Black Cat

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Train Heartnet, better known as Black Cat, and his title as Number XIII in the secret society Chronos. He is a master gunman and a ruthless killer, sent out on missions to assassinate people Chronos deems a threat to them. He continues this life, until one night he meets Minatsuki Saya, a bounty hunter, or more commonly called a Sweeper. She teaches him an invaluable lesson. Train decides to repent for his crimes by living, and he leaves Chronos. Now Train travels with Eve, a mysterious young girl, and his new partner, Sven Volfied. Together they work as sweepers, capturing people who have committed crimes in exchange for money, and facing off against those who want the world destroyed.moreless
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  • Probably in my top 3 favourite anime!

    10
    "Perfect"
    By ChocolateMilk81, Apr 15, 2011
    This was far better than I expected! I thought it would be like an ordinary anime... but its not! In my opinion... its up the top with Naruto and DBZ (I really love Naruto and DBZ!)! It has this amazingly unique storyline that I can't stop thinking about! Ok... There is Train Heartnet (hottie!) who is an ex chrono member(Number 13, and I cant stop drawing the number like XIII or whatever it is, lol), Sven who is a sweeper (cutie!), Rinslet a master thief (Really awesome, she would be my bestie!), Eve is a nano machine thingy that can morph into any weapon (So wanna be that!) And bad guy Creed. Creed killed a girl named Saya, and Saya was the one that helped Train go on the right path in life. Train wants revenge on her death and so on. They go together to kill Creed and his gang and etc. Its really way better than im making it sound. Its got a lot of humour (especially on the manga!) and great action! Gotta love it!!!moreless

  • This is a solid and entertaining anime - well worth a look.

    8.0
    "Great"
    By drdan2410, Jan 23, 2009
    The plot centres on Train Heartnet AKA the Black Cat a professional assassin for the secret society Chronos. One day a chance meeting with a bounty hunter changes Train's views on the world and he quits Chronos to become a bounty hunter himself. Now he travles the world with his partners Eve and Sven Volfied finding work wherever they can and avoiding Trains former associates at Chronos.

    This is a very decent show and almost certainly would have been great had it been a little longer. The plot ends quite abruptly which always ruins an ending inm my opinion. having said that the premise is good and the characters are not the two dimensional charactetures that you might expect.

    All in all this is worth a look it is just a shame that it didn't quite live up to it's potential.moreless

  • An awesome show with some great humor, and intense action.

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By ffmotorsports51, Jul 01, 2008
    Personally, I really like this show. This show is about Train Hartnett, a silent, cool boy who has the unlucky number of 13 while at Chronos, an orginazation that has skilled fighters. After his best friend Saya dies, Train decides to leave Chronos, and become an average, every day sweeper. He meets Sven, a broke detective, Rinslet, a secret agent, and Eve, the ultimate weapon. Together they go on a quest to destroy Creed, Train's ex-partner who killed Saya, and save the world from destruction. The action in this show is awesome!! The intense battles will keep you at the edge of your seat. The humor in this show is great. It can vary between Sven dressing up as a woman to do a mission to Kyoko trying to kiss Train, only to kiss Train's cat. Some of the lines are really hilarious! I like the line when Train saves Kyoko, and that he is trying to buy milk from a store. It is funny when Kyoko says "I have got some milk, I'll give it to you unless you give me some sugar!". I thought that line was really funny! The dialog in this show is excellent. The great story will keep you wanting more of Train, and his friends. I did not have much interest in the theme music, but the action music rocked!! Overall, awesome show, great music, hilarious humor, intense action. I would recommend this show to anyone!moreless

  • Meow meow meow!!

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By tai_will, Jun 30, 2008
    Black Cat is my 5th known favorite anime series since Naruto, Bleach, Ouran High School Host Club, Death Note, and this is my 5th favorite! All the action, drama, crude humor, etc. is all the needs I have right here! Anime is awesome indeed!!

    I also hope that this can be shown in the anime club at my school! The members will like it, as it is appropriate age level like in all the other animes we watched. I hope they select this one and enjoy all the action and excitement. Anybody can enjoy anything that has cats added into it, right?moreless

  • Black Cat SHOULD be an average anime, but because of unique methods of story telling and great productions, it was a great watch.

    8.4
    "Great"
    By ZaleIsBackAgain, May 06, 2008
    Chronos is an organization determined to maintain world order. The one maintaining that order is an eraser called Black Cat. Whoever they deem as a threat to the world, Black Cat will be there to exterminate them. This was his way of living, until he encountered two people; Eve and Sven. Their destinies were intertwined when a mission was sent in by Chronos to Black Cat to destroy Eve; a bio weapon whose powers may even rival Black Cat's. The three become a trio of sweepers living a struggle to find huge bounties to pay off their myriad of tabs and debts. However, because of Black Cat's resignation as an eraser, the balance of powers started to shift as his former partner Creed Diskenth formed the Apostles of the Stars destined for world conquest. Black Cat's former group, the Numbers, get involved too.

    The first couple of episodes are a bit confusing. The story telling is structured in a weird but unique way. It's as if it's expecting you to know what is already going on. Despite that, the introduction was still bearable to watch and does accomplish what it's meant to do; establish the setting, characters, and the roles of those characters. From that point on Black Cat just keeps on getting better with great fights and an even better musical score of some of the best battle music you'll ever hear.

    There are basically only two things wrong with this anime. It's short for a shounen, and to make it worse, there are some rather unnecessary fillers in the way. It's so blatantly obvious what is filler and what is not. There's even an episode dedicated to a mysterious woman living in the mountains that may even have a show of its own. Later on when you think back to why these fillers even exist, you just shake your head and wonder how much better Black Cat could have been, and I'm fully aware of the whole "catching up to manga" phase. The fillers could have at least been better.

    I'm really confident that if Black Cat was an 80 episode anime, it could rival the current big three shounens of today; One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. This is truly one of GONZO's better works, and it unfortunately ended sooner than it should have. There are many unanswered questions that could have materialized into great and juicy story arcs.

    Fortunately, with what we were given, it's fully worth investing your time into. The story isn't really anything deep, and it may even have borrowed some things from other animes (cough End of Evangelion cough). However, like mentioned before, the story structuring in Black Cat is really unique and offers a fresh new way of story telling. Sometimes when it's in the middle of a heated battle, it'll show glimpses of the aftermath, when the battle is resolved. There are other methods Black Cat uses to tell its story, but to tell it would be spoiling its riches.

    Best of all, the productions are just astonishing. GONZO has a history of creating great productions that aren't congruent to the feel of the anime. Finally it scores big time with Black Cat. You'll never hear better battle music that compliments a fight so well than in Black Cat, and what's even better is that there are a handful of battle themes instead of one. The battles are also filled with great dynamics that will most definitely please your eyes.

    I was wary of Black Cat at first because it was based off of a manga (I've tried to stay away from these because I'll eventually run into the inevitable filler), and because it was produced by GONZO, but while the former one came true, the latter was made up for it and really proved me wrong. The unique blend of story telling, characters, and productions, make this a great anime watch. Take away it's two biggest flaws of length and fillers, and you have a shounen anime that is up there with One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach.moreless
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