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Black Butler II (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kuroshitsuji II (Japanese)
黑執事II (Chinese (Taiwan))
黒執事Ⅱ (Japanese)
Genres: supernatural
Themes: shinigami
Plot Summary: In late-nineteenth century England, one year and three months after the dramatic conclusion of the original series, Kuroshitsuji II introduces a new butler and young master. The sadistic yet cheerful Alois Trancy has faced some harsh times. He was kidnapped as a baby, and was forced to work in a village as a slave. Gradually, he lost his parents, his best friend, and everyone he knew. Alois eventually returned home and became the head of his mansion, but seemed to exhibit some strange behavior ever since. Even more curiously, he returned with Claude Faustus, an enigmatic, emotionless butler with unfathomable talent...
Ratings: 1143 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 136 votes (sub:103, dub:27, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 211 votes (sub:152, dub:56, Eng:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 305 votes (sub:212, dub:81, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:9
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 216 votes (sub:151, dub:57, raw:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 120 votes (sub:89, dub:26, ?:1, others:4
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 51 votes (sub:39, dub:7, ?:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 37 votes (sub:27, dub:7, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 35 votes (sub:28, dub:5, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 18 votes (sub:15, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2683 s, rank: #416 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.423 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.9631, rank: #2184 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.270 (Good+), rank: #2586 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.29 / seen some: 7.65 / won't finish: 3.63)
Bayesian estimate: 7.272 (Good+), rank: #2315 (of 7635)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2010-07-01
Opening Theme:
"SHIVER" by the GazettE
Ending Theme:
"Bird" by Yuya Matsushita
#2: "Kagayaku Sora no Sijima ni wa" by Kalafina
Insert song:
"Kagayaku sora no Shijima ni wa" by Kalafina (ep 12)
Trivia: We have 3
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Black Butler - Seasons 1 & 2 [f.y.e. exclusive] (BD+DVD) 2016-06-21
    Black Butler II - The Complete 2nd Season [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2012-04-03 (from $97.97)
    Black Butler II - The Complete 2nd Season (BD+DVD) 2013-05-28 (from $39.95)
    Black Butler II - The Complete 2nd Season [Anime Classics] (BD+DVD) 2014-10-14 (from $66.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Series Composition: Mari Okada
Script:
Toshizo Nemoto (eps 5-6)
Storyboard:
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 9)
Episode Director:
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 9)
Unit Director:
Tatsuyuki Nagai (OP 2)
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Original creator: Yana Toboso
Character Design: Minako Shiba
Art Director: Manabu Otsuzuki
Chief Animation Director: Minako Shiba
Animation Director:
Yumenosuke Tokuda (eps 5, 11)
Art design: Kazushige Kanehira
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Cgi Director: Takayuki Furukawa
Director of Photography: Takayuki Furukawa
Key Animation Director: Tadashi Sakazaki
Executive producer:
Tomonori Ochikoshi (A-1 Pictures)
Producer:
Shunsuke Saito (Aniplex)

2nd Key Animation:
Yūsuke Tanaka (ep 2)
3D Animation:
Hiroyuki Moriyama (A-1 Pictures; 9 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-10, 12
)

Takayuki Furukawa (A-1 Pictures; eps 6-9, 12)
Advertising Producer: Kazuko Yamamoto
Animation Director Cooperation: Tadashi Sakazaki (ep 12)
Assistant Animation Director:
Yoshiko Okuda (ep 8)
Associate producer:
Yasutaka Kimura (Square Enix)
Background Art:
Saho Yamane (KUSANAGI; OP 2; 10 episodes
eps 1, 3-8, 10-12
)

Yuki Umino (KUSANAGI; ep 4)
Background Art Cooperation: Asuka Komiyama (eps 8-12)
Color Check:
Rika Kingetsu (5 episodes
eps 2, 6-12 even
)

Yuki Umeda (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Color Check Assistant: Akane Yamaguchi (ep 12)
Color design:
Yuki Umeda
Color setting:
Rika Kingetsu (5 episodes
eps 2, 6-12 even
)

