Black Bullet

Black Bullet (Japanese: ブラック・ブレット（黒の銃弾）, Hepburn: Burakku Buretto) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiden Kanzaki and illustrated by Saki Ukai, published under ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Bunko imprint. The story takes place during a parasitic epidemic, and follows Rentarō Satomi and Enju Aihara, two Civil Security workers who take missions to protect the Tokyo Area from destruction.

This article is about the light novel series. For the aircraft prototype, see Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet. For the confectionery, see Black Bullets.
Black Bullet
Cover of the first light novel volume
ブラック・ブレット
(Burakku Buretto)
GenreAction, post-apocalyptic
Light novel
Written byShiden Kanzaki
Illustrated bySaki Ukai
Published byASCII Media Works
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
ImprintDengeki Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 10, 2011 – April 10, 2014
Volumes7
Manga
Written byShiden Kanzaki
Illustrated byMorinohon
Published byASCII Media Works
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineDengeki Maoh
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 27, 2012 – June 27, 2014
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed byMasayuki Kojima
Produced by
  • Asuka Yamazaki
  • Fuminori Yamazaki
  • Mitsutoshi Ogura
  • Yasutaka Kurosaki
Written byTatsuhiko Urahata
Music byShirō Sagisu
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, tvk, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11, TSC
English network
Original run April 8, 2014 – July 1, 2014
Episodes13

The series began publication in July 2011, and 7 volumes have been published as of January 2020. A manga series began serialization in August 2012 in ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Maoh. An anime television series adaptation animated by Kinema Citrus and Orange was broadcast from April to July 2014, and was simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll. The Black Bullet franchise was localized in three countries by several companies: the anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks for North America, Animatsu Entertainment for the United Kingdom, and Hanabee for Australia. Both the manga and light novel series are published in North America by Yen Press.

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