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Black Rock Shooter (OAV)

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Alternative title:
ブラック★ロックシューター (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Mato Kuroi just got into junior high school, and on the first day, someone catches her eye; her classmate Yomi Takanashi. The two meet.The innocent and naive Mato. The mature Yomi. Seemingly opposites, but the time they spend together only strengthens a growing friendship. But as they go into their second year at the school, they get placed in separate classes, and they begin to grow apart. But somewhere simultaneously... In another world, a young girl, blue fire residing in her eyes, Black Rock Shooter faces another young girl; this one holding a jet-black scythe, Dead Master, and a battle to the death begins to unfold.
User Ratings: 1119 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 67 votes (sub:61, dub:3, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Excellent: 164 votes (sub:152, dub:4, raw:3, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 251 votes (sub:223, dub:13, raw:4, ?:1, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 254 votes (sub:227, dub:11, raw:4, others:12
6 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 154 votes (sub:137, dub:6, raw:2, ?:2, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 So-so: 95 votes (sub:88, dub:3, ?:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Chinese(Mandarin) subtitled
)
 Not really good: 50 votes (sub:43, dub:1, others:6
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Arabic subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 45 votes (sub:41, dub:2, others:2
2 Russian dubbed
)
 Bad: 26 votes (sub:24, dub:2)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 1977 users, rank: #595 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.904 (Good), std. dev.: 1.9829, rank: #4279 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.825 (Good−), rank: #4405 (of 9705) (seen all: 6.94 / seen some: 6.85 / won't finish: 3.16)
Bayesian estimate: 6.833 (Good−), rank: #4056 (of 7286)
Running time: one hour
Vintage:
2009-09-30
2010-07-24
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Braveheart" by THE GOMBAND
Links: We have 1
News: Show:
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Dengeki Comic Japan to Give 12-Million-Yen Manga Prize (Aug 2, 2011)
C - Control Comes To Anime On Demand (Apr 19, 2011)
Noitamina's C, Tatsumi Film's Promos Streamed (Apr 12, 2011)
Crunchyroll to Simulcast Steins;Gate TV Anime (Apr 4, 2011)
Noitamina's Anohana, C Promo Videos Streamed (Jan 7, 2011)
ASCII Media Works Plans English Online Manga Magazine (Dec 26, 2010)
Takashi Murakami Makes Anime for Versailles Exhibit (Sep 4, 2010)
Air Gear, Black Rock Shooter, Love Live, Yozakura Promos Streamed (Jul 14, 2010)
Black Rock Shooter DVD to Be Subtitled in 7 Languages (Jul 7, 2010)
Animedia, Megami Mags to Bundle Black Rock Shooter (Apr 9, 2010)
Black Rock Shooter Anime to Be Streamed for Free (Mar 24, 2010)
Black Rock Shooter Anime with Yutaka Yamamoto Confirmed for Spring (Aug 22, 2009)
Interest:
Good Smile, Bandai Namco Make Nendoroid Generation Videogame (Apr 20, 2011)
Daily Video: Black Rock Shooter PSP Game Promo (Feb 7, 2011)
Press Release:
Black Rock Shooter® the Game Licensed for North America and Europe! (Aug 24, 2011)
Other articles: Show:
The X Button - Role Paying (Feb 29, 2012)
Astro Toy - Black Rock Shooter Figma (Nov 14, 2010)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinobu Yoshioka
Script:
Nagaru Tanigawa
Shinobu Yoshioka
Music: Ryo
Original creator: huke
Character Design: Yūsuke Matsuo
Art Director:
Atsushi Morikawa
Emi Kesamaru
Animation Director: Yūsuke Matsuo
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta (Rakuonsha)
Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka (Asterism)
Producer: Takanori Aki

2nd Key Animation:
Jun Nakagawa
Keiko Nakaji
Maimu Matsushima
Mitsue Mori
Miyuki Kuroki
Shingo Adachi
Shinobu Mōri
Tomomi Kawatsuma
Assistant producer: Satoshi Tanaka (Good Smile Company)
Background Art:
Akiyo Kudō (Mukuo Studio)
Atsushi Morikawa
Dae Ho Ko (Atelier Rourke)
Emi Kesamaru
Hiromi Hiwatari
Katsuki Ishida (Mukuo Studio)
Kazuo Ebisawa
Kazuo Okada (Tezuka Production)
Kenichi Tajiri (Mukuo Studio)
Kyōko Ishida (Mukuo Studio)
Masaki Saitou (Tezuka Production)
Masato Shibata (Tezuka Production)
Miki Kato (Atelier Rourke)
Natsuko Komatsu (Mukuo Studio)
Nobuo Numai (Atelier Rourke)
Shigeru Morimoto (Atelier Rourke)
Shintarō Inoue (Mukuo Studio)
Takumi Honma
Tetsuhiko Nagashima (Tezuka Production)
Tōru Minatani (Atelier Rourke)
Yasuhisa Isobe
Yoshimi Sakai (Tezuka Production)
Clean-Up Animation:
Akane Yamaguchi (A-1 Pictures)
Akane Yoshioka (Studio Rod) 
Asuka Seo (Studio Rod) 
Asuka Yokota (A-1 Pictures)
Chie Iwamoto (Studio Rod) 
Chie Oku (Studio Rod) 
Chisato Momiyama (Studio Rod) 
Hitomi Ayato (Studio Rod) 
Hitomi Sakuma (Studio Rod) 
Kumiko Sone (Studio Rod) 
Makiko Kojima (Studio Rod) 
Naomi Nakano (Studio Rod) 
Sakiko Soga (A-1 Pictures)
Taeko Mizuno (Studio Rod) 
Yuki Moriyama (Studio Rod) 
Yuko Hamada (Studio Rod) 
Yuko Koshida (Studio Rod) 
Color design: Kazuko Nakashima (A-1 Pictures)
Coordinating Producer: Keisuke Sugawara
In-Between Animation:
Atsuko Abe
Chizuru Muramatsu
Marina Inaba
Miyuki Kuroki
Saori Tomita
Satomi Tabuchi
Tomomi Kawatsuma
Yuri Arima
Key Animation:
Asami Komatsu
Atsushi Saitō
Ayafumi Suzuki
Daisuke Hiramaki
Hideki Nagamachi
Hironori Tanaka
Hitomi Odashima
Isao Hayashi
Jun Mori
Kazuyuki Asaka
mebae
Mitsuru Tsunoda
Ryōichi Nakano
Satoshi Kadowaki
Shinobu Yoshioka
Sunao Chikaoka
Toshifumi Akai
Yoko Takada
Yoshihiro Maeda
Yūgo Mizutani
Yuki Komatsu
Yūsuke Matsuo
Yūsuke Tanaka
Yutaka Takahashi
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Hiroki Satō (Trombone)
Photography:
Akihiro Ōkawa
Hiromu Masaoka
Mutsumi Usuda
Ryōsuke Shibuya
Yuri Kawada
Production Advancement: Yūichi Fukushima (A-1 Pictures)
Supervision: Yutaka Yamamoto
Theme Song Composition: Ryo (ED)
Theme Song Performance: THE GOMBAND (ED)
製作総指揮: Takanori Aki
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