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I've been watching [the _Black Rock Shooter_
anime](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13310) this
weekend; I decided to watch it now because I got the PSP game. However, the
description of the game says that the world it's set in has only 3 girls left
after aliens wiped out humanity, Black and White Rock Shooter being 2 of them.

The anime, however, seems to have no connection to this, so I'm wondering: Are
the two linked in any way, or is the only connection between the anime and
game the fact that Black Rock Shooter appears in it?


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What connection is there between the Black Rock Shooter anime and PSP game?


Everything in the Black★Rock Shooter franchise is based on the original
concept art by [Huke](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Huke) on Pixiv.
These were fairly popular, but it really only took off after the
[supercell](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Supercell) song [Black★Rock
Shooter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzOrik5YJ8), which quickly became one
of the most popular vocaloid songs to date.

After that point, the franchise essentially split, and all of the following
productions are different canons. There has been an
[OVA](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Black%E2%98%85Rock_Shooter_%28OVA%29)
and a [TV
anime](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Black%E2%98%85Rock_Shooter_%28anime%29),
which have similar characters but the plot is rather different. Both of these
were criticized by some fans for including lots of content and knew characters
which weren't really closely related to the original concept. [The
game](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Black%E2%98%85Rock_Shooter_THE_GAME)
took a more conservative approach by sticking to the action-themed post-
apocalyptic mood of the original and only introducing a few new characters. In
general, it's safe to say that based on how different the plots of these are,
they all take place in different universes.

In addition to those, there have been several other releases, which also
generally take place in their own universes. [Black-rock
chan](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Black%E2%98%85Rock-chan) is a
4-koma manga based on the original concept art. [Black★Rock Shooter ~Innocent
Soul~](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Black%E2%98%85Rock_Shooter_~Innocent_Soul~)
is a manga, again based on the original and in a different universe. There was
also a
[manga](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Black%E2%98%85Rock_Shooter_THE_GAME_%28manga%29)
and a
[4-koma](http://blackrockshooter.wikia.com/wiki/Black%E2%98%85Rock_Shooter_THE_GAME_%28yonkoma%29)
related to the game.

So, to summarize, **there is no direct connection between the anime and game,
but they are both based on the same original work.**


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