Daisuke Niwa is a normal 14-year-old boy who has a terrible crush on a girl at his school. Or...so he thinks he's normal. The truth is, on Daisuke's 14th birthday, it's revealed that he has a special DNA gene within him - whenever he sees a picture of his crush, Risa Hirada, he magically transforms into the legendary Phantom Thief, Dark Mousey! His mother and grandfather explain to him that the Niwa family has carried the Curse of Dark for ages, and on each male's 14th birthday they gain the ability to transform into Dark when they see a picture of their "sacred maiden". Dark and Daisuke's task is to steal artwork throughout the city so it can be sealed and purified, and they often have to do this with the police force watching and the city tuned in to the thefts on the air, since Daisuke's grandfather sends annoucements out! The only way for Daisuke to stop transforming into Dark to steal artwork is to win his sacred maiden's heart.

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Daisuke Niwa Voices: Miyu Irino (Japanese), Kevin Corn (English)

Daisuke is the 14-year-old boy who carries within him the curse of the Niwa family - his DNA enables him to transform into his alter-ego, the Phantom Thief Dark Mousey. After his 14th birthday, whenever Daisuke sees a picture of his crush, Risa Hirada, he magically transforms into Dark. Dark and Daisuke's purpose is to sneak around the city, steal pieces of artwork and seal and purify them. But on top of that, Daisuke has school, his crush to avoid so he won't transform, and a classmate who seems to know a lot about him! What's a 14-year-old boy to do?

Dark is the gene of DNA that resides within the males of the Niwa family. When each male member turns 14 and has a secret crush, Dark surfaces. In the anime, he is present in 14-year-old Daisuke. Dark's purpose is to seal artwork and purify it, and to do that, he must steal pieces of art. Talented, sexy and a little sarcastic, Dark quickly becomes friends with Daisuke and helps him throughout the anime to discover himself...and to discover the truth about Dark.

Risa is the younger of two twins, and she is also Daisuke's first love. But though Daisuke loves Risa, Risa thinks of Dai as only a friend, and she has a crush on none other than Daisuke's alter-ego, Dark! Risa's a bit girly and silly sometimes, but deep down and once she matures, she becomes a strong person who will do anything to help those she cares about.

Riku is Risa's elder twin sister, and is much more spunky and tom-boyish than her younger sister. She loves athletics and plays several sports at school. Riku dislikes Dark because she thinks he's a playboy and a pervert, and she wishes her sister would get over her silly crush on Dark. Riku also has a crush - Daisuke Niwa - whom she knows loves her sister. And like her sister, Riku's also very strong-willed and will do anything to help those she loves.

Satoshi is a student in Daisuke's class who has already advanced through college due to his superior intelligence, but he has returned to junior high to try and be a "normal" 14-year-old. He's a loner without any friends, he loves artwork, and he seems to know a lot about Daisuke and the Niwa family's past...including Dark. Satoshi also hides a deep, dark secret - one he battles with on a daily, constant basis. He isn't all he seems.

Krad is the being that dwells within Satoshi, and he claims to be Dark's "Other Half". Whenever he surfaces, he and Dark battle fiercely, but the secret is...why? Where did Krad come from? And why does he want to destroy Dark??

Emiko is Daisuke's mother. She wanted to carry the Niwa Curse, but as the mysterious gene skips females in the family, Emiko was unable to transform into Dark. She loves to watch Daisuke transform because it thrills her she has carried on the famous gene through her son. She and her father, Daichii, often perform the complex spells needed to seal and purify various artifacts and pieces of art Daisuke and Dark steal.

Daiichi is Daisuke's grandfather. He carried the Curse of the Niwa Family and the gene of Dark before Daisuke, and often helps Daisuke understand what his tasks are as far as stealing art. It is Daiichi who sends the notices to the police whenever Dark embarks to steal another piece of artwork, and Daiichi also helps his daughter Emiko perform the ceremonies to seal the artwork.

Kosuke is Daisuke's long-lost father. He disappeared when Daisuke was two-years-old, and reappears shortly after Dai's 14th birthday. His knowledge of artwork is incredible, and he is also very familiar with the Niwa family curse. He does his best to protect Daisuke and Dark on their missions, as he can not help his wife or father-in-law seal pieces of art since he only married into the Niwa Family.

Towa was a piece of artwork, originally in the shape of a large falcon. After Daisuke finds her, he frees her and she returns to her human form, then goes to live with the Niwa family because Daisuke showed such kindness to her. There she becomes something of the family maid. If she exerts too much energy or gets too excited, she transforms into a little pink fluffy bird.

Mio Hio is a transfer student into Daisuke's school. She immediately seeks Daisuke out and appears to have a huge crush on him (which she keeps secret from no one). However, Mio is not what she seems, and she hides a deep, dark secret as well.

