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Darker than Black - Kuro no Keiyakusha: Gaiden (OAV)

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Alternative title:
DARKER THAN BLACK 黒の契約者 外伝 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , drama , mystery , supernatural 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: After the incidents in Tokyo, Hei and Yin try to bury their past and start a new life, but everywhere they go someone seems to be following them. Unaware to Hei, Yin's current odd behavior appears to be related to a prophecy that might lead to the end of the world. 
User Ratings: 1235 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 106 votes (sub:73, dub:26, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:4
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 331 votes (sub:255, dub:63, raw:2, others:11
8 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 356 votes (sub:251, dub:80, ?:4, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:19
8 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 221 votes (sub:167, dub:47, raw:1, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 117 votes (sub:92, dub:19, raw:1, ?:1, others:4
2 French subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 46 votes (sub:42, dub:3, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 33 votes (sub:31, dub:2)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:2, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 2203 users, rank: #520 (of 10059)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.736 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5986, rank: #1229 (of 10234)
Weighted mean: 7.707 (Very good−), rank: #1196 (of 10234) (seen all: 7.72 / seen some: 7.12 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.704 (Very good−), rank: #893 (of 7688)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 4 
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 2010-01-27 to 2010-07-21 
Release dates: We have 4
Ending Theme:
"DARKER THAN BLACK" by Yasushi Ishii 
Links: We have 1
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor + OVAs (BD+DVD) 2011-11-08 (from $90.90)
    Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor + OVAs (BD+DVD) 2013-05-14 (from $133.00)
    Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor + OVAs [Anime Classics] (BD+DVD) 2015-05-12 (from $349.99)
    Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor + OVAs [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2011-11-08 (from $124.48)
DVD (Region 2)
    Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor - Complete Collection (DVD) 2011-12-26

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tensai Okamura 
Series Composition:
Takehiko Tamura 
Yūsuke Sekitani 
Scenario: Shōtarō Suga 
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Nishimura (ep 3) 
Tensai Okamura (eps 1, 4) 
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (ep 2) 
Episode Director:
Daisuke Chiba (eps 1-2) 
Tensai Okamura (ep 4) 
Toshinori Narita (ep 3) 
Music: Yasushi Ishii (Phonisia) 
Original creator: Tensai Okamura 
