Now on to Kuroshitsuji

Now I am currently watching a new anime, Kuroshitsuji, aka The Black Butler. The anime premiered in Japan in October 2008 and is still currently running.

It is based off a manga of the same name by mangaka Yana Toboso. So far I have been watching the anime and have yet to read the manga. However the graphics for both manga and anime are very well-drawn and makes the characters look uber-cool.

However judging from the anime, the manga should be quite interesting to read as the story plot is very intriguing. There's a lot of drama, mystery, supernatural and comedy going on at the same time.

I have found some nice Kuroshitsuji pictures on the web below:

Vol. 1 Cover showing Sebastian

Sebastian in one of his poses

Sebastian and Ciel

Ciel and Sebastian

Ciel and Sebastian

Sebastian with his symbol on hand

Ciel with the symbol in his right eye

Ciel

Ciel

Sebastian and Ciel

Left to right: Maylene, Finian, Bard, Ciel, Sebastian and Tanaka from the manga

Left to right: Bard, Maylene and Finian from the anime

The protagonist at the centre of the story is Sebastian Michaelis, a demonic butler who is obligated to serve Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old head of the Phantomhive noble family, due to a contract he made with Ciel.

Ciel has lost his parents in a mysterious accident and thus taken over the Phantomhive toy and sweets business. Sebastian mainly carries out whatever task that Ciel orders him to do. The Phantomhive family is actually serving the Queen Majesty and whenever there are problems in the city, Ciel would be sent out to investigate together with the help of his demonic butler.

Besides Sebastian, there's also the chef aka Bard, super clumsy housemaid aka Maylene, gardener aka Finian and the house steward aka Tanaka who always goes ho, ho, ho.

So far Ciel has solved quite a number of mysterious cases and most of the time, Sebastian has to go to his rescue in order to keep Ciel alive. As proof of their contract, Ciel's right eye has a special symbol that can also be found on Sebastian's left hand.

Through wikipedia, I discovered that the seiyu fo Ciel is actually a woman named Maaya Sakamoto. Not that I'm very surprised though. Most seiyus do voice acting for both genders as they probably can widen their horizons as well.

For now I shall continue to watch the anime after which I will start on reading the manga. Sometimes the anime might differ from the manga.

Kuroshitsuji is quite worthwhile to watch so I would recommend it to anyone who's interested to watch some supernatural dramatic comedy.

^o^