Line #35 Franchise/BlackRockShooter


1	%% For consistency, tropes pertaining to the character illustrations of huke go here.
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3	!!This is a franchise page. Please don't pothole to it unless you're referring to the franchise in general.
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5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BlackRockShooter_4164.jpg]]
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7	Please place media-specific tropes on their respective pages. ''Black★Rock Shooter'' might refer to:
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9	[[index]]
10	* ''Music/BlackRockShooter'' - The original music video and illustrations which spawned this franchise.
11	* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' - An OVA produced by new animation studio Ordet (made up of people who had left Creator/KyotoAnimation) that was released by stream in July 2010 and the Creator/{{noitaminA}} 2012 anime series of the same name, based on the OVA.
12	* ''VideoGame/BlackRockShooter: The Game'' - an RPG for Platform/PlayStationPortable by Ryu's Office, directed by Ryuta Konuma (who did ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''). It also received a manga adaptation later on, expanding some parts of the story which are not directly shown in the game.
13	* ''Petite★Rock Shooter'', an official web-minigame.
14	* ''Manga/BlackRockShooter: Innocent Soul'' - an AlternateContinuity manga, and ''Black Rock-chan'', a [[{{Yonkoma}} 4koma]] AffectionateParody of the franchise characters.
15	* ''Black★Rock Shooter Arcana'', a Japan-only social game for [[Platform/AndroidGames Android devices]] with TarotMotifs.
16	* ''Anime/BlackRockShooterDawnFall'', an anime created by Bibury Animation Studios (''VisualNovel/GrisaiaPhantomTrigger The Animation'', ''Anime/AzurLane'') and written by ''Anime/PsychoPass'' writer Makoto Fukami and Ryo Yoshigami. It premiered in April 2022.
17	* ''Black★Rock Shooter Fragment'', a mobile game released in Japan on November 24, 2022 with a Spring 2023 release window planned for the international market.
18	[[/index]]
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20	All of them [[{{Pun}} star]] [[AlternateContinuity unrelated incarnations]] of the eponymous character.
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22	Not related to [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Blackrock]] [[DeathMountain Mountain]].
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24	Originally, Black★Rock Shooter was a character (she's the girl to the right with the black bikini and long twin tails) created by an artist known as huke, among plenty of other material that he uploaded to his Platform/{{Pixiv}} profile. One fateful day ryo, leader of Music/{{Vocaloid}} synthesizer band Music/{{supercell}}, approached huke to create a song after having been inspired by his work, while also inviting him to join the creative team of the band. This way, the two collaborated on a music video, with huke making some small adjustments to Black★Rock Shooter's design and creating the version known today. Once [[https://sp.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm3645817 uploaded]] on Website/NicoNicoDouga in 2008, and soon after on Platform/YouTube, both the song (performed by Hatsune Miku) and character became a massive success (on the Internet anyway), and in 2009 it was announced that an anime would be made based on an original story created by huke.
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26	Aside from B★RS, huke has created plenty of [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100401163349/blackrockshooter/images/a/a4/Groupshot.jpg other characters]] in that same universe, including her [[SinisterScythe scythe-wielding]], green eyed, [[HornedHumanoid horned and winged]] [[ArchEnemy nemesis]] [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100401134618/blackrockshooter/images/f/f5/Brs_02.jpg Dead Master]]; a [[{{BFS}} sword-wielding]], [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyed]], horned [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100401140104/blackrockshooter/images/2/24/Blackgoldsaw.jpg girl]] called Black★Gold Saw (who appears at the beginning of the OVA); a [[{{Joshikousei}} cute]] looking [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100401141311/blackrockshooter/images/e/e2/Blackmatagi.jpg girl]], sporting an [[EyepatchOfPower eye patch]], [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation headphones]], and wielding a [[{{BFG}} mas]][[{{BFS}} sive]] [[{{SwissArmyWeapon}} Gunblade]] as [[SmallGirlBigGun tall as she is]], known as Black★Matagi and, finally, a [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]] and [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] wielding [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100401141645/blackrockshooter/images/3/39/Blackdevilgirl.jpg girl]], called Black★Devil Girl. Oh, and in case you’re [[AllThereInTheManual wondering the names]] of B★RS's weapons, the katana is "black blade" and the massive {{arm cannon}} is "★rock cannon".
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28	The franchise was dormant between 2012 and 2022, though with [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXNgMCB4zu/ a]] [[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=66469686 few]] [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-07-08/artist-huke-teases-return-of-black-work/.134010 hints]] that the series would make a comeback in the future.
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30	There's also a fanmade Tabletop Gaming system, [[https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0ByC2LFIujbrgOWQxNmZlYTMtNDBkMi00YzQxLWE5NmItMGM4MTgwNTgyYzFk&hl=en&authkey=CI6JgY8G Black Rock Universe]]; currently in its playable Alpha stage - they have an IRC chan on Rizon, [=#BlackRockUniverse=]. While it was officially abandoned, the authors have decided to pull it together and finish it off since it keeps coming up - stop by and chat or help out if you can.
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32	[[AC:Acronym Nickname Guide:]]
33	* Black★Rock Shooter: (B★RS)
34	* White★Rock Shooter: (W★RS)
35	* Insane Black★Rock Shooter: (IB★RS)
36	* Dead Master: (DM)
37	* Black★Gold Saw: (B★GS)
38	* Black★Matagi: (B★M)
39	* Black★Devil Girl: (B★DG)
40	* Strength: (STR)
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43	!!This franchise provides examples of:
44	* AdaptationExpansion: And how. From a drawing of a girl to a Music/{{Vocaloid}} song to a 5 minute PV to a 50 minute OVA with backstory and names and, meanwhile, an RPG game, then a manga, then a companion anime series to the OVA.
45	* AlternateContinuity: All adaptations take place in their own universe, with only the character patterns and general personality being constants.
46	* AstralCheckerboardDecor: Almost all of huke's drawings take place in some checkerboard landscape.
47	* InNameOnly: An interesting case with the adaptations in that there's so little information provided about anything in the original PV that the interpretations become widely diverged from each other.
48	* LuckyCharmsTitle: Just look at how often the black star appears in this page!
49	** This is taken to its logical conclusion in ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Project Diva F]]'', where the last note is always a Star Note in the middle of the screen, in the exact same spot as a white star appears on the video itself.
50	* ReusedCharacterDesign: A majority of the main characters of each AlternateContinuity have their designs based on the characters of huke's illustrations. Although, they also undergo some ArtEvolution or aesthetic changes. Ever wondered why Stella and Rock look exactly like Black★Rock Shooter, or why Empress looks so painfully similar?
51	* SecondaryAdaptation: This franchise began as a series of drawings by artist ryoheihuke that depicts a skinny girl with rugged ponytails, BadassLongcoat and {{BFG}}, and many other related characters. Then it gets popular when Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune sings a song about BRS, composed by Supercell. BRS then gets made into an anime, an unrelated manga and an unrelated video game.
52	* UniversalAdaptorCast: The main cast tend to be treated this way; see AlternateContinuity.

Context Franchise / BlackRockShooter