2) 2009-01-20 (from $135.36) |
Darker than Black (DVD 3) 2009-03-10 (from $44.99) |
Darker than Black (DVD 4) 2009-05-05 (from $44.99) |
Darker than Black (DVD 5) 2009-06-23 (from $22.45) |
Darker than Black (DVD 6) 2009-08-11 (from $148.99) |
Darker than Black - The Complete First Season (DVD 1-4) 2010-03-23 |
Darker than Black - The Complete First Season [v2] (DVD 1-4) 2010-05-04 |
Darker than Black - The Complete First Season [Anime Classics] (DVD 1-4) 2011-04-19 |
DVD (Region 2) |
Darker than Black - Parts 1 & 2 (DVD) 2009-08-31 |
Darker than Black - Parts 3 & 4 (DVD) 2009-11-02 |
Darker than Black - Parts 5 & 6 (DVD) 2009-12-28 |
Darker than Black - Complete Collection (DVD) 2010-04-05 |
Director: Tensai Okamura Script: Kurasumi Sunayama (5 episodes eps 9-10, 17-18, 24 )Shinsuke Ōnishi (7 episodes eps 7-8, 13-14, 19-20, 23 )Shōtarō 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 Ōhara (eps 10, 14, 17) Shin Matsuo (ep 18) Shinji Ishihira (eps 3-4) Takeshi Mori (eps 13, 20) Takuya Igarashi (eps 7-8, 15, 19) Tensai Okamura (OP1; ED1-2; 8 episodes eps 1-2, 6, 12, 16, 22, 24-25 )Tomoki Kyoda (eps 5, 11, 23) Episode Director: Daisuke Chiba (OP2; 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 )Takebumi Anzai (6 episodes eps 2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 23 )Tensai Okamura (eps 1, 25) Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 4) Music: Yōko 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) Kiyoaki Maeda (ep 24) Kōichi Usami (ep 17) 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) Shiori Kudo (ep 14) Tadashi Matsuzaki (eps 5, 11) Takahiro Komori (OP1-2; eps 1, 10, 25) Takashi Murai (ep 25) Tatsurō Nagai (eps 17, 25) Tatsuya Oka (ep 10) Toshiaki Iino (ep 18) Yoshiyuki Kodaira (4 episodes eps 2, 9, 16, 23 )Yuka Kudō (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: Akiharu Ishii (ep 6) Atsushi Hasebe (OP1; eps 1-2) Chūji Nakajima (eps 18, 23, 26) Eiichi Akiyama (OP2) Eiko Saitō (ep 1) Emiko Matsuno (ep 4) Hideki Hashimoto (OP2) Hideo Maru (ep 3) Hideto Komori (OP2; ep 2) Hiroko Kanehara (ep 4) Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 15, 21, 26) Hiromi Muranaka (4 episodes eps 8, 14, 18, 25 )Hiroyuki Horiuchi (ep 4) Hiroyuki Uehara (ep 2) Hitomi Odashima (5 episodes eps 16, 19-20, 24-25 )Junko Matsushita (ep 9) Kana Ishida (ep 1) Katsunori Shibata (ep 20) Kazumi Inadome (eps 1, 7, 13) Keiji Ishihara (OP2) Keiko Takano (eps 1-2, 5) Kōichi Usami (OP1-2; ep 5) Koji Maruoka (ep 3) Mamiko Nakanishi (eps 3, 13, 16) Masaru Yoshioka (ep 5) Masayuki Ozaki (eps 1, 3) Mayumi Miyaoka (P.A. Works; ep 4) Midori Uchiyama (ep 2) Miho Uemura (ep 4) Mitsuko Baba (OP1-2) Mitsunori Yamaguchi (ep 1) Miyoko Shikibe (ep 4) Miyuki Inoue (eps 3, 17, 23) Naoko Ikeuchi (ep 1) Naoko Yamamoto (ep 1) Naoto Nakamura (ep 20) Ryousuke Sekiguchi (7 episodes eps 2-3, 5, 16, 19, 24-25 )Satomi Higuchi (OP1; eps 1, 5) Sayaka Toda (ep 1) Shinya Takahashi (OP1-2) Shuuichi Kodama (eps 1, 3) Sōji Ninomiya (ep 2) Tadashi Matsuzaki (ep 2) Taichi Nakaguma (eps 14, 17) Takaaki Wada (ep 3) Takahiro Kimura (OP2) Takamitsu Kondō (ep 3) Takashi Mukouda (OP2) Takashi Murai (OP2; 8 episodes eps 1-2, 7, 10, 13, 18, 23, 26 )Takashi Nozawa (ep 4) Takeshi Ishikawa (OP2) Takeshi Moriyama (ep 21) Taketomo Ishikawa (OP2) Tatsurō Nagai (ep 2) Tatsuya Oka (OP2) Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP; OP2; ep 10) Tomohiro Takayama (ep 5) Tomomi Ishii (ep 1) Tomomi Kimura (ep 5) Tomoyuki Ōshita (4 episodes eps 7, 13, 21, 24 )Tomoyuki Shitaya (OP1; ep 5) Toshiharu Sugie (eps 1, 7, 23) Toshiko Baba (ep 5) Wataru Abe (ep 20) Yasuyuki Kai (eps 3-4) Yōko Kadokami (ep 1) Yoshiyuki Kodaira (ep 2) Yūichi Nakazawa (4 episodes eps 5, 8, 15, 18 )Yuka Fujisawa (P.A. Works; ep 4) Yukiko Ishibashi (ep 5) Yukiko Miyamoto (eps 3, 14) Yuriko Ishii (ep 1) 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 