bible black

Bible Black (バイブルブラック, baiburuburakku^?) is a Hentai anime OVA series. It is based on an eroge of the same name. The series is separated into four titles. The game was created by Active-Soft, and was adapted into an anime by the Milky Studio. It has been released in the U.S. by Kitty Media.

The original series consists of 6 episodes, 2 prequel episodes, a new season, and a special "ONLY" Episode.

The whole series contains teachers, students, professors, and staff practicing a dark satanic religion involving incantations, sex, and sacrifices upon their innocent victims mostly in their underground basement hidden in the university.

Series and Episodes

Series 1: Night of the Walpulgiss

Plot Summary (from Anime News Network): Minase, a high school student, found a book of magic in an isolated room in his school. He started practicing black magic that has extreme sexual effects that benefited him and some of his friends. Intrigued, Minase got deeper and deeper into using the craft, not realizing the evils that will come forth. Eventually, the origins of the book was revealed, and so did the incident twelve years ago on the Night of the Walpurgis, the night when the power of evil is at its strongest. After coming to his senses, Minase struggles to get himself out of the darkness that he had put himself into.

Series 3: Origins

Plot Summary (from Anime News Network): Twelve years prior to its discovery by Minase, the origins of the magic book with dark, sensuous powers is revealed. Initially owned by a female student, Takashiro, who, along with other curious students form the first magic club on campus. The club begins to use the erotic spells to carry out favors for fellow students, and vengeance. After underestimating the powers behind the book, Takashiro is taken out of the picture, as a new leader guides the club towards a darker course, one that will force school newcomer Kitami to make a dire choice.

Series 2: New Testament

Plot Summary (from Anime News Network): Bringing new meaning to Back in Black! Time has passed since the Night of Walpurgis, and the girls of the Witchcraft Club have all graduated and made their way in the world. Imari has become a police woman, who serves as a psychic investigator on a series of horribly gruesome murder cases. Strangely, witnesses see a ghostly image that looks like the dead school nurse, Kitami, at the scene. Saeki restarts the Witchcraft Club with a new crop of girls, but is she fighting Kitami or helping her? Then the women of the psychic investigation squad are the target of murderous robbers, and the stress as likely to cause the devil in Miss Imari to emerge...

Series 4: Only

Black Only explores the sexual misadventures of the supporting cast from the main Bible Black series. Miss Takashiro reminisces on her demonic capture, Itoh reveals her sadistic side, and Saeki is stalked by her classmates. Bible Black Only is a stand-alone episode that does not affect the continuity of the main Bible Black series, and it contains footage that was previously only available on the R2 Bible Black Perfect Collection DVD.

Story Characters

• Reika Kitami

The school doctor. Twelve years ago, when she was a student, she was chosen as a sacrificial victim for a demon-summoning ritual by the witchcraft club. During this ritual, the club director went insane and murdered all of the participating members before being stabbed by a dying Kitami. With so much blood shed, a demon was summoned, willing to grant one wish. Kitami, dying and in pain, wished to live, so the demon granted her wish -- after a fashion. Kitami's body was healed, but in twelve years time, the corruption of her soul would cause her to die and she would be sent to hell. She realized that if she were able to switch bodies with someone, her original body (and any soul inside it) would be destroyed instead. Kitami's driving need to live becomes a major plot point of the first "Bible Black" series. Kitami was also granted the ability to use dark magic, the most frequently used manifestation being the ability to transform her clitoris into a fully functional penis.

• Minase Taki

A young student who discovers the dark magic book, "Bible Black", in an abandoned cellar. With this discovery, he becomes a pawn of powerful forces in a sinister plot. After he uses the dark magic described in the book for his own amusement, Kitami briefly charms him into serving her own dark purposes. Once free of the enchantment, Taki fights to rescue his girlfriend, Kurumi, and stop Kitami's evil plans. Although alluded to in Bible Black: La Lancza de Longinus, as of the fourth episode he has not yet appeared and his fate is unknown.

• Imari Kurumi

A female student with a crush on Minase. As a virgin, she is chosen by the school nurse, Reika Kitami, for a sinister plan. The ending is left uncertain, as although Minase completed the spell and defeated Kitami, as well as Imari seems herself later on, she proceeds to show that she has Kitami's curse to transform her clitoris into a fully functional penis, as well as various statements that imply coming from Kitami's point of view. During the events of Bible Black: La Lancza de Longinus (New Testament), she is an agent for a government agency whose priority is to investigate supernatural events.

• Hiroko Takashiro

A teacher. In her days as a student at the same school, she was a member of the witchcraft club. She was the only member of the club to survive a terrible event involving Reika Kitami. Before the events of Bible Black: La Lancza de Longinus (New Testament), she retires from education and becomes a nun.

• Rika Shiraki

Top of her class, one of the members of the school council, and the most popular girl of her class. Shiraki becomes embroiled in the sinister events revolving around the "Bible Black" when she is magically charmed by Minase. During the events of Bible Black: La Lancza de Longinus(New Testament), she is a teacher at the same school she attended.

• Kaori Saeki

The student director of the current witchcraft club. Her hobby is, of course, dabbling into the arcane, such as the use of tarot cards and magic books. Realizing that Taki Minase had obtained a powerful book of magic, Saeki is determined to acquire it at any cost. During the events of Bible Black: La Lanza de Longinus(New Testament), Saeki is a teacher at the same school she attended and still secretly controls the witchcraft club.

• Miyuki Nonogusa

Star of the swimming club. She is a classmate of Taki Minase.

• Shinobu Kobayashi

The student director of the swimming club. She has a lesbian relationship with Mikimoto. Kobayashi was a character in the adventure game, but did not appear in the anime until she was featured in the Bible Black: Only short stories.

• Mikimoto

A member of the swimming club. She has a lesbian relationship with Shinobu Kobayashi. Mikimoto was a character in the adventure game, but did not appear in the anime until she was featured in the Bible Black: Only short stories.

• Mika Itoh

A classmate of Taki Minase. In the game, she is the first victim of a spell from the Bible Black.

• Yumiko Minase

The elder sister of Taki Minase. According to the Bible Black: Only short stories, at the time of the first Bible Black series, Yumiko was apparently studying to be a medical doctor. She has only a minor role in the overall story.

• Ayumi Murai

A friend of Taki Minase and Kurumi Imari.

New Testament Release Controversy

The US release of New Testament volume 1 caused a bit of an uproar in the fan community when it was revealed that Milky had refused to give Kitty Media the Japanese language track, citing fears of more Japanese customers ignoring their release in favor of reverse importing the cheaper and uncensored R1 DVDs. It proved a hollow measure at best though, as quickly custom made versions combining the uncensored video and dub from the Kitty DVD with the audio from the Japanese DVDs and fan-made subtitles became available for download on various filesharing sites on the Internet.

Eventually it looked like Milky had backed down when it was announced that volume 2 would not only contain both Japanese and English audio, but also contain the subtitled Japanese version of the episodes from the first release. However, as the release date drew near, people with early copies started noticing errors and missing details in the animation. A further shot by shot comparison with the Japanese release [1] revealed a consistent decrease in quality between the two version, causing cries for a boycott of the release in some online forums. So far Kitty Media has yet to comment on the matter.

External links

• THE NINTH CIRCLE: a dedication to Bible Black (Adults Only)
• Bible Black on the Anime News Network
• Bible Black at the Internet Movie Database