The intrigue and danger continues in Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor. Hei – aka the masked killer, BK-201 – encounters Suo, a young Russian girl whose life changed the night a meteor fell to Earth. With Contractors attacking from all sides, and the mysterious organization Section 3 closing in, Hei must fight to keep Suo alive.

The Limited Edition comes in a collectible art box.

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4022 in DVD
• Brand: FUNimation
• Released on: 2011-11-08
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Formats: Animated, Box set, Widescreen, NTSC, Dubbed
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: English
• Dimensions: .75 pounds
• Running time: 400 minutes

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38 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
Product info.....not a review of Season Two
By Just some old guy.
Since Amazons description is a litte vague at this point I was curious just which was a limitied edition. It appears that this version is "Darker than Black: The Complete Season Two {Blu Ray}..The version that is completely black...not the one with white on the side of the box.(they posted this review on both versions).It is in the same style of box as the Limited Editions for "RideBack" - "Dance in the Vampire Bund" - "Chrome Shelled Regios" - "Ga-Rei-Zero" ...etc. I checked another web site (Right Stuf) and here is all the info I could find on it.

"Darker Than Black Season 2 + OVAs DVD/Blu-ray Complete Set (Hyb) Limited Ed."

This limited edition comes with a chipboard art box.

Contains episodes 1-12 and OVAs 1-4 (Kuro no Keiyakusha: Gaiden).

Special Features: Episode 04 Commentary, OVA Part 1 Commentary, Textless Songs, Trailers.

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.

Hope it helps...At least it helped me buy the right one anyway.

36 of 47 people found the following review helpful.
Darker than Black's OVA is awesome, but the Second Season falls short
By C. Robinson
**CONTAINS A FEW SPOILERS, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK**

The first season of Darker than Black ended with Hei and Yin escaping from the syndicate, and you think that's where season two would begin the aftermath of their escape. Sadly, no. Take a deep breath, and prepare to take in one of the most mediocre sequels to one of my favorite animes. When the second season begins, Hei has long hair and has become a drunk. Why? We don't know why. Meanwhile, we go into a new story about a Russian girl named Suo. Hei just happens to be on a mission that groups them up together, and it starts on of the biggest annoyances of the series - Hei training a little girl. Early on in the series, Hei loses his powers, and it makes the action scenes after this sort of suck. All of the action we were used to from Season One is pretty much all gone, with the exception of our new character, Suo, who wields a giant rifle (which is the ONLY cool thing about her).

You all make think I'm being overly harsh on Season Two. Well, I'm not. If you loved the first season as much as I did, you would hate Season Two as much I do. However, it doesn't mean that the second season isn't worth watching at all. It does fill in a FEW loose ends about what happened to some other characters from Season One. It also introduces some new contractors (who have some pretty interesting abilities). Yoko Kanno's fantastic soundtrack from the first season is also gone, which also makes the music in this season forgettable. The series is also relatively short with 12 episodes, unlike Season one, which was 25 episodes. I'm also not a big fan of the ending.

I was going to recommend avoiding this, but this set also includes a 4 episode OVA (that aired a year after Season Two). This OVA is what should of aired before Season Two, as it shows what happens to Hei & Yin after Season One. The OVA fills in the gap between Season One and Season Two. Watching the OVA before Season Two is mandatory.

I applaud Funimation for packing both the OVA & Season Two together. As I would of avoided buying Season Two altogether if they would of released it separately.

***RATINGS FOR BOTH SEASON TWO & THE OVA***
Season Two 2/5
OVA 4/5

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
In Memoriam
By RavenRing
2 years have passed since the events in the first season. Suo Pavlichenko is a teenage girl living in Russia with her scientist father and Contractor brother, whose life is turned upside down one day when her father is murdered, his lab destroyed, and her brother disappears. On the run from several different factions who mistake her for her brother, Suou teams up with Hei to get to Tokyo to find her mother.

I have mixed feelings about this series. I loved the first season, so I started with high expectations. It still had many of the elements that I loved in the first season - mysteries, characters with unknown agendas, Hei - but it also shifted its focus a little by making Suo the main character. This season has more teenage angst then the first, and Suo is kind of annoying. She also has a boring transforming type sequence the animators loved. Hei has gone through some trauma that isn't really explained (though I hear it is explained in the OVA), and he spends the series working back up to his former cool self.

But he does work out of his depression. Suo starts to grow up. Mao is a flying squirrel. And the somewhat mediocre story works up to a sufficiently mind bending ending. I did enjoy this season, but most of it was brightened by my love of the first series. If you really loved the first series, you might enjoy seeing the second just for more Darker Than Black. Or you might just want to stop while you are ahead, and leave your memories of Darker Than Black at the end of the first season.

This series is a nice length, at just 12 episodes, which is long enough for some interesting things to happen, and short enough that Suo can't drive you insane. I still can't say whether or not I recommend it though.

PS The OVA is 4 episodes long, but I haven't seen it. Apparently it is about what happens to Hei and Yin in between seasons 1 and 2.