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
- Studio
- A-1 Pictures
- Licensed by
- Crunchyroll NA : Aniplex of America SEA : Muse Communication
- Original network
- MBS
- English network
- AU : C31 , TVS SEA : Animax Asia US : Funimation Channel
- Episodes
- 36 + 7 OVA ( List of episodes )
- Released
- October 25, 2014 – November 15, 2014
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black Butler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.