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6->''"You see, I am simply one hell of a butler."''
7-->-- '''Sebastian Michaelis'''
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9''Black Butler'' (''Kuroshitsuji'' in Japanese) is a {{Shonen|Demographic}} manga and companion {{anime}} series (although it's [[MultipleDemographicAppeal pretty obviously]] looking for a crossover {{Shoujo|Demographic}} audience). Originally created by Yana Toboso, the manga began serialization in ''Monthly G Fantasy'' in 2006, and is still ongoing.
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11The Phantomhive family is a respected and distinguished house in VictorianLondon. Despite a mysterious fire killing off the previous Lord and Lady Phantomhive, their [[ImprobableAge twelve-year-old]] (later thirteen) son Ciel Phantomhive has managed to rebuild the family legacy, creating a massive toy and candy company within just three years, and serving the Queen as a major contributor to England's black-ops.
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13It does help that Ciel [[DealWithTheDevil contracted a demon]] to [[BattleButler serve]] him: Sebastian Michaelis, whose skills range from dispatching any threat to [[SupremeChef baking the perfect pastry]]. He has agreed to aid Ciel until he "succeeds in all of his tasks", upon which Ciel's soul belongs to him. So Ciel [[LivingADoubleLife leads a double life]], his service to the Queen combined with his own dark supernatural dealings, and maintaining the peace of the Phantomhive Mansion and its less than serious staff.
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15Mix and stir ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' and ''Manga/CountCain'' and a pinch of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'', at least toward the beginning. No, seriously.
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17An anime adaptation was produced for the Fall 2008 season by Creator/A1Pictures, although it detours away from the manga's storyline very early on. A second season was produced two years later, with an original story, new characters, and most of the previous season's cast returning. Both seasons were dubbed and distributed in the Americas by Creator/{{Funimation}}. For more information on this series (and the tropes and characters involved exclusively in its own canon), check out [[Anime/BlackButler2008 its own page]].
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19[[Film/BlackButler A live-action movie]] starring Mizushima Hiro, Gouriki Ayame, and Shirota Yuu was released on January 18, 2014. Taking place 130 years after the events of the manga, in the year 2020, Western and Eastern cultures have blended and 17-year-old Shiori Genpo, a distant relative of Ciel, is the head of the Phantomhive/Genpo estate and Phantom/Funtom Corporation after her parents were mysteriously assassinated when she was a child and she was subsequently kidnapped. She disguises herself as "Kiyoharu Genpo" and, just like her relative before her, returns with a butler named Sebastian Michaelis at her side, whom she has contracted to help her obtain revenge in exchange for her soul. The movie follows Shiori as she is tasked by the Queen of the Western Nations to investigate a slew of serial mummification deaths, also referred to as "The Devil's Curse".
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21A third season of the anime, covering the Noah's Circus arc and ignoring everything after a certain point from the anime's side, aired July 2014 as part of the Summer 2014 anime season, followed later in the year by a two episode OVA (at 50 minutes per episode) covering the Phantomhive Manor Mystery arc. An anime movie, an adaptation of the Ship Voyage Arc, was released in 2017.
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23At the Anime Expo 2023, it was announced that there will be a fourth season adapting the Public School arc in 2024, produced by [=CloverWorks=].
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25Character sheet for the anime series, the musical, and the movie is [[Characters/BlackButler here]].
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27'''This page deals with Yana Toboso's original manga and its direct anime adaptations. For the loose 2008 anime adaptation, please see ''Anime/BlackButler2008''.'''
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29!![[JustForFun/{{Trope Overdosed}} Due to length, the trope examples list has been split into sub-pages]]:
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31[[index]]
32* BlackButler/TropesAToB
33* BlackButler/TropesCToD
34* BlackButler/TropesEToG
35* BlackButler/TropesHToK
36* BlackButler/TropesLToN
37* BlackButler/TropesOToR
38* BlackButler/TropesSToT
39* BlackButler/TropesUToZ
40[[/index]]

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