Black Cat

I remember liking this series when i was a kid, but i stopped halfway through, now i know why. the show has a lot of potential it threw out the window. STORY: train hearnet is an assassin to chronos, but when he meet up with this random girl and some other sweeper, he decided to abruptly stop being the cold and hardened killer he was, throughout the show it was enforced that he wouldn't even of cared about killing children etc. but then cause of a couple of words from some sweepers decided to quit the organization and thought he didn't even have to protect himself anymore and even got rid of his gun, by handing to the girl sweeper.... thats when the plot becomes really stupid, some guys with super powers saying he wants a free world but was actually just trying to get rid of chronos, is obsessed with our now kind hearted main, killing the sweeper that train somehow fell in love with in 2 episodes of brief occasions, because he thought she was a witch brainwashing train... then its about taking out these superpowered disciples of the stars or something which they achieve on like the twentieth episode where another enemy comes out of their ass they have to defeat. chronos and leftovers of disciple of stars team up or something, why not do that in the first place... dont even get me started on the big flying weird thing that looked like it could destroy the world but didn't even do one thing at the ending. ART: pretty mundane at times i would notice how bad it looked. SOUND: I kinda liked the soundtrack, but thats only cause it reminded me of phantom requiem for the phantom at first, over time i stopped noticing the sound. CHARACTERS: they should have built train up and showed more scenes of him transitioning to the good side, but besides for plot purposes the character were decently fleshed out. ENJOYMENT: hardly any, first say 10 episode were decent but then it got repetitive mash of plot armor and cliches. that and the battle scenes sucked, yes block 10 bullets with your gun, that's not gonna explode or have the force knock the gun out of your hand. he did say it was made of special materials. but i guess i was expecting something more real like phantom requiem for the phantom.

A series that has retained some popularity past its heyday, Black Cat is essentially a kiddie version of Cowboy Bebop with more traditional anime elements incorporated into the work as opposed to Bebop's more avant-garde (by the standards of the industry) western style. This is no surprise, as most anime/manga tend to be fairly derivative of the industry's titans. There are certainly worse examples to riff off than Bebop, and it's an interesting choice since Bebop was a flop in Japan. Black Cat is nowhere near as interesting, nuanced, or artistic as that series, but there is fun to be had here and what cliches do exist are well-executed. The anachronistic setting is split into three factions, rather like Outlaw Star now that I think of it. There is Chronos, which is a secret society of assassins who have some sort of ill-defined influence over the world's governments. Their members are all badass fighters with various supernatural weapons, much like Organization 13 from KH. Two such members were the main character Train Heartnet along with the main villain of the piece, Creed Diskenth. The first seven or so episodes explain the backstory of how these two characters leave Chronos and join the other two factions in the setting. Train decides to become a freelance bounty hunter, known as a Sweeper, after meeting a nice girl who persuades him to leave the life of a cold killer behind. Of course, being a bounty hunter for hire isn't actually that different from being a bounty hunter for Chronos, but I suppose Train now has the ability to choose which jobs he is willing to take. Indeed, there is nothing morally challenging about the story in any respect - the Sweepers are essentially no different than the ninjas in Naruto or the mages in Fairy Tail. They are unambiguous heroes. Train forms a squad with comic relief/everyman Sven Vollfied, deadpan loli stereotype Eve, and femme fatale Rinslet Walker. I quite liked Rinslet, was ok with Sven, and rolled my eyes at Eve, who is probably the most cliched character of the bunch. Interestingly, Train himself goes from being an edgelord to an upbeat shonen protagonist over the course of the series, though he is still haunted by his dark past. I imagine much of Train's popularity comes from surface-level appreciation of his character design, but he's actually a fairly rounded character who has some depth to him. It's worht noting the main characters match up 1:1 with Cowboy Bebop's main cast. Train=Spike, Sven=Jet, Rinslet=Faye, Eve=a less fun version of Ed, and Creed=Vicious. Speaking of Creed, he is an utterly psychopathic villain who is also a yandere for Train. He's never explicitly stated to be gay, but we all know. He creates the third faction of the series, the Apostles of the Star. Despite the cool name, the group's motivations are ill-conceived beyond taking over the world. It's never really explained why Creed despises Chronos so much, or how he would do things differently than them. Indeed, beyond his singular desire for Train he's a flat character. Ultimately, he's a flash in the pan villain who has style but no substance. The series has very good animation and sound across the board, which helps to differentiate the extensive cast of secondary characters. They all only get scraps of screentime, but I was impressed by the sheer volume of different designs and powers. It helped the world feel vivid and populated. For a shonen series, many female characters got significant focus and were strong fighters as well. Wasn't a sausage fest at all despite the yaoi overtones between Train and Creed. The fight scenes were usually quite fluid and the colors really popped. In addition, the opening song is fantastic. I think the technical aspects of the show kept me endeared even when the actual plot got dangerously thin. In total, I think everyone should watch Cowboy Bebop instead, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the series. The manga the anime is based off of is finished, allowing for a complete story. You don't always get that in anime. Although this show doesn't tell the full story of the manga, the impressive technical qualities displayed helped boost my score to a very weak 7 bordering on a 6.

