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| Yes. So much hype for this. I can't wait to see the rest, considering this was my favourite ark :-). The beginning of the Ending Theme is also very very cool.. Loved how the animated the part showing all the circus characters. |
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| aaahhhh the opening is awesome~~~ I'm glad they're back to adapting actual arcs from the manga. I remember this one being so good too (well, I enjoyed all except the murder case). Ciel's hair bothers me though. Color accuracy aside, I think it looks better a little darker or just with a little more color than grey. Something! shinigami LOVE |
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| I'm so happy that Kuroshitsuji is back ;__; I missed Ciel and Sebby so much! First ep looked great, hope it stays that way for the rest of the episodes. |
| So so good... All of this is basically a walk down memory lane! It was so fun watching all the characters again. The animation was really well-done, and Sebastian tho... He was epic, like always! ❤ can't wait for the circus!! |
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| seems like Karneval... didn't watch S1, but will go later, interesting ep1...SiD OP!! |
| ah my baby ciel phantomhive is back! He and his voice <3 And Sebby too <3 |
| The Circus Arc has always been one of my favorites so I can't wait to see more! I love this shows atmosphere so much. The soundtrack and visuals are great as usual. I'm always happy to hear Daisuke Ono's voice as Sebastian, it's a treasure. I could've sworn the scenes in the beginning with Mei-Rin, Finnian, and Bard were already animated but I guess my brain is confusing them with the manga. |
| I am so Excited-this is my favorite arc. I LOVE the op. definitely nice looking, and its pretty original-i didn't see any of the main characters running in a field or lookin up to the sky or that nonsense. They lightened up Ciels eyes... I sorta liked em darker, but i guess they're copying that beautiful watercolor esque picture of ciel with the flower hat during the college arc. |
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| I watched the dub before too, without even trying the sub(because i likedthe dub), and i gotta say, the voices are fantastic. Ono does a great job as sebastian. I love the soundtrack of all of the kuroshitsuji's. they fit the atmosphere so well. |
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| Like someone said this episode was a nice reminder on how badass Sebastian is. Nice to see that useless trio of servants again, they always make me smile and Tanaka-san is baaaaaack! The opening song by SID was great too. |
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flowerheaddress said: ^This. Every couple of years they should just pick a different arc from the manga and make a show out of it. Sebby-Chaaaaan! I can't say that I can see this happening, but it is definitely something that I think could work well. |
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| Wow I'm glad they stick to the manga, and good things is they ignored the whole 2nd season, hahahaha |
Milenart said: Are you sure? I think I remenber Knox appearing at the end of the arc taking the souls of "you know who"(spoiler for the non-manga readers) and complaining about it. And maybe Grell might make a cameo with him or be mentioned as a flashback? I jumped when the pop up in the OP/ED *w* I think Knox may have appeared very briefly (though I can't remember for sure...), but for certain Grell didn't appear at all. And the dear OP guaranteed us some Grell so that's uplifting! |
| Ciel and Sebastian long time no see and welcome back! T.T Tanaka-san has to act as per usual LOL XD. Hahahaha, Mey-Rin transformed into a bubble monster. It seems Sebastian is always coming to rescue his moronic staff XD. Oooopsssieee, it looks like Mey-Rin tripped lol. Ohooo, Sebastian, we can always count on you to save the day! LOL, things are back to normal and he's freaked out XD. Hehehe, his underlings were give a warm welcome the Phatomhive way it seems. Ok, so that's where Sebastian got everything he needed from lol. "Dead men tell no tales", very epic saying. The circus is in town! Can't wait to see how things progress in the next episodes! |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
| I'm so glad to see this anime back!! ^-^ Seby-chan is awesome as always! That OP is really cool too! but then again; Kuroshitsuji always had great openings! X3 |
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| Hmm, mostly filler first episode but I guess it had to be done to reintroduce the characters. Reminded me of season one's first episode. Art style looks better and more faithful to the manga, which is good. OP was pretty nice as well. I hope they'll follow the manga closely from now on and won't censor too much stuff later on (the bluray is rated R-17 iirc so I guess they won't censor). And if this gets good enough sales along with Book of Murder, I hope they'll make other manga arcs into anime as well. I really want the Campania arc animated! |
