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Darker than Black: Season 1

25 episodes Premiered Apr 6, 2007 Updated Jul 25, 2026

Darker than Black is a Japanese anime television series that premiered in 2007. The story takes place in Tokyo, where a mysterious spatial anomaly known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared ten years prior to the events of the series. This anomaly is accompanied by the emergence of psychics who possess paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience. The series follows Hei, a powerful psychic agent, and his associate Yin, a

Season overview

Darker than Black is a Japanese anime television series that premiered in 2007. The story takes place in Tokyo, where a mysterious spatial anomaly known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared ten years prior to the events of the series. This anomaly is accompanied by the emergence of psychics who possess paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience. The series follows Hei, a powerful psychic agent, and his associate Yin, a blind individual who works for one of the rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Heaven's Gate. The series is classified as an animation, action, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and mystery television show.

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Episodes

S1·E1

The Star of Contract Flowed... (1)

Apr 6, 2007 · 25 min

Li Shanshun is a Chinese student just moving to Japan. Upon moving in his new apartment he meets a woman named Haraguchi. He sees here again that night, after observing the stars,

S1·E2

The Star of Contract Flowed... (2)

Apr 13, 2007 · 25 min

As Li and Haraguchi continue to avoid Alan and the other Contractors, Haraguchi reveals that her actual name is Chiaki Shinoda. She also says she will give him the information she

S1·E3

The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (1)

Apr 20, 2007 · 25 min

Not long after the appearance of the gate, a group went in to investigate the gate. Among the group only one man survived. Tahara now spends his time in his office taking care of t

S1·E4

The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (2)

Apr 27, 2007 · 25 min

Things have taken a turn for the worse, with Tahara's daughter being a contractor, but not being able to control her powers. Now Mai has been kidnapped and the group responsible wa

S1·E11

Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (1)

Jun 15, 2007 · 25 min

When an explosion is set up to steal a meteor fragment from PANDORA headquarters, Hei is sent it to steal it before anyone else does. On his first day he meets up Corinna Moku, who

S1·E12

Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (2)

Jun 22, 2007 · 25 min

Nick and a few other researchers are sent into the restricted section of the Gate to retrieve what is to believed to be the meteor fragment. Everything goes wrong and the entire te

S1·E17

I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (1)

Jul 27, 2007 · 25 min

Hei meets Sakurai Kenji of the Nakazawa Group, a clumsy yet ambitious young man. New characters are introduced who live in Hei's apartment building. Later, Kenji is given the assig

S1·E18

I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (2)

Aug 3, 2007 · 25 min

Kenji falls for the doll, and they try to run away together with Hei's help. While out shopping, Hei is nearly identified by Kirihara Misaki as BK201, but Misaki doesn't see the re

S1·E21

The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (1)

Aug 31, 2007 · 25 min

A doctor is abducted by agents of the EPR, while the American embassy in Tokyo suffers attack from Hei and his team. A new contractor with the power to teleport herself and others

S1·E22

The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (2)

Sep 7, 2007 · 25 min

Mao is taken by Amber to the headquarters of the EPR. While there, Amber calls a meeting for all of the EPR's contractors, including Mao, and the Doctor. She reveals that there was

S1·E23

God's in His Heaven...

Sep 14, 2007 · 25 min

Eric Nishijima is using a particle accelerator to wipe out the contractors. Amber gathers numerous contractors to destroy the accelerator, and dolls to be used for some other unkno

S1·E24

Meteor Shower...

Sep 21, 2007 · 25 min

Hei's team, on the orders of Eric Nishijima, has been kicked out of the syndicate and contracts taken on all their lives. Misaki discovers that the "syndicate" is really a collabor