Black Clover
ブラッククローバー
(Burakku Kurōbā)
Manga
Published by Shueisha
English publisher NA
Viz Media
Demographic Shōnen
English magazine NA
Studio Xebec
Runtime 27 minutes
Studio Pierrot
Licensed by NA
Funimation
English network US
Manga
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
1Plot
2Media
o 2.1Manga
o 2.2Anime
o 2.3Video game
3Reception
4References
5External links
Plot[edit]
Main article: List of Black Clover characters
Asta and Yuno are orphans who were raised together from birth after being abandoned at a
church orphanage on the outskirts of the Clover Kingdom at the same time. In a world where
everyone has the natural ability to perform a kind of magic, or a Magical Power (魔力 Maryoku),
Asta is the only person born without any, leading him to train physically as compensation.
Conversely, Yuno was born as a prodigy with immense magical power and the talent to control it.
When they are 15, Asta and Yuno are granted the ability to become wizards known as Magic
Knights by receiving grimoires, with which all magical power is channeled. Yuno is granted a
wind-based grimoire held by the kingdom's first Wizard King, while Asta does not receive one.
However, when a thief incapacitates Yuno to try to sell his grimoire on the black market, Asta
summons his own grimoire, which contains the rare and mysterious Anti-Magic (enabling him to
cancel out all magical effects), to defeat him. The story then follows the two boys in their time
within separate squads in the Magic Knights, as they build a friendly rivalry to try to become the
Wizard King themselves.
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
Main article: List of Black Clover chapters
Yūki Tabata launched Black Clover in the twelfth issue
of Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 16, 2015.[3] The
manga is Tabata's second series in Weekly Shōnen Jump: his first series, Hungry Joker (ハング
リー ジョーカー Hangurī Jōkā), was launched in the magazine on November 12, 2012, where it
ran for 24 chapters before being cancelled in 2013.[4][5]
On February 9, 2015, Viz Media announced that they would publish the first three chapters of the
series in their Weekly Shonen Jumpdigital magazine as part of their "Jump Start" program.[6] On
March 30, 2015, they announced that the series would join their weekly lineup, beginning with
chapter 4 on April 6, and publishing at an accelerated rate until the chapters were current with
Japan.[7][8] Plans to release the series in print were announced in during their panel at New York
Comic Con on October 9, 2015.[9]
On February 2, 2018, a gag manga spinoff illustrated by Setta Kobayashi titled Asta's Journey to
Wizard King (Asta-kun Mahōtei e no Michi) will launch in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump.[10]
Anime[edit]
Main article: List of Black Clover episodes
An original video animation produced by Xebec that is based on the series was shown at the
2016 Jump Festa between November 27 and December 18, 2016.[11][12][13] It was bundled with the
11th volume of the manga, which was released on May 2, 2017.[14]
At the Black Clover Jump Festa event on December 18, 2016, an anime television series
adaptation by Pierrot was announced.[14] It is directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, with Kazuyuki
Fudeyasu writing scripts, Itsuko Takeda doing character designs, and Minako Seki composing
the music.[15] The anime premiered on October 3, 2017.[16][2] The series was initially listed as
running for 13 episodes, but was later expanded to 51 episodes.[17][18]
Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan [19] while Funimation has licensed the series
and is streaming an English simuldub.[20] Adult Swim's Toonami block premiered the English dub
on December 2, 2017.[21]
Video game[edit]
At Jump Festa 2017, a video game, called Black Clover: Quarter Knights, was announced for a
2018 release on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.[22]
Reception[edit]
Volume 1 reached 23rd place on the weekly Oricon manga charts, with 38,128 copies
sold;[23] volume 2 reached 17th place, with 61,918 copies;[24] volume 3 also reached 17th place,
with 80,462 copies;[25][26] volume 4 reached 13th place, with 93,866 copies;[27][28] volume 5 reached
15th place, with 108,503 copies;[29][30] and volume 6 reached 11th place, with 118,783
copies.[31][32] As of September 2017, the manga has 4.2 million copies in print.[33]
Reviewing the series for ComicsAlliance, Tom Speelman described the premise as "what if Harry
Potter was a knight and also kinda dumb?" He recommended it for fans of Narutoand Fairy Tail,
noting its similarities to the former series as well as to Bleach. He praised the author's ability to
invigorate stock characters.[4]
Henry Ma of Ka Leo O Hawaii praised the series' humor and art, noting that the latter was "very
nice" and was similar to Fairy Tail.[34] A board of comic book writers at San Diego Comic-
Con listed the manga as one of the worst from 2016.[35]
References[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Official Website for Black Clover". Viz Media.
