Aniplex confirms that the Black Butler: Public School Arc anime will premiere on April 13 across various Japanese TV networks and Crunchyroll. Voice actors for the P4 (Prefect 4) characters have also been revealed in a new trailer.
Yana Toboso’s Black Butler manga series began in 2006, and 33 volumes have been released to date. Nearly 10 years of waiting after the original anime series, fans will be able to watch a whole new season of Black Butler weekly.
Black Butler: Public School Arc Anime Premiere and Cast
Black Butler: Public School Arc will premiere on April 13 on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, BS11, MBS, and other TV networks in Japan. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide, with the sole exception being Japan. As the name suggests, the upcoming season will continue the original anime’s story, adapting the manga’s Public School arc.
Check out the brand-new trailer below.
The staff and cast of the new Black Butler season includes:
Cast
- Sebastian Michaelis: Daisuke Ono
- Ciel Phantomhive: Maaya Sakamoto
- Edgar Redmond: Toshiki Watanabe
- Lawrence Bluewer: Junya Enoki
- Herman Greenhill: Shunsuke Takeuchi
- Gregory Violet: Tatsumaru Tachibana
Staff
- Original Author: Yana Toboso
- Director: Kenjiro Okada
- Head Writer: Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Character Design: Yumi Shimizu
- Music: Ryo Kawasaki
- Animation Production: CloverWorks
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime series, via Crunchyroll:
Ciel Phantomhive is the most powerful boy in all of England, but he bears the scars of unspeakable suffering. Forced to watch as his beloved parents were brutally murdered, Ciel was subsequently abducted and violently tortured. Desperate to end his suffering, the boy traded his own soul for a chance at vengeance, casting his lot with the one person on whom he could depend: Sebastian, a demon Butler summoned from the very pits of hell. Together, they’ll prowl the darkest alleys of London on a mission to snuff out those who would do evil.
