The previously announced fifth season of the Black Butler anime, Witch Emerald Arc, revealed a new teaser visual and an April 2025 premiere date. Rie Kugimiya and Chikahiro Kobayashi are joining the cast as Sieglinde Sullivan and Wolfram Gelzer.
The news were announced at an event titled Black Butler: Public School Arc AFTER the MIDNIGHT TEA PARTY ～A Return to Weston College held on December 8. You can see the character visuals for the new season below.
Studio CloverWorks is returning to animate the new season with the same main staff. It includes Kenjiro Okada (March Comes in Like a Lion) as the director, Hiroyuki Yoshino on the series composition, Yumi Shimizu in charge of the character designs, and Ryo Kawasaki composing the music. Maaya Sakamoto and Daisuke Ono are also returning as Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian Michaelis.
The Emerald Witch Arc is the eighth arc of the Black Butler manga series. It spans volumes 18-22, beginning with chapter 86 and ending with chapter 10. It is a direct sequel to the Public School arc and it was teased in the season’s finale post-credits scene.
Yana Tobo’s manga was first adapted into anime by studio A-1 Pictures in 2008. The studio animated the first two seasons, and although the second season diverts from the manga, the sequel, Book of Circus, returns to the source material. Book of Circus was followed by Book of Murder OVA and Book of the Atlantic movie.
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime and describes the plot as:
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.
The Black Butler manga is on a hiatus as the author prepares for the story’s climax.
Source: Official Website
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