More details about the plot of the upcoming live-action Black Butler movie has surfaced online. The movie takes place 130 years after the events of the original manga, in an Asian city where Western and Asian cultures freely intermingle.
Since only males can take the reins of the Phantomhive family, a young woman named Shiori dons male clothes and the name Kiyoharu Genpou (played by Ayame Gouriki) to lead the massive Phantom Corporation.
The world Shiori lives in is divided between East and West, and she works as an intelligence operative (nicknamed the Queen's Watchdog) for the Queen of the Western nations, who is trying to unite the world. The Queen tasks Shiori to solve a "consecutive mummified mysterious deaths incident" as well as an incident of the disappearance of a few women. Before long, Shiori manages to discover a "black invitation" that ties the two incidents together, but that invitation leads her to a world she should not have entered, and she is cornered into a dilemma.
The movie will be directed by Kentaro Otani (Nana) and Keiichi Sato (Tiger & Bunny) and is set to premiere in January 14, 2014.
[Source: Anime News Network]
Since only males can take the reins of the Phantomhive family, a young woman named Shiori dons male clothes and the name Kiyoharu Genpou (played by Ayame Gouriki) to lead the massive Phantom Corporation.
The world Shiori lives in is divided between East and West, and she works as an intelligence operative (nicknamed the Queen's Watchdog) for the Queen of the Western nations, who is trying to unite the world. The Queen tasks Shiori to solve a "consecutive mummified mysterious deaths incident" as well as an incident of the disappearance of a few women. Before long, Shiori manages to discover a "black invitation" that ties the two incidents together, but that invitation leads her to a world she should not have entered, and she is cornered into a dilemma.
The movie will be directed by Kentaro Otani (Nana) and Keiichi Sato (Tiger & Bunny) and is set to premiere in January 14, 2014.
[Source: Anime News Network]
