Alternative TitlesJapanese: ブラックキャット
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Type: TV
Episodes: 23
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 6, 2005 to Mar 30, 2006
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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SynopsisTrain Heartnet is the infamous gunman 'Black Cat', a cold-blooded assassin who works for the organization known as 'Chronos', bearing the mark XIII on his body. Most of his life was surrounded by violence, so Train is quiet, asocial and uncaring. However his life changes as he encounters the mysterious Sweeper (bounty hunter), Saya. Her unique way of living interested Train but tragedy occurs, resulting in Train changing the way he has lived towards the life of a Sweeper with newfound friends Sven and Eve. |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Black Cat Side story: Black Cat Special
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Ceray
93 of 139 people found this review helpful
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23 of 23 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
10 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
Gah~ Ceray's Review Time (procrastination in disguise)! Anyway, this is the review for the anime Black Cat. The anime is about Black Cat, also known as Train Heartnet, who once was an assassin for the organization Chronos. Due to events that happen in the story, Train quits being an assassin to becoming a sweeper/bounty hunter.
Plot: Since I haven't read the manga (yet) I can't compare the plots, I do know, however, that the storyline has changed a bit, however that doesn't really affect the story. The main part of the story consists of Train more or less wanting to confront a ghost from his past and this takes up roughly a little less than half the series. Though it's good that Black Cat had other small subplots, it felt rushed at times, as if they wanted to get straight to the action, which took away from the enjoyment. That aside, the story was wonderful, and kept me anxious for the next episode (which is why I finished so quickly), wanting to know what would happen to Train and company next.
Score: 7/10
Animation: If you want me to express what I though about the animation for Black Cat in one word that word would be "PWETTY." Not pretty, but pwetty. The animation is smooth and does look all.... icky. Yeah. If there's one thing about the animation that I have to point out is that Train looks younger, a few years younger. I mean, he's twenty three in the manga, but in the anime he looks nineteen (age change could be because of the changed time line...). What else should I say? The ending animation for the first twelve episodes is amusing, but only until... episode eight, but honestly I was missing it after a while. But, that's not the point, and the point is that Black Cat's animation nice... No reused animation, as far as I saw.
Score:10/10
Sound: Ah~ The background music, it's music to my ears. The music pretty much matches the mood of the current scene, for example during the dramatic scenes some sort of opera sounding music plays giving you that... ominous (?) feeling. I absolutely adored the piano version of the song Konoyo no Uta, which plays at certain points in the series. The opening theme, Daia no Hana, is amazing as well... However, the first ending theme Namidaboshi sometimes doesn't match the mood of the episode that it's ending...
Now usually, I don't watch subs, this is because I'd rather hear it in English, with Black Cat, I had no choice but to watch it subbed... And how wonderful it was. Takashi Kondo pulls Train off extremely well, sounding one way when serious and totally lighthearted another way. Also Shin'ichiro Miki makes Creed sound absolutely obsessed, which is good... I guess...Cept, I dun like Creed...
Score:9/10
Character: Ah. Do I have to put this? I totally love the characters of Black Cat... Even Creed, who scares me a lot. They aren't all that different than their manga counterparts, which is... good, and you can really tell the difference between then, Train is Train, Tanya is Tanya and Creed.... is obsessed.
Score: 9/10
Enjoyment: ... Must I explain?... Well... I sorta watched the whole series for Train... So... yeah...
Score: 9/10
Overall:
Yay!: Animation is smooth and pwetty. Smooth animation is good on Ceray's glasses ridden eyes.
Nay!: Plot was way too rushed. Pull it out at least ten or so more episoes.
Score: 9/10
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Sabaa
53 of 80 people found this review helpful
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23 episodes
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
First of all, to be honest with you all. I did not enjoy this series as much as i thought i would like it mainly because of the plot and how it got fairly rushed in the end.
Story - The beginning part of the story i thought was very well made, it was very dark, mysterious but not scary at all for those who dislike scary storylines. But after a while the plot just seem dull and unoriginal. Typical protagonist trying to save the world, trying to protect his friends and trying to get revenge, all these types of storylines has been overused, if Black Cat had a better storyline, i believe it would have been better.
Art - I liked the design of the characters, especially Train during the beginning of the series. So i have nothing to complain about the art category.
Sound- Not much to review about sound, but i have to admit the gunshots were pretty real. Also, the voice actors fitted the role very well, especially Eve and Sven. The OP was quite nice, fitted into the anime quite nice.. Forgot how the ED goes so i can't review that.