this anime is a side story of "To love Ru" main character (black cat / train Heartnet) is not important/useless in this story. (the story will still can run without the main character) i think they sould change title for this anime "Sven Vollfied" not "black cat" if you watch this anime from eps 1 to 23 you will understand what i mean. the nature of the main character suddenly changes unclearly from cold and heartless. changed to be weird man only for jokes that are not funny so many time skip i hate no kill rule , the enemy kill many people and his friend but he let them alive ~ at the first episode of Chronos and black cat looks strong. but when the episode continues until it's finished. suddenly Chronos number 1 became very, very weak

A história e ideia são boas, além disso possuem bons personagens, mas o ponto fraco na minha opinião são as lutas que se tornam meio confusas as vezes e alguma coisa ou outra fica sem resposta ou podia ser mais exploradas, mas no final o anime é divertido e meu sonho seria ter um remake da história melhorando a animação e alguns erros para ficar perfeito! Outra coisa, a arma do Blackcat é multo legal! --------------------------------- The story and idea are good, in addition they have good characters, but the weak point in my opinion are the struggles that become a little confused at times and something or other is left unanswered or could be further explored, but in the end the anime is fun and my dream would be to have a remake of the story improving the animation and some mistakes to be perfect! Another thing, the Blackcat weapon is very cool! If something is spelled wrong, I'm sorry, because I got the google translator since I'm Brazilian and I can't speak English. :)

Black Cat is one of the first short anime series I ever watched. Hence I saw it about eight years ago. I had heard people raving about it, such as ten out of ten etc. I feel they're partially justified; it's worth watching, but lacks in the relevance department. I'm Here To Deliver Some Bad Luck (Train Heartnet #13). Train (Black Cat:) has nine lives, but is it enough to defeat his master. This is an anime that will resonate in your mind, as the characters are interesting and the conspiracy of Chronos. The story is fairly deep for a short anime, Erasers vs. Sweepers meaning assassins vs. police basically. You'll find yourself questioning what are they fighting against, and the answer is corruption. The music is very good with a cute closing song. The main idea I got from this anime, is to appreciate the small things and it's not always fireworks and ice cream. I believe like Chrono Crusade and Basilisk (24 Episode Anime Series), that Black Cat deserves on everyone's TOP 100 List. This show delivers on many levels and the characters are where it shines the brightest. It ends on a hopeful note and is one of the better anime series I've seen.

