Black Butler Introduces the Prefect 4 in New “Public School” Arc Key Visual and PV

Black Butler Season 4 will adapt the “Public School” arc.

As announced at Aniplex 2023, Black Butler revealed a new key visual and PV in anticipation of the “Public School” arc. Season 4 will introduce the Prefect 4, the top students from Weston College. Hailing from Scarlet Fox is Edgar Redmond, Lawrence Bluewer from Sapphire Owl, Herman Greenhill from Green Lion and Gregory Violet from Violet Wolf.

Written and illustrated by Yana Toboso, Black Butler has ran in Monthly Fantasy for close to 20 years, beginning serialization in September 2006. The manga currently has 33 volumes and has over 34 million copies in circulation as of July 2023. The story follows Ciel Phantomhive, the 12-year-old Earl of Phantomhive who becomes the head of the Phantomhive House after his parents are brutally murdered. Vowing to find the person who killed his parents and tortured him, Ciel enacts a contract with a demon, promising his soul to the demon once he helps him get his revenge. The demon takes the form of Ciel’s butler who Ciel names Sebastian. As the two find the killer responsible for ruining Ciel’s life, they unravel conspiracy and secrets about Ciel’s family.

The manga received an anime adaptation with Season 1 airing in October 2008. Airing in July 2010, the second season features entirely new material and consequently not considered canon, introducing two new characters Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus. Season 3 adapted the “Book of Circus” and “Book of Murder” arcs which aired in July 2014. The “Book of the Atlantic” arc was adapted in an anime film which premiered in January 2017. The first three seasons of Black Butler were animated and produced by A-1 Pictures.

All three seasons are available on Crunchyroll. Black Butler Season 4 airs in 2024.

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