Takeshi is one of Daisuke's classmates at school. He's loud, boisterous, and a little preverted. He's also the school reporter, photographer, and admirer of all the ladies.

This man is Takeshi's father, and he's the chief of police in the city. He's always trying to capture Dark, but never succeeds.

With is a rabbit-like creature who serves Dark. He's quite cute and loves to eat. When he's not munching down on his favorite foods, he can transform into Dark's mysterious black wings and enable Dark and Daisuke to fly.

This cruel, evil man is Satoshi's adopted father. He is determined to kill Dark and Daisuke and destroy the Niwa family. He even goes so far as to not even care about Satoshi, but only Satoshi's infamous background and alter-ego of Krad to help him achieve his evil desires of power.

This woman was Riku and Risa's grandmother. 40 years prior to the anime, she was in love with Dark, and she was the only woman that Dark ever truly and deeply loved in return. Their affair was broken off however, which broke Dark's heart. Because he so deeply loved Rika, Dark can never love Risa.

Freedert is a character in a book titled Ice and Snow; a young woman who was in love with a prince named Elliot, but lost him in a war. In return for Elliot's life, she gives up her own life. She and Elliot are in a constant, endless circle of life and death, trying to give their lives up for each other, and when Daisuke is pulled into Freedert's magical world via Hiwatari's evil, Freedert begs him to stay so he can help her recreate her beloved land and she can find Elliot again.

Elliot is the young prince in the book Ice and Snow who is in love with Freedert. He goes off to war and is killed, but he promised Freedert he would return. His famous sword is an elemental key to Freedert's world and Hiwatari's evil plan to destroy Dark and Daisuke.

The Second Hand of Time is a mysterious female being who is closely tied with Freedert - in fact, Freedert explains that she and the Second Hand of Time are one in the same. The Second Hand of Time lures Daisuke into her world at Hiwatari's orders, and traps him there.

The Hikari family created this mysterious piece of artwork to try and give it an actual living soul. However, in the process of creating it, a family of art theives tried to steal it to keep it from becoming "alive", and a battle ensued. In the process, the Black Wings split, and put a curse upon both families - the Hikaris, and the Niwas, causing a rival of hatred and feuding...

Episode 01: Dark's Revival - Daisuke Niwa is a 14-year-old boy who has a crush on Risa Hirada... but after he tries to give her a love letter, she rejects him and tells him she only wants to be friends. When he gets home that afternoon, Daisuke discovers that he carries a myserious gene of DNA that enables him to turn into the legendary Phantom Thief Dark, and his mom and grandfather are going to send him on missions to steal artwork at night!

Episode 02: Reawakened Feelings - Daisuke's second mission is to steal a piece of artwork on top a large steeple...but the trouble is, his crush Risa asks him to accompany her to the site where the art is located so she can watch the Phantom Thief Dark (whom she has a huge crush on) steal it! And on top of that, Dark wants to make a bet with him!

Episode 03: Whispers of the Unicorn - Young girls have been disappearing mysteriously all over the city, and no one knows why. Then Riku Hirada vanishes, too! Daisuke's grandfather discovers a painting of a unicorn is actually stealing the girls, and he sends Dark and Daisuke to seal it.

Episode 04: Between Light and Darkness - Satoshi Hiwatari is a genius junior high student who goes to Daisuke's school, and is also leading an investigation to capture Dark as he works for the detective department alongside his adopted father. Satoshi seems to know way too much about Daisuke and Dark, and sets a trap for him after school one day, for more reasons than just to capture Dark!

Episode 05: Double Cooking - With follows Daisuke to school, and chaos ensues, especially in Daisuke's difficult cooking class. Worse, he and Risa are told to stay after school for detention, in which they'll have to cook together. What if Daisuke changes into Dark during detention?

Episode 06: St. White Memories - Daisuke saves a young girl from being killed, and almost gets killed himself. But when he gets home, his mother just yells at him and tells him that if he dies, Dark can't come back. Daisuke starts to think she loves Dark more than him... until the next day, when she shows Daisuke an old photo album and tells him how she met his father, Kosuke...and why she cares about Daisuke and Dark so much.

Episode 07: Adonis of the Garden of Vows - Hatori is the most popular and beautiful girl in school, but she falls in love with a man who turns out to be a demonic statue that Dark tried to seal 40 years ago. Now Dark must save Hatori and seal the statue, but sometimes, things change over time...

Episode 08: Advance Notice of Agate - The beautiful Agate Links, a necklace, was donated to the city's museum. Dark plans to steal it, but when Daisuke's school friend Takeshi is confronted by the spirit who enhabits the necklace - a beautiful young girl - things get a bit complicated.