Not a perfect anime by any stretch, and should know going into it, it's different from the manga, though follows some plot points I hear, but the ending came out before the anime so is unique. And feels a little rushed especially near the end, but I still enjoyed it. I loved the sound especially, very opera type songs during big action scenes that I think really helped to set the emotions and the situations. The main chars were rather nice, though I kept feeling like we were missing some plot that happened with them, but not enough ruin it I plan to read the manga at some point when I'm free see how it compares.

Let me be frank. Black Cat is one of my all time favorite manga's. I love the three main character, I love the artwork, and I'm a sucker for "guy saves a young powerful girl" story trope. It's just pure adventure and fun. The anime on the other hand is a grave injustice to it's source material. Lots of things were cut out of the original manga and a lot of characters/villians/story arcs were either removed or changed. The ending was extremely rushed where as the manga had a cool buildup and showdown at the very end with a decent emotional payoff. Stick to the manga folks. Please.

It's amazing how far some people will push themselves for a cause or sometimes a certain person. There are those that don't even know how far they really can go until they find something they consider, worth fighting for. It is one of those things that a person cannot feel until l they have actually found it. Black Cat is a story about people and peoples development with other people based on the situation they're all faced with. It seems to have three major plot line in its 24 episodes that all seem continue on from the fragments of the previous as if it were a build up to an even bigger threat. While this makes for great entertainment, it kind of gives the feeling they were trying to milk as much as they could out of a certain group of people. Art runs as standard for the most part with only lighting taking major effect when the scene or environment background require it to add a stronger feel to the scene. It almost makes emotional scenes at around the same time of day so they can reuse lighting effects which if noticed can almost ruin the mood the scene is trying to play because you cant help but think you've seen it before. Sound. Its everywhere and its very well done, from standard effects for objects or musical pieces. Rarely do objects have the same sound sample, so almost everything is given a unique piece and when music is used its either the heavy action scenes where its addition puts you on the edge of your seat, or its used at the moments where the emotional attachment is needed to make the viewers want to know what happens next. Throughout the anime, character development is the tough one to touch on, as it has massive chunks of it at the start and ends of the main plot lines but between, while may not be fillers for story line, certainly lack in many ways of character building. Some characters get a back story explained while others you get hung up asking "What made them choose this path?" Which for some characters you really do want the question answered. Overall enjoyment was quite good, even though the large personality changes some characters go through from episode to episode, can be annoying to put up with. Black Cat seems to have a way of adding in points that seem boring but mix them between areas that seem to be either quite humorous or capture your enthusiasm, making up for it almost instantly. It also does prove that having someone you can rely on can really uplift even the loneliest of lives.

So this anime I thought was not very good. It started off pretty kick ass but soon turned to a point where I felt like I was forcing myself to watch it. A certain turn of events developed the plot of the story but also lost interest for me as well. Some people really like this anime, just not for me I guess. It's one of those ones where u could watch the first 5 episodes and be done with it- u get the idea of the story pretty much. I would not recommend this one- didnt overly enjoy it very much at all.

To be honest, when I first looked at the cover for this anime. My normal reaction "WHy not??" But luckily that was one of the good [WHy nots] in my life. Story (8} - Train Hartnet is a professional assasin that is nicknamed 'Black cat". He's really good at his job and is able to a kill a person in public without anyone noticing. One day he gets a mission to kill a bio weapon which turns out to be a young girll and is confromted by an old CIS agent Sven which tries to save the girl named Eve. In the end Train leaves the association he was killing for and Eve runs away from the person who tormented. Offcorse alot of people stand against Train running loose and Eve too. That shapes the great anime, where they go through there adventure and one of a kind friendship. Of corse I wont spoil the best part of the anime. You'll have to watch it to see.. Characters (7) - the characters were well shaped and as you keep watching the anime more and more of their pasts unfold. But the best part is there is some mystery to each character that 'hooks' you to the series to find out more. Enjoyment (8) = personally speaking I really enjoyed the anime for two direct things 1- The anime has some action in it, the assasin part isnt forgoten too. Overall (7) - Overall the anime was amazing and I would recommend it to many who love mystery, action and comedy (to some extent) WATCH IT IT'S WORTHIT

