Black Butler

About Black Butler

In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.

Black Butler is an animation, comedy, and mystery series made for MBS and AT-X. Its 5 seasons and 70 episodes were broadcast from October 2008 to June 2025. That is around 14 episodes a season.

Daisuke Ono appears as Sebastian Michaelis (voice), and Maaya Sakamoto as Ciel Phantomhive (voice). Production companies include A-1 Pictures, CloverWorks, and Crunchyroll. It is adapted from a manga.

Shelv files it under gore, angst, kidnapping, and victorian england. In the United States it streams on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, and Hulu.

Blue Exorcist, Blood Blockade Battlefront, and Karakuri Circus make useful companions to Black Butler, all filed under dark fantasy, demon, and based on manga. It scores 7.8 out of 10 from 297 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.