Meikyuu Black Company

The Dungeon of Black Company/Meikyuu Black Company (迷宮ブラックカンパニー, Meikyū Burakku Kanpanī) is a Japanese manga series by Yōhei Yasumura. It has been serialized on Mag Garden's Mag Comi website since December 2016. The series is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from July to September 2021.

Meikyuu Black Company has been published in English as The Dungeon of Black Company by Seven Seas Entertainment since May 22, 2018.

Synopsis
Kinji, who lacks any kind of work ethic, is a layout in his modern life. One day, he finds himself transported to another world—but not in a grand fantasy of a hero welcomed with open arms. He's immediately shoved into a terrible job! Now enslaved by an evil mining company in a fantasy world, Kinji's about to really learn the meaning of hard work!

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Manga
It is written and illustrated by Yōhei Yasumura. It has been serialized in Mag Garden's Mag Comi website since December 2016 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. It was announced that the manga would enter its climax on June 5, 2020.

Character
The main character of this work. He hates labor and looks down on hard working workers. He is critical of Lisach Mining's black corporate behavior and his boss's brutality, but when he turns to the side of using people, he has similar black labor, so they are essentially similar. (However, the human empathy remains and it won't be as bad as Belza's). In the real world, he wanted to live a stable neat life, so he used his pocket money to increase his assets through swing trading and overseas real estate investment.

Just as he was about to live a lazy life until his death, he transferred to Amuria, was at the mercy of differences in language and sociality, and was in debt. will be engaged in As soon as he felt the limit of being forced to live like a company slave in a black site, he decided to earn money and regain his NEET life after discovering a hidden passage to the labyrinth. Furthermore, after successfully exterminating a large number of labyrinth ants, he plots to take over the Lisach mining industry, which is almost a black company, and organizes a "Dungeon Black Company" with demons to plot.

Summoned to the future of Amuria, he learns about the path that this world will take and the situation of the human side of the future, but he is disappointed by the people who do nothing and only want to be saved, and Zazel who is forcing salvation. After hearing from Zazel that meeting the Demon King will lead to a path to Japan, Kinji reunites with the future Labyrinth Ari A (Dungeon Ant A), who was in the Demon King's Army, and decides to take over the "General Ant Farm" he was entrusted with as the "Dungeon Black Company." "The Future" and joined the demon king's side in order to meet the demon king efficiently.

Abilities
However, although he dislikes the weak, he despises those who put up with being weak. It is As soon as he has power or money, he gets into shape, but he basically fails big soon after that. Since he is from another world, he does not have the organ "Magic Viscera" that handles magical power, and his fighting ability is poor. After capturing the Detmold Magic Mine Ruins, he obtained the power of the ruins and became a dungeon master. Ninomiya Kinji has exclusive weapons and equipment. This magic gun can automatically absorb magical energy from the surroundings to form bullets, and automatically lock the aiming and tracking. As the user, Ninomiya Kinji only needs to press the trigger. That's it, it can be said to be the most suitable weapon for him. But how can such a powerful weapon have no shortcomings? Although this magic gun is convenient to use, it also consumes a lot of magic energy, so forget it. When the consumption reaches a certain level, the emergency mode will be activated, and the surrounding magic energy will be automatically absorbed. But how can such a powerful weapon have no shortcomings? Although this magic gun is convenient to use, it also consumes a lot of magic energy, so forget it. When the consumption reaches a certain level, the emergency mode will be activated, and the surrounding magic energy will be automatically absorbed. It is also a powerful weapon. Although the side effects are relatively large, it can also be used at critical times.

TV Anime
An anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link was announced, and aired from July 9 to September 24, 2021 on Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, ABC, AT-X, and BS-NTV. The series is directed by Mirai Minato, with scripts overseen by Deko Akao, and characters designed by Yuki Sawairi. Taku Inoue is composing the series' music. The opening theme song "Shimi" (Stain) is performed by Howl Be Quiet, while the ending theme song "World is Mine" is performed by Humbreaders.

Staff

 * Original Author - Yohei Yasumura
 * Director-Minato Mirai
 * Assistant Director - Yuji Ibe
 * Series Composition - Deko Akao
 * Character Design/General Drawing Director - Yuki Sawairi
 * Sub-design - Arisa Fujii, Maori Yusa
 * Prop Design - Shinpei Aoki
 * Art Director - Asuka Komiyama
 * Color design - Natsumi Hirama
 * Cinematographer - Atsushi Sato
 * 3D Director - Makoto Endo
 * Editing - Kentaro Tsubone
 * Sound Director - Kisuke Koizumi
 * Sound Effects - Akiko Muto
 * Sound Production - Jinnan Studio
 * Music - TAKU INOUE
 * Music Production - TOY'S FACTORY
 * Music Producer - Shisei Fukino
 * Producer - Kosuke Arai, Taiyo Matsuda, Kazusa Umeda, Sojiro Arimizu, Hayato Kaneko, Hideo Hirata, Hajime Maruyama, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Masaya Naka
 * Animation Producer - Yuto Shimizu
 * Animation Production - SILVER LINK.
 * Crafting - Lisach Mining Detmold Branch

Funimation licensed the series. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.

External Link

 * The Dungeon of Black Company at Mag Comi (in Japanese)
 * The Dungeon of Black Company English website at Seven Seas Entertainment
 * The Dungeon of Black Company — Official Manga (@d_blackcompany) - Twitter
 * TV Anime "The Dungeon of Black Company" Official Website (in Japanese)
 * TV Anime "The Dungeon of Black Company" Official (@meikyubc_anime) - Twitter
 * The Dungeon of Black Company — Wikipedia  JP 
 * The Dungeon of Black Company — Wikipedia EN

Trivia
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