Black Butler

Japanese anime television series
TVSeries anime_television_series Q11678056
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Summary

Black Butler is an anime television series[1]. It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Toshiya Shinohara[3]
  • Composer: Taku Iwasaki[4], Yasunori Mitsuda[5]
  • Genre: dark fantasy[6], thriller anime[7]
  • Based on: Black Butler[8]
  • Production company: A-1 Pictures[9]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[10]
  • Commons category: Black Butler[11]
  • Soundtrack release: 黒執事サウンドコンプリート BLACK BOX[12]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[13]
  • Original broadcaster: Mainichi Broadcasting System[14]
  • Country of origin: Japan[15]
  • Has part(s): Black Butler, season 1[16], Black Butler II[17], Black Butler: Book of Circus[18], Black Butler: Public School Arc[19], Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc[20]
  • Start time: October 3, 2008[21]
  • End time: September 17, 2010[22]
  • Has edition or translation: Black Butler[23]
  • Distributed by: Crunchyroll[24], Netflix[25]
  • Number of episodes: 36[26]
  • Has characteristic: anime based on a manga[27]
  • List of episodes: list of Black Butler episodes[28]
  • Set in period: Victorian era[29]
  • Derivative work: Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic[30]
  • Character designer: Minako Shiba[31]
  • Social media followers: 184,897[32], 186,672[33], 189,504[34], 189,199[35], 59,446[36], 53,294[37], 63,310[38], 61,739[39]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  27. [29] ↑ . anidb.net. anidb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of seasons → +5
    Myanimelist anime id → —
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  2. 10w ago · Cinema.adwisor · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Myanimelist anime id → —
    End time → +2010-09-17T00:00:00Z
    Title → ['黒執事', 'Black Butler']
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  3. 13w ago · Asierog · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of episodes → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+36'}
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  4. 13w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → ['黒執事', 'Black Butler']
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  5. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0181032
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  6. 23w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Japan
    Freebase id → /m/0vx0l2m
    Original broadcaster → MBSテレビ
    Production company → A-1 Pictures
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