TV-Series
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"Darker than BLACK" is set in a world where a mysterious anomaly known as the Heaven's Gate appears in Tokyo, altering the sky and giving rise to individuals with supernatural abilities called Contractors. These Contractors possess unique powers but must pay a price, known as a Remuneration, each time they use their abilities. The story primarily revolves around Hei, a Contractor working for the Syndicate, a shadowy organization that employs Contractors for covert operations. Hei, also known as the "Black Reaper," is a skilled operative who maintains a calm and detached demeanor, often masking his true intentions.

The narrative unfolds across two main arcs. In the first arc, Hei is tasked with various missions that often involve espionage, assassination, and retrieval of sensitive information. Alongside his team, which includes Yin, a Doll with the ability to track individuals through electronic signals, and Mao, a Contractor trapped in the body of a cat, Hei navigates a morally ambiguous world where the lines between right and wrong are blurred. The missions gradually reveal deeper layers of intrigue, including the true nature of Contractors, the Syndicate's motives, and the origins of the Heaven's Gate.

The second arc shifts focus to a new protagonist, Suou Pavlichenko, a young girl who becomes entangled in the world of Contractors after her father, a scientist researching the Heaven's Gate, is killed. Suou discovers she has latent Contractor abilities and is pursued by various factions seeking to exploit her powers. Hei re-emerges as a key figure in this arc, now operating independently and driven by his own mysterious agenda. The story explores themes of identity, loss, and the consequences of wielding power, as Suou grapples with her newfound abilities and the moral dilemmas they entail.

Throughout the series, the narrative delves into the lives of various Contractors and their struggles with the dehumanizing effects of their powers. The Remunerations, often bizarre and personal, serve as a constant reminder of the cost of their abilities, highlighting the emotional and psychological toll on these individuals. The series also examines the broader implications of the Heaven's Gate and the global power struggles it has ignited, with governments and organizations vying for control over the Contractors and the secrets they hold.

"Darker than BLACK" combines elements of science fiction, noir, and action, presenting a complex and layered story that keeps viewers engaged with its intricate plot and morally ambiguous characters. The series is notable for its exploration of the human condition through the lens of its supernatural premise, offering a thought-provoking and immersive experience.
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Darker than Black
Darker than BLACK ‐黒の契約者‐
Type: TV-Series
Anime Episodes: 26
Movie/Episode length: 24 min.
Date: 04/05/2007 – 09/27/2007
Official Website:Darker than BLACK
Categories
Genre
ActionDramaGhost StoriesCrime
Settings
MysterySci-Fi
Tags
Psychologically
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Episodes
Staffel 1
1The Star of a Contract Flows... (Part 1)
In Tokyo’s Shinjuku district,police officer Misaki Kirihara investigates a crime scene where a man’s heart has been replaced with a glowing red stone. A masked operative named Hei infiltrates a secured police facility alongside his associates, Mao and Huang, to extract a contractor detained there. Hei disables guards with precise strikes and uses a wire-based tool to bypass locks. Upon reaching the detention cell, he confronts a captive contractor who manipulates water. The contractor refuses to cooperate, forcing Hei to use his own electrical ability to subdue him. Outside, Kirihara’s team detects the intrusion and mobilizes, but Hei escapes by scaling the building and detonating a charge to cover his exit. His group delivers the captured contractor to their employer, receiving payment and a new directive: locate another contractor known as the “Pandora’s Box” researcher. Kirihara, now assigned to a special unit investigating contractor-related incidents, discovers evidence linking the night’s events to a larger network. The episode closes with Hei receiving orders that his next target holds information about his missing sister.
2The Star of Contract Flowed... (2)
Hei brings Chiaki back to her apartment,where she explains the nature of Contractors and the false stars. When they find her room ransacked, Chiaki stays in Hei's room, and they spend the night together. The next day at a diner, Chiaki reveals her true name, Shinoda Chiaki, and describes witnessing her parents murdered by a Contractor years ago. Pursuers attack them at the restaurant, forcing Hei and Chiaki to flee through the kitchen. Chiaki gives Hei a key from her shoe, which opens a locker containing a book she claims holds valuable research data. Hei suddenly causes Chiaki to collapse near a police station and escapes alone. Jean and his men corner Hei, revealing the book contains blank pages and that the Chiaki accompanying him is a Doll constructed as a trap. When Jean shoots at Hei, the Chiaki Doll shields him, taking the bullet. Jean's men shoot Hei, but his coat proves bulletproof. Hei kills the two henchmen, while Jean teleports away after extracting the Doll's heart. Yin tracks Jean through water, and Hei intercepts and kills him. The episode closes with Hei, resuming his Li Shunsheng identity, answering police questions about Chiaki's disappearance and denying any knowledge of her.