Yuki Umeda (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Editing: Masahiro Gotō
Editing Assistant: Tamori Suizu
Format Editing:
Yuki Honda
Historical Research Cooperation: Rico Murakami
Illustration Scanning: Hiroaki Hirata
In-Between Animation:
Yuri Arima (A-1 Pictures; ep 2)
In-Between Check:
Tomoko Miyata (eps 2, 6, 8, 12)
Key Animation:
Takahiro Gotō (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 10
)

Tomoaki Takase (OP 2; 4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 10, 12
)

Yuta Tsuchiya (eps 4, 12)
Logo Design: Yuuichi Nakagawa
Music producer: Keiichi Sotomura
Paint:
Yuichi Furuichi (ED)
Photography:
Harukata Kinoshita (OP 1-2, ED 2; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12
)

Hiroyuki Moriyama (OP 2, ED 2; 6 episodes
eps 2, 6-8, 10, 12
)

Takayuki Furukawa (OP 1-2, ED 1-2; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12
)

Toshiaki Aoshima (ED 2; eps 7-8, 10, 12)
Planning:
Takao Minegishi (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners)
Production Advancement:
Toshimasa Ishii (ep 10)
Production Affairs: Keiko Kitamura
Production Affairs Manager: Keiko Ishikawa
Production Committee:
Yūsuke Sekitani (Mainichi Broadcasting)
Production Desk: Narumi Kabe
Prop Design: Haruo Miyagawa
Publicity:
Shintarō Komatsu (Aniplex)
Publicity Cooperation: Hiromi Hasegawa
Recording Assistant: Haruka Matsushita
Setting Production: Ayano Kikuchi
Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mitsui
Sound Engineer: Haru Yamada
Sound Production Manager: Satoshi Sasaki
Special Effects:
Yuichi Furuichi (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12
)

Yuki Umeda (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Supervision: Tsuyoshi Kuma
Systems Manager: Masayoshi Yoshioka
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yuki Kajiura (ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
Yuki Kajiura (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuki Kajiura (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Yūya Matsushita (ED)
Web Publicity Producer: Rie Tsuzuki
Daisuke Ono as Sebastian Michaelis
Maaya Sakamoto as Ciel Phantomhive
Nana Mizuki as Alois Trancy
Takahiro Sakurai as Claude Faustus

Aya Hirano as Hannah Anafeloz
Jun Fukuyama as Grell Sutcliff
Junichi Suwabe as Undertaker

Akimitsu Takase as Priest (ep 4)
Ayano Ishikawa as Ellen (ep 3)
Chihiro Tagaino as Boy B (ep 8)
Daisuke Matsuo as Former Male Servant (ep 7)
Emiri Katō as Meirin
Haruka Kamiya as Woman from Ghost Town (ep 10)
Hirokazu Miura as
Man (ep 9)
Tailor (ep 2)
Hiroki Tōchi as Bard
Hiroki Yasumoto as Agni (eps 5-6)
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Abberline's Brother
Hitoshi Yanai as Musician (ep 6)
Junko Shimeno as Boy A (ep 8)
Kanji Suzumori as Man A (ep 8)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Elderly Japanese Man (ep 4)
Kazue Nakagawa as Elderly Japanese Woman (ep 4)
Kenichi Suzumura as
Canterbury
Thompson
Timber
KENN as Ronald Knox (ep 9)
Kentarō Tone as Priest (ep 1)
Kimiyoshi Kibe as Doctor (ep 9)
Kōji Yusa as Lau
Kotomi Otsuka as Boy A (ep 10)
Kouzou Douzaka as Assassin (ep 4)
Marina Inoue as Luka Macken
Masahiro Okazaki as Nobleman (ep 2)
Meguru Takahashi as Child (ep 9)
Mikoto Satō as Boy B (ep 10)
Mina Kobayashi as Noblewoman (ep 2)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Arnold Trancy (ep 1)
Momoko Ohara as Boy (ep 9)
Motoi Koyanagi as Archaeologist (ep 4)
Noriaki Sugiyama as William T. Spears (ep 9)
Ryuugo Saito as Ackroyd (ep 4)
Sayuri Yahagi as Lan-Mao
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Soma Asman Kadar (eps 5-6)
Shinya Fukumatsu as Earl Trancy (ep 8)
Shoko Tsuda as Margaret (ep 3)
Shūhei Takubo as Male Train Maniac (ep 4)
Shunji Fujimura as Tanaka
Souryuu Konno as Man B (ep 8)
Takafumi Yamaguchi as
Guest (ep 6)
Porter (ep 4)
Takahiro Shimura as Mr. Turner (ep 3)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Viscount Druitt
Tomoyuki Higuchi as Ellen's Husband (ep 3)
Yui Itsuki as Paula (eps 5-6)
Yukari Tamura as Elizabeth Middleford
Yūki Kaji as Finnian
Yutaka Aoyama as Randall (ep 3)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
GoHands (5 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10, 12
)

