Black Clover

Black Clover
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Asta (front) and Yuno (back)
ブラッククローバー
(Burakku Kurōbā)
GenreAdventure, fantasy[1]
Manga
Written byYūki Tabata
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
Magazine
  • Weekly Shōnen Jump (February 16, 2015 – August 21, 2023)
  • Jump Giga (December 25, 2023 – present)
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 16, 2015 – present
Volumes36 (List of volumes)
Further information
Novel
Black Clover: Abareushi no Sho
Written byJohnny Onda
Illustrated byYūki Tabata
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump J-Books
DemographicMale
PublishedAugust 4, 2016
Novel
Black Clover: Kishidan no Sho
Written byJohnny Onda
Illustrated byYūki Tabata
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump J-Books
DemographicMale
PublishedOctober 4, 2017
Original animation DVD
Directed byTakashi Noto
Written byTakamitsu Kōno
Music byYūya Mori
StudioXebec Zwei
ReleasedMay 2, 2017
Runtime27 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Tatsuya Yoshihara[a]
  • Ayataka Tanemura (153–170)
Produced by
  • Maiko Isotani
  • Naomi Komatsu
  • Masahiro Sugasawa (1–128)
  • Hatsuo Nara (129–170)
Written by
Music byMinako Seki
StudioPierrot
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run October 3, 2017 March 30, 2021
Episodes170 (List of episodes)
Manga
Asta-kun Mahōtei e no Michi
Written bySetta Kobayashi
Published byShueisha
MagazineSaikyō Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 2, 2018April 1, 2021
Volumes3
Manga
Black Clover Gaiden: Quartet Knights
Written byYumiya Tashiro
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 7, 2018April 12, 2020
Volumes6
Original net animation
Squishy! Black Clover
Directed byTsukasa Nishiyama
Written by
  • Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
  • Kanichi Katou
StudioDLE
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Released July 1, 2019 August 19, 2019
Episodes8
Novel
Black Clover: Yuno no Sho
Written byJohnny Onda
Illustrated byYūki Tabata
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump J-Books
DemographicMale
PublishedOctober 4, 2019
Video game
Black Clover: Quartet Knights
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
PlatformPlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Released
  • JP: September 13, 2018
  • NA: September 14, 2018
  • EU: September 14, 2018
  • AU: September 14, 2018
Video game
Black Clover: Phantom Knights
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
GenreKingdom Defense RPG
PlatformiOS, Android
Released
  • JP: November 14, 2018
  • US: January 16, 2020
Anime film
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Black Clover (Japanese: ブラッククローバー, Hepburn: Burakku Kurōbā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It started in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in February 2015. The series ran in the magazine until August 2023, and moved to Jump Giga in December of the same year. Its chapters have been collected in 36 tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. Set in a world where people are born with the ability to use magic, the story follows Asta, a young boy without any magic power who is given a rare grimoire that grants him anti-magic abilities. With his fellow mages from the Black Bulls, Asta plans to become the next Wizard King.

The manga was first adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Xebec Zwei, released in 2017. A 170-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot aired on TV Tokyo from October 2017 to March 2021. An anime film, titled Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, premiered simultaneously in Japanese theaters and internationally on Netflix in June 2023.

  1. ^ "Official Website for Black Clover". Viz Media. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Animax Asia TV [@animaxasiatv] (March 2, 2023). "✨ Action and fantasy dominate this March with these two new shows coming soon on Animax! ✨" (Tweet). Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Twitter.


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