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Japanese anime television serial

Darker than Blackness
First English DVD cover, featuring Hei
Darker Than Black ー黒の契約者ー ( Dākā Zan Burakku ーKuro no Keiyakushaー )
Genre	Mystery[1] Science fiction[i] Supernatural thriller[2]
Created past	Bones Tensai Okamura
Further information Manga Written past Tensai Okamura Illustrated by Nokiya Published past Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA Yen Press Mag Monthly Asuka Original run February 24, 2007 – Nov 24, 2007 Volumes 2 Anime television receiver serial Directed past Tensai Okamura Produced by Yoshihiro Ooyabu Ryou Ooyama Hiroo Maruyama Osamu Hosokawa Written by Tensai Okamura Shōtarō Suga (#13–25) Music by Yoko Kanno Studio Basic Licensed by AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation UK Manga Entertainment Original network JNN (MBS, TBS) English network Ocean Animax United states of america Funimation Channel Original run Apr 6, 2007 – September 29, 2007 Episodes 25 (List of episodes) Original video blitheness Beneath the Fully Bloomed Scarlet Blossoms Directed by Tensai Okamura Written by Shinsuke Oonishi Music past Yoko Kanno Studio Basic Licensed by AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation UK Manga Entertainment Released March 26, 2008 Runtime 25 minutes Manga Darker than Blackness: Shikkoku no Hana Written by Tensai Okamura Illustrated by Yuji Iwahara Published by Foursquare Enix Mag Young Gangan Demographic Seinen Original run May 15, 2009 – Jan 21, 2011 Volumes 4 Sequel Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (2009) Spin-off Darker than Blackness: Gaiden (2010)
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Darker than Black (Japanese: Darker Than Black ー黒の契約者ー, Hepburn: Dākā Zan Burakku ーKuro no Keiyakushaー , "Darker than Blackness: The Black Contractor"), is a Japanese anime tv series created and directed by Tensai Okamura and animated by studio Bones. Twenty-five episodes were broadcast on MBS, TBS and their affiliated stations from Apr to September 2007. The serial is set in a globe where a spatial bibelot identified as "Heaven'southward Gate" appeared in Southward America and was followed by "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo, altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscapes. People with special abilities labeled as Contractors emerged shortly afterwards. The series follows agent Hei and his comrades in the Syndicate organization, operating in a mail service-apocalyptic Tokyo to uncover the mysteries of Hell'due south Gate.

The series was adapted into 2 manga serial, which were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten'due south Monthly Asuka and Square Enix'due south Young Gangan. A sequel to the anime serial, Darker than Black: Gemini of the Falling star, was broadcast in twelve episodes from October to December 2009. In the sequel, Hei trains new Contractor Suo Pavlichenko and searches for his former ally Yin. DVDs of the series included original video animations titled Darker than Black: Gaiden exploring Hei and Yin'south human relationship betwixt the beginning and second seasons. In North America, Darker than Black was licensed by Funimation.

The series was created past Okamura, who was inspired by ninja and spy stories based on ideas he had after creating Wolf'due south Rain. In contrast to Wolf's Pelting heroic cast, Okamura wanted flawed and violent heroes such as the Contractors. While Okamura penned most of the series' contents, he left freedom to other writers, about notably Shōtarō Suga who takes over the work of main writer in the second half. Critical response to Darker than Black was generally positive for its treatment of Hei and the other Contractors who fight each other though there was expressure of confusion in regards to the setting and ending.

Plot [edit]

The serial is primarily set in mod Tokyo; nearby cities such every bit Shinjuku (pictured) were also used.

