Black Butler: Public School Arc

Black Butler: Public School Arc is a 2024 anime series that serves as a sequel to Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic.

It was animated by CloverWorks, directed by Kenjirō Okada, and it premiered in Japan from April 13, 2024 to June 22, 2024, consisting of 11 episodes. Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series which premiered on April 27, 2024^[1].

Synopsis

Butler Sebastian Michaelis works with his 13-year-old master, the earl Ciel Phantomhive, to do the dirty work of "the Queen's guard dog" in nineteenth century England's gritty underworld. One day, Ciel receives a letter from Queen Victoria telling him that several students at Weston College, one of England's top public schools, have seemingly disappeared... including a relative of hers named Derrick. And so, Sebastian and Ciel infiltrate Weston College to get the bottom of the matter. What truly happened to these students?

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Sebastian Michaelis	Daisuke Ono	J. Michael Tatum
	Ciel Phantomhive	Maaya Sakamoto	Brina Palencia
Secondary Characters
	Gregory Violet	Tatsumaru Tachibana	Kieran Flitton
	Herman Greenhill	Shunsuke Takeuchi	Jonah Scott
	Edgar Redmond	Toshiki Watanabe	Reagan Murdock
	Lawrence Bluewer	Junya Enoki	Brandon McInnis
	Edward Midford	Seiichirō Yamashita	Justin Briner
	Soma Asman Kadar	Shinnosuke Tachibana	Abi Kumar
Minor Characters
	Clayton	Shōya Ishige	Christian Taylor
	McMillan	Haruka Shiraishi	Ciarán Strange
	Cheslock	Kikunosuke Toya	Branden Loera
	Baldroy	Hiroki Tōchi	Ian Sinclair
	Finnian	Yūki Kaji	Jason Liebrecht
	Mey-Rin	Emiri Katō	Monica Rial
	Tanaka	Mugihito	R. Bruce Elliott
	Undertaker	Junichi Suwabe	John Swasey
	Alexis Midford	Jōji Nakata	Marcus D. Stimac
	Elizabrth Midford	Yukari Tamura	Cherami Leigh
	Agni	Hiroki Yasumoto	Gopal Bala

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Queen Victoria	Hiromi Seta	Julie Mayfield	1, 10
Johann Agares	Shō Hayami	Andrew Webb	1
Joanne Harcourt	Shinnosuke Tachibana	Marianne Bray	2
Maurice Cole	Shun Horie	Landon McDonald	2
Adela	¿?	Morgan Garrett	5
Bluewer's Sisters	Kanna Nakamura Mayuko Kazama Rena Motomura Reo Osanai Riho Sugiyama Saya Aizawa Serina Machiyama	Hayden Daviau Marisa Duran Abigail Blythe Emi Lo	5
Vincent Phantomhive	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Austin Tindle (Teen)	5-6
Diedrich Greenhill	Kenji Hamada	Aaron Campbell (Teen)	5-6
Francis Midford	Atsuko Tanaka	Elizabeth Maxwell	5-7
Coward	¿?	Mark Allen Jr.	6-7
Umpire	¿?	Conner Allison
Lau	Kōji Yusa	Jerry Jewell
Heinz	¿?	Taylor Harris	7
Paula	Yui Itsuki	Jessica Cavanagh	7
Derrick	¿?	Alejandro Saab	8-9
Grelle Sutcliff	Jun Fukuyama	Daniel Fredrick	9
Ryan Stoker	Kaito Ishikawa	Dave Trosko	9
Snake	Takuma Terashima	Spike Spencer	10-11
John Brown	Hiroshi Kamiya	Aaron Dismuke	10
Julius Pittman	Wataru Komada	Kyle Halberstadt	11
Irene Diaz	Mana Miyamoto	Jamie Marchi
German Hunters	¿?	Ben Stegmair Tyson Rinehart
Romeo	Yūya Hirose	Carson Wright
Mercutio	Shinsuke Sugawara	Michael Johnston
Druitt	¿?	Todd Haberkorn	¿?

Additional Voices[]

Multimedia[]

Cast Reveal[]

Notes[]

In contrast to Funimation, which dubbed the first Black Butler anime series alongside two movies, this series is dubbed at Crunchyroll due to the merger happening. However, the original voice actors have reprised their roles including J. Michael Tatum as Sebastian Michaelis, Brina Palencia as Ciel Phantomhive, and Justin Briner as Edward Midford.
Abi Kumar replaced Christopher Ayres as Soma Asman Kadar due to his death in 2021. This is also Kumar's first anime role.
Los Angeles-based voice actors Jonah Scott, Michael Johnston, and Landon McDonald made guest appearances there
Gopal Bala replaced Patrick Seitz as Agni due to unknown reasons.
Austin Tindle, the voice actor of Vincent Phantomhive in this season, was previously in Black Butler II as Kidnapper (ep. 4).

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date	Category	Format	Content	Country
	April 13, 2024	Anime	Digital	11 Eps.	United States

References[]

↑ Black Butler -Public School Arc- English Dub Reveals Cast and Crew, Release Date

External Links[]

Black Butler: Public School Arc at the Internet Movie Database.
Black Butler: Public School Arc (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.

[1] Black Butler -Public School Arc- English Dub Reveals Cast and Crew, Release Date

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