| Black Rock Shooter | |
 Cover of the "Pilot Edition" DVD released by Good Smile Company, featuring the title character. | |
| ブラック★ロックシューター (Burakku Rokku Shūtā) | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Huke |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Shinobu Yoshioka |
| Produced by | Takanori Aki |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Ryo |
| Studio | Ordet |
| Released | July 24, 2010 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Video game | |
| Petite Rock Shooter | |
| Developer | Imageepoch |
| Genre | RPG |
| Platform | Browser game |
| Released | March 9, 2011 |
| Manga | |
| Black Rock-chan | |
| Written by | Ringo |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | 4-Koma Nano Ace |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 9, 2011 – February 9, 2012 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Black Rock Shooter: Innocent Soul | |
| Written by | Sanami Suzuki |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Young Ace |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | June 4, 2011 – May 4, 2012 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Black Rock Shooter: The Game | |
| Written by | TNSK |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Comptiq |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 10, 2011 – August 10, 2012 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Produced by |
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| Written by | Mari Okada |
| Music by | Hideharu Mori |
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| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| Original run | February 2, 2012 – March 22, 2012 |
| Episodes | 8 |
| Video game | |
| Petite Rock Shooter: Sexy Wakusei no Nazo o Oe | |
| Developer | Imageepoch |
| Genre | Shoot 'em up |
| Platform | iOS |
| Released | September 2012 |
| Anime television series | |
| Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall | |
| Directed by | Tensho |
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| Studio | TMS Entertainment (production)[c][3]
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| Licensed by | Disney Platform Distribution (streaming rights) |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, BS11, Animax |
| Original run | April 3, 2022 – June 19, 2022 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Video game | |
Black Rock Shooter (ブラック★ロックシューター, Burakku Rokku Shūtā), often stylized as Black★Rock Shooter, is a Japanese media franchise based on independent character illustrations created by artist Ryohei Fuke, also known as Huke. It revolves around its eponymous character, a mysterious black haired girl with a blazing blue eye. The original illustration inspired a song of the same name by Supercell featuring the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, which gained popularity on the Nico Nico Douga website.
A 50-minute original video animation based on the franchise was produced by Yutaka Yamamoto's studio Ordet, written by Nagaru Tanigawa and Shinobu Yoshioka, and directed by Shinobu Yoshioka. A "Pilot Edition" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in September 2009, before the full version was released on DVDs bundled with select magazines from July 24, 2010, subtitled in seven languages, followed by a retail release on December 17, 2010. An eight-episode anime television series, produced by Ordet and Sanzigen, aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between February and March 2012. A new anime television series titled Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall ran for 12 episodes aired from April to June 2022.
The franchise has also spawned several manga series and a video game for the PlayStation Portable titled Black Rock Shooter: The Game, each set in their own universe.
- ^ a b "Black Rock Shooter". Manga Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 27, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ Foote, Aiden. "Black Rock Shooter TV". THEM Anime Reviews. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
- ^ "TVアニメ「ブラック★★ロックシューター DAWN FALL」2022年春に放送決定". Natalie.mu (in Japanese). October 8, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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