Black Butler

Also known as Kuroshitsuji

Japanese manga series

Key facts

Genre: Dark comedy Dark fantasy Supernatural
Written by: Yana Toboso
Published by: Square Enix
English publisher: NA : Yen Press
Imprint: G Fantasy Comics
Magazine: Monthly GFantasy
English magazine: NA : Yen Plus
Original run: September 16, 2006 – present
Volumes: 35 ( List of volumes )
Directed by: Toshiya Shinohara ( Season 1</span>"}]]}'>S1 ) Hirofumi Ogura ( Season 2</span>"}]]}'>S2 )
Produced by: Hiroo Maruyama Hiroyuki Shimizu Shunsuke Saito Mikihiro Iwata
Music by: Taku Iwasaki

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Black Butler (Japanese: 黒執事, Hepburn: Kuroshitsuji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the 12-year-old Earl of Phantomhive serving as the Queen's Watchdog. He is tasked with solving crimes in the underworld of Victorian-era London. Ciel has formed a contract with demon Sebastian Michaelis, who disguises himself as his butler, to seek revenge on those who tortured him and murdered his parents. In exchange for his services, Sebastian will be allowed to consume Ciel's soul.