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Black Butler: Book of Murder (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder (Japanese)
黒執事 Book of Murder (Japanese)
Plot Summary: At the Queen’s request, Ciel and the demon butler Sebastian host an extravagant dinner party for the who’s who of the London underground. But an evening that begins with the promise of unmatched elegance quickly spirals into mayhem when their most distinguished guest is found murdered in his room. Now, trapped in the Phantomhive Manor by a dark and stormy night, Ciel and Sebastian must work together with their high-class guests, including the legendary author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to find the murderer in their midst before the blame falls on the host and his somewhat suspicious staff.
User Ratings: 140 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Excellent: 34 votes (sub:18, dub:14, ?:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 44 votes (sub:30, dub:11, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 30 votes (sub:22, dub:6, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:3)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 325 users, rank: #2895 (of 9860)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.800 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3638, rank: #1068 (of 10016)
Weighted mean: 7.794 (Very good−), rank: #965 (of 10016) (seen all: 7.78 / seen some: 10.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.767 (Very good−), rank: #741 (of 7553)
Running time: 58 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2014-10-25
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Screenplay: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Storyboard:
Kazunori Mizuno (ep 1)
Noriyuki Abe (ep 2)
Takayuki Tanaka (ep 2)
Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 1)
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 1-2)
Unit Director:
Ayako Kōno (ep 1)
Harume Kosaka (ep 2)
Ken Ando (ep 1)
Mitsutaka Noshitani (eps 1-2)
Original creator: Yana Toboso
Character Design: Minako Shiba
Art Director: Manabu Otsuzuki
Chief Animation Director:
Chisato Kawaguchi
Minako Shiba
Animation Director:
Akane Umezu (eps 1-2)
Chiaki Furuzumi (eps 1-2)
Manabu Nii (ep 2)
Manami Fukuyo (ep 2)
Mariko Emori (ep 2)
Michinori Shiga (ep 1)
Mika Sawada (ep 2)
Mio Inoguchi (eps 1-2)
Satoshi Kikuchi (ep 1)
Shōko Maruyama (ep 1)
Takuji Yoshimoto (ep 1)
Tomoko Ito (ep 2)
Toshie Kawamura (ep 1)
Yūko Sobu (eps 1-2)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 2)
Yusuke Koike (ep 1)
Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Cgi Director: Takayuki Furukawa
Director of Photography:
Kento Sasaki
Nozomi Shitara

