Darker than Black

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Darker than Black: -Kuro no Keiyakusha-
Darker than BLACK -黒の契約者- (Dākā zan Burakku: -Kuro no Keiyakusha-)
Genre	Science fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
TV anime
Directed by	Tensai Okamura
Studio	Bones
Network	MBS, TBS, Animax
Original run	April 5, 2007 –
No. of episodes

Darker than Black: -Kuro no Keiyakusha- (Darker than BLACK -黒の契約者-, Dākā zan Burakku: -Kuro no Keiyakusha-^?) is a TV anime series by Tensai Okamura and Bones. It is slated to premiere across Japan from April 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its broadcast stations. The series will also recieve its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax from May, 2007. The music for the series will be composed by Yoko Kanno.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Terminology 3 Staff 4 Theme songs 5 Broadcast stations 6 External links

[edit] Characters

Hei (黒 (ヘイ), Hei^?, lit. Black) Seiyū: Hidenobu Kiuchi

A contractor who carries out his missions from the Agency coldly. Within the society, he pretends to be a normal and timid Chinese student who is staying abroad in Japan.

Yin (銀 (イン), In^?, lit. Silver) Seiyū: Misato Fukuen

A contractor who is Hei's supporter in his team. She lacks all emotions and described to be doll-like. Yin is also blind.

Huang (黄 (ホァン), Hoan^?, lit. Yellow) Seiyū: Masaru Ikeda

Mao (猫 (マオ), Mao^?, lit. Cat) Seiyū: Ikuya Sawaki

A contractor who has lost his original body and now resides in that of a black cat. He gathers information in Hei's team. His brain is directly connected to the wireless network.

Misaki Kirihara (霧原未咲, Kirihara Misaki^?) Seiyū: Nana Mizuki

Yūsuke Saitō (斎藤雄介, Saitō Yūsuke^?) Seiyū: Tomoyuki Shimura

Kunio Matsumoto (松本邦夫, Matsumoto Kunio^?) Seiyū: Nobuaki Fukuda

Yutaka Kōno (河野豊, Kōno Yutaka^?) Seiyū: Kōsuke Toriumi

Mayu Ōtsuka (大塚真由, Ōtsuka Mayu^?) Seiyū: Yūna Inamura

Yoshimitsu Hōrai (宝来善充, Hōrai Yoshimitsu^?) Seiyū: Michihiro Ikemizu

Misuzu Ōyama (大山美鈴, Ōyama Misuzu^?) Seiyū: Chika Sakamoto

[edit] Terminology

Jigoku Mon (Hell's Gate) (地獄門（ヘルズ・ゲート）, Jigoku Mon (Heruzu Gēto)^?)

Keiyakusha (契約者, Keiyakusha^?)

Soshiki (組織, Soshiki^?)

[edit] Staff

• Original Concept: Bones, Tensai Okamura
• Director: Tensai Okamura
• Series Composition: Tensai Okamura
• Original Character Design: Yūji Iwahara
• Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Takahiro Komori
• Art Design: Tomoaki Okada, Masahiro Satō, Eiji Taguchi
• Design Works: Takayuki Yanase
• Color Design: Nobuko Mizuta
• Art Director: Takashi Aoi
• Director of Photography: Yoshiyuki Takei
• Music: Yoko Kanno
• Animation Production: Bones

[edit] Theme songs

Opening theme

HOWLING

• Performance: abingdon boys school

Ending theme

Tsukiakari (ツキアカリ, Tsukiakari^?)

• Performance: Rie fu

[edit] Broadcast stations

Broadcast network	Broadcast term	Broadcast day and timings (in JST)
Mainichi Broadcasting System	April 5, 2007～	Thursdays 25:25 ~ 25:55
Hokkaido Broadcasting		Thursdays 26:10 ～26:40
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting		Thursdays 26:55～27:25
TBS	April 6, 2007～	Fridays 25:55～26:25
Touhoku Broadcasting Company		Fridays 26:15～26:45
Shizuoka Broadcasting System		Fridays 26:15～26:45
RCC Broadcasting Company	April 7, 2007～	Saturdays 26:40～27:10
RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting	April 8, 2007	Sundays 26:30～27:00
Sanyo Broadcasting	April 9, 2007～	Mondays 26:25～26:55
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting	April 10, 2007～	Tuesdays 26:28～26:58
Animax]]	May 8, 2007～ May 8, 2007～ May 9, 2007～	23：00～23：30 28:00～20:30 14:30～15:00

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official homepage
• (Japanese) Official homepage (MBS)
• (Japanese) Animax's official homepage
• (Japanese) anime@nifty
• (English) Anime News Network