The anime series has been licensed by Funimation. In North America, the series has been licensed by Yen Press in North America and published in Yen Plus from August 2009 to July 2010.

An animated film for the series, titled Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic, premiered in Japan in January 2017. A live action film adaptation was released in Japan in January 2014. A two-part theatrical original video animation (OVA) titled Black Butler: Book of Murder screened in Japanese theaters in October and November 2014. A third anime series, titled Black Butler: Book of Circus, was broadcast between July and September 2014. This series had an original storyline and did not feature manga content. A second season aired in 2010 spanning 12 episodes with two new main characters, Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus, following the aftermath of the first season. Sebastian is 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.Ī 24-episode anime adaption produced by A-1 Pictures aired from October 2008 to March 2009. Ciel has formed a contract with Sebastian Michaelis to seek revenge against those who tortured him and murdered his parents. He is tasked with solving crimes in London's underworld. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, a twelve-year-old boy head of the Phantomhive household, an aristocratic family known as the Queen's Watchdog. It has been serialized in Square Enix' shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy since September 2006. Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)īlack Butler ( Japanese: 黒執事, Hepburn: Kuroshitsuji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso.

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