Black Butler
| Black Butler | |
The cover of the first volume of the original Japanese manga release featuring Sebastian Michaelis
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黒執事 (Kuroshitsuji) |
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| Genre | Historical fiction, Black comedy, Dark fantasy, Psychological thriller |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yana Toboso |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | September 16, 2006 – present |
| Volumes | 24 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshiya Shinohara |
| Produced by | Hiroko Takahashi |
| Written by | Mari Okada |
| Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, CBC, TBS, TBC, SBS, RCC, HBC, RKB, Animax |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 2, 2008 – March 27, 2009 |
| Episodes | 24 + 1 OVA |
| Anime television series | |
| Black Butler II | |
| Directed by | Hirofumi Ogura |
| Written by | Mari Okada |
| Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, TBS, SBS, TBC, RCC, HBC, RKB, CBC, Animax |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 2, 2010 – September 17, 2010 |
| Episodes | 12 + 6 OVAs |
| Anime television series | |
| Black Butler: Book of Circus | |
| Directed by | Noriyuki Abe |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Yoshino |
| Music by | Yasunori Mitsuda |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
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| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
| Original run | July 10, 2014 – September 12, 2014 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Original video animation | |
| Black Butler: Book of Murder | |
| Directed by | Noriyuki Abe |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Yoshino |
| Music by | Yasunori Mitsuda |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
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| Released | October 25, 2014 – November 15, 2014 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
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Black Butler (Japanese: 黒執事 Hepburn: Kuroshitsuji?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. Since its debut on September 16, 2006, it has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy.
The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the thirteen-year-old (as of chapter 14) head of the Phantomhive family, an aristocratic family known as the Queen's Guarddog, and tasked with solving crimes in London's underworld. Ciel has formed a contract with Sebastian Michaelis to seek revenge against those who tortured him and murdered his parents. Sebastian is really a demon who has taken on the disguise of a butler, and in exchange for his services he will be allowed to consume Ciel's soul. The series has been licensed by Yen Press in North America and published in Yen Press' August 2009 issue for the magazine's first anniversary.
A 24-episode anime adaption, with 3 seasons, directed by Toshiya Shinohara and produced by A-1 Pictures, aired from October 2008 to March 2009. The second season, Kuroshitsuji II, aired in 2010 spanning 12 episodes with two new main characters, Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus, following the aftermath of the first season. This series had an original storyline and did not feature manga content. A live action film adaptation was released in Japan on January 18, 2014. A third anime series, titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus, was broadcast between July 10 and September 12, 2014. A two-part theatrical OVA titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder screened in Japanese theaters on October 25, and November 15, 2014. An animated film for the series, titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic, premiered in Japan on January 21, 2017.
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