#BLACK BUTLER SEASON 2 EPISODE 9 ENGLISH DUB SERIES#
If you watch it and enjoy the series do some research before jumping right into season 2, you may be better off jumping straight into the newer ‘Book Of’ releases of the series.Ī DVD review copy was provided by Madman Entertainment for the purpose of this review. It has one of the best English dubs for an anime and this home release set contains a ton of added value via the extra’s provided. Even though much of the anime’s plot is completely original content it still kept me engaged and wanting to know what happens next while watching and didn’t feel like standard anime filler. There’s Episode commentaries, The Story So Far (summary episode narrated by Tanaka), Bonus Episode: “His Butler, Performer”, Textless opening and closings and a BECCA Musician Profile.īlack Butler is an exciting series filled with some great characters and a unique twist on real life Victorian London. The set also includes a meaty amount of special features for you to jump into after you’ve finished enjoying the 24 episodes. Madman had released Black Butler on DVD back in 2011 but it was split into 2 13-episode sets at the time.
The 2018 DVD home re-release of the complete first season contains all 24 episodes of season 1 across 4 discs. Michael Tatum’s emotionally packed performance as Sebastian is a standout and is one of the best English dubbed renditions of any anime character ever. With many of the cast putting on accents for their respective characters despite the fact none of the main cast are played by British voice actors. A second twelve episode season aired from July to September 2010 this season features two new main characters and has an anime-original storyline which does. It’s more upbeat and chaotic in fight sequences and quite calming in the softer scenes. The music in the show is great and really sets the tone for the Victorian setting and compliments the scenes really well. its when you get to the other two that the real treat begins. I'd give the Wonderland episodes as a whole 6/10. Grell as the Cheshire Cat was fucking brilliant so points there. With many fans recommending you skip watching it completely and move onto the ‘Book Of’ series’ straight after completing the first season. Both of the Wonderland episodes were funny and satisfying to watch, though the second episode was leaps better than the first. The quality of the story telling in this first season is leagues above what the widely disliked second season offers.
But this is a show where I’d argue that the filler works in it’s favour and carries the story with some really interesting plot threads. Or filler as some would call content not considered canon to the original source material. Quite a lot of the plot of this season is comprised of completely original story arcs.
I can understand why the show could be disliked by purist fans of the manga. This comes together well in the episode arc around the Jack the Ripper murders where the writer does a great job taking something that really happened but moulding it with a new twist so that the overall cause is all linked to the characters from Black Butler. One of the key story highlights for me was enjoying how the narrative was able to use real world historical events and blend them with the supernatural to create a new and original alternate history for the period.
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