Retrieved October 27, 2017.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Black Clover Anime Reveals October 3 Premiere,
More Golden Dawn Cast Members". Anime News Network. August
24, 2017.
3. Jump up^ "Shonen Jump to Launch 4 Manga, Including Detective
Story by Psyren's Iwashiro". Anime News Network. January 29,
2015. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
4. ^ Jump up to:a b Speelman, Tom (March 17, 2016). "Big Spells,
Bigger Swords: Should You Be Reading 'Black
Clover'?". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on June 16,
2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
5. Jump up^ "Shonen Jump to Launch 3 New Manga Series in
November". Anime News Network. October 21, 2012.
Retrieved June 10, 2016.
6. Jump up^ "Viz's Shonen Jump to Add Yūki Tabata's Black Clover
Fantasy Manga (Update)". Anime News Network. February 9,
2015. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
7. Jump up^ "Viz's Shonen Jump Adds Yūki Tabata's Black Clover
Fantasy Manga to Regular Line-Up". Anime News Network. March
30, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
8. Jump up^ Green, Scott (March 31, 2015). ""Black Clover" to Join
English "Shonen Jump"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
9. Jump up^ "Viz Media Adds Kuroko's Basketball, Haikyu!!, Yona of
the Dawn Manga". Anime News Network. October 9, 2015.
Retrieved June 10, 2016.
10. Jump up^ "Black Clover Gets Gag Manga Spinoff". Anime News
Network. January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
11. Jump up^ Green, Scott (August 24, 2016). ""Black Clover" Anime
Episode To Screen At Jump Festa". Crunchyroll. Retrieved August
24, 2016.
12. Jump up^ "Jump Special Anime Festa Event Confirms Screening
of Black Clover Anime". Anime News Network. August 29, 2016.
Retrieved August 29, 2016.
13. Jump up^ "XEBEC Animates Black Clover Manga's Event
Anime". Anime News Network. October 6, 2016.
Retrieved October 6, 2016.
14. ^ Jump up to:a b "Yūki Tabata's Black Clover Manga Gets TV
Anime by Studio Pierrot (Updated)". Anime News Network.
December 18, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
15. Jump up^ "Monster Musume's Tatsuya Yoshihara Directs Black
Clover TV Anime". Anime News Network. June 1, 2017.
Retrieved June 1, 2017.
16. Jump up^ "Black Clover TV Anime Premieres This Year". Anime
News Network. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
17. Jump up^ "Funimation Lists 13 Episodes For "Black Clover"
Anime". Crunchyroll. September 17, 2017. Retrieved September
17, 2017.
18. Jump up^ "Black Clover Anime Listed With 51 Episodes, 4
Openings & Endings". Anime News Network. November 6, 2017.
Retrieved November 7, 2017.
19. Jump up^ "Crunchyroll to Stream Black Clover Anime Series
Starting in October". Anime News Network. July 15, 2017.
Retrieved July 15, 2017.
20. Jump up^ "Funimation to Simuldub Black Clover Anime This
Fall". Anime News Network. September 1, 2017.
Retrieved September 1, 2017.
21. Jump up^ "Toonami to Air Black Clover Anime Starting December
2". Anime News Network. November 17, 2017.
Retrieved November 17, 2017.
22. Jump up^ "Black Clover: Quartet Knights trailer brings 4-on-4
anime warfare". destructoid. December 18, 2017.
Retrieved December 18, 2017.
23. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 1–7". Anime News
Network. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
24. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 3–9". Anime News
Network. August 12, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
25. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 28-October
4". Anime News Network. October 7, 2015. Retrieved June
11, 2016.
26. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, October 5–11". Anime
News Network. October 14, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
27. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 30-December
6". Anime News Network. December 9, 2015. Retrieved June
11, 2016.
28. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 7–13". Anime
News Network. December 16, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
29. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 29-March
6". Anime News Network. March 9, 2016. Retrieved June
11, 2016.
30. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 7–13". Anime News
Network. March 16, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
31. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 2–8". Anime News
Network. May 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
32. Jump up^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9–15". Anime News
Network. May 18, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
33. Jump up^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_y0ClkncbY
34. Jump up^ Ma, Henry (April 20, 2015). "Manga Mondays: 'Black
Clover' special review". Ka Leo O Hawaii. Retrieved June
11, 2016.
35. Jump up^ Ellard, Amanda (July 25, 2017). "Best and Worst
Manga of 2016 Results - Comic-Con International". Anime News
Network. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
External links[edit]
Black Clover at Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese)
Anime official site (in Japanese)
Official Adult Swim website
Black Clover at Viz.com
Black Clover (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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