Character- One of the things that makes Black Cat enjoyable are the wide variety of characters. It is quite amusing watching Jenos and Rins yell at each other. So if your looking for some humorous characters, Black Cat has that for you. The one thing that i thought lacked in the character section was the sudden change of Train Heartnet. Although it says half a year has passed, I'm pretty sure people other then me wants to watch the process of him from a deadly assassin to a overly energetic young man. Another reason i suggest Black Cat was rushed.
Enjoyment- Black Cat is actually quite enjoyable if you do not care about the unoriginal storyline seeing that the characters are greatly designed and there are many great fight scenes.
Overall- Overall i would say Black Cat is a fair made anime that fails to achieve better due to the lack of storyline and how it is quite rushed. Although i say this, i still enjoyed Black Cat to it's full potential. read more
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Same atmosphere, similar idea..
Both have action. However, Darker Than Black has a bit more deep story line. Black Cat adds some humor into the mix up.
Both main characters have a dark past that lurks beneath the surface. Black Cat takes a more comedic outlook on the whole thing, while Darker than Black takes a more morbid outlook.
Both storys have a mysterious mainchara with great strenght
And some cute girls ^^
Characters are very similar (emotionless girl, main character is assassin who flees from organization and has a painful past, hard boiled detective and so one)
Also setting and story is somewhat similar
Bad pun not intended, one could call Darker Than Black a "Darker and Edgier" version of Black Cat.
They have very similar components and characters (organization of assassins/supernatural killers of which the main character is a part of, and each have different powers; mysterious waif emotionless girls; hero getting tangled up with figures from his past along the way, etc etc) but DTB does things with much more drama and blood. Also, the atmosphere of both just seem similiar as well.
+voice casts are ridiculously similar and soundtracks are reminiscent of each other
Black Cat and Darker Than Black both deal with assassins. While Darker Than Black has a main character with supernatural powers, Black Cat also has a main character who is highly skilled and is incredibly fast (this gave him the name Black Cat). I enjoyed both quite a lot since there was nonstop action and suspense. This is why I recommend Black Cat.
Though the storylines aren't exactly the same, fans of Black Cat may enjoy watching Darker than BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha. Both series revolve around a mercenary and include lots of action and a bit of the supernatural.
You can say those 2 main characters of both anime are assassin under a big organization .
i think the story line is bit closed , But 2 different attitude .
they both in tragic situation .
and same genre too - action
Both the main characters are assassin and the environment of both anime is kind of similar
the dub voice cast is similar. E.Jason Liebrecht plays both hei and train(Train="black cat" and hei="BK201"), Brina palencia is Yin and Eve who both have similar personality and past. the storyline is very alike. I was a fan of DTB and when I watched Black cat, I just fell in love with the series so yeah.
Similar concept. A group organization that has control over the people with powers which was caused by a military accident. Now it's them against the world just like darker then black but funnier.
The two series are similar in several ways. Both main characters work both with and against an organization which tries to control them but cannot, and the heroes of both have something that is just similar about them, they both eat a LOT and they both are voiced by the same actor in the English version. There is a real similarity in some of the tone of the story and the unique cast. Darker than Black is very well animated and has a great music score. I think if you like sci fi /mystery and like one you will like the other.
Both stories run around a main character who's a loner and highly skilled at combat and have enemies with supernatural powers.
Bad-Ass individual fights super powered enemies in modern times.
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It's quite similar considering that Both Black Cat and GetBackers share a main English Voice Actor (Jason Liebrecht plays both Train and Ban in both series respectively), As well the music is done by Taku Iwasaki in both series. The fact that both series have goofy characters like Sven and Ginji and the more serious character like Train and Ban. Means this is almost a clone of it.
Both series have similar characters.
Black Cat has a job called "sweepers" and GetBackers has a job of "retrievers". While the "sweepers" just hunt down wanted criminals, the GetBackers retrieve various things. Both have the rule, you don't kill anyone if at all possible. the adventures end up being in ways, misadventures.
Both are fantasy-tinged action-centred series about groups of freelancers with unusual areas of expertise. In both series the main characters' backstories become gradually increasingly important, with their attempts to discard their pasts giving way to confrontation and conflict.
In both animes the characters are followed by their past, and have to fight it. Also they have a great sense of protecting each other.
Both have nice action, it's really funny and in both animes the music is made by Taku Iwasaki !!
Full of action, quirky heroes with dark pasts. Storyline very similar as well.
Both surround a couple of guys with special abilities fighting to help people and deal with the friends, foes, and organizations that become involved in the conflicts. The feel and animation style is fairly similar in both, though the relationships and backgrounds of the characters are quite different.
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Opening Theme"Daia no Hana" by Yorico
Ending Theme#1: "Namidaboshi" by PUPPYPET (eps 1-12) #2: "Kutsuzure" by Matsuda Ryouji (eps 13-23)
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