Happy birthday to Black Butler's Earl Ciel Phantomhive (DOB: 12/14/1875). In honor of the big day, manga author Yana Toboso took some time out of her to busy schedule to share a tribute to the character.

Character designs for the latest round of cast additions to the Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic anime movie were also previewed.





Edward Midford: Seiichiro Yamashita (Buntaro, Girls Beyond the Wasteland)

Francis Midford: Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell)





Alexis Midford: Jouji Nakata (Alucard, Hellsing)





Ryan Stoker: Kaito Ishikawa (Genos, One Punch Man)





Previous cast additions include

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic include:

Ryohei Kimura as Charles Grey.

Tomoaki Maeno as Charles Phips.

And Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Viscount Druitt.

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.