Black Bullet
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| Black Bullet | |
 Cover of the first light novel volume. | |
| ブラック・ブレット (Burakku Buretto) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Science fiction |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Shiden Kanzaki |
| Illustrated by | Saki Ukai |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Original run | 2011 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shiden Kanzaki |
| Illustrated by | Hon Morino |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Maoh |
| Original run | August 27, 2012 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masayuki Kojima |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by | Shirō Sagisu |
| Studio | Kinema Citrus |
| Original run | April 2014 – scheduled |
Black Bullet (ブラック・ブレット Burakku Buretto) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiden Kanzaki and illustrated by Saki Ukai, published under ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Bunko imprint. The series began publication on July 10, 2011, and 5 volumes have been published as of October 2013. A manga series began serialization on August 27, 2012 in ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Maoh. An anime adaptation by Kinema Citrus was announced at Dengeki Bunko's Autumn Festival 2013 on October 6, 2013.
Plot
In the year 2021, mankind was decimated by the epidemic of Gastrea, a parasitical virus, and is forced to live within Monoliths, which are created from Varanium: a metal that is able to subdue Gastrea. Soon, the "Cursed Children", children born with the Gastrea virus who are able to control it, which gives them superhuman abilities, are discovered. Due to the Gastrea virus' intervention, the Cursed Children could only be female. Civil Securities are formed to specialize fighting against Gastrea, operating with the pair of an Initiator, who are cursed children, and a Promoter, serving to lead the cursed children. Ten years after the epidemic, Rentarō Satomi, a high school student who is also a Promoter in his childhood friend Kisara Tendō's Tendō Civil Security, along with his Initiator Enju Aihara, receives a secret mission to prevent the Tokyo Area's destruction.
Characters
Tendō Civil Security
- Rentarō Satomi (里見 蓮太郎 Satomi Rentarō)
- Voiced by: Yūki Kaji
- Rentarō is a second year student in Magata High School and also a Promoter in Tendō Civil Security. Rentarō's parents died in the war against Gastrea ten years ago, and was adopted by the Tendō family, but left the family along with Kisara. Rentarō lost his right leg, right arm and left eye in a fight with Gastrea to protect Kisara, and was saved by Sumire's "New Human Creation Plan" which replaced his lost limbs with Varanium. He uses an XD and is a beginner in Tendō style martial arts.
- Enju Aihara (藍原 延珠 Aihara Enju)
- Voiced by: Rina Hidaka
- Enju is a cursed child, and is Rentarō's Model Rabbit Initiator in Tendō Civil Security. She lives with Rentarō and went to primary school girl normally until her status as a cursed child was revealed during the incident involving Kagetane Hiruko, and thus was forced to transfer. When first introduced to Rentarō by the International Initiator Supervising Organization (IISO), Enju had severe trust problems, but this has since improved through getting along with Rentarō.
- Kisara Tendō (天童 木更 Tendō Kisara)
- Voiced by: Yui Horie
- Kisara is the president of Tendō Civil Security. Originally from the Tendō family, she left the family after a certain conflict along with her childhood friend Rentarō. Kisara has diabetes, and her condition worsened due to witnessing her parents eaten up by Gastrea. Believing that her parent's death is related to the Tendō family, she swore revenge and is extremely skilled at Tendō style martial arts, but is unable to fight for long periods due to her body condition.
- Tina Sprout (ティナ・スプラウト Tina Supurauto)
- Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Tina is a product of Ayn Rand's mechanized soldiers and formerly her Model Owl Initiator. Tina was ordered to assassinate Seitenshi by Ayn but was instead foiled by Enju's interference and eventually defeated by Rentarō. Seitenshi gave her special treatment and only ordered to keep her under observation, and was hired by Tendō Civil Security when she was released. She later on forms a pair with Kisara.
Tokyo Area
- Seitenshi (聖天子 Seitenshi)
- Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki
- Real name unknown, Seitenshi is the ruler of Tokyo Area, one of the five largest areas in Japan after the war. She is idealistic and wishes for everyone to be able to live in harmony. Recently pushed through basic human right laws for the cursed children and has incited dissatisfaction from the Deprived Generation.
- Kikunojō Tendō (天童 菊之丞 Tendō Kikunojō)
- Voiced by: Tamio Ōki
- Kikunojō acts as Seitenshi's adviser and holds the greatest political power. He is also Kisara's grandfather and also Rentarō's foster father. Due to his wife being killed by Gastrea 10 years ago, he is extremely unhappy about Seitenshi implementing human rights for the cursed children, thus requesting the Hiruko pair to create an upheaval.
- Sumire Muroto (室戸 菫 Muroto Sumire)
- Voiced by: Yûko Kaida
- Sumire is one of the Four Sages and the person in charge of the "New Human Creation Plan" and a researcher in a medical school near Magata High School.
- Miori Shiba (司馬 未織 Shiba Miori)
- Miori is the student council president of Magata High School and Rentarō's sponsor. She has a poor relationship with Kisara.
- Kagetane Hiruko (蛭子 影胤 Hiruko Kagetane)
- Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama
- Kagetane is formerly a Promoter in a Civil Security, but had his license revoked due to excessive killing. Kagetane is a product of the "New Human Creation Plan", and was requested to destroy the Tokyo Area. His pair was eventually defeated by Rentarō and Enju.
