Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder

Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder (黒執事・殺人の書, Kuro Shitsuji: Satsujin no Sho) is a two-part OVA that adapts the fifth arc, Phantomhive Manor Murders, of the Kuroshitsuji manga. The OVA was screened in Japanese movie theaters.Two-Part OVA "Black Butler: Book of Murder" Gets Theatrical Screening in October The first volume of the OVA was released on October 25, 2014; the second volume was released on November 15, 2014.Book of Murder News The DVDs and BDs for the two volumes were released on January 28, 2015 and February 25, 2015, respectively.Aniplex Japan Sets 'Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder' Anime DVD/BD Release Scheduled A special edition release of the first OVA included the Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder Original Soundtrack CD, and a special edition release of the second included a character song CD for Charles Grey.
==Background==
In March 2014, the AnimeJapan panel for Yana Toboso's Kuroshitsuji series unveiled a new promotional video. The video revealed that, aside from the new television series titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus, an original video anime (OVA) titled "Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder" was also in production.AnimeNewsNetwork: Black Butler Gets 'Book of Murder' Arc Video Anime The two-part OVA premiered in the fall of 2014.
==Plot==
In the early spring of 1889, at the Queen's mandate, the distinguished Earl Ciel Phantomhive hosts a sumptuous banquet attended by several nonpareil upper-crusters of polite society, as well as one struggling writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. At the peak of the dinner party, however, a highly disconcerting murder transpires, and none other than the Earl himself is suspected as the perpetrator of the ghastly incident. As an insurmountable storm continues to rage outside the manor and the death count climbs, it quickly becomes evident that an easy escape is no longer conceivable. The Phantomhive household and the eminent guests must cooperate and endeavor to solve the mystery before they, too, are killed. Unfortunately, not even the seemingly invulnerable butler Sebastian Michaelis is safe from the nightmare.
==Statistics==
===Staff===
* Director: Noriyuki Abe
* Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino
* Music: Yasunori Mitsuda
* Original Creator: Yana Toboso
* Character Design: Minako Shiba
* Art Director: Manabu Otsuzuki
** Chisato Kawaguchi
** Minako Shiba
* Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
* CGI Director: Takayuki Furukawa
* Director of Photography:
** Kento Sasaki
** Nozomi Shitara
* Art Setting: Eiko Tsunadō
* Color Design: Kanako Hokari
* Editor: Masahiro Goto
* Sub-Character Design: Chisato Kawaguchi
===Companies===
* Animation Production: A-1 Pictures Inc.
==Trivia==
* The BDs and DVDs of the first part contain an extra side story by Yana Toboso named "The Butler, Requested."BD and DVD information It features various characters from the first to the eighth story arc.
==References==
==See Also==
* Kuroshitsuji, the first season
* Kuroshitsuji II, the second season
* Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus, the third season
* Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic, movie
* Kuroshitsuji: Public School Arc, the fourth season
* Kuroshitsuji: Emerald Witch Arc, the fifth season
==External Links==
;Official Sites
;English
* Funimation Black Butler Site
;Japanese
* Kuroshitsuji Official Site
* MBS Kuroshitsuji Site
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