Ten years ago before the events of the serial, a spatial anomaly which became known as "Sky's Gate" appeared in South America. Information technology was followed by the opening of "Hell'southward Gate" in Tokyo, altering the heaven and wreaking havoc on the landscape. At that time, "Contractors", people with special abilities, capable of supernatural feats, emerged. Kept clandestine from the public, Contractors murder in cold blood and block their emotions with logic and reason. Their abilities are acquired at the cost of their humanity, and their proper noun derives from their compulsion to "pay the price" each fourth dimension their powers are used. Nations and organizations around the world railroad train and use Contractors equally spies and assassins, resulting in fierce battles for valuable objects and information.

After the 'Heaven'due south War', the United States loses its position equally a superpower to a mysterious system known as the Syndicate. Darker Than Black follows around a Chinese contractor lawmaking-named "Hei" equally he undertakes espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo directed by the Syndicate. In his false civilian life where he is known as shy a student under the alias Li Shenshun, Hei is assisted by Yin, an bogus human labeled as Doll and Mao, a Contractor trapped in a cat's body and overseen by onetime police officer Huang. The series has a villain-of-the-calendar week format, which develops the main characters including a Japanese Public Security Bureau who oversee the activities of dangerous people with supernatural powers.^[three]

Early in the series Hei is revealed as a former fighter in the Heaven'south War, searching for his missing sister Bai; he believes that a woman known as Amber is suspected by him of being responsible for Bai'south disappearance after escaping from the Syndicate. Amber leads Evening Primrose, a group of Contractors targeted past the Syndicate who claim they are terrorists. Pandora, another grouping, investigates Hell's Gate; the Syndicate is using Pandora and its Saturn Ring weapon to assault Hell's Gate and annihilate the Contractors. This creates mayhem within multiple Syndicate agents with Huang committing suicide when being targeted past them. Hei and Yin run across Amber while Mao escapes from them. Upon meeting Amber, Hei is revealed to be an ordinary homo who became able to use Bai's power after his sister placed his body onto his flesh through her powers. When Saturn Ring is activated, all Contractors except Hei are killed. Hei has a vision where he meets Bai and decides to beguile the Syndicate. Amber uses her Contract powers to revert time long enough to enable Hei to destroy Saturn Band, and Hei and Yin escape from the Syndicate.

Production [edit]

Darker than Black was the first work which director Tensai Okamura conceived solitary.

Darker than Blackness was first appear in December 2006, and its first trailer was released in March 2007. It was created and directed by Tensai Okamura.^{[4] [v]} Since Darker than Blackness has an original screenplay, Okamura often considered changing the plot, something impossible with manga adaptations, due to the need for consistency with the source fabric.^[6] Okamura originally wanted the series to be called BK201, a lawmaking proper name, only the anime staff considered it weak and Darker Than Black was suggested by an MBS Goggle box employee.^[7]

The idea for Darker Than Black came to Okamura while he was creating the anime Wolf's Rain, and was based on his treatment of protagonists. The main characters in Wolf's Rain are heroic, unlike the tearing protagonists in Darker than Blackness; Okamura wanted the latter'south characters to be flawed, in contrast to those in Wolf's Rain.^[8] Darker than Black was the first anime series created by Okamura, who said that it took him several years. As a child he read mangas about ninjas, spies and superheroes, and was specially influenced by a Shirato Sampei manga about ninjas which helped young readers learn the art of ninja; "the spirit and the atmosphere of the spy series that rocked my childhood", such equally The Fugitive, were other influences on Okamura's serial.^[8] In detail, Okamura wanted a series of ninja to be centered around modern Tokyo.^[9] The handling of the ii Gates prominent in the serial' world building was inspired by Roadside Picnic, a novel past Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.^[10]

Writing [edit]

The bi-episodic structure is based on the experience when Okamura worked as storyboarder in the anime Cowboy Bebop. They take infinite to dig more on the new characters of each new arc. The series compositor of the first one-half is Okamura himself, leaving a lot freedom to the writers. The second half, since this original show needs to exist put into an stop, it is Shōtarō Suga handling the role as his showtime time being a series compositor. The writer squad consists of Shinsuke Onishi, Yuichi Nomura, Suga, Kurasumi Sunayama, and Okamura himself. Okamura wrote offset ii episodes as the kickoff arc. He wrote them in advance to start off the serial. Ohnishi was Okamura's acquaintance in previous works, the latter describes him: offer interesting script without speaking a discussion. Ohnishi is the most Darker than Black spiritual writer. Every episode with detective comedy is handled by him which is Okamura's original wish to make a 1980s-like Japanese detective story.^[10] His stories usually contains a articulate theme structured by a thematic line and a complementary line.

