Black Bullet

Black Bullet
Cover of the first light novel volume
ブラック・ブレット (Burakku Buretto)
Genre	Action, post-apocalyptic[1]
Light novel
Written by	Shiden Kanzaki
Illustrated by	Saki Ukai
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	July 10, 2011 – April 10, 2014
Volumes	7
Manga
Written by	Shiden Kanzaki
Illustrated by	Morinohon
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Dengeki Maoh
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	August 27, 2012 – June 27, 2014
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Masayuki Kojima
Produced by	Asuka Yamazaki Fuminori Yamazaki Mitsutoshi Ogura Yasutaka Kurosaki
Written by	Tatsuhiko Urahata
Music by	Shirō Sagisu
Studio	Kinema Citrus Orange
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee NA: Sentai Filmworks UK: Animatsu Entertainment SA / SEA: Muse Communication
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, tvk, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11, TSC
English network	SEA: Animax Asia[2]
Original run	April 8, 2014 – July 1, 2014
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)

Black Bullet (Japanese: ブラック・ブレット（黒の銃弾）, Hepburn: Burakku Buretto) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiden Kanzaki and illustrated by Saki Ukai, published under ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Bunko imprint. The story takes place during a parasitic epidemic, and follows Rentarō Satomi and Enju Aihara, two Civil Security workers who take missions to protect the Tokyo Area from destruction.

The series began publication in July 2011, and 7 volumes have been published as of January 2020. A manga series began serialization in August 2012 in ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Maoh. An anime television series adaptation animated by Kinema Citrus and Orange was broadcast from April to July 2014, and was simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll. The Black Bullet franchise was localized in three countries by several companies: the anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks for North America, Animatsu Entertainment for the United Kingdom, and Hanabee for Australia. Both the manga and light novel series are published in North America by Yen Press.