Bible Black

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Bible Black


caption = Cover art for the English version of "Bible Black"
ja_name = バイブルブラック
ja_name_trans = Baiburuburakku
genre = Drama, Horror, Hentai, CGInfobox animanga/Game
title =
developer = ActiveSoft
publisher =
genre =
ratings =
platforms =
released = July 14, 2000Infobox animanga/OVA
title = La Noche de Walpurgis
director = Sho Hanebu
Kazuyuki Honda (episode 2)
Hamuo (episodes 3 and 4)
studio = flagicon|Japan Milky Studio
licensor = flagicon|USA Kitty Media
episodes = 6
released = July 21, 2001
runtime = Infobox animanga/OVA
title = Origins
director = Hamuo
studio = flagicon|Japan Milky Studio
licensor = flagicon|USA Kitty Media
episodes = 2
released = May 25, 2002
runtime = Infobox animanga/OVA
title = La Lanza de Longinus
director = Hamuo
studio = flagicon|Japan Milky Studio
licensor = flagicon|USA Kitty Media
episodes = 6
released = April 25, 2004
runtime = Infobox animanga/OVA
title = Only
director = Yoshiten
studio = flagicon|Japan Milky Studio
licensor = flagicon|USA Kitty Media
episodes = 2
specials = 1
released = July 25, 2005
runtime =

nihongo|"Bible Black"|バイブルブラック|Baiburuburakku is an eroge created by ActiveSoft in 2000, and was adapted into a hentai by Milky Studio. The adaptation of the original game was called "La Noche de Walpurgis" ("The Night of Walpurgis") in English (and simply nihongo|"Bible Black"|バイブルブラック|Baiburuburakku in Japanese), and consisted of 6 episodes. Additionally, there are 2 prequel episodes ("Origin" in US, "Sidestory" in Japan) and two special "ONLY" episodes. A sequel, titled "La Lanza de Longinus" ("The Lance of Longinus") was produced by Milky Studio , with 6 episodes released. The game and both seasons of the anime have been translated and released in the U.S. by Kitty Media.

The whole series features frequent sex and horror scenes and revolves around a high school rumored to have been the base of operations of a coven several years ago (pre-2000). The school's unofficial "Witchcraft Club", as they called themselves, practiced black magic in the underground basement hidden away at the institute. Teachers, students, professors, and staff practicing the dark occult religion involving incantation sex and human sacrifice is a common occurrence in all versions of "Bible Black".

Game

* Windows 95/98/NT4.0/2000
* Pentium 166MHz minimum/Pentium II 233MHz or higher recommended
* 32 MB RAM minimum/64 MB or higher recommended
* 10 MB Hard drive space
* 4x CD-ROM

Minase, a high school student, found a book of black 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. As Minase got deeper and deeper into using the dark craft, evils came forth. Eventually, the origins of the book were revealed, and so was the incident twelve years ago on the night of the Walpurgis, when the power of evil was at its strongest. After coming to his senses, Minase struggles to get himself out of the darkness into which he had put himself.

The game has twelve different endings and the storyline often splits, allowing the player to make choices that will influence the outcome. There are bad endings, normal endings, and one "true" ending.

Anime

La noche de Walpurgis

The original Japanese title was simply nihongo|"Bible Black"|バイブル ブラック|Baiburu Burakku, the same as the game.

At a harmless looking high school, the teachers and staff are practicing a dark religion. By devoting their bodies to perversion and chanting dark spells, they control the lusts of the student body. Everywhere the students turn, they are drawn to acts of perversion, even in public. The cult is run by the school nurse, Miss Kitami. Looking for a virgin girl to serve as a vessel for her own reincarnation, she holds special counseling sessions for the female students.

Before Kitami, the magic club was run by the art teacher Miss Takashiro. When she was a student alongside Kitami, she found the Black Book. It was Kitami, however, who used the Black Book to pervert the students and teachers as her followers, from which the current events are set into motion.

Minase, a student of the school, finds the Black Book, but is seduced by Saeki, the head of the Magic Club, and then is possessed by a lesser demon. Following this, Kitami takes over the Magic Club through magical subversion.

Then Kitami goes after Imari, a girl who is Minase's neighbor and childhood friend. Minase must either help Kitami to pervert Imari with a ritual orgy or fight the dark lust growing inside of him and protect her.

The black night of Walpurgis has finally arrived. Will Minase be able to resist his mistress's will before she succeeds in the ritual?

;Episode listing:
* Ep. 1: nihongo|"School of Black Magic"|黒魔術の学園|Kuromajutsu no Gakuen
* Ep. 2: nihongo|"Black Ceremony"|黒の儀式|Kuro no Gishiki
* Ep. 3: nihongo|"Black Sacrifice"|黒の生贄|Kuro no Ikenie
* Ep. 4: nihongo|"Black Caress"|黒の愛撫|Kuro no Aibu
* Ep. 5: nihongo|"Black Dinner"|黒の晩餐|Kuro no Bansan
* Ep. 6: nihongo|"At the Black Descending"|黒の降臨|Kuro no Kourin

Cast

Origins

Japanese title was nihongo|"Bible Black Sidestory"|バイブルブラック 外伝|Baiburuburakku Gaiden.