Original Character Design: Yuji Iwahara 
Character Design: Takahiro Komori 
Art Director: Takashi Aoi 
Chief Animation Director: Takahiro Komori 
Animation Director:
Takahiro Komori (ep 4) 
Yoshiyuki Itō (eps 1-2) 
Yuka Kudō (ep 3) 
Yuriko Ishii (ep 4) 
Art design:
Masahiro Satō (eps 2-3) 
Takashi Aoi (eps 1-4) 
Tomoaki Okada (eps 1-4) 
3D Director: Kōki Ōta 
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi 
Director of Photography: Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi 
2nd Key Animation:
Akio Kitahara (ep 2) 
An Katsuragi (ep 2) 
Chizuko Kusunoki (ep 2) 
Eriko Kawano (ep 4) 
Etsuko Kawano (ep 3) 
Fumika Hasegawa (ep 2) 
Ikumi Oka (ep 4) 
Kanayo Nakanishi (eps 1-4) 
Kaori Higuchi (ep 2) 
Keiko Tamaki (ep 4) 
Kōta Michishita (ep 1) 
Masato Furukawa (eps 1, 3) 
Miho Sekimoto (eps 1, 4) 
Miho Shirota (ep 2) 
Nao Tokunaga (ep 3) 
Naoto Abe (ep 2) 
Natsuko Suzuki (ep 2) 
Satomi Kato (ep 2) 
Shunsuke Sakai (eps 2-4) 
Tomoko Ishikawa (ep 3) 
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 2) 
Yousuke Toyama (eps 2-3) 
Yūta Itō (ep 4) 
3DCGI Supervisor: Atsuki Satō (motor/lieZ) 
Assistant Animation Director:
Ayafumi Suzuki (eps 1-2) 
Hitomi Odashima (eps 1-2) 
Takashi Murai (ep 3) 
Yoshiyuki Kodaira (eps 1-3) 
Yuriko Ishii (eps 1-2) 
Associate producer:
Hirotsugu Ogisu (eps 1-4) 
Kozue Kananiwa (eps 1-4) 
Miho Kawagoe (eps 2-4) 
Shigetoshi Sato (eps 1-4) 
Toshihiro Maeda (eps 1-4) 
Background Art:
Aiko Taira (GREEN; ep 2) 
Atsushi Shimizu (GREEN; eps 1-3) 
Ayako Iwanaga (GREEN; ep 4) 
Ayami Yoshida (GREEN; eps 2-4) 
Bo Wang (Feng Animation; eps 2-3) 
Chun Mei Xiang (Feng Animation; ep 4) 
Fujia Ouyang (Feng Animation; ep 1) 
Guoqiang Sun (Feng Animation; eps 1-2, 4) 
Hiromi Kamiyama (GREEN; eps 1, 3) 
Hongbo Du (Feng Animation; ep 3) 
Jing Li (Feng Animation; ep 1) 
Jingwei Liu (Feng Animation; ep 3) 
Jun Hirai (GREEN; eps 2-3) 
Kyouko Matsugae (GREEN; ep 2) 
Lan Chen (Feng Animation; ep 2) 
Makoto Ujiie (GREEN; eps 1-4) 
Miyoko Kobayashi (GREEN; ep 3) 
Nariyuki Ogi (GREEN; eps 1-2) 
Qiang Long (Feng Animation; ep 2) 
Qiuyue Li (Feng Animation; eps 3-4) 
Taifei Xu (Feng Animation; eps 2-3) 
Takeshi Waki (GREEN; ep 4) 
Tomoe Ookubo (GREEN; eps 2-4) 
Wang Ye (Feng Animation; eps 1, 4) 
Wei Zhang (Feng Animation; eps 1, 4) 
Weihua Qin (Feng Animation; ep 1) 
Weixin Lin (Feng Animation; eps 1-2) 
Xiaohong Ma (Feng Animation; ep 3) 
Xifeng Chen (Feng Animation; ep 3) 
Yu Liu (Feng Animation; ep 4) 
Yu Guang Qi (Feng Animation; ep 4) 
Yuanzhen Zhang (Feng Animation; eps 3-4) 
Check:
Naoki Sugihara (Fan Out) 
Tatsuro Yamaji (Fan Out) 
Color design:
Nobuko Mizuta 
Yukari Goto (Assistant) 
Color setting:
Masako Kumada (ep 2) 
Shiho Okamiya (ep 2) 
Yukari Goto (eps 1, 3-4) 
Editing: Masato Yoshitake 
Finish Animation:
Atsuko Ito (ep 3) 
Chitae Maeda (ep 2) 
Emi Kadono (eps 1, 3) 
Emiko Okui (eps 1, 4) 
Erika Tanaka (ep 1) 
Haruka Yoshida (ep 1) 
Hiromi Mitome (ep 2) 
Izumi Inoue (ep 1) 
Junko Fujimaki (ep 4) 
Junko Hakamada (ep 1) 
Junko Mochizuki (ep 3) 
Katsuhiko Shiroto (ep 1) 
Kazuko Kikuchi (ep 3) 
Maki Ōmoto (ep 2) 
Marie Koga (ep 4) 
Maya Kusumoto (ep 2) 
