▁esp ion age ▁and ▁assass ination ▁miss ions ▁in ▁Tokyo ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁Sy nd icate . ▁It ▁eventually ▁reve als ▁a ▁plan ▁of ▁the ▁Sy nd icate ▁to ▁er ase ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁contract ors , ▁and ▁a ▁resistance ▁put ▁up ▁by ▁contract ors ▁from ▁the ▁Sy nd icate ▁itself ▁and ▁various ▁esp ion age ▁ag encies . ▁ ▁Media ▁ ▁An ime ▁ ▁Season ▁one ▁ ▁Dark er ▁than ▁Black ▁was ▁concept ual ized ▁by ▁T ens ai ▁Ok am ura ▁and ▁produced ▁by ▁B ones ▁and ▁An i plex . ▁The ▁series ▁premier ed ▁on ▁Tokyo ▁Broadcast ing ▁System ▁and ▁Main ichi ▁Broadcast ing ▁System ' s ▁Th urs day ▁late ▁night ▁an ime ▁broadcast ing ▁times lot , ▁replacing ▁the ▁Sun r ise ▁series ▁Code ▁Ge ass : ▁L el ouch ▁of ▁the ▁Reb ell ion ▁on ▁April ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁similar ▁to ▁Code ▁Ge ass ▁incorpor ated ▁corpor ate ▁spons or ship ▁of ▁Japan ▁News ▁Network ▁partners ▁P izza ▁H ut ▁and ▁N if ty , ▁where ▁episodes ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁stream ed ▁every ▁week ▁during ▁the ▁series ' ▁broadcast ▁run . ▁It ▁completed ▁its ▁initial ▁run ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁received ▁its ▁broadcast ing ▁satellite ▁premi ere ▁on ▁Anim ax ▁from ▁May ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁to ▁October ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁series