![]() ![]() There’s also plenty of randomness (two words: “phoenix pose”) and a heaping of “please let’s just kill him” jokes that are good for a snicker or two.Īs for the plot’s denouement, it’s fine. I have to admit, I choked with laughter). ![]() The humor is in fine form: Grell is up to his usual parched antics around Sebastian (and in one priceless moment, he even gets Lovable Rogue to prop him up in that classic Titanic pose, arms outstretched, at the head of the ship. ![]() We even see zombie intestines flying around at some point and plenty of bisections and blood sprays, so if you’re weak to that kind of thing, or swarms of zombies really creep you out, beware. I physically feel shudders crawling up my skin whenever I watch zombie media. I hate zombies as a general rule because they’re disgusting and repulsive. It’s worth noting that the zombies are gross. More than one character gets an unexpected chance to shine, notably Elizabeth, whose Crowning Moment of Awesome almost makes me forgive her for the pitch of her whining, crying and sniffling for the rest of the movie. Between the Reapers, the zombies and Sebastian, there are plenty of opportunities for fun, sweeping fight scenes. Series favorites do return: Grell, Lovable Rogue’s superior and Sebastian’s biggest fangirl, makes a sizeable appearance, and Undertaker has a huge role to play as well. We meet Elizabeth, Ciel’s shrill and princess-curled fiancee with a heart of gold Lord Grey and Sir Charles Phip, who are butlers to Her Royal Majesty, I think Snake Guy, whose name I never caught Lizzie’s family, the March and Marchioness of Something Or Other, and her big brother who hates Ciel for some reason Von Druitt, a simpering noble Lovable Rogue, who turns out to be a Reaper and on and on. We quickly learn that Ciel and Sebastian are on the Titanic (er, Campania) to investigate the Aurora Society, a mysterious group that’s been shipping corpses at the docks Ciel owns and appears to be undertaking illegal human experiments. He translates for the snakes? Welcome to Black Butler. He’s somebody’s butler, maybe? He’s covered in snakes? He… speaks to snakes. For example, that one guy with scales on his cheeks? No clue who that guy is. The characters are introduced very, very briskly, and if you don’t know who they are, then it may take you some time to get used to them. Thus, I found my head spinning as I watched Book of the Atlantic. ![]() I was into Black Butler way back in the day, like in 2007, but the property soon lost me with the dizzying amount of media it produced: not only is the manga up to 25 volumes and still ongoing, it’s had three anime series, three OVAs (one of which is a two-parter), two drama CDs, a video game, a live-action film, four stage shows and now this. I actually found myself spending a lot of time figuring out who all these characters were. We even get a blonde scamp sneaking on board last-minute. Even the music is reminiscent of those famous scenes, brisk and lively. We begin with a spoof of Titanic’s opening shots (not the framing story’s opening, but the actual story’s opening, with Kate Winslet’s perfect face coming up from under the arc of her fabulous hat as she looks up). It also spoofs Titanic and has loads of zombies because why not? Wouldn’t you? It is a fantastic romp in the world of Black Butler, full of the humor, energy and elegant character design that marks Black Butler. Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic takes the manga’s Luxury Liner arc from volumes 11 through 14 and adapts it into feature film format, with the main voice talent from the Black Butler: Book of Circus anime returning to reprise their roles. ![]()
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