About this series
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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Quick facts
First aired
2007
Seasons
2
Episodes
37
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.5/10
Votes
254
Genre
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
Status
Ended
Network
MBS
Language
JA
Seasons & Episodes
S01E01
The Star of Contract Flowed... (1)
Li Shanshun is a Chinese student just moving to Japan. Upon moving in his new apartment he meets a woman named Haraguchi. He sees here again that night, after observing the stars, …
S01E02
The Star of Contract Flowed... (2)
As Li and Haraguchi continue to avoid Alan and the other Contractors, Haraguchi reveals that her actual name is Chiaki Shinoda. She also says she will give him the information she …
S01E03
The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (1)
Not long after the appearance of the gate, a group went in to investigate the gate. Among the group only one man survived. Tahara now spends his time in his office taking care of t…
S01E04
The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (2)
Things have taken a turn for the worse, with Tahara's daughter being a contractor, but not being able to control her powers. Now Mai has been kidnapped and the group responsible wa…
S01E05
A Crimson Dream of Disaster Disappears in Eastern Europe... (1)
A group of Contractors, called MI-6, capture a once deadly Contractor called Havoc, who has lost her powers. Upon retreiving her they take her to Tokyo to be experimented on by the…
S01E06
A Crimson Dream of Disaster Disappears in Eastern Europe... (2)
Havoc is iterrogated by Hei on the whereabouts of Amber and Pai (Who is Hei's younger sister) Unfortunately, Havoc does not know anything useful. She offers to help Hei by approach…
S01E07
The Gardenia Releases its Fragrance in the Early Summer Rain... (1)
Gai and Kiko get hired by a widow and are asked to find the widow's lost black cat. While trying to find the cat, they meet Hei, who is looking for the Contractor that is killing e…
S01E08
The Gardenia Releases its Fragrance in the Early Summer Rain... (2)
As Gai investigates the murder of Toshiko he is attacked by the mind switching contractor, who wants his jacket back. Mao makes an attempt to steal the jacket and take off with it …
S01E09
Girl's Pure White Dress Stained by Dreams and Blood... (1)
Misaki finds herself reunited with her old high school classmate, Alice, who is also the daughter of the boss of the Hong Kong mafia, Chen Long Tang, on the night of Alice's birthd…
S01E10
Girl's Pure White Dress Stained by Dreams and Blood... (2)
After Hei and Misaki barely escape from Alice, Hei goes his separate way after Misaki and Saitou find each other. After Hei steals the crystal hidden within the stone flower garden…
S01E11
Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (1)
When an explosion is set up to steal a meteor fragment from PANDORA headquarters, Hei is sent it to steal it before anyone else does. On his first day he meets up Corinna Moku, who…
S01E12
Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (2)
Nick and a few other researchers are sent into the restricted section of the Gate to retrieve what is to believed to be the meteor fragment. Everything goes wrong and the entire te…
S01E13
On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water's Surface... (1)
Hei, Yin, and Mao are targeted by a group of contractors and now must fight to survive. Things become problematic when Yin goes missing. Now Hei and Moa must find her before the en…
S01E14
On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water's Surface... (2)
Kastenin, Gai, and Kiko take Yin back to her home town, meanwhile Hei is given the order to kill Yin and is given her location. Getting to Yin is not going to be that easy since th…
S01E15
The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile... (1)
A sunspot called the Great Dark Spot, that makes the sun look like an eye, is about to appear and the last time it appeared the gate in South America dissappeared. To make everythi…
S01E16
The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile... (2)
The Stargazer of the Astronomical Bureau finally speaks, giving vague information on the Evening Primrose. November 11 kills Maki in a final showdown as Hei finally reaches Amber, …
S01E17
I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (1)
Hei meets Sakurai Kenji of the Nakazawa Group, a clumsy yet ambitious young man. New characters are introduced who live in Hei's apartment building. Later, Kenji is given the assig…
S01E18
I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (2)
Kenji falls for the doll, and they try to run away together with Hei's help. While out shopping, Hei is nearly identified by Kirihara Misaki as BK201, but Misaki doesn't see the re…
S01E19
Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams, and Falling Drunk... (1)
Hei is sent to infiltrate a religious organization and kill the Prophet, Alma. He is aided by an insider, another Contractor by the name of Shihoko whom Huang appears to know. Amag…
S01E20
Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams, and Falling Drunk... (2)
The Organization orders Huang to kill Shihoko, and as a secondary directive secretly orders Mao and Hei to kill them and Alma if Huang fails. In Huang's past we see him falling for…
S01E21
The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (1)
A doctor is abducted by agents of the EPR, while the American embassy in Tokyo suffers attack from Hei and his team. A new contractor with the power to teleport herself and others …
S01E22
The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (2)
Mao is taken by Amber to the headquarters of the EPR. While there, Amber calls a meeting for all of the EPR's contractors, including Mao, and the Doctor. She reveals that there was…
S01E23
God's in His Heaven...
Eric Nishijima is using a particle accelerator to wipe out the contractors. Amber gathers numerous contractors to destroy the accelerator, and dolls to be used for some other unkno…
S01E24
Meteor Shower...
Hei's team, on the orders of Eric Nishijima, has been kicked out of the syndicate and contracts taken on all their lives. Misaki discovers that the "syndicate" is really a collabor…
S01E25
Is the Dream that a God of Death Has a Darkness Darker than Black?
After meeting with Amber, Hei learns that against common knowledge Contractors can become more humane than was thought to be possible. Realising his own position between the world …
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Cast
🎭 Animation
🎭 Action & Adventure
🎭 Sci-Fi & Fantasy
🎭 Mystery
👤 Hidenobu Kiuchi
👤 Kiyomi Asai
👤 Ikuya Sawaki
assassin
conspiracy
paranormal phenomena
spirit
psychic
super power
dark past
seinen
anime
complex
Questions about Darker than Black
How many seasons does Darker than Black have?
Darker than Black has 2 seasons and 37 episodes total.
What genre is Darker than Black?
Darker than Black is a Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery series.
Who stars in Darker than Black?
The cast of Darker than Black includes Hidenobu Kiuchi, Kiyomi Asai, Ikuya Sawaki, Kana Hanazawa.
What is the TMDB rating for Darker than Black?
Darker than Black has a TMDB rating of 7.5/10 based on 254 votes.