Nana Mizuki as Sanae Kobayashi as Ai Satō as Akio Nojima as Atsushi Miyauchi as Ayumu Hasegawa as Chika Sakamoto as Chikara Ōsaka as Chō as Daisuke Kirii as Daisuke Matsubara 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 Hōki as Kazuhiko Inoue as Kazuhiro Ōguro as Kazuya Kobayashi as Keiichi Nakagawa as Keiji Hirai as Keikou Sakai as Kenichirō Matsuda as Kenji Nomura as Kiyomi Asai as Kōhei Fukuhara as eps 7, 21, 23, 26 )Kōichi Sakaguchi as Kōji Ishii as Kōsuke Meguro as Kōsuke Toriumi as Kouichi Makishima as Maria Kawamura as Masanori Takeda as Masao Harada as Masaru Ikeda as Masashi Sugawara as Masataka Sawada as Megumi Nasu as Megumi Toyoguchi as Michihiro Ikemizu as Michio Miyashita as Minako Ichiki as Misato Fukuen 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 Ōki Sugiyama as Osamu Sonoe as Rumiko Ukai as Ryūji Mizuno as Satoru Inoue as Sayaka Ōhara as Sayori Ishizuka as Shigeru Nakahara as Shinichirō Miki as Shiori Ebara as Shizuka Itō as Shunsuke Sakuya as Taiten Kusunoki as Takako Honda as Takeharu Ōnishi as Takuya Kirimoto as Tetsuo Komura as Tomoko Kawakami as Tomoyuki Shimura 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 Yūko Sanpei as Yuna Fujii as Yutaka Aoyama as Yūtarō Honjō as Yuuna Inamura as | |||
2nd Key Animation: APPP Asahi Production Buyuu (eps 2, 5) CODE Def.c Dōga Kōbō Ekura Animal FAI International Fan Out Frontline GAINAX GoHands Last House Nakamura Production P.A. Works R.I.C Sakura Create Seigasha SHAFT Studio Gimlet Studio Mark Studio Pastoral Studio Wanpack Studio Wombat Tama Production Tatsunoko Production Tokyo Animation Center Triple A Wish Yuhodo 3D Direction: Bones Photography Dept. Animation Production: BONES Art Design: H・E・D WORKS Background Design: 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) Shizuoka Broadcasting System (2007-04-06) Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2007-04-06) Tokyo Broadcasting System (2007-04-06) Tokyo MX (2007-10-13) Editing: Jay Film Finish Animation: Asahi Production FAI International iseriA J.C. Staff M.S.C R.I.C Sakura Create (ED 2) Studio Elle Studio Gash Studio Road Studio Targe Taiguan Animation Tamazawa Dōgasha Wish Finish Check: Studio Road (ep 4) HD Editing: Q-Tec In-Between Animation: Actas AI AIC Spirits Angel Anime Spot Artland Asahi Production Ashi Productions Bones Animation Dept. Brain's Base Buyuu (eps 9-10) Daume Def.c diomedéa Earl Anime FAI International Fan Out Frontline G&G Entertainment Gallop Garan Hayashi Inguressa Last House M.S.C Mook DLE Mouse Muses P.A. Works Picture Magic R.I.C Sakura Create (ED 2) Satelight SHAFT SILVER LINK. Silverline Studio Add Studio Cockpit Studio Comet Studio DEEN Studio Fantasia Studio Gash Studio Gimlet Studio Hibari Studio Mu Studio Takuranke Studio Wombat Taiguan Animation Tatsunoko Production The Answer Studio TNK Triple A TYO Animations ufotable union CHO VENET Wao World Xebec Yuhodo Original Creator: BONES Production Cooperation: Actas Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center Sound Effects: Sound Box Sound Production: Fonishia special effects: Marix | ||||
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 Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Austin Black Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp 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 Supervision: Susie Nixon (Blu-ray) Subtitling: Ashley Hayward (Volume 4-6; Blu-ray) Ben Phillips (DVD, Blu-ray) Brandy Richmond (Volume 2-6; Blu-ray) Brian Thomas (Volume 2-6; Blu-ray) Chiye Green Erica Maroney (Volume 4-6) Freddie Arnold (Blu-ray) Jon Uzzel (Blu-ray) Sara Bachmeyer (Blu-ray) Shojin Bateman Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams Video Editing: Aya Spann (Blu-ray) Brittany Smith (Blu-ray) Daniel Mancilla Hayley Tiefenthaler (Blu-ray) Jeremy Jimenez Josh Tyler (Blu-ray) Robert Bell Video Post-Production Coordinator: