Black Bullet

7.5
201424m

Production

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A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in despair, side-by-side in terror. In this world trapped in darkness— Rentaro, a boy living near Tokyo and member of the "Civil Security"—an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea—is used to accomplishing dangerous tasks. His partner is Enju, a precocious young girl. They fight thanks to their peculiar powers until one day, when they receive a special assignment from the government. This top secret mission is to prevent the destruction of Tokyo... Set in a near future, this thrilling heroic-action story... starts now!

Trailers & Videos

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Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 2014

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1. The Last Hope

8.7

Year 2031: Tokyo Area. Most of the human race has been wiped out by the parasitic Gastrea. Part of the Anti-Gastrea movement, high school student Satomi Rentaro works as a civil officer for Tendo Civil Securities. On a mission, he meets a suspicious man in a mask and a tuxedo: Hiruko Kagetane.

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2. The Mask of Madness

8.7

Rentaro and President Kisara head to the Defense Ministry after being summoned. All of the reputable civil officers from the Tokyo Area show up there. The one who summoned them there is Seitenshi, in regards to destroying the host Gastrea and recovering the contents of the case that's inside the Gastrea.

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3. The Children of Fate

8.7

Enju is treated like an outcast at her school when it is found out that she is one of the Cursed Children, who have the Gastrea virus within them. Despite her sadness, they go look for the host Gastrea. She gives it her all and instantly is able to recover the case...

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4. Black Bullet

9.5

Hiruko instantly takes care of 29 civil officer pairs and comes face to face with Rentaro and Enju again. Rentaro shows his true power to Hiruko, proving that he's not the only one that was part of the New Human Creation Project and they battle again.

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5. The Crimson Black Assassin

8.7

The Tendo Civil Security Agency gets a job from Seitenshi. The job is to act as her bodyguard. Rentaro isn't very fond of the idea, but notices odd activity when it's revealed that Seitenshi will be meeting with the head of the Osaka Area while Kikunojo is gone.

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6. Tragic Irony

8.3

Seitenshi's vehicle is hit by a sniper while she in enroute to her meeting. Rentaro realizes this is more than a mere assassination attempt and gets help from Miori to find out more about the attack.

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7. In the Still of the Moonlit Night, the Dawn Sky

9.0

Rentaro gets hurt trying to protect Seitenshi from the sniper. The security plan that Seitenshi's bodyguards had set up were leaked to the sniper. Enju had gone after the sniper and falls into a coma.

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8. The Monument on the Border

8.7

Rentaro had set up an outdoor classroom for the kids in the outer district and was enjoying class. Seitenshi suddenly appears and lets him know that one of the Monoliths is about to be destroyed.

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9. The Protectors of the Barrier

9.0

The monolith finally starts to turn white. In fear of the great destruction to follow, the people of the Tokyo Area start panicking. Meanwhile, the civil officers start gathering around Monolith 32.

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10. Tokyo Area Defensive Battle

9.0

Before the battle against Aldebaran, Rentaro and Enju enjoy the outdoor class with the girls of the Outer District. Because the girls have very little hope and are unsure of their future, Rentaro takes them to a place where humanity had won their last battle against the Gastrea. Only three days remain until the destruction of the Monolith.

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11. The Heart of Taurus, the Spear of Light

8.5

The outdoor classroom is completely destroyed because of the bombing. Hope is starting to be destroyed along with the Monolith as the JASDF and Gastrea face off. However, the ones to show up at the civil officers' base were JASDF who had been turned into Gastrea themselves.

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12. Crisis Point

9.0

Rentaro is condemned for a decision he made in battle, and is told that there is another Gastrea named Pleiades that is protecting the already supposedly immortal Aldebaran. Rentaro is forced to face the enemy alone, and is helped by someone rather unexpected: his enemy from the past.

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13. The Ones Who Aspired to Be Gods

9.0

With the addition of Kagetane and Kohina, the adjuvant is complete. They choose the Flames of Revolution, the last place humanity won their battle against the Gastrea, as the ground for the final battle against Aldebaran.

Cast

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Yuki Kaji

Rentarō Satomi (voice)

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Rina Hidaka

Enju Aihara (voice)

Photo of Yui Horie

Yui Horie

Kisara Tendō (voice)

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Tomoyo Kurosawa

Tina Sprout (voice)

Photo of Rikiya Koyama

Rikiya Koyama

Kagetane Hiruko (voice)

Photo of Aki Toyosaki

Aki Toyosaki

Seitenshi (voice)

Photo of Yuhko Kaida

Yuhko Kaida

Sumire Muroto (voice)

Photo of Tamio Ohki

Tamio Ohki

Kikunojō Tendō (voice)

Photo of Ami Koshimizu

Ami Koshimizu

Miori Shiba (voice)

Photo of Aoi Yuuki

Aoi Yuuki

Kohina Hiruko (voice)

Photo of Hiromichi Tezuka

Hiromichi Tezuka

Shougen Ikuma (voice)

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Inori Minase

Asaka Mibu (voice)

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Kohsuke Toriumi

Ayn Rand (voice)

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Megumi Han

Kayo Senju (voice)

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Rumi Okubo

Yuzuki Katagiri (voice)

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Shin-ichiro Miki

Shouma Nagisawa (voice)

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Tessyo Genda

Nagamasa Gadou (voice)

Photo of Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Tamaki Katagiri (voice)

Photo of Yui Ogura

Yui Ogura

Midori Fuse (voice)

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Reviews

T

ZeBlah

6/10

Quite good animation but the foundation of the story is just too sad for me. Maybe worth to watch it once.

B

BiankaMalburg

4/10

**"In order for you to have the time to truly decide whether this world is worth saving or not, we need the world to keep existing"**

~Please forgive any spelling errors. English is not my native language.

I have my difficulties with "Black Bullet". I started the anime a few years ago, watched two episodes and then stopped again. Now I've seen it finished. So here are my thoughts.

The stucture of Black Bullet:

1. On the one hand, I think that the anime would have benifited from more episodes or a second season. Everything seemed so cramped and rushed to me.
2. On the other hand, I don't know if it was interesting enough to warrant more episodes.
3. Plot points were quickly introduced and rushed through. I was sometimes a bit confused during or at the end of an episode.

The writing of Black Bullet:

1. Either I was mentally absent for a short time and just didn't notice it or we learn almost nothing about Rentarou. Of course, we learn somethings about him (🦾🦿), but nothing really about him in terms of character.
2. Takuto Yasuwaki's "villain arc" is stupid and doesn't change or do anything within the story.
3. This is just a small point that gets on my nerves personally in some anime... Unnecessary conversations about the breasts of female characters.
4. This is now a somewhat bigger point, because I find it ... icky. The strange sexualization of the 'Cursed Children'. And the cursed children are, as the name suggests, children. I noticed it in some places, and I thinks it's well, strange.

~Again, sorry for any possible errors.

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