A friend recommended this show to me a couple of years ago. I have to say that I understand why it is one of the more loved series' in the new millenia, but the thing is, I found it . . . deflated by the 23rd episode. Dislikes: The characters, especially the protaganist, were inconsistent. One minute they're serious and deadly and everything that looks evil, the next they're happy and eat eveything in sight and laugh and became perverted. It confused me. And then the ending, while people will disagree that it was "epic", I will not go with such a word. It was . . . just okay. Average and probably one of the more boring parts of the show. Like, the beginning episodes were amazing, but by the end I was just ready for it to be over. I gave the art and sound high reviews, but that doesn't mean anything to me when it comes to judging anime and manga. Likes: Creed. He, like, made the show with all the stories surrounding him. He was, to me, the most interesting character in the show. Also, the plot was amazing, though I believe they could've done a better job with the same characters and just made it a little more exciting. Overall, I give it a 6/10.

This series gets excellent marks for the depth of the characters and the 'off the beaten path' way it deals with a familiar idea: that being an assassin who doesn't want to kill any more. Although quite humorous, the series does have plenty of good depth to it, without being depressingly dark. The biggest thing I have against it is a strange sub-plot line after the primary one [potential spoiler!] that takes up the last few episodes. The only other complaint I have is that the animation itself can get a bit strange in parts, and difficult to understand in the action bits. A good yarn overall though, and good for anyone ten plus I'd say.

I thought Black Cat was great and original. It made me crave to see the next episode. Not many anime do that to me. I also enjoyed how close the characters got to each other, which was nice.

Black Cat is a quite nicely animated show. Since there are many battles, often with supernatural powers involved, this is an important issue. Battles flow smoothly, and, despite the crazy mix of powers involved, it is kept at a fairly realistic level. The settings themselves seems to be some odd kind of mishmash between western surroundings coupled with various futuristic elements like huge laboratory setups and the occational computerized add-on. Even one of the main characters is an example of that, but more on this later. Sven Vollfied is maybe one of the most hilarious and charming goofballs I've encountered within this kind of genre. I've heard him described as a mix between Vash the stampede and Spike Spiegel, which might be accurate, I guess. (Having seen neither of the aforementioned shows, I can't confirm that, but it sounds.... well, sound.) At first glance, he seems like quite the harmless guy. He often gets into arguments with the local cafe hostess for never really seeming to be able to pay for the coffee he drinks while he sits there and read whatever newspaper he can get his hands on. When things get serious, however, he's shown as more than able to handle himself. Black Cat is..... he's interesting, I guess, for a character who is named Train Heartnett. There, I said it. TRAIN! HEARTNETT! He is the aforementioned top agent and assassin in Chronos, sporting nearly supernatural abilities at handling his firearms, a simple looking handgun with a "XIII" marking on it. While he isn't the most interesting conversationalist in the group, he never disappoints when it comes to making battle scenes look kickass. (No pun intended.) In the duration of the show, he leaves Chronos at the urges of a young girl, and eventually joins up with Sven and the others after their rescue operation. The... well, the target of said rescue operation is Eve, a nano-machine construct made for battle. When we first meet her (yes, HER), she is held captive by a person who intend to break her -- to prepare her to become the ultimate killing machine, which is made all the more unsettling, seeing as she looks like a young girl. In fact, she reminds me a lot of another young girl in another show I've seen recently; namely Ren from Erementar Gerad, a fact that is made all the more apparent seeing as they're both weapons by nature. Of course, things never go as planned, and inevitably, she meets up with Sven, who promise to take her away and to teach her more about what it is like to lead a human life. It would seem that the last character, Rinslet Walker, is the only one who doesn't seem to be blessed with anything remotely close to supernatural powers. Not that it makes her helpless by any means, though, as she might very well be the Faye Valentine to Sven's Spike/Vash combo. She's sneaky and intelligent, but also fairly able to look after herself when she heads out on her own. Of course, the antagonists seems to be filled with the same kind of strange people that makes up the main team. Ranging from voodoo practicioners to kids on hoverboards a la Back to the future. From bespectabled men in large hats to young schoolgirls with flame attacks. And in the leader's chair, we pretty much have a Sephiroth-type character at his most insane. They've got plans, they've got powers and mr. Sephiroth seems to harbor a rather unsettling interest in our main lead Train. You know, Train Heartnett, our ex-Chronos operative? Yeah, I'm still rather taken aback by that name. Bear with me.Thus far, there has been explosions. There has been large fights and interesting character introductions. This show never sits still for long, because there are always people to rescue or hunt down, always things to figure out and locations to find. And, from what I've seen, there are also change in alliances, which is bound to keep things interesting. Few shows have been so flamboyantly energetic as Black Cat, and for all that I love slower, more reflective shows, I would have to admit that I LIKE this show. A lot!

