Black Butler is in its 20th anniversary year, with Square Enix running a commemorative campaign around Yana Toboso's ongoing manga. The next collected volume, Volume 36, arrives September 26, and an exhibition is planned with timing and venue still to be announced.
Black Butler enters its 20th anniversary with Square Enix, the publisher of the manga in Japan, running the campaign. The anniversary site opened on September 18 with a message from author Yana Toboso and a commemorative video. Volume 36 follows on September 26, and the October 2026 issue of G Fantasy is a 20th anniversary issue with a new cover and stickers. An exhibition is planned, with date and venue unannounced as of the anniversary site launch.
On the anime side, the franchise's older material continues to circulate. The third TV anime season, Black Butler: Book of Circus, is now streaming on a wide set of Japanese services, including Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu, with Amazon Prime Video offering rental access and TSUTAYA DISCAS providing DVD rental. In North America, the Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc leads an anime Blu-ray slate at US$74.98, one of two anime disc releases in the August 30 to September 5 week.
Merchandise plans center on two periods. A pop-up shop for the Public School Arc and Emerald Witch Arc ran from January 31 to February 15, 2026 at Shinjuku Marui Annex, with a talk event on February 7 featuring director Kenjiro Okada, character designer Yumi Shimizu, and animation producer Taito Ito. Good Smile Company and Orange Rouge are re-releasing Nendoroid Doll figures of Sebastian Michaelis and Ciel Phantomhive from the Book of the Atlantic film at 10,000 yen each, scheduled for March 2027.
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Square Enix opened a special website for the 20th anniversary of Yana Toboso's Black Butler on September 18, featuring a message from Toboso and a commemorative video. An exhibition is planned with timing and venue to be announced. Volume 36 arrives September 26, and the October 2026 issue of G Fantasy is a 20th anniversary issue with a new cover and stickers.
Anime News Network's weekly release roundup for August 30 to September 5 lists two anime Blu-ray releases and dozens of print and digital manga volumes arriving September 1. Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc leads the anime slate at US$74.98, alongside DanMachi's Arrow of the Orion film at US$39.98 from Sentai Filmworks.
Good Smile Company and Orange Rouge are re-releasing Nendoroid Doll figures of Sebastian Michaelis and Ciel Phantomhive from the Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic film. Each 140mm cloth-and-plastic figure costs 10,000 yen and is scheduled for March 2027. The figures include interchangeable hands, magnet-compatible bases, and detailed costumes.
Anime Anime reports that Black Butler: Book of Circus, the third TV anime season adapting the Noah's Ark Circus arc, is available for unlimited streaming on DMM TV, U-NEXT, d Anime Store, Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu. Amazon Prime Video offers rental-only access, and TSUTAYA DISCAS provides DVD rental. DMM TV is highlighted as the most affordable unlimited option at 550 yen per month with a 14-day free trial.
A pop up shop for the TV anime "Black Butler: Public School Arc" and "Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc" will run from January 31 to February 15, 2026, at Shinjuku Marui Annex in Tokyo. The shop will sell new merchandise featuring original illustrations. A talk event with production staff, including director Kenjiro Okada, character designer Yumi Shimizu, and animation producer Taito Ito, is scheduled for February 7 at Shinjuku Marui Men. Attendees can enter the shop freely, though crowd control measures may apply. A purchase bonus offers a random mini-shikishi (four designs) for every 3,000 yen spent. Online sales via the Marui Web Channel run concurrently from January 31 to February 15. Applications for the talk event are open from January 17 to February 1, with winners announced around February 3-4.
CloverWorks announced a regional tour of its POP UP SHOP 2026 event, starting January 16 in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, followed by Nagoya in February and Kochi in March. The pop-up shops will sell merchandise for series including My Dress-Up Darling, Wind Breaker, Bocchi the Rock!, Spy × Family, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and others. Limited quantities of past release goods and books will also be available. Each venue will display reproduction artwork and production materials, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the studio's animation process. The tour begins at Ebetsu Tsutaya Books (January 16 to February 4), moves to TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Noritake in Nagoya (February 13 to March 2), and ends at Kochi Tsutaya Books (March 27 to April 13). Stock and exhibits may vary by location. The announcement was made on January 9, 2026.