Kuroshitsuji

Kuroshitsuji

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Kuro Shitsuji
Kuroshitsuzi

Japanese

黒執事

English

Black Butler

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Oct 3, 2008 to Mar 27, 2009

Episodes

24

Duration

24 min per ep

Season

fall 2008

Broadcast

Fridays at 01:25 (JST)

Studios

A-1 Pictures

Licensors

Funimation
Aniplex of America

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

1402

Score

7.65

Scored by

623716

Popularity

121

Members

1217022

Favorites

22872

External Links

Synopsis

Young Ciel Phantomhive is known as "the Queen's Guard Dog," taking care of the many unsettling events that occur in Victorian England for Her Majesty. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities, Ciel uses whatever means necessary to get the job done. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye? In Ciel's past lies a secret tragedy that enveloped him in perennial darkness—during one of his bleakest moments, he formed a contract with Sebastian, a demon, bargaining his soul in exchange for vengeance upon those who wronged him. Today, not only is Sebastian one hell of a butler, but he is also the perfect servant to carry out his master's orders—all the while anticipating the delicious meal he will eventually make of Ciel's soul. As the two work to unravel the mystery behind Ciel's chain of misfortunes, a bond forms between them that neither heaven nor hell can tear apart. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Three musicals based on Kuroshitsuji entitled That Butler, Friendship, Musical Black Butler: The Most Beautiful Death in The World – A Thousand Souls and The Fallen Grim Reaper, and Lycoris that Blazes the Earth were performed in Japan. A Nintendo DS game called Kuroshitsuji Phantom & Ghost was developed in 2009 and released by Square Enix. Starring Ayame Goriki as Genpou Shiori (a descendant of Ciel Phantomhive) and Hiro Mizushima as Sebastian Michaelis, a live action film of Kuroshitsuji was released in January of 2014.

Characters

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Adaptation

Kuroshitsuji

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