Black Butler (anime)/Characters

Ciel Phantomhive
"Voiced by Maaya Sakamoto (JP) and Brina Palencia (ENG)"

Sebastian Michaelis
"Voiced by Daisuke Ono (JP) and J Michael Tatum (ENG)"

Mey-rin
"Voiced by Emiri Katou (JP) and Monica Rial (ENG)"

Baldroy "Baldo"
"Voiced by Hiroki Tochi (JP) and Ian Sinclair (ENG)"

Finnian "Finny"
"Voiced by Yuuki Kaji (JP) and Jason Liebrecht (ENG)"

Tanaka
"Voiced by Shunji Fujimura (JP) and R. Bruce Elliot (ENG)"

Ho ho ho."

Pluto
"Voiced by Takafumi Yamaguchi (JP) and Z. Charles Bolton (ENG)"


 * Big Friendly Dog: In a manner of speaking.
 * Dogs Are Dumb
 * Hell Hound: Seems like the Hunter type.
 * Innocent Fanservice Boy
 * Naked on Arrival
 * Playing with Fire:
 * They Have the Scent: Used to
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford
"Voiced by Yukari Tamura (JP) and Cherami Leigh (ENG)"


 * Arranged Marriage: In one of the beginning chapters he says that he was forced to marry her and does not really want to. He does care for her, though.
 * Damsel in Distress:
 * Genki Girl
 * The Glomp: She never hesitates at a chance to glomp Ciel.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Kawaiiko
 * Kissing Cousins: She and Ciel are cousins. Not that this was unusual for this time period.
 * Morality Chain: Her entire reason for existence seems to be keeping Ciel from falling into the abyss.
 * Princess Curls: In Mega Twintails.
 * Spoiled Sweet: She's used to getting what she wants but, for the most part, isn't a bad person for it.
 * Stepford Smiler: She keeps most of her fears and worries regarding Ciel to herself.
 * Stepford Smiler: She keeps most of her fears and worries regarding Ciel to herself.

Angelina "Madam Red" Durless
"Voiced by Romi Park (JP) and Lydia Mackay (ENG)"


 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Bob Haircut
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Green-Eyed Monster: She envied her sister Rachel's blond hair and conventional beauty. Then Rachel snagged from Angelina certain Vincent Phantomhive.
 * I Am Not Pretty: When she was a child she believed that her red hair was ugly. Vincent convinced her otherwise.
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: That's what she tried to convince herself to believe.
 * Important Haircut: Cutting her long bangs marked the beginning of her self-esteem.
 * Later on she cut her hair short all around when
 * Lady in Red
 * Like a Son to Me: Ciel.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Shrinking Violet: When she was younger.
 * Like a Son to Me: Ciel.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Shrinking Violet: When she was younger.
 * Shrinking Violet: When she was younger.
 * Shrinking Violet: When she was younger.

Lau
"Voiced by Kôji Yusa (JP) and Jerry Jewell (ENG)"


 * Beware the Silly Ones
 * Eyes Always Shut: Lau sports a variation of this. His closed eyes are not upturned in a foxlike manner; rather, they're more U-shaped, giving him an air of calm.
 * Handsome Lech: Almost always seen with Ran-Mao in his lap… and occasionally hitting on Ciel.
 * inscrutable Oriental: It is hard to know what he is thinking.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Eventually he stops pretending.
 * Only One Name
 * Opium Den: Lau's occupation.
 * Yellow Peril

Ran-Mao
"Voiced by Sayuri Yahagi (JP) and Trina Nishimura (ENG)"


 * Anime Chinese Girl
 * Beware the Quiet Ones
 * Dual-Wielding: She has been seen to use two ornamental clubs.
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Horned Hairdo
 * Incest Subtext: For supposed brother and sister, she and Lau are far, far too close physically. She even routinely sits on his lap.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Mini-Dress of Power
 * Ms. Fanservice: Ran Mao, bearing cat ear-like Odango, having large breasts behind a clingy dress, showing off a lot of leg, being extremely flexible, and generally being very touchy-feely.
 * Odango: Shaped like cat ears. Yeahhh...
 * She's Got Legs
 * Show Some Leg: She gets set up to distract Sebastian with her legs. It doesn't work.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Lan Mao vs. Ran Mao.
 * Qipao: A mini-dress version.
 * The Quiet One
 * The Stoic
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Undertaker
"Voiced by Junichi Suwabe (JP) and John Swasey (ENG)"


 * Blinding Bangs: Though Grell does brush them aside to find his beautiful eyes.
 * Cheshire Cat Grin
 * The Creepy Undertaker: He really plays up the morbid factor, sleeping in coffins and so on.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Everyone calls him "Undertaker".
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: It's as if his skull's had to have been stitched back together... and maybe it has.
 * Knowledge Broker
 * Nice Hat
 * Nightmare Fetishist: Quite a few different examples, including cooing over how nice a corpse looks with its cuts.
 * No Sense of Personal Space: He tends to get a little too close for Ciel's comfort.
 * Perky Goth
 * Take Our Word for It: We never find out what Sebastian did to make Undertaker laugh.
 * Too Kinky to Torture: Only in the anime.
 * Undertaker
 * Undertaker

Aleister Chambers (Viscount Druitt)



 * Aristocrats Are Evil: This viscount definitely is.
 * Bishounen
 * The Dandy: He is the dandiest dandy in a series in which a lot of people dress well.
 * Large Ham
 * Lolicon: As they say, he "likes women of all ages". He was quite taken by Ciel when he was disguised as a girl.
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Purple Eyes
 * Purple Eyes

Fred Abberline
"Voiced by Hisayoshi Suganuma (JP) and Jonathan Brooks (ENG)"


