With the announcement of the Black Bullet Anime, I decided to make a blog that will contain every single detail I can get my hands on until the Anime comes out. Pictures of the anime will also be posted as they are found, as well as PV when they are released.
Most of the information here comes from Anime News Network
October 6, 2013
An anime adaptation for Shiden Kanzaki's Light Novel, Black Bullet, is announced. No date is given, however. Some of the cast and staff has been announced, and it is an incredible bunch. It is as follow:
Staff
Director: Masayuki Kojima
Assistant Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Series Composition: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Character Design: Chiho Umishima
Music: Shiro Sagisu
Production: Kinema Citrus
Cast
Rentaro Satomi voiced by Yūki Kaji
Enju Aihara voiced by Rina Hidaka
Kagetane Hiruko voiced by Rikiya Koyama
For some info on who this people are and some of their works, read down below.
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The Director, Masayuki Kojima: Better known for Monster (manga) and Master Keaton.
The Assistant Director, Hiroshi Ikehata: Has worked on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Code:Breaker, Kill la Kill, Rosario + Vampire, Toriko and Soul Eater (manga). Series Composition, Tatsuhiko Urahata: For series such as Monster (manga) and D.Gray-man. Music, Shiro Sagisu: Amazing music in well known Anime series such as Bleach (manga), Neon Genesis Evangelion and Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic. Production, Kinema Citrus: Great animation as shown in the Anime Another (novel), Code:Breaker and Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road. |
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Yūki Kaji, Voicing Rentaro: Attack on Titan's Eren Yeager, Fairy Tail's Lyon Vastia, Black Butler's Finnian, Ao no Exorcist's Konekomaru Miwa, Deadman Wonderland's Yō Takami, Guilty Crown's Shu Ouma, High School DxD's Issei Hyōdō, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic's Alibaba and K's Totsuka Tatara.
Rina Hidaka, Voicing Enju: Tiger & Bunny's Kaede Kaburagi, Ro-Kyu-Bu!'s Airi Kashii, Accel World's Yuniko Kozuki, Sword Art Online's Silica; Keiko Ayano. Rikiya Koyama, Voicing Kagetane: Bleach's Coyote Starrk, Detective Conan, Fairy Tail's Fukuro, Fate/Zero's Kiritsugu Emiya, Hunter × Hunter's Ging Freecss, Naruto: Shippuden's Yamato, and Soul Eater's Shinigami. |
December 12, 2013
The anime is set to premiere April 2014! More of the cast is revealed on December 12.
Cast
Kohina Hiroku voiced by Aoi Yūki
Kisara Tendo voiced by Yui Horie
Sumire Muroto voiced by Yuko Kaida
Tina Sprout voiced by Tomoyo Kurosawa
Seitenshi voiced by Aki Toyosaki
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Aoi Yūki, Voicing Kohina: Beelzebub's Chiaki Tanimura,
Yui Horie, Voicing Kisara: Fairy Tail's Carla, K's Anna Kushina and Magi - The Kingdom of Magic's Yamraiha. Yuko Kaida, Voicing Sumire: Bleach's Ikumi Unagiya. Tomoyo Kurosawa, Voicing Tina: Aikatsu!'s Otome Arisugawa. Aki Toyosaki, Voicing Seitenshi: Beelzebub's Aoi Kunieda. |
December 18, 2013
High quality scan of the one released a few days ago!
December 28, 2013
The first Black Bullet Promotional Video and some pre released screenshots!!!
January 1, 2014
To begin the new year, we get a special picture from the studio! Check it out below~
January 25, 2014
fripSide announced on Friday that it will perform the opening theme for Black Bullet!!! However, no further details were stated, other than an opening that the band preformed for another spring anime in the year 2013.