Nomura is the writer that conceived the character of Amber and was credited at beingness really good at depicting dazzler of humanity with cruelty. Nomura wrote multiple episodes focused on relationships likewise as the last parts involving Bister, giving her a tragic ending despite the character staying on Hei's side until her death. Sunayama handles all the gang related stories, including the Hong Kong mafia, and Japanese yakuza. In his story, the desires of the characters are extracted and deferred. In his writing, Nomura finds Hei every bit funny from time to fourth dimension, as he is trying to pretend innocent and naive as a Chinese international pupil while his force as a spy simply overflows. And so Suga, the most of import author in the Darker than Black series, handles high concept and main plot related arcs, with Hei on the spotlight.^[x]

The Havoc arc first reveals to audience the possibility that Hei is non a Contractor. So comes the within-the-Gate episodes is the starting time time alter really takes place for Hei's character arc after meeting a man who shares the same dreams as him. Suga is the one closest to Okamura'due south worldview, since they kept doing the throw and catch, he asked Okamura about the settings, and helped him extract what and how he wanted to express. With Suga'south control of the last few arcs, take the doll selling as example, the stories starts to converge, and the ending is designed by Suga.^[10]

Blitheness [edit]

Character designer Yūji Iwahara inspired Okamura to work on Darker than Black, based on his piece of work on the video game Koudelka and its manga version. The narrative was inspired by Japanese dramas which divide stories into ii consecutive episodes. As a upshot, every story of Darker than Black takes two episodes to end. Okamura wanted to requite his audience comic and night stories for multifariousness. Actual locations, including Shinjuku and a police station, were photographed to make the series more realistic.^[7] According to Iwahara, Hei was the nigh difficult character to draw; he struggled for a subtle balance when designing the character. Hei's black eyes were smaller, creating a cold impression, afterwards becoming more than expressive. Li, his civilian persona, was originally gentle-looking. Iwahara accepted the offer considering he was interested in the project, and wanted to do something dissimilar subsequently his previous serialized manga. Although he found the graphic symbol sheets like shooting fish in a barrel to practise, he was daunted by the number of characters he had to create.^[11]

The squad was tasked with depicting super-powered individuals fighting against a Tokyo backdrop, which was complicated. Okamura constitute early designs unacceptable; until his image of the characters matched Iwahara's, the pictures were redrawn many times. Iwahara constitute his work on the anime more challenging than his manga, since he had to keep upwards with staff requests and had little artistic freedom.^[11] Takahiro Komori adapted Iwahara'south piece of work for blitheness, retaining the essence of the original designs and making the animators' work easier; Huang'southward lid and Yutaka Kouno'due south and Mayu Ootsuka'due south wear were changed. Color designer Nobuko Mizuta was disappointed because much of the serial is prepare at nighttime and the master characters' clothing is generally dark-coloured, but she gave the guest characters brightly-coloured wearing apparel. Komori said that when he draws female person characters, he pays special attention to the line connecting her buttocks and legs. The series' starting time opening scene has a silhouetted nude adult female following Hei, which had to exist corrected in subsequent episodes. The artist had mixed emotions almost sexualizing female person characters but in the cease decided to sexualize them to appeal to the audience.^[12]

Music [edit]

Yoko Kanno composed the score of the first Darker than Black series.

