Black Butler
Black Butler is a manga series by Yana Toboso. The manga started in 2006.
| Black Butler | |
| 黒執事 (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Kuroshitsuji) | |
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| Genre | Dark fantasy,[1] thriller[2] |
| 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 | 33 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshiya Shinohara (season 1) Hirofumi Ogura (season 2) |
| 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 3, 2008 – September 17, 2010 |
| Episodes | 36 + 7 OVA |
| Anime television series | |
| Black Butler: Book of Circus | |
| Directed by | Noriyuki Abe |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Yoshino |
| Music by | Yasunori Mitsuda |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
| English network | |
| 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 |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | October 25, 2014 – November 15, 2014 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Films | |
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Plot
In Victorian era London, the butler Sebastian Michaelis takes care of his 12 year old master, Ciel Phantomhive. Ciel is the earl of the aristocratic Phantomhive family, which is well-known in England for be the Queen's Guarddogs. Ciel's parents were killed in arson when he was 10 years old. He made a deal with a demon (which is in fact his butler Sebastian) to help him get revenge on his enemies. The demon butler can have his soul in return.
Media
A radio drama was released on CDs on August 10, 2007[3] and November 26, 2008.[4] The anime was first shown in October 2008.[5] The English version is produced by Funimation.[6] Two musicals are based on the manga called That Butler, Friendship and [7] Musical Black Butler, The Most Beautiful Death in The World, A Thousand Souls and The Fallen Grim Reaper.[8] A video game called Black Butler: Phantom & Ghost was released in 2009.[9]
Reception
The manga has printed over 10 million copies in Japan.[10] A music distributor in Japan took a poll of anime characters that people would like to marry. The demon butler Sebastian was included in the final results.[11]
References
- ↑ "Black Butler's 10th Anniversary Celebrates with New Goodies". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) Season 1 Collection (Blu-Ray)". Madman Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ↑ "ドラマCD 黒執事: イメージ・アルバム, セバスチャン・ミカエリス(森川智之), シエル・ファントムハイヴ(沢城みゆき), タナカ(麦人), バルド(小山力也), メイリン(折笠富美子), フィニ(高城元気), エリザベス(斎藤千和), アズーロ(平田広明), クラウス(染田清之), マダム・レッド(勝生真沙子), 森川智之, 沢城みゆき, 勝生真沙子, 遊佐浩二, 麦人: 音楽" (in 日本語). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ↑ "黒執事 華麗なるドラマCD: ドラマ, 小野大輔, 福山潤, 坂本真綾: 音楽" (in 日本語). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ↑ "Kuroshitsuji Anime Confirmed to Premiere this Fall". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
- ↑ "Funimation Adds Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji TV Anime". Anime News Network. 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ↑ "音楽舞闘会 黒執事 〜その執事、友好〜" (in 日本語). Entertainment Plus Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ↑ "Cast & Staff" (in 日本語). Entertainment Plus Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ↑ "黒執事 Phantom & Ghost" (in 日本語). Square Enix. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
- ↑ "Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji Manga Will Have 10 Million+ Copies". Anime News Network. 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ↑ "Survey: K-ON's Mio, Reborn's Hibari are #1 Bride, Groom". Anime News Network. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-07-17.