Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic
Key visual
Japanese name
Kanji劇場版「黒執事 Book of the Atlantic」
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGekijō-ban Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Screenplay byHiroyuki Yoshino
Based onBlack Butler
by Yana Toboso
Produced byYasutaka Kimura
Hiroshi Kamei
Natsumi Mori
Ayako Yokoyama
Tomomi Kyōtani
Starring
CinematographyYukihiro Masumoto
Edited byMasahiro Goto
Music byYasunori Mitsuda
Production
companies
Distributed byAniplex
Release date
  • January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$248,286 (US & Canada)[2]

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (Japanese: 劇場版「黒執事 Book of the Atlantic」, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic) is a 2017 Japanese animated supernatural disaster film based on the Black Butler manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. The film was produced by A-1 Pictures, directed by Noriyuki Abe and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, featuring character designs by Minako Shiba and music by Yasunori Mitsuda. It premiered in Japan on January 21, 2017. It covers the "Luxury Liner" (豪華客船, Gōka Kyakusen) arc, the sixth arc of the manga series.

A few months after its Japanese release, Funimation announced that they had licensed and would screen the film in a limited theatrical release in North America later in June of that year.[3][4]

  1. ^ 劇場版 黒執事 Book of the Atlantic (2017). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  3. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 1, 2017). "Funimation Licenses Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic Film for Screenings in Theaters This Year". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 4, 2017). "Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic Anime Film's Video Reveals June Screening in U.S." Anime News Network. Retrieved May 5, 2017.