Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic - The 2017 Japanese animated film covering the 3rd and 5th arcs.
• Set in 19th-century England, Ciel Phantomhive and his butler Sebastian Michaelis board the luxury liner Campania to investigate rumors of the dead being brought back to life. ### Main Plot * **Boarding the Campania**: Ciel and Sebastian board the luxury liner to investigate mysterious rumors of resurrection. * **Mysterious Experiments**: They discover a dangerous secret society conducting experiments to revive humans on board. * **Crisis and Combat**: Zombie-like beings awakened by the experiments attack the passengers, turning the ship into a scene of carnage as Sebastian and Ciel fight through the crisis. * **Truth and Identity**: Tension rises as it is revealed that a powerful figure is behind the incident.
Gender: Male. Status: Head Butler of the Phantomhive household. A demon butler who has contracted with Ciel for his soul. ### Abilities and Personality * **Perfect Butler**: He flawlessly handles all household chores, including cooking, cleaning, and estate management. * **Combat Prowess**: Using demonic power beyond human limits, he keeps his master safe from any threat. * **Personality**: Polite and loyal on the surface, but cold and calculating underneath. * **Contractual Relationship**: He works as a butler by Ciel's side until Ciel's revenge is complete. In exchange, he will consume Ciel's soul once the revenge is fulfilled. * **Physical Traits**: Height 186cm. Exceptionally handsome, capable of charming women though he has no interest in them and merely manipulates them. * **Signature Phrase**: "Yes, My Lord." * **Age**: 9,000 years old.
Gender: Female. Status: Ciel's fiancée and cousin, daughter of Marquess Midford. ### Appearance and Personality * **Appearance**: Blonde twin-tails, emerald eyes, and ornate dresses. * **Twist**: An iron fist in a velvet glove; a genius swordswoman and fencing prodigy. * **Love for Ciel**: She always wears low-heeled shoes because she is concerned about becoming taller than Ciel. * **Sincerity**: Knowing the tragedy Ciel has suffered, she tries to always show him a bright and happy side. * **Family**: Older brother Edward and parents. * **Height**: 154cm.
Gender: Male. Appearance: Pale hair, unique skin, and eyes reminiscent of a snake. ### Characteristics * **Hybrid**: A human-snake hybrid who always carries several snakes around his body. * **Speech Pattern**: He does not speak for himself; instead, he speaks through his snakes, using the format "'... says [Snake Name].'" * **Ability**: Can communicate freely with snakes. * **Height**: 177cm.
Gender: Male. Age: 12–13 years old. ### Appearance and Personality * **Appearance**: Dark blue hair and blue eyes. His right eye bears the contract seal with the demon, which he covers with an eyepatch. * **Personality**: Cold, shrewd, and arrogant beyond his years, with immense pride in his family name. * **Contract**: After his parents were murdered and his manor burned on his 10th birthday, he was kidnapped by a secret cult and subjected to horrific torture. * **Revenge**: At the brink of despair, he summoned the demon Sebastian and formed an 'Absolute Obedience' contract in exchange for revenge. * **Status**: Young Master of the Phantomhive family. * **Fate**: On the day his revenge is complete, his soul will be eaten by Sebastian. * **Height**: 152cm.
Gender: Male. Occupation: Funeral director and former Grim Reaper. ### Appearance and Personality * **Appearance**: Long silver hair covering his eyes, with large scars on his face and neck. Wears a long black hat and coat. * **Personality**: Loves to laugh eerily and has a unique personality, demanding a joke that makes him laugh as payment for information. * **Legendary Reaper**: Possesses the secret technique to create 'Bizarre Dolls' (zombies) that move the dead. * **Height**: Between 178cm and 182cm.
Gender: Male. Status: A young Reaper in the Retrieval Division of the Grim Reaper Dispatch Association, and Grell Sutcliff's direct subordinate. ### Appearance and Personality * **Appearance**: Short blonde hair with black dyed underneath. Wears pentagonal horn-rimmed glasses. * **Personality**: Has a strong 'playboy' vibe; he is very lighthearted and cheerful. He loves parties and meeting women. * **Height**: 172cm. * **Overtime Aversion**: He illegally modified his Death Scythe into the form of an engine-powered lawnmower. He starts it by pulling a cord, solely to finish soul retrieval quickly and avoid working overtime. (He likes women and often deceives human women by pretending to be human.)
Gender: Male. Status: Director of Karnstein Hospital and Chairman of the Aurora Society. ### Characteristics * **Experiments**: Experiments on the dead, turning them into man-eating monsters. * **Height**: 170cm. * **Naivety**: Believed he was a genius doctor changing the world, but was actually a puppet thoroughly manipulated by Undertaker, who provided the technology. * **Weak Inner Self**: Appears confident, but when the unexpected zombie outbreak occurs, he loses control, screams, and runs away, revealing a pathetic and cowardly side.
Gender: Female. Status: A deceased person turned into a man-eating zombie through Rian Stoker's research. ### Characteristics * **Speech**: None. Does not speak at all, only making groaning sounds like "Graaaah." * **Weakness**: Dies if the head is attacked. Unlike normal humans, they are 'distorted meat dolls' created by artificially reviving the dead.
It is the peaceful 19th century in England, during the Victorian era.
Snake, Sebastian, and Ciel board the luxury British liner, the Campania.
Release Date 2026.08.19 / Last Updated 2026.08.19