The anime “Black Butler: Boarding School Edition” dormitory cricket tournament is finally starting!A viewer participation campaign linked to the broadcast has been decided.

As the “Dormitory Cricket Tournament” from the TV anime “Black Butler: Boarding School Edition” is about to begin, it has been decided that a viewer participation campaign will be held in conjunction with the work and broadcast.

“Black Butler” has sold over 35 million copies worldwide, and continues to fascinate fans around the world with its beautifully detailed worldview and colorful characters.

This is the sixth anime film to be directed by Kenjiro Okada, who brought a delicate world view to life with “March Comes in Like a Lion,'' and Yoshino, who has been writing the script for the series since the first “Black Butler.'' Mr. Hiroyuki, the character design is Yumi Shimizu, who is the chief animation director of “Horimiya”, the music is Ryu Kawasaki of “Fate/Grand Order -Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia-“, and the production company is “Horimiya” and “SPY x FAMILY” ” is handled by CloverWorks. Inheritance, renewal, and talented staff color the images.

In the fifth episode, the scene of the opening ceremony of the “Cricket Tournament between Dormitories” will be broadcast, and the battle between each dormitory will finally begin next week. A support campaign for the cricket tournament will be held in conjunction with the broadcast and the work, with audience participation.

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1st step: Supporting posts and commemorative header distribution on broadcast-linked X

Support post campaign

Implementation: Episode 6 and 7 broadcast timing

Post support for each dormitory and character by quoting and reposting the corresponding post posted on Anime Official GIF will be implemented and distributed on a special page on the official website!

Distribution of commemorative headers

Before the broadcast of episode 6, commemorative headers for each dormitory that can be used in X will be distributed!

Part 2: Cricket tournament re-experience project

Implementation: June 3rd (Monday), June 4th (Tuesday)

On June 3rd (Monday) at 20:00, the 5th episode of “Dormitory Cricket Tournament Opening Ceremony” will be released as a premium on Aniplex's official YouTube channel. Furthermore, episodes 1 to 8 will be distributed all at once on ABEMA on June 4th (Tuesday)!

At 8pm, a scene from the winning dormitory's boat parade to the after-party will be premiered on Aniplex's official YouTube channel. There will also be a campaign where participants will be randomly selected to win a cricket bat autographed by the cast.

TV anime “Black Butler – Boarding School Edition” work overview

[Broadcast information]

Broadcast starts on each station from Saturday, April 13, 2024

TOKYO MX, BS11, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV: April 13th (Sat) 23:30~

MBS: April 13th (Sat) 27:38~

*Broadcast date and time may change due to programming circumstances.

[Distribution information]

Distribution will be decided on ABEMA and other distribution sites.

▼Starting April 13th (Saturday) every Saturday from 23:30 * Simultaneous terrestrial broadcasting

ABEMA

▼Every Tuesday from 12:00 from April 16th (Tuesday)

Prime Video/au Smart Pass Premium/d Anime Store/d Anime Store for Prime Video/DMMTV/FOD/Hulu/J:COM/STREAM/lemino/milplus/MBS Videoism/NETFLIX/TELASA/TVer/U-NEXT/Anime Hodai/Bandai Channel/Niconico Channel

▼Every Tuesday from 22:30 starting April 16th (Tuesday)

Niconico live broadcast

▼Every Tuesday from 24:00 starting April 16th (Tuesday)

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【staff】

Original work: Yana Toboso (published in the monthly “G Fantasy” published by Square Enix)

Director: Kenjiro Okada

Series composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Character design: Yumi Shimizu

Music: Ryu Kawasaki

Production: CloverWorks

【cast】

Sebastian Michaelis: Daisuke Ono

Ciel Phantomhive: Maaya Sakamoto

Edgar Redmond: Toshiki Watanabe

Lawrence Bruer: Junya Enoki

Herman Greenhill: Shunsuke Takeuchi

Gregory Violet: Tachibana Ryuumaru

(C) Yana Toboso/SQUARE ENIX,Project Black Butler