 * Friend to All Children: He feels sorry for Ciel because he's a burdened child.
 * Named After Somebody Famous: Or rather, is someone famous.
 * Nice Guy
 * Named After Somebody Famous: Or rather, is someone famous.
 * Nice Guy

Grell Sutcliffe
"Voiced by Jun Fukuyama (JP) and Daniel Fredrick (ENG)"


 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: All the guys he seems to like.
 * Ambiguous Gender: There's still discussion among fans on whether or not he's a transsexual or just flamboyant gay. The Word of God is that he's gay.
 * Badass Long Hair / Badass Longcoat:
 * Camp Gay: Though it's heavily implied that he was romantically involved with Madam Red...
 * Cheshire Cat Grin: This seems to be a popular trope for the characters of this series.
 * Depraved Bisexual: He actually did fall in love with Madam Red, so he could be considered bisexual.
 * Drag Queen
 * Jerkass Dissonance: Most fans seem to completely ignore his ruthless and sadistic streak and tend to portray him as something completely different.
 * Long Hair Is Feminine
 * Love At First Punch: Sebastian. (And Will too, for this one. It seems he likes them both for the cold shoulders they give him. And the bruises.)
 * Mad Love
 * Meaningful Name/Partially Named After Somebody Famous: He shares a surname with
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Transsexualism: The fandom debate is heated and endless.
 * Trans Equals Gay: The source of much confusion and disagreement.
 * Jerkass Dissonance: Most fans seem to completely ignore his ruthless and sadistic streak and tend to portray him as something completely different.
 * Long Hair Is Feminine
 * Love At First Punch: Sebastian. (And Will too, for this one. It seems he likes them both for the cold shoulders they give him. And the bruises.)
 * Mad Love
 * Meaningful Name/Partially Named After Somebody Famous: He shares a surname with
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Transsexualism: The fandom debate is heated and endless.
 * Trans Equals Gay: The source of much confusion and disagreement.
 * Transsexualism: The fandom debate is heated and endless.
 * Trans Equals Gay: The source of much confusion and disagreement.

Angela Blanc
"Voiced by Akiko Yajima (JP) and Colleen Clinkenbeard (ENG)"


 * Meaningful Name: Blanc is French for white.
 * Meido
 * Moral Myopia:
 * Of Corsets Sexy
 * Purple Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Meaningful Name: Blanc is French for white.
 * Meido
 * Moral Myopia:
 * Of Corsets Sexy
 * Purple Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Purple Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Soma Asman Kadar
"Voiced by Shinnosuke Tachibana (JP) and Chris Ayres (ENG)"


 * Bishounen
 * Break the Haughty: As the result of a vicious "The Reason You Suck" Speech given by and.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: He and Agni care deeply about each other; they are always together.
 * Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: At least at first.
 * Parental Abandonment: His parents didn't see him much and pretty much let him run free.
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Apparently no one ever gave him any criticism when he was a child. He grew up with more than a little distorted idea of his own abilities.
 * Spoiled Brat
 * Terrible Artist: And entirely unaware of it. His sitar-playing isn't any better either.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: He loves curry.

Agni
"Voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto (JP) and Patrick Seitz (ENG)"


 * Battle Butler
 * Bishounen
 * Chef of Iron: Also, a Supreme Chef.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: He and Soma care deeply about each other; they are always together.
 * Important Haircut: Marked the beginning of his relationship with Soma.
 * I Owe You My Life: Towards Soma.
 * Only One Name
 * Super Mode: Samadhi.
 * Tears of Blood: When in a state of samadhi.
 * Undying Loyalty: Towards Soma.

Queen Victoria
"Voiced by Ayako Kawasumi (JP), (young) Alexis Tipton (ENG) and (old) Bridgett Dahl (ENG)"


 * Friend to All Children: She has a particular soft spot towards children, calling them "the future".
 * Friend to All Children: She has a particular soft spot towards children, calling them "the future".
 * Friend to All Children: She has a particular soft spot towards children, calling them "the future".

Ash Landers
"Voiced by Satoshi Hino (JP) and Chuck Huber (ENG)"


 * Battle Butler
 * Moral Myopia:
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Purple Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Moral Myopia:
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Purple Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Purple Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Purple Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Drocell Keinz
"Voiced by Anri Katsu (JP) and Sonny Strait (ENG)"

"Therefore, I reason for a superior present to be given to a very dear person, the most suitable thing would be your very self."


 * Affably Evil
 * Artificial Human: It's painfully obvious even before straw starts spilling out of his head.
 * Creepy Doll
 * Evil Redhead
 * Ironic Nursery Tune: He changes the lyrics in My Fair Lady, more commonly known as London Bridge Is Falling Down, to
 * Marionette Master
 * Purple Eyes
 * Razor Floss: Deals with someone with this.
 * Undying Loyalty: Drocell's devotion to his master is absolute, even
 * Sebastian: "Perhapse I judged him too hastily. He may well be, one hell of a butler."
 * Verbal Tic: "I reasoned".
 * Sebastian: "Perhapse I judged him too hastily. He may well be, one hell of a butler."
 * Verbal Tic: "I reasoned".

Paula
"Voiced by Yui Itsuki (JP) and Jessica Cavanagh (ENG)"

"Jingle jingle!"

Elizabeth's personal maid. She seems to be a nice girl, though little is known of her.


 * Canon Immigrant: Originally an anime-only character, she later makes multiple appearances in the manga.
 * Catch Phrase: "Jingle jingle!" in the anime.
 * Meido: She works as Elizabeth's personal maid.
 * So Unfunny It's Funny: Her attempts at cheering Lizzie up in the anime are very awkward, but endearing.