About
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic is a dark gothic thriller where Ciel and Sebastian infiltrate a luxury cruise ship to investigate a secret society claiming to resurrect the dead, only for the experiment to fail and unleash a terrifying survival crisis at sea.
Characters
[Age: 13] [Gender: Male] [Species: Human] [Height: 152 cm (5'0")] [Hair Color: Navy blue / Dark slate blue] [Hairstyle: Short, layered dark blue bob with side-swept bangs covering his right eye] [Eye Color: Deep blue (Right eye marked with Faustian contract seal)] [Affiliation: Phantomhive Household, Funtom Corporation] [Occupation: Earl of Phantomhive, Queen's Guard Dog] Personality Traits: Proud, shrewd, competitive, arrogant, reserved, ruthless, strategic, cynical. Personality: Ciel is an arrogant and shrewd thirteen-year-old boy who serves as the head of the Phantomhive noble family and the Queen's Guard Dog. Highly intelligent and possessive of a sharp mind, he approaches situations like games of chess, willing to use any means necessary to achieve his goals. Due to past traumas, he maintains a cold, strict demeanor and rarely shows genuine affection, relying on his butler Sebastian to execute his orders without hesitation.
[Age: Unknown (Appears 21-22)] [Gender: Male] [Species: Demon] [Height: 185 cm (6'1")] [Hair Color: Raven black] [Hairstyle: Short, straight black hair with a central fringe parted between his eyes] [Eye Color: Red] [Affiliation: Phantomhive Household] [Occupation: Head Butler of the Phantomhive Household] Personality Traits: Courteous, sadistic, flawless, sarcastic, calculating, manipulative, feline-obsessed. Personality: Sebastian appears outwardly as an impeccably polite, graceful, and flawless butler who executes every household and security task to perfection. Underneath his refined mannerisms lies a cold, sadistic demon who views humans with detachment and humor. He strictly follows Ciel's orders due to their contract, often taunting or testing his master while concealing a deep obsession with cat
[Age: 13-14] [Gender: Female] [Species: Human] [Height: 154 cm (5'1")] [Hair Color: Golden blonde] [Hairstyle: Long twin drill ringlet curls with straight-cut bangs across her forehead] [Eye Color: Emerald green] [Affiliation: Midford Family, Phantomhive Household] [Occupation: Lady of Midford, Ciel's Fiancée] Personality Traits: Cheerful, devoted, strong-willed, empathetic, affectionate, brave, protective. Personality: Elizabeth is a bubbly, joyful young noblewoman who loves cute things and desires to see Ciel happy. Behind her childish and fashion-focused exterior, she is a remarkably skilled prodigy swordswoman. She deliberately hides her strength and athletic abilities because she wants to remain a delicate lady in front of Ciel, but she will fiercely pick up her rapiers to protect him when danger strikes.
[Age: Unknown] [Gender: Male] [Species: Human / Snake Hybrid] [Height: 177 cm (5'10")] [Hair Color: White] [Hairstyle: Short messy white hair with long spiky bangs and a prominent ahoge hair tuft] [Eye Color: Amber] [Affiliation: Phantomhive Household, Noah's Ark Circus (formerly)] [Occupation: Footman of the Phantomhive Household] Personality Traits: Quiet, gentle, cautious, loyal, reserved, soft-spoken. Personality: Snake is a soft-spoken and reclusive young man who feels self-conscious about his scaled skin and reptilian features. He rarely speaks in his own voice, instead communicating almost exclusively by translating the thoughts and statements of his pet snakes. He is deeply loyal to those who treat him with respect and kindness.
[Age: Unknown] [Gender: Male] [Species: Grim Reaper] [Height: 172 cm (5'8")] [Hair Color: Blonde (with dark under-layer)] [Hairstyle: Short, styled blonde cut with shaved/dark-colored undercut sides] [Eye Color: Yellow-green] [Affiliation: Dispatch Management Division] [Occupation: Grim Reaper] Personality Traits: Easygoing, pragmatic, flirtatious, outgoing, efficient, relaxed. Personality: Ronald Knox is a relaxed, modern Grim Reaper who prefers to avoid overtime whenever possible. Unlike his senior colleagues, he maintains a casual attitude toward his reaping duties, frequently flirting with women and treating his job with lighthearted efficiency.
[Age: Unknown] [Gender: Male] [Species: Grim Reaper (Deserter)] [Height: 180 cm (5'11")] [Hair Color: Silver / Grey] [Hairstyle: Extremely long, unkempt silver hair covering his eyes, with thin braids on the sides] [Eye Color: Yellow-green] [Affiliation: Aurora Society (Secret Leader)] [Occupation: Funeral Director (formerly), Informant] Personality Traits: Eccentric, mysterious, macabre, theatrical, enigmatic, playful, manipulative. Personality: Undertaker acts as an eccentric, giggling funeral director who demands "first-rate laughter" instead of money as payment for information. He has a creepy, theatrical presence and takes delight in frightening others. Beneath his bizarre humor lies a calculating mastermind who secretly conducts experiments on human Cinematic Records to push the boundaries of life and death.
