Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic
Key visual
Japanese	劇場版「黒執事 Book of the Atlantic」
Hepburn	Gekijō-ban Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic
Directed by	Noriyuki Abe
Screenplay by	Hiroyuki Yoshino
Based on	Black Butler by Yana Toboso
Produced by	Yasutaka Kimura Hiroshi Kamei Natsumi Mori Ayako Yokoyama Tomomi Kyōtani
Starring	Daisuke Ono Maaya Sakamoto Yukari Tamura Junichi Suwabe Jun Fukuyama Kenn Noriaki Sugiyama Takuma Terashima Hiroki Tōchi Yūki Kaji Emiri Katō
Cinematography	Yukihiro Masumoto
Edited by	Masahiro Goto
Music by	Yasunori Mitsuda
Production companies	A-1 Pictures Aniplex Square Enix Company
Distributed by	Aniplex
Release date	January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21)
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$248,286 (US & Canada)[2]

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (Japanese: 劇場版「黒執事 Book of the Atlantic」, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic) is a 2017 Japanese animated supernatural disaster film based on the Black Butler manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. The film was produced by A-1 Pictures, directed by Noriyuki Abe and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, featuring character designs by Minako Shiba and music by Yasunori Mitsuda. It premiered in Japan on January 21, 2017.

A few months after its Japanese release, Funimation announced that they had licensed and would screen the film in a limited theatrical release in North America later in June of that year.^[3][4]

Plot[]

Ciel, Sebastian and Snake board the luxury liner Campania on her maiden voyage to investigate the mysterious Aurora Society, who is rumored to perform experiments to raise the dead. On board the ship, is also Elizabeth, her older brother and parents as well. While sneaking into a meeting of the Aurora Society, where they have a short meeting with Undertaker, Ciel and Sebastian witness doctor Rian Stoker use a machine to reanimate a dead woman, who starts attacking the attendants. Ciel chases Stoker but meets Elizabeth and Snake instead in the ship's cargo, where they find several other reanimated corpses who attack them, but Sebastian appears in the nick of time to rescue them. Upon interrogating Stoker, Ciel discovers that a larger batch of corpses is stored in another place of the ship, as they also awaken and attack the ship's crew and passengers. Amidst the chaos, the ship crashes into an iceberg and starts sinking.

While attempting to escape, Ciel, Elizabeth and Sebastian are approached by Grell Sutcliff and Ronald Knox, who despite being on board the ship to investigate the Aurora Society as well, attack Sebastian for being a demon. The two reapers distract Sebastian while Elizabeth and an injured Ciel are about to be overrun by the monsters when Elizabeth decides to make use of her fencing skills to dispatch them with ease. While the reapers give up on fighting Sebastian to look for Stoker, Ciel and the others reach Elizabeth's family as they prepare to evacuate the ship. After leaving Elizabeth and Snake with them, Ciel and Sebastian return to confront Stoker as well and discover that the whole incident was orchestrated by Undertaker, who reveals that he is a retired reaper and that he arranged for the Aurora Society to get their hands on the process to reanimate corpses as part of his own experiment.

While fighting Undertaker with the reaper's help, Sebastian is wounded by Undertaker's death scythe while protecting Ciel, and the reaper witnesses the moment when the two formed their contract, as well as Sebastian and Ciel's training until Ciel receives his title as Earl Phantomhive. Back in the present, Undertaker makes his escape as the ship is about to sink completely and Stoker falls to his death, with Ciel snatching Undertaker's funeral lockets in the confusion. Both Sebastian and Ciel barely escape the ship on a lifeboat, but they find themselves surrounded by the remaining corpses and knowing that they will attack the other survivors should they attempt to escape, Sebastian has no choice but to fight and destroy all of them by himself down to the last one of all to protect Ciel. The next day, with all corpses disposed of, a rescue boat appears to pick them up.

In the post-credits, William appears to rescue Grell and Ronald, scolding them for failing in their task, while Sebastian and Ciel meet their friends aboard the rescue boat.

Voice cast[]

Production[]

An animated film adaptation of the manga was announced on the official anime's Twitter account on October 10, 2015, with the cast from the anime television returning to reprise their roles in the film.^[6][7] It was later revealed in February 2016 that the film would be an adaptation of the manga's Gōka Kyakusen story arc (volumes 11–14), titled Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic, with the main staff from the Black Butler: Book of Circus anime television series also returning.^[5][8] The film was released in Japanese theaters on January 21, 2017.^[9] Sid performed the film's theme song, titled "Glass Eye" (硝子の瞳, "Garasu no Hitomi").^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic at IMDb
• Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia