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Kuroshitsuji

Kuroshitsuji

Alternative Titles

English: Black Butler
Synonyms: Kuro Shitsuji, Kuroshitsuzi, Black Butler
Japanese: 黒執事

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 2, 2008 to Mar 26, 2009
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.381 (scored by 16736 users)
Ranked: #1212
Popularity: #73
Members: 32,270
Favorites: 2,243
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Synopsis

In Victorian-era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose powers as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ciel's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ciel in the month directly after.

Related Anime

Adaptation: Kuroshitsuji
Summary: Kuroshitsuji - Tanaka no Narration de Kurikaeru Zenhan Digest
Sequel: Kuroshitsuji 2
Side story: Kuroshitsuji Special

Characters & Voice Actors

Michaelis, Sebastian
Michaelis, Sebastian
Main
Ono, Daisuke
Japanese
Ono, Daisuke
Phantomhive, Ciel
Phantomhive, Ciel
Main
Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese
Sakamoto, Maaya
Finnian
Finnian
Supporting
Kaji, Yuuki
Japanese
Kaji, Yuuki
Bardroy
Bardroy
Supporting
Touchi, Hiroki
Japanese
Touchi, Hiroki

Staff

Shinohara, Toshiya
Director
SID
Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement
Kajiura, Yuki
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement
BECCA
Theme Song Performance


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Mar 28, 2009
duonoaikouka
Holy flippin' A!!! Where to even begin with this anime?! There is so much here that I look for in an anime; I even added it to my favorites list before I was even done watching. It's got beautiful and THICK plot, hidden meanings, a GORGEOUS musical score, wonderful and zany characters, and enough emotional hitting power to make me keep a tissue box handy for those sad and happy tears. This would be my first review to be an absolute 10 in score if there weren't just a few unanswered questions and assumed understanding after everything was said and done. Even with read more
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Sep 30, 2009
Yammin
Now 6/10 isn’t a bad score; it equates to 3/5 stars so I do recommend people to try it out.

So, Kuroshitsuji is an anime that is labelled “shounen” but I don’t really know why - it’s filled with bishounens, pretty clothes and the fancy Victorian age backdrop with massive shounen ai and shota undertones. Oh, and the obvious gay shinigami who keeps trying to kiss the butler.

The story: the 10 year old child exchanging his soul for a demon butler who will help exact his revenge. Two/three years later they are still together; Ciel Phantomhive the 12 (later 13) year old Earl also read more
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Recommendations

Similar setting: rich, somewhat arrogant noble kids, older (and hotter) servants, Gothic styles. Both try to present a fantasy world that resembles a historical European setting to various degrees, but with the critical aspect of the story based on a supernatural twist. In Kuroshitsuji, it is the concept of demons and angels. In Pandora Hearts, it is the "Abyss," a dimension where time is warped. Both protagonists have been bestowed with a sort of life-binding curse that they view as a punishment, yet ironically neither seem to value their lives very much.
Kuroshitsuji is much darker in tone than Pandora Hearts, however. It is quite heavily Gothic, while PH adheres to more typical anime conventions.
In both there are demons, which serve humans. Sebastian looks like Alucard, especially when he is in his "fighting mode" and Ciel looks like Integra in her childhood. Phantomhive family serves the Queen and executes her orders, and Ciel is the young successor of this family. So it looks pretty similar to Hellsing, and even if they have different atmosphere, if you enjoy one you will like the other too.

Opening Theme

"Kiss of Monochrome" by SID

Ending Theme

#01: "I'm ALIVE!" by BECCA (eps 1-13)
#02: "Lacrimosa" by Kalafina (eps 14-24)

Recent News

Second Season of Kuroshitsuji Announced ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )
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02-01-10, 12:54 PM

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