Black Cat <3

Genres: action, adventure, comedy, science fiction

Number tittles: 24

Plot

Train Heartnet is known as the Black Cat for his quick reactions to attacks and his title as Number Thirteen as member of the secret society Chronos. He is an unbeatable master gunman, a cold and unfeeling killer until he meets Saya, a bounty hunter, or "sweeper". She teaches him the value of a human life, and that one should live in order to repent for one's mistakes rather than die because of them. Through her, Train learns to love and care for other people as he too becomes a sweeper and travels with his partner Sven and the mysterious girl Eve.

Review by link96e

Black Cat is a quite nicely animated show. Since there are many battles, often with supernatural powers involved, this is an important issue. Battles flow smoothly, and, despite the crazy mix of powers involved, it is kept at a fairly realistic level. The settings themselves seems to be some odd kind of mishmash between western surroundings coupled with various futuristic elements like huge laboratory setups and the occational computerized add-on. Even one of the main characters is an example of that, but more on this later.

Sven Vollfied is maybe one of the most hilarious and charming goofballs I've encountered within this kind of genre. I've heard him described as a mix between Vash the stampede and Spike Spiegel, which might be accurate, I guess. At first glance, he seems like quite the harmless guy. He often gets into arguments with the local cafe hostess for never really seeming to be able to pay for the coffee he drinks while he sits there and read whatever newspaper he can get his hands on. When things get serious, however, he's shown as more than able to handle himself.

Black Cat is interesting, I guess, for a character who is named Train Heartnet. There, I said it. TRAIN! HEARTNET! He is the aforementioned top agent and assassin in Chronos, sporting nearly supernatural abilities at handling his firearms, a simple looking handgun with a "XIII" marking on it. While he isn't the most interesting conversationalist in the group, he never disappoints when it comes to making battle scenes look kickass. In the duration of the show, he leaves Chronos at the urges of a young girl, and eventually joins up with Sven and the others after their rescue operation.

Rating

Story 7
Sound 7
Character 8
Animation 8
Enjoyment 7

Personal comment
Black Cat (Train Heartnet) is one of my ideal fighting characters so well this anime is nice is you give it a different view from other type of fighting anime.

Credits - ANN & Anime A