The serial' soundtrack was equanimous by Yoko Kanno in 2007. The series uses four pieces of theme music: 2 opening themes and ii ending themes. "Howling" past Abingdon Boys School was used every bit the opening theme for the starting time fourteen episodes while "Kakusei Heroism (The Hero Without a "Name")" past An Cafe was used every bit the 2nd opening theme from episodes 15 onwards. "Tsukiakari" ( ツキアカリ , lit. "Moonlight") by Rie fu was used equally the catastrophe theme for the start 14 episodes while "Dreams" by High and Mighty Color was used as the second ending theme from episodes 15 onwards.^[thirteen] The lyrics of "Howling" focus on Hei's characterization with Okamura commenting that parts of it delve into elements the character briefly saw.^[14]

The soundtrack has 20 tracks, including the opening and closing themes performed by Abingdon Boys Schoolhouse and Rie fu. Other non-instrumental songs were written by Tim Jensen and performed past Mai Yamane (tracks viii and ten) and James Wendt (tracks 14 and 19).^[xv] Information technology peaked at number 57 on the Oricon albums chart.^[16] Tensai Okamura wanted 1970s-type folk music which would convey the impression of darkness.^[vii]

When approached by Okamura, Kanno recalled being given ideas about a detective serial to give her music a distinctive style. When she began composing the soundtrack, she did not have a scenario or setting in mind when she met Okamura once again. Some of the background music is typical Kanno equally heard in Ghost in the Shell: Stand up Alone Complex, but other tracks are livelier; she wanted to write glamorous songs. Kanno cited sophisticated French films as inspiring the music of Darker than Blackness, wanting it to embody the series' cold characters; Latin music was another influence, and she appreciated sound director Kazuhiro Wakabayashi's assistance with the soundtrack.^[17]

Release [edit]

Start flavor [edit]

Darker than Black was conceived by Tensai Okamura and produced by Bones and Aniplex. The series was broadcast on MBS and TBS from Apr half-dozen to September 28, 2007.^{[18] [nineteen] [a]} The series was besides streamed on Nifty during its broadcast run.^[twenty] Aniplex collected the episodes on nine DVD sets which were released from July 25, 2007, to March 26, 2008.^[21] The ninth and concluding set included an additional episode, "Beneath Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom" ( 黒の契約者- 桜の花の満開の下 , Sakura no Hana no Mankai no Shita ),^[21] which explored the characters' romantic relationships. A Blu-ray box set up, which included a guidebook and several unreleased musical tracks non bachelor on the original soundtrack, was released in Nihon on September 30, 2009.^[21]

On July 1, 2007, Funimation appear at Anime Expo that they had licensed the series.^[22] Funimation began streaming the series, with an English language dub, in September 2008.^[23] They collected the series on six DVD sets, which were released from Nov 25, 2008, to Baronial eleven, 2009.^{[2] [24]} Darker Than Blackness began airing on the Funimation Channel in September 2010.^[25] Funimation released the season on Blu-ray on May 12, 2015.^{[26] [27]} In January 2016, the company said that their rights to the series had expired.^[28] Manga Entertainment released the series in the U.k. as a compilation,^[29] and Madman Amusement licensed it in Australia.^[xxx]

Second season [edit]

A second season, Darker than Blackness: Gemini of the Meteor ( Darker Than Black ー流星の双子ー , Dākā Zan Burakku -Ryūsei no Jemini- ), was circulate on MBS and TBS from Oct nine to December 25, 2009.^{[31] [32] [b]} Aniplex collected the episodes in nine DVD/Blu-ray sets, which were released from Dec 23, 2009, to July 21, 2010.^{[33] [34]}

On July two, 2010, Funimation announced at Anime Expo that they had licensed the second season.^[35] Funimation released the series on DVD and Blu-ray on November viii, 2011.^[36] Their rights to the 2nd flavor expired in 2018.^[37] Manga Amusement released the series in the Britain as a compilation,^[38] and Madman Entertainment licensed it in Commonwealth of australia.^[39]

Original video blitheness [edit]

