The new Black butler the anime is titled The Black Butler: Arc Public School, and a teaser trailer and visual introducing the characters of P4 (Perfect Four) were revealed. The new anime series will be animated by CloverWorks studio and will premiere in 2024. Check out the new video:
Kenjiro Okada will direct the anime, with Yumi Shimizu designing the characters and Hiroyuki Yoshino as head writer. Ryo Kawasaki is in charge of the music. Check out the visual:
The members of P4 are Edgar Redmond (Red House), Lawrence Bluer (Blue House), Herman Greenhill (Green House) and Gregory Violet (Purple House).
Black assis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It was serialized on Square EnixMonthly GFantasysince September 2006. Its first anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures ran for 24 episodes from October 2008 to March 2009. The second season had 12 episodes and aired from July to September 2010 (original story without manga content). Another series titledThe Black Butler: A Book of the Circusaired in 2014. Two-part theatrical OVA titledThe Black Butler: A Book of Murder screened in Japanese theaters in October and November 2014. The series also received a live-action film adaptation in January 2014, as well as an animated film titledThe Black Butler: The Atlantic Book in January 2017
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime and they describe the story:
Ciel Phantomhive is the most powerful boy in all of England, but he bears the scars of unspeakable suffering. Forced to watch his beloved parents brutally murdered, Ciel is subsequently kidnapped and brutally tortured. Desperate to end his suffering, the boy traded his own soul for a chance at revenge, throwing in his lot with the only person he could count on: Sebastian, a demon butler summoned from the very depths of Hell. Together they will roam the darkest streets of London on a mission to extinguish those who would do evil.
Source: Official websiteAniplex Online Fest 2023
© Yana Toboso / SQUARE ENIX, The Black Butler Project