3A New Star Shines in the Dawn Sky - Part 1
A flashback shows Kōzō Tahara as the sole survivor of the first expedition into Hell’s Gate,where he discovers a glowing flower. In the present, Hei works under the alias Li at a factory where Tahara now serves as a consultant. Two men, one of them a Contractor, check into a hotel with orders to pressure Tahara by targeting his daughter. The daughter, Mai Kashiwagi, experiences blackouts and accidentally starts a fire at school, drawing her father’s attention. Tahara asks Li to drive him to the school, but Mai flees the car to join friends. Li later finds Mai at a CD shop, pays for a CD she attempted to steal, and spends the evening with her at an amusement park. He lights up the park using his powers, then consumes large amounts of food—his required remuneration. When men hired to capture Mai surround them, Li orders her to run. Pursued into a construction site, Mai’s suppressed power erupts, creating a massive inferno. Misaki Kirihara receives word that a new star has appeared in the sky, signaling the emergence of a Contractor or Moratorium. The episode closes with Mai’s fate unresolved and her father’s research into the Gate poised to become a central point of conflict.
4The City of Flowing Water Dreams a Dream of Falling Roses? (Part 1)
Hei receives a new assignment from the Syndicate: recover a meteor fragment that manipulates gravity. The fragment is in the possession of Professor Igarashi,who conducts research in a fortified laboratory. Misaki Kirihara and her team from the Public Security Bureau also track the same target, suspecting contractor involvement. Hei infiltrates the lab disguised as a technician, but April, a contractor with hydrokinesis, intercepts him. She uses water from the building’s sprinkler system to attack, forcing Hei to retreat. Hei later locates the fragment inside a locked vault protected by a pressure-sensitive floor. To bypass the security, he coordinates with Huang, who remotely deactivates the pressure plates. April returns and floods the corridor, separating Hei from the vault entrance. Hei uses his own contractor ability—manipulating electricity—to short-circuit the flooding system and create an opening. Inside the vault, he finds the meteor fragment but also discovers a young doll named Maki, who guards the object. Maki emits a cry that immobilizes Hei, allowing April to seal him inside the vault. Kirihara arrives at the scene and observes the aftermath, noting the organized contractor operation. The episode ends with Hei trapped, the fragment still in enemy hands, and Kirihara’s investigation intensifying as she pieces together the contractors’ objectives.
5Episode 5
MI6 agents November 11 and April interrupt a black market deal to retrieve a woman named Havoc,freezing the gang leader solid after he reveals her location. November 11 smokes a cigarette as his remuneration despite his visible disgust for it, while April drinks beer to satisfy her own contract. They transport Havoc to Tokyo, where police officer Misaki Kirihara oversees the transfer of the former Contractor, who killed thousands during the South American Heaven’s War before losing her abilities. November 11, posing as a British diplomat, hides Havoc in the trunk of Misaki’s car after using a decoy helicopter to expose information leaks within the Japanese police. During transit, Hei intercepts the vehicle, forcing Misaki’s car to stop at a railroad crossing. April summons a rainstorm while November 11 attempts to freeze Hei with his power, but the Black Reaper escapes into a nearby park. Huang throws a smoke grenade into Misaki’s car, incapacitating her team and extracting Havoc from their custody. Misaki later learns from the Astronomy Department that BK201’s signature appeared during the attack, confirming Hei’s involvement. At a hidden location, Hei ties Havoc to a chair, addresses her as Carmine, and demands information about what happened to his sister, Bai.
6The Red Giant Overflows with Sorrow - Part 2
Hei tracks the remaining Contractor,Alice, to a warehouse district. Alice reveals she and her partner sought the meteor fragment to reverse her partner’s deterioration from Contractor powers. Hei demands the fragment, but Alice refuses, believing the fragment can restore her partner’s humanity. Their fight escalates as Alice manipulates blood from her own body to form weapons. Hei uses his electric powers to counter her attacks, eventually impaling her with a cable. Before dying, Alice activates the fragment, creating a localized spatial distortion. Yin, stationed outside, uses her spectral sight to pinpoint the fragment’s location. Huang moves in to retrieve the fragment while Mao monitors for Syndicate interference. Kirihara arrives after the battle, finding only traces of the conflict and no sign of the fragment or Contractors. The Syndicate secures the meteor fragment, confirming its potential as a tool for influencing Contractor abilities. Kirihara’s growing awareness of Contractor operations leads her to increase surveillance on Hei’s team, setting the stage for future confrontation.