Xebec (ep 4)
3DCGI:
Asahi Production (ep 9)
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Backgrounds:
Kusanagi
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2010-07-02)
In-Between Animation:
Ashi Productions (5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8-9, 11
)

FAI (OP 2; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7-8, 10, 12
)

ingresA (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 7-8, 10, 12
)

Triple A (OP 2; 6 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 10, 12
)

ufotable (OP 1; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 8, 10, 12
)

ZEXCS (ep 2)
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (ep 7)
Music Production: Aniplex
Paint:
A-1 Pictures (OP 1; 5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7-8, 10
)

FAI (OP 2; 6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7-8, 10, 12
)

Triple A (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 10, 12
)

Wish (eps 1, 4, 6, 8)
Photography:
Ashi Productions (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Production:
Square Enix
Production Cooperation: Ashi Productions (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Recording Studio: Boomerang Studio
Sound Production: Trinity Sound
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Ian Sinclair
Translation: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer: Stephen Hoff
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Commentary:
Luci Christian (ep 1)
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin
Line Producer: Colleen Clinkenbeard
Mix Engineer: Andrew Tipps
Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Robert Bell
Video Engineer:
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Brina Palencia as Ciel Phantomhive
J. Michael Tatum as Sebastian Michaelis
Jason Douglas as Claude Faustus
Luci Christian as Alois Trancy

Caitlin Glass as Hannah Annafellows
Daniel Fredrick as Grell Sutcliff

Barry Yandell as William T. Spears (ep 9)
Brian Witkowicz as Mr. Turner (ep 3)
Charles Campbell as Arnold Trancy (eps 1, 8)
Cherami Leigh as Elizabeth Midford
Chris Ayres as Soma (eps 5-6)
Duncan Brannan as Priest (ep 4)
Ian Sinclair as
Bardroy
Raven (ep 12)
Jason Liebrecht as Finnian
Jerry Jewell as Lau
Jessica Cavanagh as Paula (eps 5-6)
Joel McDonald as Ronald Knox (ep 9)
Joey Gibson as Johnny (ep 4)
John Gremillion as Randall (ep 3)
John Swasey as Undertaker (ep 3)
Jonathan Brooks as Fred Abberline
Linda Young as Elderly Japanese Woman (ep 4)
Lindsay Seidel as Luka Macken 
Monica Rial as Mey-Rin
Nancy Sherrard as Margaret (ep 3)
Patrick Seitz as Agni (eps 5-6)
R Bruce Elliott as
Elderly Japanese Man (ep 4)
Tanaka
Randy Pearlman as
Preist (ep 1) 
Priest (ep 1)
Scott Freeman as
Canterbury
Thompson
Timber
Todd Haberkorn as Viscount Druitt
Trina Nishimura as Ranmao
Tyler Walker as Ackroyd (ep 4)
Tyson Rinehart as Former Trancy Staff (ep 7)

English companies
Internet Streaming:
Netflix (English speaking-territories)
Licensed by:
Man Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Bruno Meyere
Jackie Berger as Aloïs Trancy
Jean-Marco Montalto as Sebastian Michaelis
Jean-Pierre Leblan as Claude Faustus
Marie Diot as Ciel Phantomhive