A four-episode original video blitheness (OVA), Darker than Black: Gaiden ( Darker Than Blackness 外伝 , Dākā Zan Burakku Gaiden ), was included on the 2nd, fourth, sixth and eighth collected Blu-ray and DVD sets of Darker than Blackness: Gemini of the Meteor released from January 27 to July 21, 2010.^{[xl] [41] [42] [34]} The OVAs are set in the time between the ii seasons. Hei and Yin accept left Tokyo and are on the run from the Syndicate. They are attacked by Contractors, and Hei notices Yin's modify ego Izanami (who would bring about the end of the world). Yin asks Hei to kill her; the Contractor cannot, and they are defenseless up in an explosion. Hei becomes depressed after Yin's credible death; a CIA amanuensis tells him that Yin is all the same alive, setting up the events of Gemini of Shooting star. The endmost theme is "Darker Than Black" by Yasushi Ishii. For the English-language release, the OVAs were included in the Gemini of the Meteor compilation.^{[43] [44]}

[edit]

A manga adaptation illustrated past Nokiya was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's shōjo manga magazine Monthly Asuka. It was released in two tankōbon volumes on August eight, 2007, and January 26, 2008, respectively.^{[45] [46]} The serial was licensed for English release in North America by Yen Press,^[47] which released both volumes in an autobus edition on June 15, 2010.^{[48] [49]}

A 2d manga adaptation, Darker than Blackness: Shikkoku no Hana ( Darker Than Black ー漆黒の花ー , Dākā Zan Burakku -Shikkoku no Hana- , "Darker than Black: Jet Black Flower") illustrated past Yuji Iwahara, the anime serial' graphic symbol designer, was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from May 15, 2009, to January 21, 2011.^{[50] [51]} The manga is set ane year after the events of flavor i, and focuses on Hei on a mission to stop one Contractor from giving civilians the take chances to become like him. Square Enix collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes which were released from Oct 24, 2009, to March 25, 2011.^{[52] [53]}

Ii fanbooks, Darker than Blackness: The Blackness Contractor Official Fan Book – Tokyo Explosion Investigation Report ( Darker Than Blackness-黒の契約者- Official Fanbook トーキョーエクスプロージョン調査報告 , Dākā Zan Burakku -Kuro no Keiyakusha- Ofisharu Fanbukku Tōkyō Ekusupurōjon Chōsa Hōkoku ) and Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor: Official Fan Volume – Mitaka Document Analysis Report ( Darker Than Black-流星の双子- Official Fanbook 三鷹文書分析報告 , Dākā Zan Burakku -Ryūsei no Jemini- Ofisharu Fanbukku Mitaka Bunsho Bunseki Hōkoku ), were published past Square Enix on October 24, 2009, and September 25, 2010, respectively.^{[54] [55]} The characters Hei and Suo also announced in Heroes Phantasia, a 2012 role-playing game past Witchcraft.^[56]

Reception [edit]

The serial was a jury recommendation in the "Animation Division/Long Animation" category of the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival.^[57] At the 2008 Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation awards, Hei was the second "all-time male anime character"; Kazuhiro Wakabayashi was the best casting managing director, Darker than Blackness was the 2d-best goggle box serial, with the 2d-best original score, and Okamura placed fifth in the all-time-director category.^[58] Hei is a pop character in Japan, finishing seventh in the "Best Male Character" category of Animage 's 2010 Anime Grand Prix.^[59] In a Newtype poll, he was the 10th-nigh-popular male anime grapheme from the 2000s.^[threescore] The home-media releases of both seasons were successful in Japan,^{[61] [62] [63]} including the Blu-ray box.^[64] In the United Kingdom, the series was nominated for the 2009 NEO Award for Best Anime.^[65] It was the winner of the "Best Original Anime" award by Japanese mag GoGoplex.^[66] Japanator named Darker than Black 1 of best anime of the 2000s, calling it a "beautifully animated evidence by BONES is sure to please anyone looking for a nighttime and serious show".^[67]

