Black Cat (ブラックキャット Burakku Kyatto?) is a manga and anime series by mangaka Kentaro Yabuki. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. The series has concluded in Japan at 20 volumes. It was also licensed for North American distribution by VIZ Media, and the English release started on March 7, 2006 and is currently up to volume 9.
It was also adapted into an anime television series, directed by Shin Itagaki, which aired in Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax and the terrestrial TBS network beginning on October 6, 2005 and ending on March 30, 2006. It consists of 24 episodes and is produced by GONZO. The anime series was licensed for distribution in the United States by Funimation. The DVDs will be released in the UK by MVM.
Whereas only 23 episodes of the series were aired on TBS's airing of the series, the series actually consists of 24 episodes, with the 15th episode of the series, Tōzakaru Neko ( 遠ざかる猫? A Runaway Cat), not airing on the terrestrial TBS network and instead airing exclusively in Japan on the CS network Animax. This episode was also included in the original Japanese DVDs for the series. Animax also aired this episode and all 24 episodes of the series in each of its other international networks worldwide (including dubbing and translating the series for broadcast across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia).