Black Bullet

Black Bullet (Japanese: ブラック・ブレット（黒の銃弾）, Hepburn: Burakku Buretto) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiden Kanzaki and illustrated by Saki Ukai, published under ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Bunko imprint. The story takes place during a parasitic epidemic, and follows Rentarō Satomi and Enju Aihara, two Civil Security workers who take missions to protect the Tokyo Area from destruction. The series began publication in July 2011, and 7 volumes have been published as of April 2014. A manga series began serialization in August 2012 in ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Maoh. An anime television series adaptation animated by Kinema Citrus and Orange was broadcast from April to July 2014, and was simulcast outside Japan by Crunchyroll. The Black Bullet franchise was localized in three countries by several companies: the anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks for North America, Animatsu Entertainment and later Anime Limited for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Hanabee for Australia. Both the manga and light novel series are published in North America by Yen Press. In September 2026, Dengeki Bunko would announce the publication of Black Bullet: New World Order, which is a reboot that drastically expands upon and continues the plotline of the original novella series.