7The Scent of Gardenias Lingers in the Summer Rain - Part 1
A Contractor uses a possession ability to take control of a man on a rooftop,forces him to balance on a railing, and then releases him to fall to his death. Private detective Kurasawa Gai and his partner Kiko accept a case from a wealthy widow, Arisa, who offers 500,000 yen to find her missing black cat. Gai notices newspaper reports of multiple suicides among executives from Fiore, a cosmetics company, and recognizes Arisa’s perfume as the company’s brand. Posing as a university student named Li, Hei takes a part-time job organizing books in Arisa’s home to investigate the same string of deaths. Gai visits Arisa’s house and encounters Li, becoming suspicious of the young man’s presence. Mao identifies the target Contractor by his payment—repeatedly inhaling the scent from a cloth—and Hei attempts an ambush, but the Contractor’s possession power forces them to retreat. At a cafe, the Contractor unknowingly leaves behind his jacket, which Gai accidentally takes when he retrieves his own coat. Following a lead from Arisa, Gai travels to the mansion of the first wife, Toshiko, and climbs over a fence into a yard filled with garbage bags. Inside the cluttered house, he captures a black cat and, in an adjacent room, discovers the skeletal remains of a woman. The episode closes with Gai holding the cat while confronting the skeleton.
8The Week of Sorrow - Part 2
Hei locates Havoc,a former contractor who lost her powers after the Hell’s Gate incident, inside a derelict building. Havoc’s body deteriorates rapidly because she no longer possesses the compensation mechanism that sustained her. Hei realizes that the organization used Havoc as bait to lure him into a trap. The organization’s contractors, including a woman with the power to manipulate gravity, surround Hei. Mao warns Hei of the ambush, but Hei remains focused on Havoc. Havoc asks Hei to kill her before she completely loses her humanity. Hei complies, shooting her with his own hands, a decision that visibly shakes him. The gravity-controlling contractor attacks, but Hei uses his electric powers to counter and escape. After the fight, Hei retrieves Havoc’s body and carries her away, refusing to leave her behind. The episode reveals that the organization’s goal involves capturing or eliminating contractors like Hei. Havoc’s final words hint at deeper conspiracies involving the Gate and the true nature of contractors. Hei’s commitment to his mission strengthens, but the emotional cost of executing a former comrade leaves him isolated and more determined to confront the organization.
9The Mask Sheds Its Cherry Blossom Fragments...
Hei tracks a Contractor who uses a music box to induce memory loss in victims. The Contractor,a singer named Reiko, wears a mask that stores the stolen memories. Reiko lost her own memories years ago and now collects those of others in an attempt to recover her past. Misaki Kirihara investigates the same case, linking the victims to a series of disappearances tied to a local bar. Hei confronts Reiko at her performance venue, where she reveals her mask can also transfer memories. During the fight, Hei destroys the mask with his electricity, causing all the accumulated memories to scatter. Reiko reverts to her original state—a woman with no memory of her own life—and dies from the shock of losing the mask. Huang later confirms Reiko’s identity as a former Syndicate asset who went rogue after a failed mission. Hei reports that the mask’s destruction severed the Syndicate’s ability to recover the stolen data. The episode closes with Kirihara finding Reiko’s body and realizing the case has deeper connections to the organization she secretly investigates. Her discovery sets her closer to uncovering Hei’s true role.
10Your Smile On a False Street Corner
After her mother denies her existence to her face,Suou flees and wanders the streets until Kirihara finds her. Kirihara visits Suou’s mother and learns that the Suou accompanying Hei is a duplicate created by her brother Shion’s contractor ability. Mao verifies this account with his own memory of losing his biological body during a Syndicate operation years ago. Hei extracts Yin’s probable location from the captive Yoko but changes his priority to rescuing Suou. He locates Suou and confronts Kirihara, forcibly taking Suou away. Shion’s power to create physical copies of anything, including people, emerges as the explanation for the duplicate Suou. The episode reveals that the original Suou died when Shion awakened as a contractor. The Syndicate’s manipulation of the Pavlichenko family ties directly to these events. As Hei escapes with Suou, a massive public revelation about Shion’s ability triggers confusion across Tokyo. The disclosure sets the stage for a chaotic confrontation over the nature of memory and identity.
