The school finally opens! Spring Anime "Kuroshitsuji - Yosei Gakkohen -" will start airing and distributing from 23:30 on 4/13 (Sat.) at the earliest! Episode 1 synopsis & advance cutout revealed!

The first episode synopsis and advance cut from the spring anime "Black Butler - Yosei Gakko Hen", scheduled to air on April 13, 2024 (Sat) from 23:30 on various stations, has been released.

The story is set in England at the end of the 19th century during the Victorian era, where Ciel Phantomhive and his butler, Sebastian, take on a variety of cases.
The new series, "Kuroshitsuji: The Boarding School Arc," the sixth in the series, will be directed by Kenjiro Okada, who brought the delicate worldview of "March comes in like a lion" to the screen, with Hiroyuki Yoshino, who has written the screenplay for the first "Kuroshitsuji" series, as series composition, character design by Yumi Shimizu, who is the chief animation director for "Horimiya," and music by Yumi Shimizu The music is by Ryu Kawazaki of "Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia" fame, and the production company is CloverWorks, which also handles "Horimiya" and "SPY×FAMILY. Inheritance and renewal, the talented staff will color the images.

⇒The key visual of the spring anime "Kuroshitsuji - Yosei Gakkou Hen" has been released!

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Today, five scenes of the characters in the anime "Black Butler - Yosei Gakkou Hen" were released. Ciel Phantomhive looks at the scene with her blue eyes shining, and the four supervisory students, P4 (Prefect Four), who are the main characters of the anime, stand in the background of their respective dormitories.

Synopsis & advance cut】 【Synopsis & advance cut

■Episode 1 "The Butler Arrives at School

＜Synopsis.
Ciel is a new student at Weston School, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in England. The school, governed by P4, the supervisors of the four dormitories, is a closed space where traditions are respected and strict rules are enforced. Ciel is tossed about by the unfamiliarity of school life, when Sebastian, a butler dressed as a dorm supervisor, appears in front of her.

The story is based on the anime "Kuroshitsuji: The Black Butler Boarding House.
Anime " Kuroshitsuji: The Parochial School Arc
＜Broadcast Information
Broadcasting will begin on April 13, 2024 (Sat.) on various stations.
TOKYO MX, BS11, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV: April 13 (Sat.) from 23:30
MBS: April 13 (Sat.) from 27:38
Broadcast dates and times are subject to change for scheduling reasons.

Simultaneous terrestrial broadcast on ABEMA!
Also available on other distribution sites!
Broadcast date and time are subject to change due to scheduling conflicts and other reasons.

<Staff> Original story: Yana Tsururumi (story by Yana Tsurumi)
Original story: Yana TODORU (Published in monthly magazine "G Fantasy" by Square Enix)
Director: Kenjiro OKADA
Series composition: Hiroyuki YOSHINO
Character design: Yumi SHIMIZU
Sub-character design: Akira TAKADA
Chief Animation Director: Yumi Shimizu, Akira Takada, Yusuke Shimizu, Mio Inoguchi
Color Design: Asuka YOKOTA / Art Setting: Risa IRANAMI ( KUSANAGI)
Art Director: Kuniaki Nemoto (KUSANAGI)
Technical Director: Yuya Sakuma
Director of Photography: Tsubasa Kanamori
CG Director: Katsuaki Miyaji
Editor: Rina Oguchi
Music: Ryu Kawazaki
Sound Director: Jin Akedagawa/ Production: CloverWorks

<Cast
Sebastian Michaelis: Daisuke Ono
Ciel Phantomhive: Maaya Sakamoto
Edgar Redmond: Toshiki Watanabe
Lawrence Breuer: Junya Enoki
Herman Greenhill: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Gregory Violet: Tachibana Ryumaru

＜Introduction
The "Black Butler" series has sold more than 34 million copies worldwide and continues to attract fans around the world with its beautifully and intricately drawn worldview and diverse characters.
This is the sixth anime adaptation, directed by Kenjiro Okada, who has incorporated the delicate worldview of "March comes in like a lion" into the film, with Hiroyuki Yoshino, who has written the script since the first "Kuroshitsuji" film, as series director, Yumi Shimizu, who is the chief animation director for "Horimiya," as character designer, and music composed by Yumi Shimizu, who is the chief animation director for "Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Monster Front Babylonia-", and the production company is CloverWorks, which also handles "HORIMIYA" and "SPY×FAMILY".
Inheritance and renewal, the talented staff will color the images.

<Boarding school version Story
19th century England
Sebastian Michaelis, the butler of the prestigious Phantomhive family, and his 13-year-old master, Ciel Phantomhive, are the "Queen's watchdogs," undertaking the dirty work of the underworld.
One day, Ciel receives a letter from the Queen informing him that his relative Derrick and several other students at the Weston School, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in England, have fallen out of touch.
Sebastian and Ciel go undercover at Weston to investigate the case. What is the truth behind the incident?

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