- Kohina Hiruko (蛭子 小比奈 Hiruko Kohina)
- Voiced by: Aoi Yūki
- Kohina is Hiruko's daughter and his bloodthirsty Model Mantis Initiator.
- Shōgen Ikuma (伊熊 将監 Ikuma Shōgen)
- Voiced by: Hiromichi Tezuka
- Shōgen is a battle-crazed Promoter who died in a fight against Kagetane Hiruko.
- Kayo Senju (千寿 夏世 Senju Kayo)
- Voiced by: Megumi Han
- Kayo is Shōgen's Model Dolphin Initiator. She has an IQ of 210 but is unsuited to front-line battles. During her mission to eliminate the Hiruko pair, she was separated from Shōgen and met Rentarō. As she protected the area from Gastrea led by the Hiruko pair's battle, the amount of Gastrea virus in her body exceeded the critical value, thus she requested Rentarō to shoot her while she's still human.
Third Kanto War Troops
- Tamaki Katagiri (片桐 玉樹 Katagiri Tamaki)
- Tamaki Katagiri Civil Security's president who accepted Rentarō's request to join his support group for the Third Kanto War.
- Yuzuki Katagiri (片桐 弓月 Katagiri Yuzuki)
- Yuzuki is Tamaki's sister and his Model Spider Initiator.
- Shōma Nagisawa (薙沢 彰磨 Nagisawa Shōma)
- Shōma is Rentarō's longtime friend and senior in Tendō style martial arts. He joined Rentarō's support group during the war.
- Midori Fuse (布施 翠 Fuse Midori)
- Midori is Shōma's Model Cat Initiator.
- Nagamasa Gadō (我堂 長政 Gadō Nagamasa)
- Nagamasa is the leader of the private security troops during the war.
- Asaka Mibu (壬生 朝霞 Mibu Asaka)
- Asaka is Nagamasa's Initiator. Formed an impromptu pairing with Shōma as both lost their partners.
- Hidehiko Gadō (我堂 英彦 Gadō Hidehiko)
- Hidehiko is Nagamasa's son and leader of Rentarō's division during the war. Kokone (心音 Kokone).
Others
- Sōgen Saitake (斉武 宗玄 Saitake Sōgen)
- Sōgen is the ruler of Osaka Area, and an ambitious man who dreams of one day ruling the world.
- Ayn Rand (エイン・ランド Ein Rando)
- Ayn is one of the four sages that heads the Mechanized Soldier Plan American Division, "NEXT". Ayn breached the agreement between the four sages and mechanized healthy cursed children, creating mechanized Initiators called "HYBRID". Ayn is formerly the Promoter of Tina Sprout, but as Ayn does not possess combat abilities, she acts as a command tower instead.
Media
Light novels
| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Those Who Aimed to be Gods Kami o Mezashi ta mono Tachi (神を目指した者たち) | July 8, 2011[1] | ISBN 978-4-04-870596-7 |
| 2 | vs Ingenious Sniper VS Shinsan Kibō no Sogeki hei (VS神算鬼謀の狙撃兵) | October 8, 2011[2] | ISBN 978-4-04-870820-3 |
| 3 | The World Destruction by the Flames Honoo Niyoru Sekai no Hametsu (炎による世界の破滅) | May 10, 2012[3] | ISBN 978-4-04-886477-0 |
| 4 | Vengeance is Mine Fukushū Suru wa Waga ni Ari (復讐するは我にあり) | August 10, 2012[4] | ISBN 978-4-04-886797-9 |
| 5 | The Fugitive, Rentarō Satomi Tōbō han, Satomi Rentarō (逃亡犯、里見蓮太郎) | July 10, 2013[5] | ISBN 978-4-04-891761-2 |
| 6 | Wanderer of Purgatory Rengoku no Hōkō sha (煉獄の彷徨者) | October 10, 2013[6] | ISBN 978-4-04-866008-2 |
Manga
| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Bullet 01 Burakku Buretto 01 (ブラック・ブレット 01) | May 27, 2013[7] | ISBN 978-4-04-891196-2 |
| 2 | Black Bullet 02 Burakku Buretto 02 (ブラック・ブレット02) | July 11, 2013[8] | ISBN 978-4-04-891805-3 |
| 3 | Black Bullet 03 Burakku Buretto 03 (ブラック・ブレット03) | October 11, 2013[9] | ISBN 978-4-04-891970-8 |
Anime
An anime adaptation by Kinema Citrus was announced at Dengeki Bunko's Autumn Festival 2013 on October 6, 2013.[10][11] The opening theme will be performed by fripSide.[12]
References
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット 神を目指した者たち 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット2 VS神算鬼謀の狙撃兵 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット3 炎による世界の破滅 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット4 復讐するは我にあり 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット５ 逃亡犯、里見蓮太郎 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット６ 煉獄の彷徨者 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット 01 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット02 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "ブラック・ブレット(3) 電撃文庫公式サイト" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "『ブラック・ブレット』がTVアニメに！ 出演声優は梶裕貴さん、日高里菜さん、小山力也さん" (in Japanese). dengekionline.com.
- ↑ "Black Bullet Light Novels Get Anime by Kinema Citrus". Anime News Network. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- ↑ "fripSide to Perform Black Bullet's Opening Theme". Anime News Network. January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
External links
- Official anime website (Japanese)
- Black Bullet (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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