Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji)
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Japanese media franchise
anime television series
dark fantasy work
manga series
supernatural fiction
Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) is a dark fantasy anime and manga series that follows a demonic butler bound by contract to serve a young aristocrat seeking revenge in Victorian-era England.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Black Butler | 0 |
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| instanceOf |
Japanese media franchise
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anime television series ⓘ dark fantasy work ⓘ manga series ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Black Butler (2008 anime series)
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Black Butler (live-action film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Butler II (2010 anime series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Butler: Book of Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Butler: Book of Murder NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Yana Toboso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
demonic contract
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morality ⓘ revenge ⓘ servitude ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Yana Toboso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographic | shōnen ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alois Trancy
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Ciel Phantomhive NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Faustus NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Midford NERFINISHED ⓘ Grell Sutcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian Michaelis NERFINISHED ⓘ Undertaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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historical fiction ⓘ mystery ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Ciel Phantomhive is the Queen’s Watchdog
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Ciel Phantomhive is the head of the Phantomhive household NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian Michaelis is a demonic butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseTitle | 黒執事 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | teenagers ⓘ |
| illustrator | Yana Toboso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| magazine | Monthly GFantasy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sebastian Michaelis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | serialized manga ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of gothic aesthetics and dark humor
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depiction of a Faustian contract between human and demon ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| protagonist | Ciel Phantomhive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Square Enix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherImprint | Gangan Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanizedTitle | Kuroshitsuji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
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