Darker than Black

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hei (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Kiyomi Asai

July (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Ikuya Sawaki

Mao (voice) / Petya (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Kana Hanazawa

Pavlichenko Suou (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 28%

Seasons

Season 1

2007 | 25 episodes

In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged. Hei is one of the most powerful of these psychic agents, and along with his blind associate, Yin, works for one of the many rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Hell's Gate.

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Season 2

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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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Art Designer	Tomoaki Okada Takashi Aoi
	Art Direction	Takashi Aoi
Sound	Original Music Composer	Yasushi Ishii
	Sound Director	Yasushi Ishii Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
	Music Producer	Keiichi Sotomura Toshiaki Ota
	Sound Effects	Shizuo Kurahashi
Production	Associate Producer	Naritoshi Sato Toshihiro Maeda Hirotsugu Ogisu Kozue Kananiwa
	Producer	Hiroo Maruyama Ryo Oyama Yoshihiro Oyabu
Visual Effects	Supervising Animation Director	Takahiro Komori
	Color Designer	Nobuko Mizuta
	Character Designer	Takahiro Komori Yuji Iwahara
Camera	Director of Photography	Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi
Editing	Editor	Masato Yoshitake
Directing	Series Director	Tensai Okamura
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