Margaret Yabs (eps 11-26) Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara (Blu-ray) | Jason Liebrecht as Kate Oxley as Kent Williams as Alison Viktorin as Allison Tolman as Andy Mullins as Bill Jenkins as Bob Carter as Brandon Potter as Brigette Goudeau as Brina Palencia 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 Chuck Huber 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 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 Laura Bailey as Laurie Steele as Leah Clark as Luci Christian as Lydia Mackay as Majken Bullard as Mark Stoddard as Matt Bailey as Maxey Whitehead as Meg Bauman as Melinda Wood Allen as Michael Serrecchia as Michele Specht as Monica Rial as Nazia Chaudhry as Peter Hawkinson as Phil Parsons as R Bruce Elliott as Scott Freeman as Spencer Prokop as Stephanie Young as Todd Haberkorn as Tony Patterson as Trina Nishimura as Troy Baker as Vic Mignogna as Wendy Powell as | |||
ADR Production: FUNimation Studios Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland) Internet Streaming: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) iView (Australia & New Zealand) Anime News Network FUNimation Entertainment (Expired) Hulu ![]() Madman Screening Room (Australia & New Zealand) YouTube (Expired) | ||||
(none) | Gwang Jang as Ju-Chang Lee as Tae-Hun Kim as Yun Seonghye as Chan-Hui Park as Go Seongil as Jae-Ho Choi as Jung Eun Kim as Mi-Gyeong Ha as Sun Hee Kim as Yeong-A Lee as Gi-Hyeung Kim as Gyeong-Su Hyeon as Hun Wi as Hyo-Seon Kim as Jae-Ho Choi as Sin-Hui Park as Won-Chan Lee as Yeong-A Lee as Yeong-Hui Byeon as | |||
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(none) | Bénédicte Rivière as Franck Victor as Frédéric Cerdal as Pascale Chemin as Claudine Grémy as Frédéric Cerdal as Frédérique Marlot as Valérie Nosrée as Bénédicte Rivière as Frédérique Marlot as Gwen Lebret as Jean-Marco Montalto as Nayeli Forest as Pascale Chemin as | |||
Screen Inserts: Tasio Alonso (Spain dub) | Carmen Ambrós as Daniel Albiac as Lucas Cisneros as Rafael Turia as Cesc Martínez as José Antonio Cerdan as Maria Rosa Guillén as Oscar Redondo as Pilar Mora as Sergio Mesa as Sofia Garcia as Angel del Río as Ariadna Giménez as Francesc Rocamora as Ivan Canovas as Jordi Navarro as Juan Miguel Díez as Paco Valls as Pilar Morales as Ramón Rocabayera as Vicente Gil as Angel del Río Ariadna Giménez Carmen Calvell Eduardo Soler Esperança Domènech Francesc Rocamora Isabel Muntané Ivan Canovas J. Ignacio Latorre Jesús López Jordi Navarro José Antonio Cerdan Juan José Moscoso Manel Català Mar Nicolas Mario Gargallo Nuria Cepero Oriol de Balle Oscar Redondo Pilar Mora Pilar Morales Rafael Turia Ramón Rocabayera Susana Damas Tasio Alonso Victor Iturrioz | |||
Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub) Internet Streaming: Vitanime.tv (subtitled) Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub) | ||||
Dialogbuch: Fritz Rott Disposition: Martina Eckert Mixing And Postproduction Engineer: Willi Grossmann | Rieke Werner as Rolf Berg as Sven Hasper as Thomas Friebe as Fritz Rott as Sibylle Kuhne as Silke Linderhaus as Thomas Balou Martin as Alice von Lindenau as Andreas Meese as Brit Gülland as Corinna Dörenkamp as David Nathan as Hans Bayer as Hans-Detlef Hüpgen as Heiko Obermöller as Hendrik Stickan as Ilya Welter as Jochen Kolenda as Jürg Löw as Katja Liebing as Kerstin Kramer as Lars Schmidtke as Luise Charlotte Brings as Markus Haase as Matthias Haase as Maxi Häcke as Michael-Che Koch as Momme Mommsen as Peter Harting as Petra Glunz-Grosch as Philipp Schepmann as Renier Baaken as Richard Westerhaus as Sarah Brückner as Stephan Schleberger as Sunke Janssen as Susanne Dobrusskin as Thomas Krause as Thomas Balou Martin as Tom Jacobs as Vanessa Wunsch as Volker Wolf as | |||
Translation: Weronika Staniszewska | ||||
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