Funimation Gives Update About Black Butler Loss

Funimation has come in clutch for Black Butler fans. Earlier this month, news broke that the [...]

By Megan Peters

Funimation has come in clutch for Black Butler fans. Earlier this month, news broke that the studio was losing out one a very important part of anime canon. Funimation will lose its license for the first season of Black Butler at the end of May, and the move had fans concerned the entire series could follow suit. However, it doesn't look like that is the case. Thanks to Anime News Network, fans can breathe easier knowing Funimation will retain the rest of Black Butler.

Funimation Entertainment confirmed with the site that the rest of Black Butler wouldn't be affected by the license expiration. The title's other anime will still be available for home video and streaming. This bundle also includes Black Butler's various films like Black Butler: Book of Circus and Black Butler: Book of Murder.

Recently, the studio also acquired one of the franchise's newest anime installments. Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic made its debut in Japan earlier this January. The film has since been acquired by Funimation, and the studio plans to screen the film in the U.S. this June. No date for DVD or Blu-ray releases have been announced for the new film as of yet.

You can check out the synopsis for Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic below:

Ciel Phantomhive and his demonic butler, Sebastian, are back! And this next case has Ciel and Sebastian treading some rough waters. Aboard the luxury liner Campania, the two investigate an illegal human experiment that involves resurrecting the dead. But the closer they get to the truth, the closer they are to their own deaths! Will this be their final case or will one hell of a butler keep them afloat?

If you are not familiar with Black Butler, then you should know the popular series ws created back in September 2006 by Toboso. The manga was then adapted into an anime in 2008 and has continued to produce spin-out series over the year. The last Black Butler project debuted in 2014 when a two-part OVA hit Japanese theaters.

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(Photo: A-1 Pictures )

As for its story, Black Butler is set in Victorian London and focuses on a young boy named Ciel Phantomhive. When the heir turns ten, his parents are brutally murdered and he is kidnapped by a cult. Desperate to live, Ciel escapes the brutes and returns home with a mysterious man named Sebastian at his side. The strange butler turns out to be a demon who Ciel made a contract with during his captivity. In return for Ciel's soul, Sebastian has sworn to help the boy get revenge against those who destroyed his life, and Ciel learns more about his parents' murder as he solves crimes around London.

[HT] ANN

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