Before the events of "Bible Black", Takashiro and Kitami were still high school students. Takashiro starts the first Magic Club and then they find the Black Book, in an antique bookstore. Her experimentation with its black magic powers escalates to include the whole school. Kitami, the pure virginal transfer student, is also caught up and corrupted by the ensuing debauchery.

* Ep. 1: nihongo|"Hallmark of Black"|黒の刻印|Kuro no Kokuin
* Ep. 2: nihongo|"Altar of Black"|黒の祭壇|Kuro no Saidan

Cast

La Lanza de Longinus

Japanese title was nihongo|"New Bible Black"|新・バイブルブラック|Shin Baiburu Burakku. The English translation is called "Bible Black: New Testament".

Years have passed since the Night of Walpurgis, and the girls of the Witchcraft Club have all graduated and made their way in the world. Both Shiraki and Saeki become teachers at their school, while Takashiro-sensei becomes a nun. Imari has become a police woman, who serves as a psychic investigator in the Tokken division. Her team is looking into a series of horribly gruesome murder cases that all happened during sexual intercourse.

Strangely, witnesses see a ghostly figure at the crime scenes. Saeki restarts the Witchcraft Club with a new crop of girls, but is she fighting Kitami or helping her? Meanwhile, Imari and her Tokken subordinate, Aki, are caught up in a bank robbery conducted by occult robbers. An impromptu ceremony performed at the scene causes Kitami to take over the possessed Imari. In the aftermath, Imari steals the Lance of Longinus from the bank vault that the robbers were after.

Imari/Kitami has found the virginal "Scarlet woman" in Aki. She indulges in the sexual ceremony with her using the Lance of Longinus. Meanwhile, the ghostly figure, identified as Jody Crowley, and Takashiro both interfere with the ceremony but with different intentions. The Lance becomes permanently lodged within Aki's vagina and she is now targeted by the various forces of black magic.

The final ceremony climaxes with the black magic forces of Imari/Kitami and Jody Crowley competing over the Scarlet woman. Attacks fly all around while Takashiro and Captain Yuge struggle to defeat both of them and end the dark ceremony. When Jody seems to emerge truimphant, the Lance of Longinus reappears out of Aki and reanimates the original grimoire, Bible Black. The devil emerges to take the souls of contract: Kitami Reika and Jody Crowley. A final effort by Takashiro manages to seal the grimoire while jody's soul is taken and kitami manages to possess jody's body instead. The final scene seems peaceful with everybody content with the world, but in one of the final shots, we see that Aki's laptop screen saver happens to be several images of a menacing jody, hinting that there may be a third season.

Episodes:
* Ep 1: "Revival"
* Ep 2: "Reunion'
* Ep 3: "Rule"
* Ep 4: "Recollection"
* Ep 5: "Rejection"
* Ep 6: "Reproduction"

Characters:
*Detective Yamanishi, Naoto
*Ichikawa, Aki
*Saki, Kiria
*Imari, Kurumi
*Forklift, Todd
*Jody Crowley
*Kitami, Reika
*Nurse Harada
*Miss Saeki, Kaori
*Miss Shiraki, Rika
*Takashiro, Hiroko
*Captain Yuge, Touruda
*Toudou, Yuki
*Oshima, Takeshi

Most of the characters from "La noche de Walpurgis" return in "La Lanza", however, Minase has yet to make an appearance and is only mentioned once. It is possible that under the influence of Kitami, Imari killed Minase even before the events of "La Lanza" since Kitami did mention to Minase that she would kill him after possessing Imari's body. It is also possible that Takashiro had something to do with his disappearance, since during episode 3, Kitami/Imari blames Takashiro for taking "my Minase away from me."

Only

"Bible Black Only" consists of gaiden stories from the Bible Black universe that focus mainly on sex, with minimal plot. They feature characters who usually made minor appearances in "Bible Black", and explain what happened while the main story was going on and when the main story was over.

Episodes:
* Episode 1:
** "In the Staff Restroom" (featuring Takashiro);
** "Secret Training" (featuring Ito and the girls' swimming team);
** "Events in the Locker Room" (featuring Saeki; originally released with the compilation movie)
* Episode 2:
** "Virgin Hunting/Obscene Dance of the Devils" (featuring Saeki, Maki, and Jun);
** "Secret Torture" (featuring Yukiko);
** "That's a Teacher" (featuring Takashiro; originally released with the compilation movie)

Other animation

* Special 1: "Imari Hen" (a short released as part of the 2006 box set)
* Movie 1: nihongo|"Bible Black Complete Version"|バイブルブラック 完全版|Baiburu Burakku Kanzenban (the original series cut into a 100 minute "movie")
* Movie 2: nihongo|"New Bible Black Complete Version: Restored ~Rinne~"|新バイブルブラック完全版 Restored 〜輪廻〜|Shin Baiburu Burakku Kanzenban Restored ~ Rinne ~ ("New Bible Black" cut into a two hour "movie", with some new animation)

External links

* [http://www.uvlist.net/game-158340-Bible+Black%3A+La+Noche+de+Walpurgis "Bible Black: La Noche de Walpurgis" screenshots and reviews]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=390 Bible Black on the Anime News Network]
*imdb title|id=0369277|title=Bible Black
* (Japanese) [http://www.active-soft.jp/catalog/moreinfo/ad_bb.html Bible Black game page on Active-Soft]
* (Japanese) [http://www.milky-anime.com/ Milky Anime] publishers of the OVAs