Black Clover

Black Clover is a Japanese anime series, adapted from the manga series of the same name created by Yūki Tabata. The series is produced by Pierrot and directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara. The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 3, 2017 and Crunchyroll also began streaming the series with subtitles in October.

Funimation has licensed the series in North America and began streaming the English dub on October 29, 2017. The series premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on December 2, 2017 and was removed from the lineup after October 24, 2020. The series returned to Toonami on February 13, 2021 at 2:00 AM. The series is rated TV-PG-DLV and TV-14-DLSV on Adult Swim.

Plot
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. In a world where everyone has the natural ability to perform magic, Asta is the only person born without any, leading him to train physically to compensate. 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 and 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 and become the Wizard King themselves.

Characters
Asta — an orphan who was left under the care of a church during his infancy. He has no magic power, and overcomes his weakness through training his physical strength. He is the wielder of the five-leaf clover grimoire and a member of the Black Bull squad. He wields an anti-magic sword that is capable of nullifying any form of magic called the Magic Cleaving Sword. He later acquires a second anti-magic sword, capable of absorbing magic, called the Magic Eating Sword.

Yuno — an orphan who was left under the care of a church during his infancy. He is the wielder of the four-leaf clover grimoire and a member of the Golden Dawn squad. He uses wind-based magic and becomes the chosen partner of Sylph, the wind spirit. His serious attitude was born after Asta was injured defending him as a child.

Broadcast History
The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 3, 2017 and Crunchyroll also began streaming the series with subtitles in October. Funimation licensed the series in North America and began streaming the English dub on October 29, 2017. The series premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on December 2, 2017 at 11:30 PM.
 * Japan (TV Tokyo) — October 3, 2017 - Present
 * United States (Adult Swim) — December 2, 2017 - October 24, 2020; February 13, 2021 - Present

Toonami Broadcast History
Black Clover premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on December 2, 2017 at 11:30 PM. On April 7, 2018, the series was moved to the 1:00 AM time slot, to make room for a rerun of FLCL. On January 5, 2019, the series was moved to the 2:00 AM time slot. On April 13, 2019, the series was moved to the 1:30 AM time slot. On October 12, 2019, the series moved back to the 2:00 AM time slot. On February 8, 2020, the series moved back to the 1:30 AM time slot.

During the May 9, 2020 broadcast of episode 116 a post-credits scene got cut from the episode. After fans voiced their concerns the scene was posted to Toonami's facebook page along with an apology from the staff. Also, the post-credit scene aired on Toonami the following week before the premiere of episode 117.

Black Clover was removed from the Toonami lineup following the October 24, 2020 broadcast (episode 136), due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic causing delays in the dub production. It was replaced by Gemusetto: Death Beat(s) the following week. The series returned to Toonami on February 13, 2021 at 2:00 AM, picking up where the series left off with the premiere of episode 137. On April 10, 2021, the series moved to the 2:30 AM time slot.


 * Toonami (United States) — December 2, 2017 - October 24, 2020; February 13, 2021 - Present