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Allen Walker is an Exorcist in 19th century Europe. He must use the Innocence to battle the Akuma - demons created from the souls of the dead - and stop the Millennium Earl from bringing about the destruction of the world.

Hoshino Katsura's D.Gray-man began serialization in Japan's Weekly Shounen Jump in 2004; and in October of 2006, the premiere of the animated version began.

Opening Theme 1: "Innocent Sorrow" by Abingdon Boys School (ep. 1-25)
Opening Theme 2: "Brightdown" by Nami Tamaki (ep. 26-51)
Opening Theme 3: "Doubt and Trust" by Access (ep. 52-76)
Opening Theme 4:"Gekidou" by UVERworld (ep. 77-??)

Ending Theme 1: "Snow Kiss" by Nirgilis (ep. 1-13)
Ending Theme 2: "Pride of Tomorrow" by June (ep. 14-25)
Ending Theme 3: Yume No Tsuzuki He" by Surface (ep. 26-38)
Ending Theme 4: "Antoinette Blue" by Nana Kitade (ep. 39-51)
Ending Theme 5: "Anata Ga Koko Ni Iru Riyuu" by Rie Fu (ep. 52-64)
Ending Theme 6: "Wish" by Sowelu (ep. 65-76)
Ending Theme 7: "Regret" by Mai Hoshimura (ep. 77-89)
Ending Theme 8: "Changin" by Stephanie (ep. 90-current)

Some of the concepts in D.Gray-man first appeared in Katsura Hoshino's one-shot title, Zone. This earlier work includes the same concepts of the Akuma and their creation, exorcists, and the Earl's plans for ending the world. Allen Walker, the main character from the series, is also based from the previous series's protagonist, who is a girl, but Hoshino changed some of his characteristics to make him look more masculine. In addition, Lavi is based off the protagonist of one of her planned series, Book-man. Other characters such as the Millennium Earl, Lenalee Lee and Komui Lee are based on real people, although Hoshino has not confirmed who are those people she has mentioned that some of them are famous scientists, while Komui is based from her boss. After beginning work on the longer D.Gray-man series, Hoshino's considered continuing to use the name Zone. She also considered naming the series Dolls or Chronoa.

Hoshino commented that she got most of her ideas for the series while asleep in the bath for 6 hours. One exception occurs in the second chapter, which she based on a story called kulinguzoru.

The D.Gray-man manga has been highly popular in Japan; as of 2007, the series ranked as the ninth best seller series of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. During its second release week, the volume fifteen of the manga ranked as the second best seller comic in Japan. The series has also picked up attention in France as it was awarded the prize for best manga series 2006 at the Anime and Manga 2007 French Grand Prix, which was organized by Animeland. It was also awarded the price of manga of the year 2006 by Webotaku. But it has received criticism too. In his review of volume one, Carlos Santos of Anime News Network stated that certain plot points "come out of nowhere" and that the story was kept from its full potential due to "generic character designs and sparse backgrounds." The quick moving story plot and the series' exposition and back-story received positive comments. A.E. Sparrow of IGN also reviewed the first volume and compared the series' antagonist to three of Batman's villains. He also said that "Walker is a solid hero with a dark past, the Millenium Earl is a menacing villain you'll love to hate" and the supporting cast shows enough potential to hold interest into future volumes. Carl Kimlinger, also from Anime News Network, gave his thoughts on the first episode of the anime. He stated the series was very derivative and there was "absolutely nothing original". However, Kimlinger said that it was not a boring anime.