Black★Rock Shooter (ブラック★ロックシューター Burakku Rokku Shūtā) is a Japanese media franchise based on characters created by
illustrator Ryohei "Huke" Fuke. 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, 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 aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between February 3
and March 23, 2012. 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.
While each
piece of media takes place in its own universe, they each focus around Black
Rock Shooter, a mysterious black haired girl who possesses a burning blue eye
and a powerful cannon that can shoot rocks at high speed. Other characters also
appear in more than one form of media.
The OVA
focuses on a girl named Mato Kuroi, who befriends another girl, Yomi Takanashi,
upon entering school. As the two start to drift apart, with Yomi becoming
jealous of Mato's friendship with Yuu Kotari, Yomi suddenly disappears. As Mato
searches for her, she's taken to a strange world where she meets the
mysterious Black Rock Shooter, who merges with her and helps her search for
Yomi, fighting off the evil Dead Master who possessed her. The television
series use the same characters from the OVA in a similar but slightly
different storyline. As Mato enters middle school and becomes friends with
Yomi, she soon faces personal troubles and the influence caused by another
world where Black Rock Shooter fights other girls.
The manga
series, Black Rock Shooter: Innocent Soul, follows Black Rock Shooter
and her serpent partner, Ron, as they venture the Hazama, a world between Heaven
and Earth where stagnant souls that have had regrets become trapped. Left
alone, these souls can become demons that can pull in other souls, so it is up
to Rock to stop them so they may ascend to heaven. Black Rock-chan's a
comedy series following the everyday life of a chibi styled Black Rock Shooter
named Rock-chan and her babysitter De-chan.
In the video
game, which takes place in the year 2051, Black Rock Shooter is awaken from
slumber and enters a futuristic battlefield where alien forces have invaded the
Earth and have been terrorizing the planet for 19 years. She must fight off the
aliens, while also trying to regain her memories.
The origins of Black Rock Shooter date back to an original character
illustration titled "Black Rock Shooter" by illustrator Ryohei Fuke,
best known by his handle 'Huke', who posted it on his blog and the online
artist community Pixiv on December 26, 2007. Ryo of Supercell was
inspired by the illustration and created the song "Black Rock Shooter"
based on that character using vocals from the Vocaloid singing synthesizer Hatsune Miku. Huke joined Supercell and provided the
illustrations used in the music video of the
song, which was later posted online on the video sharing website Nico Nico Douga on July 13, 2008, which as of
August 2009 had over 2.2 million views. The song was later used as the opening
theme for the 2012 anime television series. The song was also been included in Hatsune Miku:
Project Diva F as a playable song.
Watch Black Rock Shooter trailer here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VClYMzY310
Watch Black Rock Shooter trailer here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VClYMzY310
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