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Muse Asia Streams Black Bullet Anime
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Muse Asia began streaming the anime adaptation of Shiden Kanzaki's Black Bullet novels on its YouTube channel on Wednesday. The channel will stream episodes of the anime daily at 5:30 p.m. IST.
Alongside India, the anime is streaming in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, and Nepal. Muse Asia describes the anime:
Gastrea, grotesque-looking parasitic lifeforms suddenly appeared. With their red-sparkling eyes, overwhelming strength, and abnormal regeneration capabilities, humanity doesn't stand a chance against their invasion. Now that humanity had lost half of its territory, they live in a place surrounded by monoliths made from the only metal Gastrea are weak against, "Varanium." They have no other choice than to live in fear of Gastrea, hiding inside the small Area. In such a situation, the humanity that survived formed an organization, and it consists of specialists that have a way to fight Gastrea. They're called "Civil Security Agency," shortened as "Civil Officer." Amongst them, is Rentaro Satomi, a high school boy that's affiliated with Tendo Civil Security Agent. Along with his partner, Aihara Enju, he got involved in schemes that might bring destruction into Tokyo.
The series stars Aoi Yūki as Kohina Hiruko, Yui Horie as Kisara Tendō, Yūko Kaida as Sumire Muroto, Tomoyo Kurosawa as Tina Sprout, and Aki Toyosaki as Seitenshi. The lead voice actors include Yūki Kaji as Rentarō Satomi, Rina Hidaka as Enju Aihara, and Rikiya Koyama as Kagetane Hiruko.
The anime originally premiered in Japan in April 2014 and had 13 episodes.
Masayuki Kojima (Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, The Piano Forest) directed the anime at Kinema Citrus from scripts by Tatsuhiko Urahata (Saki Episode of Side A, Cardfight!! Vanguard). Senbon Umishima designed the characters, while Shiro Sagisu (Bleach, Neon Genesis Evangelion) composed the music. Yō Yamada (The Garden of Words, Penguindrum) served as sound director.
Kanzaki began publishing the story under the Dengeki Bunko label with illustrations by Saki Ukai in July 2011, and ASCII Media Works shipped the seventh volume of the light novel series in April 2014.
