Series synopsis
Darker, also known as 暗黑者 is a Chinese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy mystery television series that premiered on Tencent Video on June 24, 2014. It ended on April 26, 2019. It stars Guo Jingfei, Gan Lu, Li Qian and Candice Zhao.
Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a supe ...
Premise
Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Guo Jingfei as 罗飞
- Gan Lu as 穆剑云
- Li Qian as 梁音
- Candice Zhao as 陆飘飘
- Shawn Wei as 薛天
- Zhang Ruihan as 尹剑
- Li Mincheng as 韩灏
- Zhu Jie as 尹剑
Supporting cast
- Jing Chao as 尹剑
- Hu Yunhao as 阿华
- Liang Dawei as 薛天
- Wang Jing as 熊原
- Su Beichen as 曾日华
- Zhang Liming as 丁局长
- Qu Shaoshi as 周浩
- Du Ruoxi as 孟芸
- Wang Chuang as 文成宇
- Meng Asai as 豹头
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 126 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 5 | March 26, 2008 | July 21, 2010 |
| Season 1 | 46 | June 24, 2014 | June 24, 2014 |
| Season 2 | 51 | August 3, 2015 | August 17, 2015 |
| Season 3 | 24 | March 28, 2019 | April 26, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beneath the Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms Mayu Otsuka works at the 4th Foreign Affairs Department in the Japanese National Police Agency as a liaison officer with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. She wrote a story about a masked man that supposedly seemed to be a dream, but she isn't sure. Hei and his comrades got themselves a new task and are looking for a numeric password with a sample. A contractor took it from the Gate and buried it under a blossom tree. As events unfold, Mayu seems to fall in love with Hei, while Saitou struggles to confess his feelings for Kirihara. |
March 26, 2008 |
| 2 |
Darker than BLACK Gaiden: OVA 1 Sometime after the Tokyo Explosion incident, Hei had fought and defeated some Syndicate Contractors and had then fled with Yin to Okinawa. The two posed as newlyweds on their honeymoon, and Hei had tried to find a way out of the country. What began to bother him though was how Yin started acting on her own. The two ended up not leaving by boat because of the ferry ticket lady’s warning about Yin getting seasick, and this led to Hei running into a woman at the hotel who looked exactly like Amber. Yin noticed this as well, and after seeing Hei talking with the woman and later feeling distant from him, Yin had made use of her observation spirit that night. Although Hei had woken up and stopped her from doing anything drastic, Yin saw enough to be able to say that the woman was not Amber but was indeed a Contractor. Yin had tried to suggest that he get out of there, however Hei had just hugged her and vowed not to leave her by herself... |
January 27, 2010 |
| 3 |
Darker than BLACK Gaiden: OVA 2 After having a dream where she’s being pulled on by a glowing child-like figure, Yin wakes up to Hei watching over her, and he promises to protect her. The two soon arrive in Hong Kong, and Hei finds a man named Chen to make some fake passports for them so that they can keep running. Yin, however, speaks out because she feels that it’s pointless and suggests attacking their enemies instead. She proposes spreading the rumor that he wants to sell her in order to lure their enemies in, and she believes that they can’t run away while there’s a Doll watching her. All of this plus Yin’s attitude worries Hei, but he decides to have Chen set everything up. While Chen is away, Hei questions why Yin didn’t tell him about the enemy Doll, but she seems not to remember what she said before. She does tell him though that she wants to be with him like this forever. Chen then comes running back because he encountered a dangerous group while spreading the rumors, but Hei is undeterred... |
March 24, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Notify: The Darker Episode 1 | June 24, 2014 |
| 2 | Death Notify: The Darker Episode 2 | June 24, 2014 |
| 3 | Death Notify: The Darker Episode 3 | June 24, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darker II Episode 1 | August 3, 2015 |
| 2 | Darker II Episode 2 | August 3, 2015 |
| 3 | Darker II Episode 3 | August 3, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | March 28, 2019 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | March 28, 2019 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | March 28, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tencent Video |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 24, 2014 |
| Last aired | April 26, 2019 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 20:00:00 |