The April issue of Square Enix’s G Fantasy magazine announced on Tuesday that Yana Toboso’s Black Butler manga will return from hiatus in the May issue, set for release on April 18.
The series initially went on hiatus in June 2024 to allow Toboso to conduct research and make preparations as the story approaches its climax.
Toboso launched the manga in G Fantasy in 2006. Square Enix released the 34th compiled volume of the series on April 26.
The newest television anime adaptation, Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc, is scheduled to premiere on April 5 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV, with a simultaneous stream on ABEMA.
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Previously, the Black Butler: Public School Arc anime premiered in Japan in April 2024. Crunchyroll is streaming the series in English-speaking, Latin American, and European regions. The platform had earlier stated that it acquired the streaming rights worldwide, excluding Japan.
The Black Butler anime franchise is based on Yana Toboso’s manga of the same name. The first season debuted in Japan in 2008, followed by Black Butler II in 2010. Black Butler: Book of Circus premiered in 2014.
Funimation has released all three television anime, as well as the Black Butler II OVA collection, Black Butler: Book of Murder OVA, and Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic anime film on home video.