Alexandre Coadour as Grell Sutcliff
Bruno Meyere as Undertaker
Céline Melloul as Hannah

Bruno Meyere as Vicomte de Druitt
Céline Melloul as Elizabeth de Midford
François Creton as Fred Abberlein
Gilbert Levy as Tanaka
Grégory Laisné as Finnian
Marie Diot as May Linn
Pascal Casanova as Ignir
Vincent De Bouard as
Soma
Soma Asman Kadar
French companies
Broadcaster: MCM (from 13 March 2011)
Distributor:
Mediatoon
Dubbing: WanTake
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Idzi Dutkiewicz as Sebastian Michaelis
Manuel Campuzano as Claude Faustus
Marc Winslow as Ciel Phantomhive
Sebastian Garcia as Alois Trancy

Mayra Arellano as Hannah Annafellows
Miguel Angel Ruiz as Grell Sutcliff
Rene Garcia as Undertaker

Alan Fernando Velázquez as Soma Asman Kadar
Andrés García as Bardroy
Arturo Mercado as Ackroyd (ep 4)
Betzabe Jara as Ran-Mao
Elena Ramirez as Margaret Turner (ep 3)
Enrique Cervantes as Arnold Trancy
Humberto Solorzano as Earl Trancy
Jorge Roig as Tanaka
José Ángel Torres as Ronald Knox
Verania Ortiz as Mey-Rin
Victor Ugarte as William T. Spears

Spanish companies
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Latin America)
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Bernhard Völger
Bernhard Völger as Sebastian Michaelis
Christian Zeiger as Alois Trancy
Matthias Deutelmoser as Claude Faustus
Sebastian Fitzner as Ciel Phantomhive

Julien Haggege as Grell Sutcliff
Michael Pan as Undertaker

Alexander Doering as
Azzuro 
Soma
Anja Rybiczka as Maylene
Christian Gaul as William T. Spears
Dirk Petrick as Finnian
Dirk Stollberg as
Drocell Keinz 
Pluto
Felix Spieß as Bard
Jan Spitzer as Randall
Karlo Hackenberger as Viscount Druitt
Luisa Wietzorek as Paula
Nadja Reichardt as Madam Red 
Olivia Büschken as Elizabeth Middleford
Peter Reinhardt as Damiano (ep 1) 
Rainer Doering as Meister (eps 10-12) 
Schaukje Könning as Angela Blanc
Thomas Schmuckert as Fred Abberline
Till Völger as Lau
German companies
Distributor: Kazé
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Bernardo Berro
Translation: Arnaldo Santini

ADR Engineer:
Pedro Del Rio
Mix Engineer: Rane Souza
Production: Bruno Casemiro
Production Coordination: Bruno Sangregório
Subtitling: Matheus Maggi
Technical Coordination: Anderson Carvalho
Arthur Machado as Sebastian Michaelis
Felipe Grinnan as Claude Faustus
João Vitor Mafra as Ciel Phantomhive
Marina Santana as Alois Trancy

Bruno Sangregório as Undertaker
Fellipe Defall as Grell Sutcliff
Fernanda Baronne as Hannah Annafellows

Alexander Vestri as Viscount Druitt
Alexandre Soares as Tanaka
Arnaldo Santini as
Canterbury
Thompson
Timber
Bianca Lua as Paula (eps 5-6)
Cassiano Ávila as Arthur Randall
Cláudia Victoria as Margaret Turner (ep 3)
Enzo Dannemann as Luka Macken
Fernando Prado as Edward Abberline
Gigi Patta as Elizabeth Midford
Gilberto Baroli as Earl Trancy
Guilherme Conradi as Bardroy
Guilherme Marques as Arnold Trancy
Jonas Falcão as Agni (eps 5-6)
Leandro Luna as Drossel Keinz
Renan Alonso as Ronald Knox
Rodrigo Martim as William T. Spears (ep 9)
Stephany Custodi as Mey-Rin
Vitor Mello as Soma Asman Kadar (eps 5-6)
Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Dubrasil
Internet Streaming:
Netflix
Licensed by: Aniplex of America
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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