Light Hi-Fi - Darker than Black, also known as Darker than Black: The Black Contractor (DARKER THAN BLACK ー黒の契約者ー Dākā Zan Burakku -Kuro...
Light Hi-Fi - Darker than Black, also known as Darker than Black: The Black Contractor (DARKER THAN BLACK ー黒の契約者ー Dākā Zan Burakku -Kuro no Keiyakusha), is a anime television series created and directed by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones. It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. The music for the series is composed by Yoko Kanno. The series has also been adapted into two manga series, which are serialized in Monthly Asuka and in Young Gangan.
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor is an original Japanese anime series directed and written by Tensai Okamura and produced by Bones. It is a sequel to the 2007 series Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha with most of the crew returning for production duties. The series premiered on TBS, MBS and their affiliated stations from October 8, 2009. The sequel tells of Suō Pavlichenko, a Eurasian girl whose life is changed by a frightful incident regarding a meteor shower, and her subsequent encounter with the assassin Hei, who is still on the run from the Syndicate two years after the events in the previous season.
A document containing information about Bones staff and production details, was leaked onto the Japanese filesharing site uploader.jp, within the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format, on July 2008. Among other details, including confidential contact information in regards to Bones staff members, it revealed that a second Darker than Black and Fullmetal Alchemist series was in production and were being directed by Tensai Okamura and Yasuhiro Irie respectively. This information regarding Fullmetal Alchemist, which had never been previously released, was later proven to be true on January 2009. In an official statement posted on Bones' official website, co-founder and president Masahiko Minami claimed that the document was not released by the studio themselves but by an unnamed third-party. In a later statement, Minami also stated in regards to the two new series, "It hasn't been decided yet. We are interested in doing them. As original science-fiction works, they were extremely fascinating. With these kinds of dramatic story lines, I feel that there's a lot we could do potentially. Six months later, however, the second series for Fullmetal Alchemist was confirmed to be in production with Yasuhiro Irie as director, thus confirming the document's validity. The second Darker than Black series was confirmed in the 12th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan Magazine. In the 14th issue of Young Gangan, the title was revealed as Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (DARKER THAN BLACK ー流星の双子ー Dākā Zan Burakku -Ryūsei no Jemini). The sequel began airing in October 2009 and ended in December 2009. At Anime Expo 2010, Funimation Entertainment announced that they had licensed the second season. The opening theme is "Tsukiakari no Michishirube" (ツキアカリのミチシルベ; "Guidepost of the Moonlight") by Stereopony (eps 2) and the ending theme is "From Dusk Till Dawn" by abingdon boys school.
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- Eoisode 1 Black Cats Do Not Dream of Stars...
- A Eurasian girl named Suō Pavlichenko watches a meteor shower along with her twin brother and their father, but things go awry when a meteor crashes into their location.
- Episode 2 Fallen Meteor...
- Before Hei can obtain the meteor fragment from Suō, Mina Hazuki attacks him in order to secure Suō. Suō seeks sanctuary alongside Nika to avoid being captured by FSB agents due to the events regarding Tanya's Contractor powers being known and for Suō being mistaken for Shion.
- Episode 3 Vanishing in a Sea of Ice...
- The trap devices holding Hei explode from the energies caused by the meteor fragment. Suō goes into a daze and shoves both herself and Hei into the sea. Hei awakens in a hut with Suō in tow.
- Episode 4 The Ark Adrift on the Lake...
- Hei and the others landed in Sapporo, taking refuge in an uninhabited part of the city as half of it was previously flooded. Misaki was recruited into the MIAC's black ops division Section 3 and was given the alias of Yayoi Ichinose.
- Episode 5 Gunsmoke Blows, Life Flows...
- Hei is attacked by a group of MIAC agents led by Michiru, the wife of a local restaurant owner who left him three years ago after becoming a Contractor for the MIAC.
- Episode 6 An Aroma Sweet, a Heart Bitter...
- Hei engages Genma in a battle, taking in the trap prepared by Misaki while she and the rest of Section 3 prepare to transport Izanami to the Greater Tokyo Area on the submarine.
- Episode 7 The Doll Sings in the Winter Wind...
- Repnin complains about the mystery behind Dr. Pavlichenko's corpse, when he is shown a picture of Dr. Pavlichenko alive and well in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Misaki meets Genma at the abandoned National Observatory and learns that communications between her and the rest of the world are being tapped by the MIAC.
- Episode 8 Twinkling Sun on a Summer Day...
- Hei is intercepted by Repnin's men in the train hallway and Suō is confronted by Tanya. Repnin offers Hei a job with the FSB after inviting him to eat.
- Episode 9 They Met One Day, Unexpectedly...
- As Suō and July ride a train through Tokyo Suō collapses from a high fever, waking up in a bedroom.
- Episode 10 Your Smile on a False Street Corner...
- Suō tries to remind her mother of the happy time they visited the aquarium, but flees when she denies it. Misaki finds Suō in the cold and explains that the aquarium she remembers was demolished thirteen years ago.
- Episode 11 The Sea Floor Dries Up, and the Moon Grows Full...
- Hei decides to leave for a while to settle his own problems. After which, Suō decides to do the same, of which she goes to find her father and asks him about her.
- Episode 12 Ark of Stars
- Hei and the rest of Section 3 continue to secure Izanami from American forces after they have launched a military operation to secure the Greater Tokyo Area for their government's use.
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