TeyoJul 11, 2014 1:33 PM
| Quite a boring first ep. It's so predictable, it's basically a rehash of the first few chaps of the manga. And are they gg to do this 'in the morning, afternoon, night and midnight' thing every ep? Cos if they do, it's gg to be really annoying. But the appearance of the circus ppl makes me excited, since I've been waiting for them. Finally we get some REAL villains. And good thing they placed the OP near the end, cos if they did in the beginning, I would be hyped up for nothing. Eh...seems the Shinigami are not gonna appear much this arc, and I don't see Undertaker anywhere in the OP 0.o Definitely a disappointing first ep, but I really believe things are gg to step up as of next ep onwards. |
| wow,i missed Kuroshitsuji so much!i was practically squealing the whole time,lmao...mature... And i still need Sebastian in my life. |
| I enjoyed this episode a lot. I feel like I may like this anime much better than the first Kuroshitsuji series. Great to see Sebastian again, I almost forgot how marvelous Daisuke Ono was in this role. Can't wait until we get to see more characters the next episode too. And now I'm considering picking up the manga again, well well. |
| Amazing as expected. Sebas-chan made his magic again nice to see the servants again and ofc hohoho :P. I have high expectations for that. I hope I don't get disappointed. |
| A Story will always come to it's end. The thing is, will you move on after it's over? |
| i forgot how good this actually is with all the shit this show gets. good episode |
| I missed Kuroshitsuji so much. A great start, and I hope there are no fillers this time. :) Sebastian is still a badass. |
| Sebastian <3 How I missed this show! YES, MY LORD. *-* |
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| Hmm, yeah i liked the first episode, i will not say i didn't like it that much, ! But the thing that bothered me is > first episode was not exactly the same of the chapters on manga, -_-"" OK i know first season was little came out of the manga, so i'm not wonder if the third season will also come out of manga, BUT i wish the beginning was the same manga, Overall, the first episode was fun, and as usual, Sebastian was truly AMAZING ~*-* |
| Ugh, felt kind of filler. :/ I'd rather see this circus arc being animated right away. |
| Wow, I'm surprised that it turns out to be this good! Now I really have faith for this adaptation. Can't wait to hear Snake talking <3 This episode felt kinda more like a remake of the first one of the original series rather than introduction to the Circus arc, but didn't mind it, since it's been a while since I've seen the original series. New OP is quite good, though not as good as Monochrome Kiss or even Shiver. Can't wait to hear ED! Well, anyway - now I'm really hyped for the rest, especially after seeing splendid Sebas-chan in action. |
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| Nice 1st episode! Too bad there is just 10 episodes. But a really good start with nice visuals. I really miss the characters. And the Circus characters are interesting... |
| i love the fact that kuroshitsuji is back, just it. following the manga, the anime is going to be amazing, quite tight with only 10 eps, but hopefully, they'll be well done knowing how yana sensei does things and with a-1 pictures contribution. [center]and the part where sebastian was catching the wine with the glasses, omg. total nosebleed lmao [/center] |
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| i was hoping this would follow the main story, Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags; please hide plot details. |
Suzune-chanJul 13, 2014 3:43 PM
SakurasouBusters said: It was okay i guess, basically the exact same thing as episode 1 of season 1, The Circus arc is my favorite arc and because this season is only 10 episodes long i was hoping theyd jump right into it, but nope; for episode 1 we get pointless filler , i still have faith that this could but i am concerned they're gonna screw this up like they screwed up the first two seasons. I'd hardly call it a pointless filler. For the people who haven't watched Kuroshitsuji or read the manga it would be difficult to understand what's going on if they just 'jump right into it'. It's consideration for the new viewers and also I like that it has a slower pace. Anime series that rush into it without much introduction are really annoying. |
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antipurefaith said: i was hoping this would follow the main story, That was never canon, Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags; please hide plot details. |
Suzune-chanJul 13, 2014 3:44 PM
