"Black Butler" Ciel Phantomhive Becomes Steiff's Teddy Bear Doll

Aniplex's official online store Aniplex+ will start accepting pre-orders for teddy bears inspired by Ciel Phantomhive from the Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic anime film released in January 2017 at 12:00 pm on March 25 (JST). The limited production items are produced by German-based plush toy company Steiff, internationally known for its teddy bear dolls. As reported, the company previously produced teddy bears based on Duralumin, which appears in Kiyohiko Azuma's Yotsuba&! manga series as the protagonist Yotsuba's friend teddy bear.

The price for the Ciel teddy bear is 43,000 yen (about 386 US dollars) and its scheduled shipping date is in mid-October 2017. Pre-orders will end when quantities have been reached.