The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed 'Hei' as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo under the direction of the aforementioned Syndicate. Various nations and organizations around the world train and utilize Contractors as spies and assassins, resulting in violent battles for valuable objects and information.įollowing the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. Their incredible abilities, however, are gained at the cost of their humanity Contractors are thus named because of an involuntary compulsion to 'pay the price' each time their power is used, which can range from eating particular foods or completing meaningless tasks, to self-harm and change their bodies in peculiar ways. Kept secret from the masses, these individuals are known to murder in cold blood, smothering unnecessary emotions with logic and rationality. As such, Contractors are usually identified by their star's Messier catalogue number. Each Contractor has a corresponding fake star, which reacts to their activities. During this time, people possessing various special abilities-called 'Contractors'-emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats.
The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. 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. On January 21, 2016, it was announced that Funimation, the North American distributor for the anime, no longer holds the license for the first season. The series has also been adapted into two manga series, which are serialized in Monthly Asuka and in Young Gangan.Ī sequel titled Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor ( DARKER THAN BLACK ー流星の 双子 （ ジェミニ ）ー Dākā Zan Burakku -Ryūsei no Jemini-) premiered in Japan on October 8, 2009. The music for the series is composed by Yoko Kanno. It premiered across Japan from Apon MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. 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 an animetelevision series created and directed by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones.
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