Black Cat (manga)

Black Cat
ブラック・キャット (Burakku Kyatto)
Genre	Adventure, science fiction, thriller
Manga
Written by	Kentaro Yabuki
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA Shonen Jump
Original run	July 10, 2000 – June 14, 2004
Volumes	20
Anime television series
Directed by	Shin Itagaki
Produced by	Masaya Shinozaki Naoki Watanabe Taito Okiura Takashi Takano Tetsuo Daitoku
Written by	Shuichi Kouyama
Music by	Taku Iwasaki
Studio	Gonzo
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation UK MVM Films
Original network	TBS
English network	AUS Cartoon Network SEA Animax US Funimation Channel ZA Animax
Original run	October 6, 2005 – March 30, 2006
Episodes	24
Light novel
Written by	Tomohito Ōsaki
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Male
Original run	March 10, 2003 – October 24, 2005
Volumes	3

Black Cat (Japanese: ブラック・キャット, Hepburn: Burakku Kyatto) is a Japanese manga series. It was written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. It was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from July 2000 to June 2004. The story is about a man named Train Heartnet.

A twenty-four episode anime series based on this manga was created by Gonzo studio. It was aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) channel from October 2005 to March 2006. The manga was licensed for English-language publication in North America by Viz Media and Madman Entertainment in Australasia.

In Japan, the Black Cat manga sold over 12 million copies. In North America, some volumes have been featured in weekly top ten lists of best-selling manga. The anime has also been popular in both Japan and North America.