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Darker than Black

Darker than Black

20077.62 Seasons37 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Produced by Hiroo Maruyama, Ryo Oyama, Yoshihiro Oyabu
NetworksMBS

Top Cast

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hei (voice)

Kiyomi Asai

Kiyomi Asai

July (voice)

Ikuya Sawaki

Ikuya Sawaki

Mao (voice) / Petya (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Pavlichenko Suou (voice)

Themes & Keywords

assassinconspiracyparanormal phenomenaspiritpsychicsuper powerdark pastseinenanime

About Darker than Black

Darker than Black is a animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, mystery series that first aired in 2007 exploring themes of assassin, conspiracy, paranormal phenomena, spirit, psychic, super power. it stars Hidenobu Kiuchi, Kiyomi Asai, Ikuya Sawaki. 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.

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