List of D.Gray-man episodes

Key visual of the series

D.Gray-man is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Katsura Hoshino. Produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Osamu Nabeshima,[1] the series follows the adventures of Allen Walker, an exorcist that wields the power of "Innocence" in order to fight against the Millennium Earl, an ancient sorcerer seeking to destroy the world with monsters called akuma.

The episodes began airing on October 3, 2006 in Japan on TV Tokyo.[2] The first season of the anime, known as the "1st stage", aired for 51 episodes, finishing its run on September 25, 2007.[3] The second season, known as the "2nd stage", began airing on October 2, 2007, and finished its run on September 30, 2008, lasting 52 episodes.[4][5] In 2008, Funimation acquired the series for an English-language release in North America and reformatted the series into four separate seasons.[6][7] In June 2016, Funimation acquired the rights to the second half of the anime.[8] A sequel titled D.Gray-man Hallow premiered in Japan in July 2016.[9]

Twelve pieces of theme music are used for the series: four opening themes and eight closing themes. Singles have been released of the individual songs, and three original soundtracks, each containing tracks of the series' theme music, have been released on March 21, 2007, December 19, 2007, and December 17, 2008 respectively.[10][11]

Twenty-six DVD compilations have been released by Aniplex between the first on February 7, 2007 and the latest on March 4, 2009.[12][13] The first thirteen compilations contain episodes of the first season, and all successive compilations have episodes of the second season. On March 31, 2009, Funimation released the first thirteen episodes of the anime as a DVD compilation.[14] The next thirteen episodes were released on June 23, 2009, and on Blu-ray released on January 5, 2010.[15][16]

  1. ^ "スタッフ·キャスト". TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  2. ^ "これまでのお話 第1話〜第13話". TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  3. ^ "これまでのお話 第39話〜第51話". TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "これまでのお話 第52話〜第64話". TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "これまでのお話 第90話〜第103話". TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Funimation Acquires Romeo x Juliet, D. Gray-Man (Updated)". Anime News Network. May 17, 2008. Archived from the original on May 20, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
  7. ^ "FUNimation Entertainment Acquires D. Gray-Man from Dentsu". Mania Entertainment. May 19, 2008. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved May 20, 2008.
  8. ^ "Funimation Licenses D.Gray-Man Episodes 52-103". Anime News Network. June 30, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  9. ^ "D.Gray-man Hallow Anime to Premiere on July 4". Anime News Network. June 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. ^ "TV Tokyo: D.Gray-man - Goods" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2008.
  11. ^ "D.Gray-man Original Soundtrack 3" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  12. ^ "DVD第1巻発売は2007年2月7日！" (in Japanese). TMS Entertainment. November 1, 2007. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
  13. ^ "D.Gray-man 2nd Stage 13" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  14. ^ "D.Gray-man Season 1 DVD Part 1 (Hyb)". rightstuf.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  15. ^ "D.Gray-man Season 1 DVD Part 2 (Hyb)". rightstuf.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  16. ^ "D. Grayman: Season One, Part One [Blu-ray]". Amazon. Retrieved January 9, 2010.