Critical response to the first anime was more often than not positive. An Anime News Network reviewer, Theron Martin, wrote that although the setting was unclear, its narrative and bandage were highly-seasoned.^[68] Hei has a dual personality in the early episodes: the assassinator Hei and the transfer student Li. A Nihon Review review said that although it was difficult to go attached to the series' coldblooded characters, Hei is more likable as Li.^[69] The fight scenes and the treatment of the Contractors contrasted with the more than-lighthearted parts of the narrative.^{[70] [71]} The series' concluding episodes received mixed reviews; Hei'southward graphic symbol arc and his relationship with Amber and Yin were praised, but the catastrophe was considered rushed.^{[72] [73] [74]} According to an Agile Anime reviewer, most of the characters were generally iii-dimensional and the narrative was compelling.^[i] In the book Magic equally Metaphor in Anime: A Critical Report, Darker than Black is a mixture of supernatural powers and applied science with "arguably unmatched poignance"; the Contractors, on the other paw, are unemotional.^[75] A retrospective Fandom Post reviewer said that the series subverted viewer expectations because it aired in the aforementioned fourth dimension slot as the popular Code Geass with highly-seasoned characters and fight scenes. Fans were disappointed by the catastrophe's lack of resolution, to which character designer Iwahara responded with his manga Dimension W.^[76] An AnimeNation reviewer said that the series was less popular in Japan than the W, and the Japanese audience was surprised by a sequel.^[77] The serial has been compared to X-Men comics for its handling of supernatural fighters,^{[78] [71] [79]} and to Cowboy Bebop for Hei's enigmatic characterization and stylishness.^{[fourscore] [3]}

The series' Japanese and English language vox acting was praised, although Fandom Post suggested that deliveries were better executed in later episodes,^[76] while DVDTalk suggested the English language dub for amend immersion into the narrative.^[lxx] Tomoko Kawakami's performance as Amber, the actress' terminal work before her decease, was called "solid";^[71] Jason Liebrecht's Hei was described every bit "a schizophrenic variation" of Syaoran from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.^[81] Anime News Network said that the Japanese and English vocalization actors synched well with the video. "Howling" by Abingdon Boys School and "Tsukiakari" past Rie fu were proficient contrasting themes in the get-go series.^[68] The second season's opening theme, "Kakusei Heroism" by An Buffet, was praised; "Dreams" past High and Mighty Color was said to lack "Tsukiaraki"'s appeal as a closing theme.^{[81] [73]} Koinya preferred "Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without A Proper noun~" over "Howling" despite enjoying both themes.^[82] Yoko Kanno's score was described equally "unintrusive" by Ain't it Absurd News for the variety of instruments used for background music while Anime News Network commented information technology "achieve[d] a sort of synergy, pouring their considerable skills into a sequence of silent beauty and ability".^{[80] [81]}

In the ii manga, Hei played in the other manga spin-off by Nokiya was criticized by MangaLife as "flat".^[83] The illustrations and label in Fujiwara'southward Shikkoku no Hana manga series were praised by Manga News and Manga Sanctuary in particular for Hei and Yin complex; the villain, Harverst, suffered by comparison.^{[84] [85] [86]} Shikkoku no Hana was also commercially successful in Nihon, often appearing in best-selling manga rankings.^{[87] [88] [89]}

Notes [edit]

1. ^ MBS listed the air dates for the serial on Th at 25:25, which is Friday at 1:25 a.thou. JST.^[18]
2. ^ MBS listed the air dates for the series on Thursday at 25:25, which is Fri at 1:25 a.m. JST.^[31]

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External links [edit]

• Official homepage (in Japanese)
• Official homepage (MBS) (in Japanese)
• Animax's official homepage (in Japanese)
• Darker than Black (anime) at Anime News Network'south encyclopedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darker_than_Black

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