Updated on February 7, 11:08 a.m. (GMT+8): Added release month and second trailer.
A new Black Butler anime series will be released in 2024, creator and mangaka Yana Toboso announced in July 2023.
The official Japanese Black Butler Twitter account, @kuroshitsuji2, also published the official announcement with an accompanying teaser.
The last Black Butler animation released was Book of the Atlantic in 2017, an original video animation (OVA). Prior to this, OVA Book of Murder was released in 2015.
Six years later, the series is finally getting revived on-screen, developed by animation studio CloverWorks.
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New Black Butler anime in 2024 will continue Sebastian and Ciel’s adventures
Maaya Sakamoto reprises her role as Ciel Phantomhive alongside Daisuke Ono, who plays Sebastian Michaelis.
The new series, which premieres in April 2024, is directed by Kenjirou Okada, best known for March Comes In like a Lion, and features music composed by Ryo Kawsasaki. He previously worked on Fate/Grand Order -First Order- and co-wrote music for Netflix’s Romantic Killer.
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The original Black Butler anime produced by A-1 Pictures debuted in 2008 with a total of 24 episodes. The second season, titled Black Butler 2, continued its main storyline in 2010 for a total of 12 episodes.
10 episodes animated the Book of Circus arc in 2014, which currently holds a high 8.07 score on MyAnimeList at the time of writing. It was followed by the OVAs Book of Murder in 2015 and Book of the Atlantic in 2017.
The manga, illustrated and written by Toboso, has been ongoing since 2006, published in Square Enix’s shinen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy with 32 volumes at the time of writing, and is way ahead of its animated series.
Black Butler is set in Victorian-era England and follows protagonist Ciel Phantomhive. After his parents’ tragic death, Ciel forms a contract with a demon, whom he named Sebastian Michaelis, in exchange for his soul with the goal of getting revenge on his parents’ murderers.
Sebastian disguises himself as the Phantomhive family’s butler, a loyal servant who possesses extraordinary supernatural demonic powers.
The story combines mystery, supernatural, comedy, and drama, exploring themes of loyalty, morality, and humanity.
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