Darker than Black (2007)

04/06/2007 (JP) • 25m

Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Overview

Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo.

Top Billed Cast

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hei (voice)

37 Episodes

Kiyomi Asai

July (voice)

37 Episodes

Ikuya Sawaki

Mao (voice) / Petya (voice)

37 Episodes

Kana Hanazawa

Pavlichenko Suou (voice)

37 Episodes


Last Season

Gemini of the Meteor

2009 | 12 Episodes

Hei and Yin are now on the run after betraying the Syndicate in the previous season. After leaving Japan, Hei encounters Suou Pavlichenko, a 13-year-old Eurasian girl who becomes embroiled in the war and politics of the various factions and Contractors vying for power. Meanwhile, Hell's Gate remains standing in Tokyo, after Hei's efforts to stop the Saturn Ring anti-Gate particle weapon from activating. Although Contractors are safe from the danger of having their existences erased, this does not prevent new and old Contractors from abusing their powers. As Misaki Kirihara and her team in the Public Security Bureau deal with the increasing Contractor cases, she also has to keep the Syndicate at bay, who has major positions in the Japanese police and intelligence bureaus around the world. The storyline setting primarily takes place in both Japan and Russia.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

assassin

conspiracy

paranormal phenomena

spirit

psychic

super power

dark past

seinen

anime

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