Michiko Watanabe (ep 4) 
Midori Nakagawa (ep 1) 
Midori Saitō (ep 3) 
Miyoko Suzuki (ep 3) 
Naoko Sunahara (ep 2) 
Nobuya Terashima (ep 1) 
Rie Kitazawa (ep 4) 
Saeko Kushima (ep 2) 
Sayaka Yamashita (ep 2) 
Shiho Okamiya (eps 3-4) 
Shōhei Kinoshita (ep 2) 
Tomomi Muta (ep 4) 
Yayoi Hirano (ep 3) 
Yoko Wakabayashi (ep 1) 
Yoshiki Ito (ep 4) 
Yuka Abe (ep 4) 
Yuki Atsumi (ep 4) 
Yūmi Fujihara (ep 3) 
Yumi Watanabe (ep 3) 
HD Editing:
Haruka Yasumoto (Assistant) 
Junichi Arai 
HD Editing Supervisor: Takayuki Tabata 
In-Between Animation:
Erika Okada (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Fumiko Suzuki (ep 4) 
Hiromi Masuko (eps 3-4) 
Ikuri Kameyama (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Iori Nonoshita (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Kanako Ueda (ep 1) 
Keiko Abu (eps 1-4) 
Keiko Oyama (eps 2, 4) 
Keiko Watanabe (eps 3-4) 
Kengo Saitō (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Kenta Yokoya (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Kimiko Hoshi (eps 2-4) 
Masayo Tamaki (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Miki Sakaibara (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Miyuki Yano (eps 2-4) 
Sachiyo Takada (eps 3-4) 
Satomi Kato (ep 1) 
Taeko Watanabe (eps 1, 3-4) 
Yuki Nagano (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
Yuri Maeyama (BONES Animation Dept.; ep 1) 
In-Between Check:
Fumiko Suzuki (eps 3-4) 
Kōichi Iwanaga (eps 1-2) 
Key Animation:
Asako Aoki (ep 2) 
Ayafumi Suzuki (eps 1, 4) 
Eiji Komatsu (ep 3) 
Eizō Kawada (ep 2) 
Etsushi Mori (ep 1) 
Fumiyo Kimura (ep 4) 
Hikaru Naraoka (eps 2-3) 
Hiromu Matsumoto (ep 3) 
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (ep 3) 
Jun Mori (eps 2, 4) 
Junko Matsushita (eps 1-3) 
Katsu Yoshioka (ep 3) 
Kazuki Ito (eps 1-2) 
Kazunobu Hoshi (ep 3) 
Kazuya Hirata (ep 3) 
Kazuya Miyoshi (ep 1) 
Keiko Kuwano (ep 1) 
Kōichi Takai (ep 1) 
Kōichi Usami (eps 1, 4) 
Kyōko Kotani (ep 1) 
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 2) 
Masaki Tanigawa (ep 4) 
Miho Shirota (eps 1, 3) 
Mineko Ueda (eps 1, 4) 
Miyuki Goto (ep 2) 
Miyuki Inoue (eps 1, 3) 
Miyuki Koga (ep 4) 
Naoko Yamamoto (ep 2) 
Naoto Abe (ep 1) 
Nobuhiro Watanabe (ep 1) 
Nobunori Wakana (ep 3) 
Rie Nakanishi (eps 3-4) 
Rondo Mizukami (ep 4) 
Satoshi Hattori (ep 4) 
Sayaka Takase (ep 1) 
Shōichi Funaki (ep 2) 
Shōsuke Ishibashi (ep 4) 
Shūhei Hosokawa (eps 1, 3) 
Taichi Nakaguma (ep 2) 
Takaaki Fujikura (ep 3) 
Takahiro Shikama (eps 1-2, 4) 
Takashi Naoya (ep 4) 
Takashi Uchida (ep 3) 
Takashi Ueno (ep 3) 
Taketomo Ishikawa (ep 2) 
Tatsurō Nagai (ep 1) 
Tatsuya Oka (ep 2) 
Tomomi Ishii (ep 2) 
Toshiko Baba (ep 4) 
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 2) 
Yasuyuki Kai (eps 2, 4) 
Yoshinori Wakana (ep 2) 
Yoshitaka Kōno (ep 2) 
Yū Kobayashi (ep 3) 
Yūki Hishisawa (ep 3) 
Yuki Ōmori (ep 1) 
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 3) 
Yūko Danki (ep 4) 
Yuriko Ishii (ep 4) 
Yutaka Nakamura (eps 1, 4) 
Music Production:
Keiichi Sotomura 
Toshiaki Ohta (Borderline) 
Photography:
Hikaru Fukuda (BONES Photography Dept.) 
