Black Clover

Black Clover (Japanese: ブラッククローバー Hepburn: Burakku Kurōbā) is a Japanese fantasy shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. The series is published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in Japan, and Viz Media is publishing it in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital anthology magazine in the United States. The story centers around a young boy named Asta, seemingly born without any magic power, something that is unknown in the world he lives in. With his ambition, newfound abilities, and friends, he aims to be the Wizard king. An original video animation produced by Xebec had its first trailer released on November 27, 2016, while an anime television series adaptation by Pierrot premiered on October 3, 2017.

Black Clover
ブラッククローバー (<span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Burakku Kurōbā)
Genre	Adventure, fantasy
Manga
Written by	Yūki Tabata
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	Template:English manga magazines
Original run	February 16, 2015 – present
Volumes	35
Original video animation
Directed by	Takashi Noto
Written by	Takamitsu Kōno
Music by	Yūya Mori
Studio	Xebec
Released	May 2, 2017
Runtime	27 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Tatsuya Yoshihara
Written by	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music by	Minako Seki
Studio	Pierrot
Licensed by	NA Crunchyroll Funimation AUS/BI Funimation
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	US Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	October 3, 2017 – present
Episodes	170
Manga
Asta's Journey to Wizard King
Written by	Yūki Tabata
Illustrated by	Setta Kobayashi
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Saikyō Jump
Original run	February 2, 2018 – present
Game
Black Clover: Quartet Knights
Publisher	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platform	PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Released	JP September 13, 2018

Plot

Asta and Yuno are orphans who were raised together at a church orphanage in the village of Hage on the outskirts of the Clover Kingdom and both aspire to succeed the Wizard King, the kingdom’s most powerful mage and leader of the Magic Knights. In a world where everyone has the natural ability to perform magic, Yuno is a prodigy with immense Mana (魔力 Maryoku) and acquired the four-leaf grimoire that belonged to the first Wizard King and joined the Magic Knights of the Golden Dawn Though Asta is forced to train physically to compensate for his lack of Mana, he acquired a five-leaf grimoire and the ability to use Anti-Magic while joining the misfit band of Magic Knights known as the Black Bulls.

The story then follows the Black Bulls and other Magic Knight squads as they contend with the neighboring Diamond Kingdom and a mysterious terrorist organization known as the Eye of the Midnight Sun, whose leadership is revealed to reincarnated elves whose grudge against the Clover Kingdom is the result of a member of the Devil Race using them to bring his body into their world. While the devil Zagred was defeated, Asta’s anti-Magic is revealed to be demonic based while the Clover Kingdom faces a new threat in the demon worshipping Dark Triad of the Spade Kingdom who seek to release the devils into the world.

Anime

An anime adaptation has been licensed to Pierrot, Inc. 「株式会社ぴえろ Kabushiki Gaisha Piero」. It began airing on October 3, 2017. An English-dubbed version has been licensed to Funimation and began airing on October 29, 2017.

An original animation video was produced by Xebec, Inc. 「株式会社ジーベック Kabushiki Gaisha Jībekku」 and played at 2016 Jump Festa. Copies were bundled with Volume 11.

Featured Quote

Featured Quote
“	People look to the Magic Knights for one thing... the peace of the Kingdom. In order to preserve that, we'll keep fighting with everything we have.	”
— Julius Nova Chrono in Light

Light Novel

A series of light novels was published by JUMP j-BOOKS 「ジャンプ ツェイ ブックス Janpu Jei Bukkusu」.