Black Bullet (2014)

★ 7.5 0h 24m 1 Seasons 223 votes IMDb
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A near future, where humans have been defeated by the viral parasites named Gastrea. They have been exiled into a small territory and live in despair, side-by-side in terror. In this world trapped in darkness— Rentaro, a boy living near Tokyo and member of the "Civil Security"—an organization specializing in fighting against the Gastrea—is used to accomplishing dangerous tasks. His partner is Enju, a precocious young girl. They fight thanks to their peculiar powers until one day, when they receive a special assignment from the government. This top secret mission is to prevent the destruction of Tokyo... Set in a near future, this thrilling heroic-action story... starts now!

Black Bullet

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Cast

Yuki Kaji
Yuki Kaji as Rentarō Satomi (voice) Age 40 · Tokyo, Japan Yuki Kaji is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with the agency VIMS. He has also been a radio host and acted on stage, and since 2015 has also occasionally been cast in on-screen roles in t...
Rina Hidaka
Rina Hidaka as Enju Aihara (voice) Age 31 · Chiba, Japan Rina Hidaka (日高 里菜, Hidaka Rina, born June 15, 1994) is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Chiba Prefecture. She is affiliated with StarCrew, having been previously with AT Production and Offic...
Yui Horie
Yui Horie as Kisara Tendō (voice) Age 49 · Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan Yui Horie is a Japanese singer and voice actress. She is sometimes affectionately nicknamed "Hocchan" by her Japanese fans. She hosts a radio show called "Horie Yui no Tenshi no Tamago" and is the fou...
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Tina Sprout (voice) Age 30 · Saitama, Japan Tomoyo Kurosawa (黒沢 ともよ, born April 10, 1996) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Chichibu, Saitama who is affiliated with Toho Entertainment. Her major voice acting roles in anime ar...
Rikiya Koyama
Rikiya Koyama as Kagetane Hiruko (voice) Age 62 · Kyoto, Japan Rikiya Koyama is a Japanese actor and voice actor who is a member of Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono and Kamen no Maid Guy. He is also known...
Aki Toyosaki
Aki Toyosaki as Seitenshi (voice) Age 39 · Tokushima, Japan Aki Toyosaki is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is a member of the J-pop idol unit Sphere..

Audience Reviews

ZeBlah 6/10 Jun 29, 2019
Quite good animation but the foundation of the story is just too sad for me. Maybe worth to watch it once.
BiankaMalburg 4/10 Aug 09, 2024
**"In order for you to have the time to truly decide whether this world is worth saving or not, we need the world to keep existing"**

~Please forgive any spelling errors. English is not my native language.

I have my difficulties with "Black Bullet". I started the anime a few years ago, watched two episodes and then stopped again. Now I've seen it finished. So here are my thoughts.

The stucture of Black Bullet:

1. On the one hand, I think that the anime would have benifited from more episodes or a second season. Everything seemed so cramped and rushed to me.
2. On the other hand, I don't know if it was interesting enough to warrant more episodes.
3. Plot points were quickly introduced and rushed through. I was sometimes a bit confused during or at the end of an episode.

The writing of Black Bullet:

1. Either I was mentally absent for a short time and just didn't notice it or we learn almost nothing about Rentarou. Of course, we learn somethings about him (🦾🦿), but nothing really about him in terms of character.
2. Takuto Yasuwaki's "villain arc" is stupid and doesn't change or do anything within the story.
3. This is just a small point that gets on my nerves personally in some anime... Unnecessary conversations about the breasts of female characters.
4. This is now a somewhat bigger point, because I find it ... icky. The strange sexualization of the 'Cursed Children'. And the cursed children are, as the name suggests, children. I noticed it in some places, and I thinks it's well, strange.

~Again, sorry for any possible errors.

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