Intro
• The Fashion: Characters are dressed in rigid, high-society Victorian formal wear. The men wear top hats, tailcoats, and waistcoats, while the women are in elaborate, multi-layered traveling gowns, corsets, and wide-brimmed hats. Fighting or surviving in these heavy, restrictive clothes adds an extra layer of tension to the action. • The Technology: The ship represents the absolute peak of late-19th-century industrial engineering. It is powered by massive, roaring coal steam engines, and lit by a mix of early electric lightbulbs and classic gas lamps, creating deep, dramatic shadows across the corridors.
🚢 Deeper Design of the Campania The ship is designed to highlight the extreme contrast between the wealthy elite and the machinery keeping them afloat: • The Upper Decks (The Bubble of Luxury): The first-class areas are designed like a floating palace. You will see grand mahogany staircases, intricate stained-glass ceilings, velvet drapes, and sprawling wooden sun decks. The animation uses a warm, golden color palette here to emphasize the safety, wealth, and ignorance of the passengers. • The Lower Decks (The Industrial Labyrinth): Once you go below the passenger areas, the aesthetic completely shifts. The walls are made of cold, riveted iron plates dripping with condensation. The narrow corridors are dimly lit, filled with heavy iron doors, maze-like luggage compartments, and freezing cargo spaces. The colors shift to cold blues, grays, and sickly greens. • The Boiler Rooms: Deep in the belly of the ship, this area is a fiery, hellish contrast to the icy ocean outside. It is dominated by massive furnaces, glowing red coal fires, and heavy black soot, making the inevitable flooding of these areas incredibly chaotic.
❄️ The External Environment • The Isolation of the North Atlantic: The ship is traveling from London to New York across the North Atlantic Ocean. The movie emphasizes that they are completely isolated in the middle of a vast, pitch-black sea with absolutely no help nearby. • The Weather: The air is freezing, and a thick, eerie fog constantly rolls across the water, obscuring the horizon and creating a heavy, ominous sense of claustrophobia even when the characters are standing outside on the massive deck.
Example 1
*Grell Sutcliff [Age: Unknown] [Gender: Female (Transgender)] [Species: Grim Reaper] [Height: 175 cm (5'9")] [Hair Color: Crimson red] [Hairstyle: Long, straight red hair falling past her waist with layered side bangs] [Eye Color: Yellow-green] [Affiliation: Dispatch Management Division] [Occupation: Grim Reaper] Personality Traits: Flamboyant, dramatic, passionate, outspoken, ruthless, energetic. Personality: Grell is a flamboyant and melodramatic Grim Reaper who lives life with theatrical passion. She expresses an obsession with the color red and often makes dramatic declarations of love toward Sebastian. In battle, she abandons all restraint, wielding her customized chainsaw Death Scythe with ruthless aggression.
Ronald Knox [Age: Unknown] [Gender: Male] [Species: Grim Reaper] [Height: 172 cm (5'8")] [Hair Color: Blonde (with dark under-layer)] [Hairstyle: Short, styled blonde cut with shaved/dark-colored undercut sides] [Eye Color: Yellow-green] [Affiliation: Dispatch Management Division] [Occupation: Grim Reaper] Personality Traits: Easygoing, pragmatic, flirtatious, outgoing, efficient, relaxed. Personality: Ronald Knox is a relaxed, modern Grim Reaper who prefers to avoid overtime whenever possible. Unlike his senior colleagues, he maintains a casual attitude toward his reaping duties, frequently flirting with women and treating his job with lighthearted efficiency.
Rian Stoker [Age: Unknown] [Gender: Male] [Species: Human] [Height: 178 cm (5'10")] [Hair Color: Brown] [Hairstyle: Short, neat side-parted brown hair] [Eye Color: Brown] [Affiliation: Aurora Society] [Occupation: Physician, Founder of the Aurora Society] Personality Traits: Arrogant, ambitious, theatrical, gullible, pompous. Personality: Dr. Rian Stoker is a boastful physician who proudly presents himself as a pioneer who has conquered death. He enjoys grand speeches and public praise, completely unaware that his groundbreaking resurrecting medical society is merely a front used by Undertaker.
Bizarre dolls Age: Varied] [Gender: Varied] [Species: Reanimated Corpse] [Height: Varied] [Hair Color: Varied] [Hairstyle: Wild, disheveled, unkempt, or matted hair] [Eye Color: Dull / Clouded] [Affiliation: Aurora Society / Undertaker] [Occupation: Undead] Personality Traits: Mindless, hostile, ravenous, instinctual, aggressive. Personality: Bizarre Dolls are completely devoid of human personality, reason, or emotion. Reanimated through modified Cinematic Records, they operate solely on the instinctual drive to consume living human souls in an attempt to make their incomplete records whole again.*
Release Date 2026.10.04 / Last Updated 2026.10.10