"Black Cat" utilizes the type of theme that I haven't seen anymore; the "posse" theme. The type of theme where the cast is somewhere between 50 and 100; where everybody gets their 15 minutes of fame, they do something useful and entertaining, and their not weak and pathetic. The last good "posse" anime I can think of is "El Hazard" and "Busou Renkin." The opposite side of the coin is Rumiko Takahashi's traumatizing works of "Ranma 1/2" and "Urusei Yatsura." Honestly, I really don't have the words in my mouth to explain how great this show is. Or, let me say; the show certainly didn't have anything negative for me to point out. There were no upskirt pantyshots, but I guess the show was better without it. And that's even despite the fact that Gonzo took liberties with the manga version by going beyond the original storyline. I'd recommend this to anybody who... ...well... ...grew up during the time where lives don't need to suck. \_(^_^)_/

Black cat starts off a little like darker than black which is actually one of the reasons I was instantly interested in it. Then as I got along further in the first episode this girl named Saya appeared and it looked like she was going to be a main character in the making who was going to change Trains character throughout the entire series. But then she gets killed in the 6th episode! This was one of the biggest and craziest twists I have ever seen. This show is about as unpredictable as it gets and that's one the things I absolutely love about black cat. The action is very engaging and not over the top like some anime are. They do a very good job of engaging you into the story and the comedy element they add to it just makes it even more enjoyable. This is definitely an amazing anime and I would definitely suggest watching it.

okay.. black cat. let's see.. personally, i always looked forward to train heartnet (otherwise known as black cat / XIII) i was expecting more of his side of the story (his job being one of the chrono numbers) but the story itself was not predictable. it seemed short to me, but maybe that's good because i can't hold on for too long. ehe! art is...nice. i'd say it's pretty different, but still...typical-ish. haha. (words fail me =__= ) i only looked at how train's body could be that sexy. haha, i kid. although i thought his clothes were kind of...unlikely. XD anyhow, i don't pay much attention to sound but i guess it's well done. owari :)

This was an okay anime series. I didn't absolutely fall in love with it but it definitely grabbed my attention. The plot was alright but I didn't like the ending that much, always hate the ending of series for some reason. The characters were sometimes funny, sometimes just plain weird, but I liked how each episode was kind of like a mini-adventure. Also, I thought that the videos played pretty well on my computer so all of the online episodes, such as the ones on MegaVideo or something, worked out really well. Anyhow, this is a anime that I'd recommend but don't expect to be completely hooked on it at first. -kemmec

Mostly what makes this awesome is it's style and artwork: the action sequences especially are bold and snazzy. (For me, the Black Cat anime was MUCH more enjoyable than the original manga.)

I loved this anime. The first 5 episodes are not that good but are essential to the plot of the story. The fight scenes in this show are incredible. Plese tell me if they made a video game.