11When One Takes Back What Was Lost Within the Wall...(Part 1)
12When One Takes Back What Was Lost Within the Wall... (Part 2)
13On a Silvery Night, the Heart Shakes on the Water's Surface...(1st Volume)
14On a Silvery Night, the Heart Shakes on the Water's Surface...(2nd Volume)
15The Memory of Betrayal is a Smell of Cinnamon - Part 1
Hei and Yin travel to a mountain resort under orders to locate a Contractor known as Cinnamon,who possesses the ability to alter or erase memories. They pose as hotel guests while Mao monitors communications from outside. Alma, a Contractor employed by the mysterious organization operating the facility, intercepts Mao’s transmissions and identifies Hei’s presence. She confronts Hei directly, offering him a deal: she will help him find Cinnamon in exchange for eliminating her own handler. Hei refuses, but Alma later kills her handler anyway, forcing Hei into a tentative alliance. Yin detects Cinnamon’s location through her sensory abilities, leading them to a locked room where they find a man confined and sedated. Alma explains that Cinnamon’s power activates uncontrollably whenever he experiences strong emotions, so the organization keeps him in a drugged stupor. Hei demands Alma release Cinnamon, but she instead reveals her true objective: using Cinnamon to erase Hei’s memories of his sister and his past, hoping to turn him into a more obedient asset. Alma drugs Hei and prepares to bring Cinnamon into contact with him. Yin, unnoticed, approaches Cinnamon and instructs him to act. The episode ends with Cinnamon waking fully and reaching toward Hei’s face, the outcome of the memory alteration unresolved.
16裏切りの記憶は、琥珀色の微笑み…（後編）
Amber takes Yin to a shrine as a hostage to lure Hei. November 11 remains captive under Maki and Amagiri,who invite him to join their organization Evening Primrose. Maki reveals the group plans to replicate the South American catastrophe in Tokyo. Huang receives orders from the Organization to prevent Hei from meeting Amber, shooting him in the leg when he refuses to stop. Hei incapacitates Huang and continues toward the shrine. Misaki, guided by July, leads a SWAT team to rescue November 11. Maki uses his explosion powers to escape with Amagiri. November 11 pursues Maki, who seeks to prove himself superior by killing the MI6 agent. Maki dies in the confrontation. At the shrine, Hei confronts Amber and demands answers about his sister Bai. Amber offers to reunite them but asks what Hei would sacrifice for that meeting. When Hei prepares to kill her, Yin screams for him to stop. Amber freezes time using her Contractor ability, approaches Hei, and kisses him. When time resumes, Amber and her group depart, leaving Hei with her proposition about Bai. Evening Primrose confirms they need Hei for their plan. The episode ends with Hei facing the choice between pursuing his sister or stopping Amber's scheme.
17A Love Song Sung from a Trash Heap - Part 1
Police superintendent Misaki Kirihara learns from her superior that a terrorist group calling itself Evening Primrose has claimed responsibility for recent bombings and demands public acknowledgment of Contractors' existence. The organization’s mastermind is identified as a former MI-6 agent with the Messier Code UB-001,who was present at the Heaven’s Gate disaster five years prior. An Organization agent briefs Huang on the same past event, explaining that Amber’s betrayal led to the annihilation of Hei’s team in South America. Hei, under the alias Li Shengshun, works at a hostess club where a man refuses to pay his bill. Kenji Sakurai, a clumsy young member of the Nakazawagumi, attempts to intervene but is quickly overpowered. Hei subtly subdues the unruly customer without revealing his abilities, impressing Kenji. The two spend time together, and Kenji later brings a broken moped to Hei’s apartment building, where they join a gathering of the eclectic international residents. Huang instructs Hei that a target, revealed to be Kenji’s superior Hitotsubashi, is expecting a shipment of goods within days and orders him to stay away from the deal. Hei returns to the hostess club to find it closed under the pretense of construction, while inside, Hitotsubashi shows Kenji a crate containing a young girl. Hitotsubashi explains that the girl is a Doll, an item for sale to wealthy clients, and assigns Kenji to guard her for several days. Kenji brings the silent Doll to Hei’s apartment and asks for refuge, creating a direct conflict with the mission parameters.