Episode 09: A Little Romance - With falls in love with a rabbit he sees in a local pet store, but when someone buys the rabbit, he's heartbroken! How can Daisuke cheer him up again?

Episode 10: A Portrait of a Musician - A famous musician dies, and wills his special violin to Daichii Niwa. However, the violin is actually possessed by an evil spirit, and it traps Daisuke into a world of the past! Now Dark and Daichii must team up once again to save Daisuke, the past, and the future.

Episode 11: The Temple of Neptune - Dark is out to steal an artifact from the Temple of Neptune, which is located under the bay of the city. But trouble starts when Risa follows him, and Satoshi appears to stop him!

Episode 12: Together with Rutile - Daisuke's long-lost father, Kosuke, reappears after 12 years. During that time, he studied all sorts of artwork and the power each piece contains. But why has he come back now?

Episode 13: The Eternal Guide - Dark announces that he plays to steal a piece of art called The Eternal Guide, but it's in an old destroyed building and no one seems to care... no one except Takeshi and Risa. But Satoshi appears again and tells them both to leave, and when Dark arrives, the mysterious Eternal Guide (who's real name is Towa) seals both Dark and Krad! It's up to Daisuke to go to the future with Towa, and save himself and Dark.

Episode 14: A New Rival - A strange girl from America, named Mio Hio, arrives at Daisuke's school and immediately latches onto Daisuke, much to Riku's displeasure.

Episode 15: Barbeque Panic - Riku and Risa's car breaks down on their way to the beach, and they end up spending the afternoon with Daisuke and his family...and Mio Hio, who keeps mysteriously showing up.

Episode 16: "I Found It" - Riku finds an old stuffed animal a kindly elderly woman once gave her when she was a child, and struggles to remember the story and a mysterious boy connected to it...while Risa realizes there's a lot more to Dark than she knew - and that he isn't really in love with her.

Episode 17: A Summer Without Dark - Daisuke's class gets to go to a beach resort for a week! Better yet, Dark doesn't appear, and Daisuke is free to go hiking with Riku and Risa. But what happens when he and Riku get seperated from Risa...? And will Risa ever be able to get over Dark?

Episode 18: Night of Falling Stars for Two - While hiking with Daisuke, Riku stumbles on the path and falls down a long cliff. Daisuke must save her, but how do they really feel about each other? And what's up with the necklace Mio gave Riku?

Episode 19: A Wonderful Heroine - The school cultural festival is coming up, and Takeshi and the girls in Daisuke's class have decided to put on the play Ice and Snow. But they want Daisuke to play the herione, Freedert - and Satoshi to play the hero, Elliot!

Episode 20: I Want to Meet You - Mio is given one final chance at her task, and time is slipping away from her by the second...

Episode 21: The Frozen Yell - Daisuke comes down with a cold, forcing him to miss play practice at school, and Riku and Satoshi both visit him. But when the strange, mysterious Second Hand of Time lures Daisuke into her lair that night, Dark is forced to steal one of Daisuke's paintings in order to save Daisuke! The only trouble is, Riku isn't ready to give the painting up.

Episode 22: Ice and Snow - Riku, Risa and Dark are pulled into Daisuke's snow painting, and began to search for Daisuke. But why was Daisuke pulled into the painting, and worse, why does he want to stay?

Episode 23: The Second Hand of Time - The key to saving Daisuke lies within the famous sword that once belonged to Elliot, but when Dark goes to take it, he finds Satoshi waiting for him, and Krad resurfaces, wanting another battle!

Episode 24: Snowing Inside the Heart - Dark and Krad battle fiercely, and Daisuke is unable to save Freedert's world. Freedert begans to pine away from Elliot, and time is running out for everyone. Dark must make a final attempt to save Daisuke...while Satoshi joins sides with them to help return Elliot to Freedert at last.

Episode 25: Black Wings - The truth about Dark and Krad begins to come out, and to the city's horror, an epic battle is about to take place again for the second time in 40 years. Kosuke is no longer able to protect his son, and Daisuke realizes the rutile never protected him, but it was his father absorbing all the pain the whole time Daisuke and Dark battled Krad. As the people of the city rush to evacuate for a possible tidal wave and earthquake, Dark and Daisuke set out for the final battle with Krad and Hiwatari.

Episode 26: The Eternal Dark - Bewildered and confused, Riku stops Daisuke on his way to battle Krad, and as another earthquake hits, Daisuke must save her life. He forces himself to change into Dark, and Riku realizes Dark and Daisuke are indeed one in the same. After getting Riku safely to Risa, Dark sets out to find Krad, and to Daisuke's surprise, Satoshi isn't what he seems. Mio Hio also reappears, using the Hirada twins as a medium to try and save Hiwatari, Dark and Krad. The Black Wings must be sealed. And in the end, Daisuke must find his true sacred maiden.

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