Kuroshitsuji Movie: Book of the Atlantic

The young Earl Ciel Phantomhive—the Queen's Guard Dog—is once again called to investigate seemingly supernatural phenomena when news of miraculous resurrections begins to surface in Victorian London. Along with Sebastian Michaelis, his demon butler, they board the luxury cruise liner Campania to investigate rumors of the Aurora Society—a medical organization suspected of experimenting on the dead.

Grim reapers begin to appear on the ship, and it becomes apparent that the ship is about to be overrun with the undead as a devious plan is put into motion. Ciel and Sebastian must now uncover the secrets that lie behind the Aurora Society's phoenix symbol, and with the help of some old acquaintances, return the undead to their coffins or share a watery grave.

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Michaelis, Sebastian Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Phantomhive, Ciel Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Sutcliff, Grell Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Undertaker Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Finnian Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Mey-Rin Supporting

Katou, Emiri Japanese

Midford, Elizabeth Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Snake Supporting

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Spears, William T. Supporting

Sugiyama, Noriaki Japanese

Knox, Ronald Supporting

KENN Japanese

Sabat, Christopher Producer

Cook, Justin Producer

Kimura, Yasutaka Producer

Kyoutani, Tomomi Producer

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Feb 11, 2023

Nerdodivergent

Recommended

For reference, I'm writing this assuming you've already seen all the other Black Butler content up to this point.
This movie has the story we've all been waiting for. If you're like me and LOVE flashbacks and learning more about the characters, strap in because it's a lot in this one. And the plot twists? OH MY JESUS I was screaming. Absolutely losing my mind. Truly did not see any of it coming. Hopefully you'll lose your mind as well.
This is a great continuation of the arcs, directly coming from the end of the last one. Finny, Baldroy, and Mey Rin aren't big in ... this one but Snake gets some good screen time. And I absolutely love that sweet boy. Again there's a bunch of new characters as well as bringing back some old favorites.
On top of the classic gore and being on the verge of tears, there is also some of the absolute funniest scenes in the entire show. I am not even lying, the first time I watched this movie I had to pause because I thought I was going to piss myself from laughter. It's incredible.
Please enjoy this film. It's fantastic.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Apr 26, 2022

Soul-Watcher

Mixed Feelings

tl;dr Lots of retconning and idk if it's different in the manga but I am kind of disappointed at the lost potential.


Okay so, overall. It was good. HOWEVER:

This movie seemed to have retconned a lot of stuff. I'm glad they didn't keep Elizabeth as the typical shounen love interest who is useless. It was an interesting touch, but it also felt a bit over the top that she's some super sword master all of a sudden. Sure, it was explained with a flashback but that's the problem. There is no build-up and it does not make sense.

Second, Ciel caring about protecting Elizabeth seemed ... odd as hell and also a retcon since his whole deal is he doesn't care how many chess pieces fall so that he can get his revenge. The fact that he cares to protect Elizabeth in the first place without any benefit to himself seems egregious.

Third, Sebastian's flashback to when he was summoned was kind of cute. That's the problem though, it seems counterintuitive to what the plot has been in the past...

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 31, 2018

Ehentalix

Not Recommended

***Spoilers included***



Kuroshitsuji is a well-known, well-loved series, with a fascinating story and an interesting take on Victorian England. It is well paced, with lovingly crafted animation and beautiful sound. The characters are well-rounded, and the story is fairly consistent within its own boundaries.

This movie throws all of that out the window. It comes off as a shameless cash-in on a popular franchise, which ignores parts of the story as told up to this point in an attempt to pull off its big plot twists. The mixture of CGI and traditional animation is clunky and poorly executed at best. The background music is barely even worth ... mentioning, since it is easily forgettable and lends nothing to any given moment.

Two of the major plot twists (and I use this term very loosely) shown in the movie are nonsensical, especially the movie's ending "twist", the fact that the Undertaker is a Shinigami in disguise. The entire scene jarred me out of my immersion in the story, because it wasn't a twist at all. The fact that the Undertaker is a famous, powerful Reaper is a plot point that *already played out in season one*. That's right: this movie used a" plot twist" that they had already used in the initial series. The characters being shocked to find out about it was a total wash, because they already knew, or at least they should have if this movie followed the canon of the original anime.

All in all, this movie would have been fantastic if it were intended to be a stand-alone or introduction to the series, rather than the *fifth major installment*. As it is, this movie was a huge waste of time and money, reflected by its terrible box office in North America. Even if you're a big fan of the series (perhaps especially then), give this one a miss and hope they do better next time if they decide to adapt more of the manga.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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