Darker than Black: Origins is a special anime that premiered in winter 2010, produced by bones.

About the production: the story comes from an original script, there are 4 episodes of about 24 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are action, mystery, psychological and sci-fi, with themes such as Tragedy, Survival, Super Power and Anti-Hero.

On AniList, Darker than Black: Origins has an average score of 76%, a very good score, and appears on 45,214 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: DARKER THAN BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini and DARKER THAN BLACK: Kuro no Keiyakusha - Sakura no Hana no Mankai no Shita.

Tells the story of what happened to Yin and Hei between the first and second series.

Official synopsis from AniList.