18Episode 18
The Syndicate orders Hei,Huang, and Yin to extract a memory chip from a doll named Alice held in a private research facility. Hei enters the building while Yin provides surveillance from a distance. A contractor named Kōichi guards Alice, using his ability to manipulate gravity to repel intruders. Hei engages Kōichi in combat, forcing him to expend his payment of breaking bones to maintain his power. During the fight, Alice reveals that she was a scientist who underwent conversion into a doll to preserve her research data. The chip contains classified information about Pandora and Hell’s Gate. A second faction of contractors arrives to seize the data, escalating the conflict. Hei defeats Kōichi and reaches Alice, who chooses to activate the facility’s self-destruct system to destroy the chip and herself. Hei escapes with the chip moments before the explosion. The Syndicate receives the data, but Hei witnesses the cost of the mission in Alice’s willing sacrifice. The retrieval sets the stage for a deeper confrontation with the organization behind Pandora.
19Dreaming Shallow - Uninebriated - Part 1
Huang awakens from a nightmare in which a woman named Shihoko uses her Contractor ability to kill his former police partner,Isozaki, by making him hemorrhage from his orifices. The episode reveals Huang’s past as a detective named Kuno, where he first encountered Shihoko as a pickpocket and later developed a personal connection with her. After Shihoko murdered Isozaki, the Organization offered Huang the choice to join them and retain his memories rather than have them erased like Isozaki’s widow. In the present, the Syndicate orders Hei to infiltrate a religious cult that worships Hell’s Gate and assassinate its leader, Alma. The cult’s inside contact is Shihoko, who spent three years gaining the group’s trust and identifying Alma’s ability to perfectly transform her appearance. Hei enters the cult’s compound while Huang, still haunted by his past, asks Yin to deploy her surveillance specter to monitor Shihoko’s safety. Alma detects the specter through water residue on Amagiri, an Evening Primrose operative, exposing Shihoko as a Contractor before she can use her power. Hei cuts the power and subdues Alma, but Amagiri activates his own ability and drives Hei away before the assassination succeeds. Shihoko falls into enemy hands as Hei contacts Huang and directly blames Huang’s unsanctioned surveillance for compromising the mission and getting their insider captured.
20Silver Shooting Star
Yin touches a meteor fragment in a museum,triggering a flood of memories. The memories reveal her past as Kirsi, a young pianist in Finland. Her mother, a renowned pianist, performs at a concert where a contractor attacks the audience. The contractor, searching for a specific target, kills Kirsi’s mother. Kirsi survives but loses her emotional capacity, becoming a doll. In the present, Hei watches the memories through their shared connection. He learns that Yin’s transformation was not voluntary but the result of trauma and the contractor’s actions. Hei and the rest of the team monitor the memory sequence from a separate location, piecing together the origins of Yin’s condition. The Syndicate’s interest in Yin stems from her unique abilities as a doll. After the memory ends, Yin’s demeanor shifts, showing subtle signs of emotional residue. Hei resolves to protect her from those who would exploit her past. The episode concludes with the group receiving new orders that place them in direct opposition to the Syndicate’s next objective.
21City Under Crackdown - Moist with Tears - Part 1
Pandora researcher Dr. Schroeder is abducted by agents of the Evening Primrose (EPR). Misaki Kirihara receives information from November 11 that the American embassy is involved in the incident. Hei and his team stage an attack on the embassy under the guise of the EPR to create a diversion while they attempt to secure the doctor. Misaki enters the embassy compound during the chaos but is detained by Pandora personnel,removing her from the immediate operation. November 11 infiltrates the embassy separately, signaling his official departure from MI6 to join the EPR. A new contractor named Brita uses her teleportation ability to assist the EPR, transporting herself and others at the cost of her clothing. Wei Zhi Jung reappears, bearing scars from his previous encounter with Hei, and blocks Hei’s advance inside the embassy. Mao, scouting the area, is discovered and confronted by Amber, the leader of the EPR. EPR’s stated objective is to publicly reveal the existence of contractors to secure their rights, but inconsistencies in the memories of captured members suggest another faction’s influence. The episode establishes that the Great Red Spot on Jupiter will dissipate in three days, marking the EPR’s planned time to act.
22The Enforced City is Moistened by Tears...(2nd Volume)
23God is in the Heavens...
24Meteor Shower
25A Dream of the Stars - a Song of Love - a Fragment of Memory...
