Black Butler

Name: Black Butler
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Anime
Cast: Daisuke Ono, Maaya Sakamoto, Yukari Tamura

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2008 24mAnimation, Comedy,

7.67.7

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Ciel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?

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5 Seasons

Season 1
Season 124 Episodes
Black Butler II
Black Butler II12 Episodes
Book of Circus
Book of Circus10 Episodes
Public School Arc
Public School Arc11 Episodes
Emerald Witch Arc
Emerald Witch Arc13 Episodes
Season 0
Season 09 Episodes

Cast of Black Butler

Daisuke OnoSebastian Michaelis (voice)
Maaya SakamotoCiel Phantomhive (voice)
Yukari TamuraElizabeth Ethel Cordelia Midford (voice)
Hisayoshi SuganumaFred Aberline (voice)
Jun FukuyamaGrell Sutcliff (voice)
Junichi SuwabeUndertaker (voice)
Yuki KajiFinny (voice)
Koji YusaLau (voice)
Emiri KatoMey-Rin (voice)
Shunji FujimuraTanaka (voice)
Akiko YajimaAngela (voice)
Hiroki TouchiBard (voice)
Romi ParkMadam Red (voice)
Noriaki SugiyamaWilliam T. Spears (voice)
Satoshi HinoAsh (voice)
Yutaka AoyamaRandall (voice)
Takafumi YamaguchiPluto (voice)
Shinnosuke TachibanaSoma Asman Kadar (voice)
Hiroki YasumotoAgni (voice)
Wataru KomadaCoachman
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BoysLoveUnratedSeptember 16, 2025
Black Butler is a goth-historic fantasy world with major BL vibes and I love everything about it. The characters, atmosphere, style, plotlines, soundtrack, voices - it's all mixed together perfectly, like a drink with many different ingredients and tastes that all compliment each other. And the animation, especially in the last 2 seasons, - exquisite. One of the best I've seen so far in the world of anime. The perfect binge-worthy treat for Halloween. Also, Sebastian is getting hotter with each season... 🥵 The focus of the story and the most entertaining part for me is the relationship between Ciel and Sebastian. It's not romantic but it's very intimate and unique. They're both enslaved to each other and very co-dependent. Ciel is playing a role of a proud and aristocratic master although he's just a 13-year-old boy who has just lost his parents. And Sebastian is a powerful demon posing as a butler whose real goal is to take Ciel's soul once the contract between them is complete. It's all about the complexity of their relationship. The anime is delivered in a fun, cute and sarcastic tone but it's actually pretty dark, multi-layered and needs a few trigger warnings ⚠️. Abuse, cults, kidnappings, murders, implied SA of children, human trafficking and many more themes that might not be acceptable to some viewers. Ciel's backstory is being told bit by bit throughout seasons and it only gets worse and worse. On top of that, there's the infamous season 2 of Black Butler which wasn't based on the manga and which is the most triggering and questionable. Many skip that season and for a good reason. The plot isn't exactly plotting but the major issue for me personally, is that there's an ugly undertone of victim blaming. They turn an abused child (!) into a villain (not Ciel btw). I hated that part the most. It was obvious it wasn't written by the same person. And most likely, not a woman as well (the original manga is created by Yana Toboso - a female author). It's like the perspective has changed from the abused to the abuser's gaze. So yeah, beware of season 2. 😅

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