Black Butler

***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.

## Reception

The manga has printed over 10 million copies in Japan. 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.

## Infobox (animanga/header)

- **name**: Black Butler
- **ja kanji**: 黒執事
- **ja romaji**: Kuroshitsuji
- **genre**: Dark fantasy, Thriller (genre), thriller


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **author**: Yana Toboso
- **publisher**: Square Enix
- **demographic**: _Shōnen manga, Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Monthly GFantasy
- **first**: September 16, 2006
- **volumes**: 35
- **volume list**: List of Black Butler chapters


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **director**: Toshiya Shinohara
Hirofumi Ogura
- **producer**: Hiroko Takahashi
- **writer**: Mari Okada
- **music**: Taku Iwasaki
- **studio**: A-1 Pictures
- **network**: Mainichi Broadcasting System, MBS, Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, CBC, Tokyo Broadcasting System, TBS, Tohoku Broadcasting Company, TBC, Shizuoka Broadcasting System, SBS, RCC Broadcasting, RCC, Hokkaido Broadcasting, HBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, RKB, Animax
- **first**: October 3, 2008
- **last**: September 17, 2010
- **episodes**: 36 + 7 OVA
- **episode list**: List of Black Butler episodes


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **title**: Black Butler: Book of Circus
- **director**: Noriyuki Abe
- **writer**: Hiroyuki Yoshino (screenwriter), Hiroyuki Yoshino
- **music**: Yasunori Mitsuda
- **studio**: A-1 Pictures
- **network**: MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
- **first**: July 10, 2014
- **last**: September 12, 2014
- **episodes**: 10
- **episode list**: List of Black Butler episodes#Book of Circus & Book of Murder


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: ova
- **title**: Black Butler: Book of Murder
- **director**: Noriyuki Abe
- **writer**: Hiroyuki Yoshino
- **music**: Yasunori Mitsuda
- **studio**: A-1 Pictures
- **released**: October 25, 2014 – November 15, 2014
- **runtime**: 60 minutes (each)
- **episodes**: 2
- **episode list**: List of Black Butler episodes#Book of Circus & Book of Murder


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Films
- **content**: *_Black Butler (film), Black Butler_ (live-action)
*_Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic_


## Infobox (animanga/footer)