Masataka Ikegami (BONES Photography Dept.) 
Satomi Ryūkaku (BONES Photography Dept.) 
Yuriko Hino (BONES Photography Dept.) 
Planning Assistant:
Hideo Yoshida (eps 2-4) 
Hitoshi Kawamura (eps 1-4) 
Tomo Mayo (eps 1-4) 
Planning Production: Koutaro Nakayama 
Production Advancement:
Kōsuke Takahashi (ep 2) 
Naoki Inoue (ep 4) 
Naoya Arakawa (ep 1) 
Taketomo Tabuchi (ep 3) 
Production Business: Akiko Nikaidō 
Production Desk: Atsushi Chiba 
Promotion Supervisor: Ryoichi Sugiura 
Publicity:
Aya Shibata (eps 1-4) 
Candice Abe (eps 1-4) 
Hitomi Ando (eps 1-4) 
Kouji Taguchi (ep 2) 
Yuki Maeda (eps 1-4) 
Publicity Assistant:
Kenba Fujita (eps 1-4) 
Kouji Taguchi (eps 2-4) 
Nobuyuki Kurashige (eps 1-4) 
Recording: Tetsuya Satake 
Recording Assistant: Shie Ishikura 
Sales Promotion:
Naoki Minabe 
Wataru Onoki 
Setting Production:
Junpei Kasaoka 
Naoyo Yaguchi (Assistant) 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi 
Sound Effects Assistant: Sachiko Nishi 
Sound Production: Nobue Yoshinaga 
Special Effects: Shin Inoie 
Theme Song Arrangement: Yasushi Ishii 
Theme Song Composition: Yasushi Ishii 
Theme Song Lyrics: Yasushi Ishii 
Theme Song Performance: Yasushi Ishii 
Title Design: Kana Fujiwara 
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Hei 
Misato Fukuen as Yin 

Natsuba Inoue as Stray Dog 
Tetsuya Iwanaga as Claude 

Akiko Hiramatsu as Amber-lookalike (ep 1) 
Ao Takahashi as EPR Members (ep 4) 
Arise Satou as Teenage Doll (eps 1, 4) 
Daisuke Hirakawa as EPR Members (ep 3) 
Gō Inoue as Chinese Contractor (ep 4) 
Iemasa Kayumi as Dr. Schrader (ep 2) 
Izumi Koike as EPR Members (ep 3) 
Junko Minagawa as Mistress (eps 2-3) 
Kaho Kōda as Madam Oreille (ep 4) 
Keiji Hirai as Low (ep 2) 
Kenichirō Matsuda as EPR Members (ep 3) 
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Mark (ep 1) 
Kozue Yoshizumi as Yōko Sawasaki (eps 2, 4) 
Mantarō Iwao as Hotel Manager (ep 1) 
Ooki Sugiyama as Chinese Contractor (ep 4) 
Reiko Suzuki as Boat Ticket Seller (ep 1) 
Reita Shibai as Hikari (ep 4) 
Ryōta Takeuchi as Yun (ep 2) 
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Gorō Kobayashi (eps 2, 4) 
Shunzō Miyasaka as
Contractor B (ep 1) 
EPR Members (ep 4) 
Takashi Nagasako as Contractor A (ep 1) 
Takuya Kirimoto as Amagiri (eps 3-4) 
Tetsurô Takase as EPR Members (ep 3) 
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as General Staff HQ 2nd Division Staff (ep 4) 
Tomomi Watanabe as EPR Members (eps 3-4) 
Yasuhiro Mamiya as General Store Manager (ep 1) 
Yoshiaki Matsumoto as Chin (eps 2-4) 
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Hikari (ep 4) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
ARCTURUS (ep 1) 
Ashi Productions (eps 1-2, 4) 
Brain's Base (ep 4) 
CODE (ep 1) 
Dōga Kōbō (ep 1) 
drop (ep 2) 
Last House (eps 2-3) 
Oh! Production (ep 3) 
Studio Liberty (eps 1-2, 4) 
Studio Mark (ep 2) 
Studio Wombat (eps 1, 3) 
Yuhodo (eps 1-4) 
Animation Production: BONES 
Background Art:
Feng Animation (eps 1-2, 4) 
Green (eps 2, 4) 
Pine Forest Animation (eps 1-2) 
Check: Fan Out 
Editing Studio: Q-Tec 
Finish Animation: Wish 