2D Work:
Chie Katō (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Eri Katō (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
3D Animation:
Hiroyuki Moriyama (OFFICE △.+; eps 1-2)
Ryoichi Ishigami (FrameBox; eps 1-2)
Ryuta Undo (A-1 Pictures; eps 1-2)
Takayuki Furukawa (OFFICE △.+; eps 1-2)
Toru Tookuni (FrameBox; eps 1-2)
Action Director: Shinobu Nishioka (eps 1-2)
Art Setting: Eiko Tsunadō
Assistant Animation Director:
Emi Hirano (ep 1)
Erika Arakawa (ep 1)
Mariko Emori (ep 1)
Background Art:
Kohei Honda (Kusanagi; eps 1-2)
Manabu Otsuzuki (Kusanagi; eps 1-2)
Ryōta Gotō (Kusanagi; eps 1-2)
Background Art Advancement: Hiroaki Hirata (eps 1-2)
Background Assistance:
Cuc Thanh (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Duong Nguyen (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Linh Phuong (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Nguyet Thi (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Quan Minh (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Thao Nguyen (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Thao Phuong (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Trinh Diem (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Vu Thai (Nam Hai; eps 1-2)
Color Coordination:
Chiaki Uesako (eps 1-2)
Kanako Hokari (ep 2)
Masayuki Kusaka (eps 1-2)
Mayu Morita (ep 1)
Yukie Nakajima (eps 1-2)
Yukiko Ario (ep 2)
Yukiko Shigemitsu (ep 1)
Color design: Kanako Hokari
Editing: Masahiro Gotō
Finish Animation:
Atsuho Ito (Wish; eps 1-2)
Emiko Okui (Wish; eps 1-2)
Mayumi Hiraide (Wish; eps 1-2)
Mie Hasegawa (Wish; eps 1-2)
Miki Shimizu (Wish; eps 1-2)
Misato Kaneko (Wish; eps 1-2)
Naoko Sunahara (Wish; eps 1-2)
Yukari Seki (Wish; eps 1-2)
Finish Check:
Chiaki Uesako (eps 1-2)
Kanako Hokari (ep 2)
Mayu Morita (ep 1)
Yukiko Ario (ep 2)
Yukiko Shigemitsu (ep 1)
Finish Check Assistance:
Masayuki Kusaka (eps 1-2)
Yukie Nakajima (eps 1-2)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Ikemure (Odaiba Studio; ep 1)
Arisa Ozawa (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
Chika Nishiyama (Wish; eps 1-2)
Eri Hibino (Odaiba Studio; ep 1)
Miho Fujinuma (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
Mineko Suzuki (Wish; eps 1-2)
Mitsuki Ou (Wish; eps 1-2)
Moeko Mitsuki (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
Nozomu Ichijo (Wish; eps 1-2)
Rikiya Okano (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
Ryota Shimohira (A-1 Pictures; eps 1-2)
Satsuki Hayasaka (Odaiba Studio; ep 1)
Shunta Ōhama (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
Takayuki Kikuchi (A-1 Pictures; eps 1-2)
Tomohiro Ueda (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
William Lee (Odaiba Studio; ep 1)
Yoshihisa Sato (A-1 Pictures; ep 1)
Yuki Akutagawa (A-1 Pictures; eps 1-2)
In-Between Check:
Megumi Masaoka (eps 1-2)
Megumi Tonegawa (ep 2)
Momoko Tamakoshi (eps 1-2)
Yukako Uehara (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Ai Asari (ep 2)
Ai Yamazaki (ep 1)
Akane Umezu (eps 1-2)
Akemi Roppongi (ep 1)
Aki Nakagawa (eps 1-2)
Akiko Kawazoe (ep 1)
Akio Uchino (ep 2)
Arisa Kajiyama (ep 1)
Atsuko Sugawara (ep 1)
Aya Akizuki (ep 2)
Ayako Karatani (ep 1)
Ayano Fujii (ep 1)
Chizuru Mori (eps 1-2)
Eiji Kaneda (ep 2)
Emi Hirano (ep 2)
Emi Nakai (ep 2)
Emi Sakamoto (ep 2)
Erika Arakawa (ep 1)
Gakushi Maeda (eps 1-2)
Hideaki Tsukioka (ep 2)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 2)
Hiromi Daimi (ep 1)
Hiromi Maezawa (ep 2)
Hiroshi Kohara (ep 1)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 2)
Hisae Ikezu (ep 2)
Junko Matsushita (ep 2)
Kanako Abe (ep 2)
Kanako Ōyabu (ep 2)
Kanami Nakao (ep 2)
Kaori Henmi (eps 1-2)
Kaori Yamada (ep 1)
Kazuma Uike (ep 1)
Kazumasa Takeuchi (ep 1)
Keiji Shigesawa (ep 2)
Keiko Imasato (ep 1)
Keiko Takagi (ep 2)
Keita Watanabe (ep 2)
Ken Mukaigawara (ep 1)
Kōhei Yamazaki (ep 2)
Kōichi Takai (ep 1)
Kunihiko Kimura (ep 1)
Kururu Shiozawa (ep 2)
Kyōko Sugiyama (ep 2)
Mamiko Nakanishi (ep 1)
Manabu Nii (ep 2)
Masahiro Furihata (ep 1)
Masaki Inada (ep 1)
Masaru Yoshioka (ep 1)
Masashi Yamada (ep 1)
Mayumi Hidaka (ep 1)
Miharu Nagano (eps 1-2)
Mika Kobayashi (eps 1-2)
Miki Kaneko (ep 2)
Miki Komuro (ep 1)
Mio Inoguchi (ep 1)
Miyuki Honda (eps 1-2)
Miyuki Inoue (ep 1)
Mizue Ogawa (eps 1-2)
Motoki Yagi (ep 2)
Naoaki Hōjō (ep 1)
Naoko Katō (ep 1)
Naomi Okita (ep 2)
Natsumi Ishizaki (ep 2)
Natsuo Kawamura (ep 1)
Nobuo Hashimoto (ep 1)
Norie Kanekubo (ep 2)
Reina Kawasaki (ep 2)
Ryō Iwasaki (ep 2)
Ryoko Amisaki (ep 2)
Sachiko Sugimoto (ep 2)
Sansai Onoki (ep 2)
Shin Tanoue (ep 1)
Shogo Endo (ep 2)
Shōichi Funaki (ep 1)
Shōko Yasuda (ep 1)
Shun Takeda (ep 1)
Shunryō Yamamura (ep 2)
Tadashi Kubo (ep 1)
Taisei Sonoda (eps 1-2)
Takahiro Arai (ep 2)
Takenori Tsukuma (ep 1)
Takuji Yoshimoto (ep 1)
Takumi Yamakawa (ep 2)
Tomoka Mizusawa (eps 1-2)
Tomomi Murayama (ep 1)
Toshie Kawamura (ep 1)
Wataru Hasegawa (ep 1)
Yasunori Aoki (ep 1)
Yōko Naeki (ep 1)
Yōko Suzuka (ep 2)
Yui Kusakabe (ep 1)
Yui Ushio (ep 1)
Yuki Muraosa (ep 2)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 2)
Yukimaro Ōtsubo (eps 1-2)
Yūko Sobu (ep 1)
Yūko Yamamoto (ep 1)
Yuri Kajiwara (ep 1)
Yusako Minami (ep 1)
Yusuke Adachi (eps 1-2)
Logo Design: Yuuichi Nakagawa
Photography:
Chang Sun Park (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Gae Won Heo (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Hiroshi Ōizumi (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Jiro Tazawa (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Katsufumi Sato (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Kouji Takahashi (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Natsumi Iriguchi (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Nozomi Shitara (T2 Studio; ep 1)
Sanae Seno (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Taiki Okutani (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Takeo Goto (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Teruyuki Kawase (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Tomohiro Takahashi (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Toshiya Kimura (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Tsubasa Yokoyama (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Yū Wakabayashi (T2 Studio; ep 2)
Yūichi Takezawa (T2 Studio; eps 1-2)
Production Advancement:
Akinori Ōyama (eps 1-2)
Natsuki Kuroda (ep 2)
Ryū Nitta (ep 1)
Taku Takizawa (eps 1-2)
Production Desk: Yūichirō Kikuchi
Production Desk Assistant: Junya Yamamoto
Prop Animation Director: Chikai Okado (ep 2)
Setting Production: Akinori Ōyama
Sub-Character Design: Chisato Kawaguchi
Daisuke Ono as Sebastian Michaelis
Maaya Sakamoto as Ciel Phantomhive