lament-flower said: rawrlsy said: But, is it just me or are there some character differences? For example: - Ciel's hair is lighter, and his eyes are more of a teal than a deep blue - Sebastian's face is stouter, he's more built, and his eyes are bigger Yes, they definitely changed. For anyone wondering, I believe it's because they are paying attention to the original manga character designs this time. This is how the manga author draws/colors them: Idk, from what I've seen the colour of Ciel's eyes changes when the mangaka colours them, it's lighter sometimes but deeper most times. This one is done by Yana and it's in the Circus arc too and Ciel's eyes are deep blue - http://i30.mangareader.net/kuroshitsuji/26/kuroshitsuji-52890.jpg Here's another drawing by her(the curry arc) where Ciel's eyes are royal blue again: http://i8.mangareader.net/kuroshitsuji/21/kuroshitsuji-52693.jpg I usually like teal eyes but I'm so used to Ciel's deep royal blue and to me the lighter colour is a bit unsettling. |
MicukoJul 13, 2014 1:06 AM
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| Oh dear, how much I missed Sebastian's swag. Another enjoyable series, and I liked how in this episode all things actually made sense to Sebastian's doing. The victorian music is 10/10. Looking forward to next week's episode. |
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| Yes, my lord. (in Japanese English :D) Oh I missed this phrase so much!!!! |
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| My thoughts on this first episode... Nothing more to say. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| This episode seemed like an introduction for people who've never seen Kuroshitsuji before. The champagne glasses scene was epic. Can't wait to see the circus story though! |
June93 said: The manga is quite episodic at first, but there is one important arc that I believe people should be familiar with. It's about a character important to Ciel and also serves to introduce the shinigami, who have played a part in every arc thus far (including Circus). I remember the anime actually did a good job with this so you could watch or read it.I don't know about how Kuroshitsuji's manga is structured and I know that the first anime is an intro for new fans so I wanted to ask mangareaders, can a person who hasn't watched or read Kuroshitsuji just jump into Book of Circus? I've heard that the manga is very episodic and in terms of character development nothing too big happens until the Noah's Circus arc so could a new person to the series just jump into Book of Circus or will knowledge of the previous arcs be necessary? You'd also skip the story that introduces Soma, another recurring character, but honestly you could just read his bio on MAL and that would be enough. |
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| That champagne scene was awesome, haha xD I'm glad to see Sebastian and Ciel back in action. |
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| Almost forgot how good the music was. Ahh all this nostalgia. |
"Komugi, are you there?" |
| That's the usual Phantomhive house reception alright. I lol'd at the rewinding and the arms-dealer being as delusional as possible. LMAO. |
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| This is already better than the 2nd season. |
Micuko said: Idk, from what I've seen the colour of Ciel's eyes changes when the mangaka colours them, it's lighter sometimes but deeper most times. This one is done by Yana and it's in the Circus ark too and Ciel's eyes are deep blue - http://i30.mangareader.net/kuroshitsuji/26/kuroshitsuji-52890.jpg Here's another drawing by her(the curry ark) where Ciel's eyes are royal blue again: http://i8.mangareader.net/kuroshitsuji/21/kuroshitsuji-52693.jpg I usually like teal eyes but I'm so used to Ciel's deep royal blue and to me the lighter colour is a bit unsettling. Ah, yeah, it definitely changes a lot. I just always considered the general coloring for Ciel to be lighter, but the coloring is very inconsistent for most of the characters, even Sebastian sometimes. I guess with all that, I think they've done good job adapting the colors in this season (since they have to pick from the different coloring haha) and I'm sure she had some input on it this time. |
| Decided to pick up this series without watching the first season, since it isn't completely canon. Well, that isn't a problem since I know what happened before from reading the manga. Looking forward to more epic Sebastian moments :D |
| Pretty good so far ^__^ I missed dear bassy alot...! |
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| Glad to have Black Butler back. I'm so looking forward to this series and seeing Ciel and Sebastian going on a new crazy adventure. That said, this first episode felt like the third time I had seen this scenario - and it pretty much was. I get that it had to be done to introduce the characters and situation to newcomers, I know ep 2 is going to jump straight into the meat of it, and I like what they actually did with the episode, but yet another introduction episode to a franchise I already love so much was a little hard to swallow. But I did swallow it, I liked it, and I'm super-pumped for ep 2! |
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| Beautiful animation, and Sebastian is "one hell of a butler" as always. |
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