An anime adaptation for the Black Bullet Light Novel was announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival 2013 event on Sunday; October 6, 2013. Directing the anime is Masayuki Kojima at Kinema Citrus from scrips by Tatsuhiko Urahata. Chiho Umishima is designing the characters, while Shiro Sagisu is composing the music. Leading the cast for the anime is Yuuki Kaji as Rentaro Satomi, Rina Hidaka as Enju Aihara, and Rikiya Koyama as Kagetane Hiruko.[1] The anime is set to premiere April 8, 2014. Joining the main cast for the April Anime are voice actors Aoi Yūki as Kohina Hiruko, Yui Horie as Kisara Tendo, Yuko Kaida as Sumire Muroto, Tomoyo Kurosawa as Tina Sprout, and Aki Toyosaki as Seitenshi.[2]
The Black Bullet Anime's first promotional video streamed December 27, 2013; featuring the Monolith and various locations in the Tokyo Area. Characters featured in the promo are Promoter Rentaro Satomi, Initiator Enju Aihara and Gastrea Sumiaki Okajima. Along with the video, various animated images were released on the Anime's main Website.[3]
Episode list[]
Civil Security arc[]
Ten years after the Gastrea parasites begin to claw their way onto the top of the food chain, humanity's hope lies at the hands of Civil Security, an organization specialized in fighting Gastrea.
Promoter Rentaro Satomi and his Initiator Enju Aihara are tasked by Kisara Tendo to investigate an area in Tokyo said to be breached by a Gastrea.
The Cursed Children arc[]
Rentaro speaks to Sumire about the Gastrea Virus, leaving her lab with an idea of where to begin looking for the Original Gastrea lingering around the Tokyo Area.
Shortly thereafter, Enju and Rentaro walk about and see a Cursed Child bashed by society solely because of the blood running through her veins. Confused, Rentaro is later confronted by Kagetane Hiruko, who offers him an intriguing proposition.
Legacy of the Seven Stars arc[]
After declaring war on Civil Security, Kagetane proceeds to the next phase of his plans: awakening the Stage V Zodiac Gastrea.
Rentaro, Shougen, and several other Promoters ready to confront them with their Initiators as they enter an area unexplored by man, facing many challenges along the way.
Assassination arc[]
After defeating Kagetane and taking down the Stage V Gastrea, Rentaro is given the mission of being Seitenshi's bodyguard, attending their first meeting with Sogen Saitake of the Osaka Area. Tina Sprout invades the Tokyo Area, her objective being to assassin Seitenshi and retrieve an item.
The Third Kanto War Arc[]
Soon after Rentaro defeats Tina, Kisara takes Tina in as a member of the Tendo Civil Security Corporation. Seitenshi requests to see Rentaro who is given a mission; defending Tokyo Area from an upcoming war with Gastrea by forming a team of Civil Security Officers called an adjuvant. Meanwhile Rentaro looks for members of his adjuvant, Seitenshi prepares the replacement of Monolith 32, which is corroding due to an injection of corrosive liquid caused by a rampaging Stage IV Gastrea.