Hei infiltrates the Pandora research facility with Mao and Huang to prevent the Syndicate from using Yin as a catalyst for a second Hell’s Gate explosion. Huang sacrifices himself by detonating explosives to clear a path for Hei,eliminating several Syndicate soldiers in the process. Hei confronts Amagiri, a contractor working for the Syndicate, and defeats him in combat, forcing Amagiri to reveal that Yin has already been taken to the Gate’s core. Inside the core, Hei finds Yin suspended in a construct of meteor fragments, her consciousness absorbed into the Gate’s data network. Misaki Kirihara, having defied the Syndicate, arrives and provides Hei with a means to reach Yin, using her authority to deactivate security systems. Hei enters the core and discovers that Yin, as a Doll, has begun to manifest emotions and a will, choosing to merge with the Gate to fulfill a wish for a world without contractors or Dolls. Hei rejects her choice, insisting on her humanity, and uses his contractor power to destroy the meteor fragments binding her. The destruction releases Yin, but she loses her connection to the Gate, leaving her physically alive but in a catatonic state. The Syndicate’s leadership is exposed and dismantled following the incident, with Misaki leading the investigation that clears Hei’s status as a fugitive. Hei departs Tokyo with Yin, now under his care, aiming to find a way to restore her consciousness while evading lingering threats from other factions. The episode closes with Hei accepting his role as Yin’s guardian, setting the stage for continued conflicts with both remaining Syndicate elements and the unknown forces that sought to exploit the Gate.
26Dawn
Hei enters the Pandora building alone,moving past security forces to reach the geofront control room. Misaki Kirihara orders her squad to secure the facility but finds herself unable to stop Hei. Inside the geofront, Hei confronts the organization’s leader, who has used the meteor fragment to create a false contractor. The false contractor possesses abilities similar to Hei’s but operates without the emotional constraints of a true contractor. Hei fights the false contractor while also facing the lingering presence of his sister Bai, whose consciousness resides within the fragment. Amber activates her contract, sacrificing her remaining time to alter the Gate’s barrier and allow it to collapse. The collapse of Hell’s Gate releases a surge of energy that transforms the landscape and erases the artificial star linked to the false contractor. After the battle, Hei recovers Yin from the damaged facility and decides to leave Tokyo. Kirihara watches them depart, choosing not to pursue. In the final scenes, Hei and Yin walk through a changed city as contractors and humans alike adjust to the new equilibrium. A post-credits sequence introduces a girl with a star-shaped birthmark, hinting at the emergence of a new conflict surrounding the Gates.
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Staff
  • Director
    Tensai Okamura
  • Script
    Tensai Okamura
    Shōtarō Suga
    Shinsuke Ōnishi
    Kurasumi Sunayama
    Yuuichi Nomura
  • Episode Director
    Tensai Okamura
    Shingo Kaneko
    Satoshi Toba
    Hideyo Yamamoto
    Tomoko Hiramuki
    Eiichi Kuboyama
    Takebumi Anzai
    Daisuke Chiba
    Kei Tsunematsu
  • Original creator
    Tensai Okamura
  • Character Design
    Takahiro Komori
  • Chief Animation Director
    Takahiro Komori
  • Art design
    Tomoaki Okada
    Eiji Taguchi
    Masahiro Satō
  • Director of Photography
    Yoshiyuki Takei
  • Series Composition
    Tensai Okamura
    Shōtarō Suga
  • Storyboard
    Takeshi Mori
    Tensai Okamura
    Shin Matsuo
    Takuya Igarashi
    Minoru Ōhara
    Tomoki Kyoda
    Katsuyuki Kodera
    Shinji Ishihira
  • Music
    Yōko Kanno
  • Original Character Design
    Yuji Iwahara
  • Art Director
    Takashi Aoi
  • Animation Director
    Kumiko Takahashi
    Takahiro Komori
    Ikuo Kuwana
    Riwako Matsui
    Minako Shiba
    Kōichi Usami
    Tatsurō Nagai
    Tatsuya Oka
    Toshiaki Iino
    Yoshiyuki Kodaira
    Atsushi Hasebe
    Takashi Murai
    Yuka Kudō
    Daisuke Takemoto
    Tadashi Matsuzaki
    Satomi Higuchi
    Shiori Kudo
    Shingo Kurakari
    Hideto Komori
    Yuriko Ishii
    Kiyoaki Maeda
    Hiroyuki Negishi
  • Sound Director
    Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
  • Producer
    Ryo Oyama
    Yoshihiro Oyabu
Production
  • Animation Production
    BONES
  • Production
    Aniplex
    DTB Production Committee
Music
Opening
Ep. 1-14
“HOWLING”
abingdon boys school
Ep. 15-23, 25
“Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without A Name~”
An Café
Ending
Ep. 1-14
“Tsukiakari”
Rie Fu
Ep. 15-24
“Dreams”
High and Mighty Color