Black Rock Shooter

Drama / Fantasy / ActionTV8 EP/3 Feb 2012

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159 Ratings
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Synopsis

The kind of girl who spots someone interesting and immediately decides they're going to be her friend, Mato Kuroi wastes no time on the first day of junior high. She latches onto Yomi Takanashi, a quiet girl who clearly wants to be left alone, until they bond over a picture book called 'Li'l Birds At Play.' It's sweet, earnest middle school friendship stuff. But then the show cuts to a pale-eyed warrior in a desolate otherworld, firing a massive cannon at a gothic figure wreathed in chains, and you realize this isn't just a school drama. Black★Rock Shooter runs on two tracks: the everyday emotional tangles of teenage girls navigating friendships, jealousy, and loneliness, and a brutal parallel dimension where stylized versions of those same girls fight each other in visually intense battles. The genius is that the two worlds aren't separate: what happens emotionally in one bleeds into the other. It's only 8 episodes, so it stays tight and doesn't waste your time. Studio Ordet and SANZIGEN blend traditional and CG animation for the fight sequences, and honestly the action hits harder than you'd expect from something this short. If you liked Puella Magi Madoka Magica's trick of hiding darkness inside a familiar framework, or the emotional gut-punches of Yuki Yuna is a Hero, this is in that same lane. The cute school stuff is real, but so is the pain underneath it.

Episode Guide

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Characters

Black★Rock Shooter

Stoic, powerful warrior with a katana and cannon, Black★Rock Shooter battles for Mato in a surreal world.

Huynh Xanthe

Dead Master

Gothic lolita with black attire, green eyes, horns, wings, and a deadly scythe.

Yeung Suzie

Mato Kuroi

Shy, black-haired basketball-loving girl, Mato Kuroi befriends Yomi Takanashi and their bond deepens.

Huynh Xanthe

Strength

Yuu's dark persona, wielding giant Ogre Fists, who switches bodies with Yuu and befriends Mato.

Chambers Dani

Black★Gold Saw

Saya's counterpart, Black★Gold Saw wields the King Saw, altering time and reality in the Otherworld.

Van Sistine Natalie

Yomi Takanashi

Yomi Takanashi is a shy, artistic girl who befriends Mato and is later revealed to be Black Rock Shooter's counterpart.

Yeung Suzie

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Someone and 3 others rated 10.0
EP 8
turtlerunstudios★★★★★Anime

This is my jam, Huke really out done himself with this one! The animation style takes some time getting used to, especially if you watched the OVA first, but the vivid color use and fast paced action is a sight to behold. The story is pretty darn interesting, the characters are all intriguing especially Yomi’s I won’t go into detail since that could potentially ruin it for first timers so you just got to experience it for yourself! Black Rock Shooter!!!

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turtlerunstudios★★★★★EP 8

Thank you Huke, for creating this masterpiece, and the chance to explore the world of B⭐️RS. I wished I finished it all back then, but better late than never, if anything it’s better since I get to see It with fresh eyes again after so long. Big shout out to Hatsune Miku for kickstarting the Black Rock Shooter franchise, my favorite characters wouldn’t exist without Miku! The opening soundtrack, was also Miku’s song. The climax of the final battle was epic! The farewell near the end was sad to watch, and the story had a touching end, a nice send off for all the girls involved.

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