Black Butler facts for kids
| Black Butler | |
Quick facts for kids 黒執事(Kuroshitsuji) |
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| Genre | Dark fantasy, thriller |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yana Toboso |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | September 16, 2006 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 27 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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Black Butler is a manga series by Yana Toboso. The manga started in 2006.
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 and November 26, 2008. The anime was first shown in October 2008. The English version is produced by Funimation. Two musicals are based on the manga called That Butler, Friendship and Musical Black Butler, The Most Beautiful Death in The World, A Thousand Souls and The Fallen Grim Reaper. A video game called Black Butler: Phantom & Ghost was released in 2009.
