List of Blassreiter episodes

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The following is a list of episodes for Blassreiter, which had been released on Japanese television and on to three internet video providers including BOST, CrunchyRoll and Youtube on April 5, 2008 by GDH.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is directed by Ichiro Itano and written by Yasuko Kobayashi.

Prior to airing of the show, GONZO Studios and Nitro+ had posted a promotional movie of Blassreiter on their website.^[4]^[5]

GRANRODEO announced on their website's information page entry dated on April 4, 2008 that the OP song of Blassreiter song, Detarame na Zanzō, would be included in their upcoming album Not for Sale, which would be released on May 14, 2008^[6].On Aki Misato's website on February 29, 2008, she announced that she would be doing the ending song of Blassreiter, sad rain, with a planned release of a Blassreiter ED soundtrack on May 14, 2008.^[7]

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#	Episode Name	Original air date
1	"Prelude to Despair" "Zetsubō no Hajimari" (絶望の始まり)	April 5, 2008
A few years ago in a motorbike race, a Demoniac attacks German policeman stationed at the racing track before it took control of an ambulance and attacked several of the competitors. Motorbike star Gerd Frentzen faces off against the Demoniac before armed XAT officers cordon the area. An unknown being in his Blassreiter form appears and kills the Demoniac. In the process, Gerd was injured and was paralyzed down from his waist. Most of his team was forced to disband due to the attack, making Gerd depressed. However, a mysterious doctor offers Gerd a pill which restored his ability to walk and gave him Blassreiter abilities. He killed his first Demoniac during an XAT-led operation to track down a Demoniac hiding from an industrial complex.
2	"The Cost of Honor" "Eiyo no Taika" (栄誉の対価)	April 12, 2008
XAT begins to conduct surveillance on Gerd after discovering that he has Blassreiter powers, despite being popular with the German public over his recovery and his elimination of Demoniacs two nights ago. While heading back to meet with Jill, an old flame of Gerd's from his motorbike days, he finds out that she had an affair with his manager Matthew. He transform to his Blassreiter form over his rage in seeing Jill with another man, but was pursued by XAT and the same being appeared before Gerd. But due to the lack of control over his power, Gerd crashes off a cliff and his bike is destroyed in an explosion.
3	"Epidemic Infection" "Kansen kakudai" (感染拡大)	April 19, 2008
Despite efforts to locate Gerd's possible corpse, all efforts have so far failed aside from locating his ruined motorbike. XAT had isolated Jill and Matthew after they came into contact with Gerd's Blassreiter form. However, the latter had turned into a Demoniac after he had been exposed to some of Gerd's blood when he had stabbed him the other night. He had been killed by Joseph Jobson, the one who had appeared in the racing circuit and killed a Demoniac before he had killed Matthew. He was able to escape XAT pursuit after being declared as a high priority target by Wolf Geiling.
4	"Siege Network" "Houi ami" (包囲網)	April 26, 2008
XAT is mobilized into action when multiple Demoniacs appeared in several town blocks and attacked armed German policeman, which forced Joseph to intervene in his Blassreiter form when some of the XAT operatives hold him responsible for massacring some of the policemen. His actions brought Amanda to question whether Joseph is really XAT's enemy. Meanwhile, Gerd had survived the crash and was seen killing a motorcycle-possessed Demoniac. Jill's condition after making contact with Gerd's blood becomes worse, forcing Wolf to issue orders on having her heavily sedated.
5	"Neglected Person" "Utomareshi mono" (疎まれし者)	May 3, 2008
Gerd confronts Igor, with the latter attacking him before he was temporarily incapacitated. Jill had been transferred under XAT escort as precaution before she turns into a Demoniac and attacks the escort team. Gerd confronts and kills the Demoniac Jill, while being under the eye of the media before he takes out the media chopper from above. When Hermann tries to give Gerd the letter Malek wrote to him, Gerd angrily takes off, knowing that he isn't the hero that some people think of him anymore.
6	"A Demon's Pitiful Song" "Akuma wo awaremu uta" (悪魔を憐れむ歌)	May 10, 2008
Gerd confronts Jospeh, both in their Blassreiter forms when Gerd asks Joseph to do him a small favor. Tensions between Amanda and Malek develop over the latter's bullying problems and his constant absence from school when Hermann comes to Amanda's apartment and pleads with Malek to come with him and see his racing idol. After Gerd meets up with Malek and Hermann, his demoniac powers were out of control when he recognized them as demoniacs and tried to kill them. Joseph appears and executes Gerd in his Blassreiter form as the latter pleaded with him to give him a mercy killing should he not control his Blassreiter powers.
7	"The Extremity of Hatred" "Zouo no hate ni" (憎悪の果てに)	May 17, 2008
Johann, Malek's friend, dies by committing suicide over peer pressure from the time he went to beat Malek. An unknown disc provided by Beatrice revealed Joseph's actual identity to XAT. Meanwhile, the principal from Malek's school bribes Johann's mother to keep things quiet in order to preserve the establishment's reputation. While German police and XAT are on the hunt to arrest Joseph, Beatrice appears to Malek and offers him the same pill she gave to Gerd before he was cured of his paraplegic problems.
8	"I'm Not A Coward Anymore" "Boku ha mou yowamushi ja nai" (僕はもう弱虫じゃない)	May 24, 2008
After taking the pill from Beatrice, Malek turned into a Blassreiter and confronted and killed his bullies with his Blassreiter powers. Wolf has been told by Beatrice that he came in contact with Demoniac blood and is going to become one too. Beatrice also revealed why the existence of Demoniacs had been going on in Germany. Joseph appears in the school and tries to confront Malek, but is wounded when he defends Malek from a .50 caliber shot by Brad. After realizing that the Demoniac is Malek, Amanda defends him with her own body. Thanks to that Malek escapes from XAT alive while taking the wounded Joseph with him. The entire XAT team is shocked when they realize that Malek was the Blassreiter that they fought in the school grounds.
9	"Value of Power, Meaning of Power" "Chikara no kachi, chikara no imi" (力の価値、力の意味)	May 31, 2008
Amanda was taken off from active duty by Wolf due to Malek becoming a Demoniac. She decides to break orders and tries to find Malek first with Hermann. Malek and Joseph are hiding in an old church but are found by Xargin. He attacks and nearly kills both of them without even changing to his Demoniac form. Amanda and Hermann were able to find them and just as Xargin leaves, they arrive at the church and find them both lying on the ground. Malek regains consciousness long enough for him to tell Amanda that he regrets killing the bullies. Joseph and Hermann are both shaken when they see Malek loose consciousness again.
10	"Internal Conspiracy" "Inbou no naka de" (陰謀の中で)	June 7, 2008