Emiri Katō as Mey-Rin
Hiroki Tōchi as Baldroy
Hiroki Yasumoto as Agni
Junichi Suwabe as Undertaker
Kōji Yusa as Lau
Ryōhei Kimura as Charles Grey
Sayuri Yahagi as Ran-Mao
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Soma Asman Kadar
Shintarō Asanuma as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Shunji Fujimura as Mr. Tanaka
Tomoaki Maeno as Charles Phips
Yukari Tamura as Elizabeth Midford
Yūki Kaji as Finnian

Eiichirō Tokumoto as Grimsby Keane
Mana Miyamoto as Irene Diaz
Masashi Nogawa as Georg von Siemens
Takuma Terashima as Snake
Takumi Watanabe as Patrick Phelps
Tōru Sakurai as Karl Woodley
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Ian Sinclair
Translation: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Donald Shults
ADR Supervisor: Gino Palencia
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton
Commentary:
Aaron Roberts (ep 2)
Ian Sinclair (ep 2)
J. Michael Tatum (ep 2)
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Kaitlan Estes
Language Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Packaging Design: Michele Sontag
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
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

Brandon Potter as Charles Phips
Cherami Leigh as Elizabeth Midford
Clifford Chapin as Charles Grey
Ian Sinclair as Baldroy
Jason Liebrecht as Finnian
Jerry Jewell as Lau
Monica Rial as Mey-Rin
Patrick Seitz as Agni
R Bruce Elliott as Tanaka
T. Axelrod as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Trina Nishimura as Ran-Mao

Aaron Roberts as Grimsby Keane
Brandon McInnis as Patrick Phelps
David Wald as Carl Woodley
Jamie Marchi as Irene Diaz
Spike Spencer as Snake
Tyson Rinehart as Georg Von Siemens
English companies
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Bruno Meyere
Jean-Marco Montalto as Sebastian Michaelis
Nathalie Bienaime as Ciel Phantomhive

Adrien Solis as Arthur Conan Doyle
Alexandre Coadour as Baldroy
Bruno Meyere as Undertaker
Gilbert Levy as M. Tanaka
Grégory Laisné as Finnian
Isabelle Volpe as
Elizabeth Midford
May Linn
Pascal Casanova as Agni
Vincent De Bouard as Soma Asman Kadar

Bruno Meyere as
Charles Grey
Snake
Olivier cordina as Charles Phips
Virginie Ledieu as Irene Diaz
Yannick Blivet as Grimsby Keane
French companies
Broadcaster: Grand Rex (From 23 April 2015)
Distributor:
Kana Video
Mediatoon
German staff
German cast
(none)
Bernhard Völger as Sebastian Michaelis
Sebastian Fitzner as Ciel Phantomhive

Alexander Doering as Soma Asman Kadar
Amadeus Strobl as Charles Grey
Anja Rybiczka as Mey-Rin
Dirk Petrick as Finnian
Felix Spieß as Baldroy
Joachim Siebenschuh as Mr. Tanaka
Josephine Schmidt as Ran-Mao
Michael Pan as Undertaker
Olivia Büschken as Elizabeth Midford
René Dawn-Claude as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Roman Wolko as Charles Phips
Till Völger as Lau

Andi Krösing as Jeremy Rathbone
Bastian Sierich as Snake
Gerald Paradies as Georg von Siemens
Jeffrey Wipprecht as Patrick Phelps
Klaus Lochthove as Karl Woodley
Nicole Hannak as Irene Diaz
Tino Kießling as Grimsby Keane
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand

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