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Kuroshitsuji: Emerald Witch Arc (黒執事 -緑の魔女編-, Kuroshitsuji -Midori no Majo-Hen-) is a Kuroshitsuji series and the upcoming fifth season of the Kuroshitsuji anime. It premiered on April 5, 2025.[1][2][3][4]
Plot[]
19th-century England―Sebastian Michaelis, butler of the prestigious aristocratic Phantomhive family, and his 13-year-old master Ciel Phantomhive, the Queen's Watchdog, undertake dirty jobs in the underworld.
On the Queen's order, Sebastian and Ciel head to Germany to investigate a series of mysterious deaths. While they search for the truth about the Werewolves' Forest where anyone who sets foot inside it is cursed to death, a horrifying curse falls upon them.[5]
Background[]
The fifth season of the Kuroshitsuji anime was teased on June 22, 2024, in the stinger of Season 4's final episode. It was formally announced on July 6, 2024[3] at a special behind-the-scenes panel at Anime Expo with host Connor "CDawgVA" Colquhoun and guests Daisuke Ono (Sebastian Michaelis' voice actor), Director Kenjiro Okada, and Producer Yoshito Ito.[6][7]
CloverWorks and Crunchyroll LLC will produce the season which is scheduled to air in 2025. Daisuke Ono and Maaya Sakamoto will reprise their respective roles of Sebastian Michaelis and Ciel Phantomhive.[4]
On December 8, 2024, during the "Kuroshitsuji: Public School Arc AFTER the MIDNIGHT TEA PARTY ～A Return to Weston College～" event, the first teaser visual, the first character designs, and the premiere month (April 2025) for the new season were revealed, along with the voice actors for Sieglinde Sullivan and Wolfram Gelzer. They will be voiced by Rie Kugimiya and Chikahiro Kobayashi respectively.[1][2]
Statistics[]
General[]
Staff[]
- Original: Yana Toboso
- Director: Kenjiro Okada
- Screenplay: Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Character Design: Yumi Shimazu
- Chief Animation Director: TBA
- Music: Ryo Kawasaki
Companies[]
- Animation Production: CloverWorks
- Distributor: Crunchyroll LLC
Home Release[]
Trivia[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 S5: Premiere and first cast announcement — Official Kuroshitsuji anime on Twitter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc Anime Reveals 2 New Cast, More Returning Staff, April 2025 Debut" — Anime News Network
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Season 5 announcement — Official Kuroshitsuji anime on Twitter
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Anime Announced, Crunchyroll to Stream" — Crunchyroll
- ↑ Official description — official Kuroshitsuji anime website
- ↑ Special panel at Anime Expo 2024 — Official Kuroshitsuji anime on Twitter
- ↑ "Crunchyroll Anime Expo 2024 Panels and Premieres Schedule Revealed (UPDATED)" — Crunchyroll
- ↑ https://x.com/co_shu_nie/status/1880231158878990489
- ↑ https://x.com/RYUGUJOofficial/status/1893281387987534321
See also[]
- Kuroshitsuji, the first season
- Kuroshitsuji II, the second season
- Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus, the third season
- Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder, the theatrical OVA
- Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic, the movie
- Kuroshitsuji: Public School Arc, the fourth season
External links[]
- Official Sites
- Japanese