In-Between Animation:
Actas (ep 1) 
AI (eps 1-4) 
Anime Spot (eps 3-4) 
APPP (ep 4) 
Brain's Base (eps 2-3) 
Daume (ep 1) 
DEXS (ep 2) 
FAI International (eps 1-4) 
J.C. Staff (ep 1) 
Jumondo (eps 3-4) 
Mook Animation (eps 3-4) 
NS Studio (ep 3) 
Studio 4°C (eps 2, 4) 
Studio Comet (eps 2-4) 
Studio Wombat (ep 4) 
SynergySP (ep 3) 
Tatsunoko Production (ep 4) 
Triple A (eps 2-3) 
Wao World (ep 1) 
Xebec (eps 3-4) 
Yuhodo (eps 3-4) 
Music Production: Aniplex 
Production:
Aniplex (eps 1-4) 
BONES (eps 1-4) 
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners (eps 1-4) 
Mainichi Broadcasting System (eps 1-4) 
MOVIC (eps 1-4) 
Sony Computer Entertainment (eps 2-4) 
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center 
Sound Effects Production: Sound Box 
Sound Production: Phonisia 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Zach Bolton 
Script:
Blair Rowan (eps 1-2) 
Sean Whitley (eps 3-4) 
Translation: Steven J. Simmons 
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga 
ADR Engineer: Peter Hawkinson 
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt 
Blu-Ray Authoring:
John Andreas 
Matthew O'Hara 
Trace Furniss 
Blu-Ray Compression:
Duncan Yan 
Jacob Martin 
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez 
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Austin Black 
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Kris Pierce 
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp 
Commentary:
Brina Palencia (ep 1) 
Jason Liebrecht (ep 1) 
Zach Bolton (ep 1) 
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan 
Jacob Martin 
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez 
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia 
DVD Menu Design: TJ Larson 
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp 
Head Writer: John Burgmeier 
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller 
Line Producer: Zach Bolton 
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison 
Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann 
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon 
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla 
Jeremy Jimenez 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams 
Video Editing:
Ashley Rosse 
Josh Tyler 
Robert Bell 
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler 
Brina Palencia as Yin 
Jason Liebrecht as Hei 

Anthony Bowling as Qin 
Jason Douglas as Goro Kobayashi 
Johnny Yong Bosch as Shichi 
Stephanie Sheh as Stray Dog 

Bucky Pearl as Dr. Schroeder (ep 2) 
Dana Schultes as Xiao Jie (eps 2-3) 
Jennifer Green as Madame Oreille (ep 4) 
Joel McDonald as Hotel Manager (ep 1) 
Laura Bailey as
Amber (ep 3) 
Amber Doppelganger (eps 1-2) 
Lindsay Seidel as Shion Pavlichenko (ep 4) 
Tia Ballard as Yoko Sawasaki (eps 2, 4) 
Travis Willingham as Amagiri (eps 3-4) 
Wendy Powell as Ticket Booth Woman (ep 1) 

English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll 
FUNimation Entertainment 
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment  (Expired) 

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