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The anime adaptation of Black Butler began airing on Japanese TV in 2008 and was then followed by a second season, Black Butler II, plus sequels Book of Circus and Book of Murder in 2014 each of which was very well received by fans. Now the story of the juvenile nobleman Ciel and the demonic butler Sebastian Michaelis is finally hitting the big screen with the Black Butler movie Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic on Jan. 21, 2017.
The screening locations and advance ticketing information have now been announced as well as a special advance ticket bonus gift of a radio callisthenics CD that you can get through mail order. Along with the announcement, the all new teaser poster has also been unveiled and features an illustration by the series’ character designer and chief animation director, Minako Shiba.
About
Yana Toboso’s hugely popular manga has sold over 23 million copies worldwide and now the long awaited theatrical anime movie is set to hit screens across Japan. So far there have been four instalments in Black Butler’s anime history beginning with the original Black Butler in 2008, followed by the second season which aired in 2010 - Black Butler II, and the Book of Circus TV anime and Book of Murder OVA which both arrived in 2014. Now one of the series’ landmark chapters, the Luxury Liner arc, is finally getting an adaptation as a big screen animated movie.
Story
Together with his butler Sebastian Michaelis, 13 year old head of the Phantomhive household Ciel spends his days taking care of sordid goings on in the underworld of 19th century London on behalf of Queen Victoria as “The Queen’s Watchdogs”. After hearing reports of the dead rising, Ciel and Sebastian head off to investigate by boarding the Campania luxury ocean liner. What awaits them there is another suitably strange mystery!
Staff
**Original Manga:** Yana Toboso (Square Enix’s Monthly GFantasy)
**Director:** Noriyuki Abe
**Script:** Hiroyuki Yoshino
**Character Design / Chief Animation Director:** Minako Shiba
**Sub Character Designer:** Senri Kawaguchi
**Prop Design:** Manami Fukuyo
**Production Design:** Kenichi Morioka
**Color Design:** Kanako Hokari
**Director of Photography:** Yukihiro Masumoto
**CG Director:** Takahiro Chaya
**Editing:** Masahiro Goto
**Music:** Yasunori Mitsuda
**Production:** A1 Pictures
**Distribution:** Aniplex
**Animation Production:** Project Atlantic
Cast
**Sebastian Michaelis:** Daisuke Ono
**Ciel Phantomhive:** Maaya Sakamoto
**Elizabeth Midford:** Yukari Tamura
**The Undertaker:** Junichi Suwabe
**Grell Sutcliff:** Jun Fukuyama
**Ronald Knox:** KENN
**William T. Spears:** Noriaki Sugiyama
**Snake:** Takuma Terashima
**Bardroy:** Hiroki Tochi
**Finian:** Yuki Kaji
**Mey-rin:** Emiri Kato
1st PV
Advance Tickets
**Nationwide Special Advance Ticket with Bonus Gift**
The ticket uses the same design as the teaser poster which is a brand new illustration by Minako Shiba. You also get another special bonus gift of a limited edition postcard featuring the same illustration.
Price: 1500 yen (including tax) (same day ticket price 1800 yen)
Tickets will become available Aug. 20, 2016 in cinemas across Japan.
- All tickets feature the exactly same design.
- Bonus postcards are strictly limited in number and may sell out while advance tickets are still available.
- A second advance ticket plus bonus campaign will be announced at a later date.
Advance ticket plus radio callisthenics CD - “Sono Shitsuji, Taisou”
Sebastian and Ciel, or The Undertaker and Grell, will become your instructors for a round of radio callisthenics to help you keep healthy!
The CD features an all new recording and jacket design and comes as a set with the purchase of an advance ticket.
Available from Aug. 18, 2016 via Aniplex+.
- Applications accepted from 12 noon on Aug. 18. The tickets and CDs are expected to ship from Sept. 15, 2016.
- The CDs are strictly limited in number sales will end when supplies run out.
- The CD jacket is the advance ticket.
1. Sebastian and Ciel ver.
*Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic* advance ticket and radio callisthenics CD (Daisuke Ono and Maaya Sakamoto)
**Price:** 2,500 yen (tax included)
2. Grell & The Undertaker ver.
*Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic* advance ticket and radio callisthenics CD (Jun Fukuyama and Junichi Suwabe)
**Price:** 2,500 yen (tax included)
Find out where Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic is playing near you (if you're in Japan) plus all the latest information on the official site for the movie.
Official Twitter Account: @kuroshitsuji2
Source: PR TIMES
