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Kuroshijitsu/ Black Butler

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Black Butler
Black Butler

The cover of the first volume of the original Japanese manga release
黒執事
(Kuroshitsuji)
Genre Historical, Black comedy, Dark fantasy
Manga
Written by Yana Toboso
Published by Square Enix
English publisher
NA
Yen Press
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Monthly GFantasy
English magazine
NA
Yen Plus
Original run September 16, 2006 - ongoing
Volumes 20 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Toshiya Shinohara
Written by Mari Okada
Music by Taku Iwasaki
Studio A-1 Pictures
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
FUNimation Entertainment
UK
Manga Entertainment
Network MBS, CBC, TBS, TBC, SBS, RCC, HBC, RKB, Animax
English network
AU
C31, TVS
SEA
Animax Asia
US
Funimation Channel
Original run October 3, 2008 - March 27, 2009
Episodes 24 + 1 OVA (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Black Butler II
Directed by Hirofumi Ogura
Written by Mari Okada
Music by Taku Iwasaki
Studio A-1 Pictures
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
FUNimation Entertainment
UK
Manga Entertainment
Network MBS, TBS, SBS, TBC, RCC, HBC, RKB, CBC, Animax
English network
AU
C31, TVS
SEA
Animax Asia
US
Funimation Channel
Original run July 2, 2010 - September 17, 2010
Episodes 12 + 6 OVAs (List of episodes)
Live-action film
Black Butler
Directed by Kentaro Otani
Keiichi Sato
Produced by Shinzo Matsuhashi
Written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa
Studio Warner Bros. Pictures
Released January 18, 2014
Runtime 119 minutes
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
NA
FUNimation Entertainment
Network MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
Original run July 10, 2014 - September 12, 2014
Episodes 10 (List of episodes)
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
NA
Funimation Entertainment
Released October 25, 2014 (Part 1)
November 15, 2014 (Part 2)
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Black Butler (Japanese: 黒執事 Hepburn: Kuroshitsuji?) is a manga 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 noble family and the business-savvy owner of the Funtom company, a toy manufacturer. Ciel has formed a contract with Sebastian Michaelis, a demon who has taken on the disguise of Ciel's butler after he witnessed his parent's being killed and soon after getting kidnapped and tortured. In return, when Sebastian has helped Ciel finish all his tasks, such as working as an underdog for the queen and defeating London's worst criminals, but more importantly, avenging his parents' deaths, Sebastian will be allowed to consume Ciel's soul. The series has been licensed by Yen Press in North America and published in Yen Plus '​ August 2009 issue for the magazine's first anniversary.

A 24-episode anime adaption, 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 18 episodes with two new main characters, Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus, following the aftermath of the first season. This series was the anime's own adaptation and did not feature in the manga. 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.[1] A two-part theatrical OVA titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder screened in Japanese theaters on October 25, and November 15, 2014.[2][3]