Episode 1
The Good, the Bad and the Mechanics
24m8.0 / 10
Empress wakes up in a research lab.
Episode credits
Directed by Motoki TanakaWritten by Makoto Fukami
TV series
Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall
2022TV-141 season8.1 / 10
The year is 2062. Earth has been left in ruin after the failure of a labor automation project when the AI called Artemis waged war against humanity. A girl, Empress, awakens in a research lab. As one of the three surviving guardians, she must destroy the Orbital Elevator before Artemis can complete its construction. Failure will result in a machine army overrunning Earth.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall premiered April 3, 2022. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
The year is 2062. Earth has been left in ruin after the failure of a labor automation project when the AI called Artemis waged war against humanity. A girl, Empress, awakens in a research lab. As one of the three surviving guardians, she must destroy the Orbital Elevator before Artemis can complete its construction. Failure will result in a machine army overrunning Earth.
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Episode 2
Shooter Meets Hacker
24m7.0 / 10
Norito asks Empress to bring supplies from a nearby hospital, but a Beehive lies there.
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Directed by Motoki TanakaWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode 3
Master Sniper
24m7.0 / 10
Upon saving Momiji from the Educational Institution, Empress attempts rescue of her friends.
Episode credits
Directed by Motoki TanakaWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode 4
Black Falls Down a Hole
24m7.0 / 10
Empress learns they've got a month until the Orbital Elevator is complete. Dead Master re-appears.
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Directed by Motoki TanakaWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode 5
Drink Because You Are Happy
24m9.0 / 10
Norito asks Strength for help, but soldiers show up. Strength purges a part of herself.
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Directed by Motoki TanakaWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode 6
Collapse
24m9.0 / 10
Strength and Norito burst into the carrier to save Miya. They also find Lunatic.
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Directed by Youichirou Aoki, Ken TakahashiWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode 7
Peacebuilding Force Memorial Library
24m7.0 / 10
Black Trike can't self-repair, so they go to the Peacebuilding Force Memorial Library for the parts.
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Directed by Kosuke HirotaWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode 8
Crossing Iron Oceans
24m7.0 / 10
Empress and the others are crossing the Iron Ocean. She notices Monica is acting strange.
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Directed by Youichirou AokiWritten by Ryo Yoshigami
Episode 9
Half Mechanic
24m8.0 / 10
Empress wakes up in Light House No. 8.
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Directed by Youichirou AokiWritten by Ryo Yoshigami
Episode 10
Titanomachia
24m8.0 / 10
Battle continues at Light House No. 8. The colonel is attacked by Charlotte, but Empress arrives.
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Directed by Youichirou AokiWritten by Ryo Yoshigami
Episode 11
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
24m8.0 / 10
The colonel receives a message that the Iron Ocean is spreading, causing much confusion. Despite a message confirming that the Orbital Elevator is connected, the colonel tells everyone the plan is to get Empress close to the Elevator to destroy it. At the eleventh hour, the Peacebuilding Force begins their bombardment and the final battle begins.
Episode credits
Directed by Youichirou AokiWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode 12
Black Rock Shooter
24m7.0 / 10finale
The deadly battle unfolds in the wastelands. Empress rejects Lunatic's offer, and makes it clear that she will fight to the very end. The colonel suffers a drone barrage and faces death. Strength and Dead Master have also sustained heavy damage, and the army is all but destroyed. Is there a way out of this hopeless situation?
Episode credits
Directed by Motoki Tanaka, Youichirou AokiWritten by Makoto Fukami
Episode information updated Sep 16, 2026
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More about Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall
Cast
Yui IshikawaEmpress (voice)
Saori HayamiDead Master (voice)
Megumi HanStrength (voice)
Takuya KirimotoColonel "David" (voice)
Ayaka AsaiMonica (voice)
Misaki KunoBlack Trike (voice)
Tomokazu SugitaSmiley (voice)
Akane TomonagaLunatic (voice)Credits
- Written by
- Makoto Fukami, Ryo Yoshigami
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 12
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- ブラック★★ロックシューター DAWN FALL
Networks & production
Tokyo MXJapan
Bibury Animation StudiosJapan- Bibury Animation CGJapan
UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMSJapan
NetEase GamesJapan
Themes
alternate universeanimeartificial intelligence (a.i.)combatcyberpunkfuturistic societysurvivaltechnology