Black Bullet Season 1

Black Bullet Season 1 has built a real following among viewers who want their sci-fi to think as hard as it looks. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 230 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Yuki Kaji's performance is the anchor the more ambitious scenes need. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason Black Bullet Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Black Bullet Season 1 uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Season 1 of Black Bullet includes 13 episodes. It aired from April 2014 to July 2014. This season stars Yuki Kaji, Rina Hidaka and Yui Horie. Yuki Kaji and Rina Hidaka lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2014. What separates Black Bullet Season 1 from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find Black Bullet Season 1 genuinely rewarding. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Yuki Kaji grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

🎬 Black Bullet Season 1 — Episode Guide

The Last Hope

2014-04-08

Year 2031: Tokyo Area. Most of the human race has been wiped out by the parasitic Gastrea. Part of the Anti-Gastrea movement, high school student Satomi Rentaro works as a civil officer for Tendo Civil Securities. On a mission, he meets a suspicious man in a mask and a tuxedo: Hiruko Kagetane.

The Mask of Madness

2014-04-15

Rentaro and President Kisara head to the Defense Ministry after being summoned. All of the reputable civil officers from the Tokyo Area show up there. The one who summoned them there is Seitenshi, in regards to destroying the host Gastrea and recovering the contents of the case that's inside the Gas...

The Children of Fate

2014-04-22

Enju is treated like an outcast at her school when it is found out that she is one of the Cursed Children, who have the Gastrea virus within them. Despite her sadness, they go look for the host Gastrea. She gives it her all and instantly is able to recover the case...

Black Bullet

2014-04-29

Hiruko instantly takes care of 29 civil officer pairs and comes face to face with Rentaro and Enju again. Rentaro shows his true power to Hiruko, proving that he's not the only one that was part of the New Human Creation Project and they battle again.

The Crimson Black Assassin

2014-05-06

The Tendo Civil Security Agency gets a job from Seitenshi. The job is to act as her bodyguard. Rentaro isn't very fond of the idea, but notices odd activity when it's revealed that Seitenshi will be meeting with the head of the Osaka Area while Kikunojo is gone.

Tragic Irony

2014-05-13

Seitenshi's vehicle is hit by a sniper while she in enroute to her meeting. Rentaro realizes this is more than a mere assassination attempt and gets help from Miori to find out more about the attack.

In the Still of the Moonlit Night, the Dawn Sky

2014-05-20

Rentaro gets hurt trying to protect Seitenshi from the sniper. The security plan that Seitenshi's bodyguards had set up were leaked to the sniper. Enju had gone after the sniper and falls into a coma.

The Monument on the Border

2014-05-27

Rentaro had set up an outdoor classroom for the kids in the outer district and was enjoying class. Seitenshi suddenly appears and lets him know that one of the Monoliths is about to be destroyed.

The Protectors of the Barrier

2014-06-03

The monolith finally starts to turn white. In fear of the great destruction to follow, the people of the Tokyo Area start panicking. Meanwhile, the civil officers start gathering around Monolith 32.

E10

Tokyo Area Defensive Battle

2014-06-10

Before the battle against Aldebaran, Rentaro and Enju enjoy the outdoor class with the girls of the Outer District. Because the girls have very little hope and are unsure of their future, Rentaro takes them to a place where humanity had won their last battle against the Gastrea. Only three days rema...

E11

The Heart of Taurus, the Spear of Light

2014-06-17

The outdoor classroom is completely destroyed because of the bombing. Hope is starting to be destroyed along with the Monolith as the JASDF and Gastrea face off. However, the ones to show up at the civil officers' base were JASDF who had been turned into Gastrea themselves.

E12

Crisis Point

2014-06-24

Rentaro is condemned for a decision he made in battle, and is told that there is another Gastrea named Pleiades that is protecting the already supposedly immortal Aldebaran. Rentaro is forced to face the enemy alone, and is helped by someone rather unexpected: his enemy from the past.

E13

The Ones Who Aspired to Be Gods

2014-07-01

With the addition of Kagetane and Kohina, the adjuvant is complete. They choose the Flames of Revolution, the last place humanity won their battle against the Gastrea, as the ground for the final battle against Aldebaran.