Review of Black Cat

This anime follows bounty hunter Sven Vollfied who finds himself protecting Eve; she may look like an ordinary girl but she is in fact a weapon that uses nanotechnology who is being hunter by the Chronos Organisation. Train Heartnet, better known as 'Black Cat' is one of Chronos' elite assassins; he is meant to be hunting Eve but eventually ends up protecting her alongside Sven. Soon they are forced to confront another former member of Chronos; Creed Diskenth. He has created a rival organisation and plans to take over the world.

This shonen series is entertaining enough with a decent mix of action and humour although it will never be a classic… it is the sort of series that is fun enough while you watch it but I suspect most details will be forgotten shortly after finishing it. The plot is fairly standard as our protagonists confront various cliché antagonists. The main story involving Creed ends with four episodes to go and a new problem arises; it feels as though the makers created a twenty episode series and just as they finished they were told four more episodes were needed which leads to a somewhat disjointed ending. For all these criticisms I still think this is worth watching as it is never boring, there are plenty of great moments.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.