For a glimpse of what that opening sounds like (which ranked #1 on Japan's Oricon singles chart), watch down below! I love it! :D
Pre-Release Screenshots (Low Quality)
February 8, 2014 (Low Quality)
Awesome visuals!!! I'll upload better ones once I find them! :3
The characters from the first picture are: Miori, Kisara, Enju and Rentaro~
Some renders! News ones are Seitenshi and Sumire Muroto!!! :3
Rentaro's apartment~
February 10, 2014
The website has been updated with various new logos.
The studios for Black Bullet have been announced. They are:
For a list of anime currently being aired by Tokyo MX, Click Me!
For a list of anime currently being aired by AT-X, Click Me! to see their website.
Furthermore, fripSide, the band performing the opening song for Black Bullet, will be attending AnimeJapan 2014 along with the main cast of BB.
Later that day, the official website released some renders for Sumire and Seitenshi! Check them out below.
Also, the opening title for the anime is "Black Bullet." The single sung by fripSide will be released May 14th along with an instrumental version.
February 14, 2014
The official website has updated with a new page! The special page is now open. That page will be used to list out the important terms in the Black Bullet universe, with comments from Kanzaki Shiden himself. Another cool thing is that the website will update weekly with new terms until the start of broadcasting.
The terms this week are:
ガストレア (Gastrea)
ガストレアウイルス (Gastrea Virus)
東京エリア (Tokyo Area)
呪われた子供たち (Cursed Children)
バラニウム (Varanium)
民警 (Civil Security)
February 15, 2014
Old image, but new information! We get Japanese voice actors for Shougen Ikuma, Kayo Senju and Kikunojō Tendo.
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Megumi Han, Voicing Kayo: Hunter x Hunter's Gon, Little Busters! Refrain's Young Kengo, Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road's Ame, Naruto Shippūden's Young Obito Uchiha, and Digimon Adventure's Takeru Takaishi.
Tamio Ōki, Voicing Kikunojō: Fate/Zero's Cormac mac Airt, From the New World's Mushin, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Tonpeti, Someone from Fairy Tail's movie (an elder), and Final Fantasy XII's Gran Kiltias Anastasis. Full List |
February 16, 2014
Better scan of the promotional poster from V. 36!
March 3, 2014
The official website released a reminded, for the fans, about the upcoming Dengeki Bunko Spring 2014 Festival to be held on March 16th. A video for Black Bullet will be released along with one from the upcoming anime Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Magic High School).
March 4, 2014
Here's a new Key Visual! I tried to find one with better quality (since this freaking morning), but no luck. I'll see if I have any luck tomorrow~ Also, the anime will cover Volume 3 of the Light Novel!!!
March 8, 2014
- It has been revealed that Black Bullet will air on April 8, 2014.
- Along with Tokyo MX and AT-X, the stations tvk, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto and BS11 have been added to the list of networks.
- Two new voice actors were revealed,
- Voicing Miori Shiba is Ami Koshimizu.
- Takuto Yasuwaki, one of Seitenshi's guards, will be voiced by Subaru Kimura.
March 10, 2014
- The main website finally reveals the anime's air date: April 8, 2014 at 10:30 PM.
- A reminder regarding the event to be held on Sunday, in which a new special Black Bullet PV featuring scenes from the first episode will premier!
- A special page with certain anime for the AnimeJapan 2014 was revealed.
March 16, 2014
The second Black Bullet PV is out!!!
The ending song has been confirmed to be performed by Nagi Yanagi, titled "Tokohana" (トコハナ).
March 23, 2014
I forgot to update the blog but,
- Enju and Tina will start in a radio broadcast on April 1st.
- An event will be held on April 25, 2014.
March 29, 2014
A scan from Dengeki G's Magazine.
April 1st, 2014
You can now hear Enju and Tina's voices!
There's something wrong with the main page. Something about the Tenchu Girls Anime Enju is always talking about. I really hope this is because it's April 1st. ( _ _) Turns out it was just an April Fools' joke!
April 2nd, 2014
New visual from the twitter account~
April 7th, 2014
Crunchyroll will stream Black Bullet!
It premiers tomorrow at 9:30 AM Pacific Time.