Black Clover

Black Clover

Network	Adult Swim (Toonami)
Broadcast Run	December 2, 2017^[1] - Present
Broadcast Time	2:00 AM
Episodes	Ongoing (List of Episodes)

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.^[2] Funimation has licensed the series in North America and began streaming the English dub on October 29, 2017.^[3] The series premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on December 2, 2017 at 11:30 PM.^[1] On April 7, 2018, the series was moved to the 1:00 AM time slot, to make room for a rerun of FLCL.^[4] On January 5, 2019, the series was moved to the 2:00 AM time slot. The series is rated TV-PG-DLV and TV-14-DLV 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.

Voice Cast

Character	English Voice Actor	Japanese Voice Actor
Asta	Dallas Reid	Gakuto Kajiwara
Yuno	Micah Solusod	Nobunaga Shimazaki
Noelle Silva	Jill Harris	Kana Yūki
Yami Sukehiro	Christopher R. Sabat	Junichi Suwabe
Finral Roulacase	Brandon McInnis	Jun Fukuyama
Magna Swing	Ian Sinclair	Genki Muro
Luck Voltia	Justin Briner	Ayumu Murase
Gauch Adlai	Dave Trosko	Satoshi Hino
Vanessa Enoteca	Lydia Mackay	Nana Mizuki
Charmy Pappitson	Sarah Wiedenheft	Kiyono Yasuno
Gordon Agrippa	Mike McFarland	Kenichirou Matsuda
Julius Nova Chrono	—	Toshiyuki Morikawa
Fuegoleon Vermilion	J. Michael Tatum	Katsuyuki Konishi
Nozel Silva	Ricco Fajardo	Kousuke Toriumi
Jack the Ripper	—	Daisuke Namikawa
Charlotte Roselei	Colleen Clinkenbeard	Yu Kobayashi
William Vangeance	Josh Grelle	Daisuke Ono
Mimosa Vermilion	—	Asuka Nishi
Klaus Lunettes	Aaron Roberts	Takuma Terashima
High Priest	Brian Mathis	Kazuki Nakao
Sister Lily	Dawn M. Bennett	Miyu Kubota
Arlu	Sara Ragsdale	Hitomi Sasaki
Reka	Megan Shipman	Risa Kayama
Revchi	Daman Mills	Yuto Suzuki
Tower Master	Bill Jenkins	—

Gallery

Black Clover - Toonami Promo

Black Clover - Toonami Intro 1

Black Clover - Toonami Intro 2

Black Clover - Toonami Intro 3

Episodes

Story Arc	Episodes	Toonami Season Premiere	Toonami Season Finale
1	13	December 2, 2017	March 10, 2018
2	06	March 17, 2018	April 21, 2018
3	08	April 28, 2018	June 23, 2018
4	12	June 30, 2018	September 22, 2018
5	11	September 29, 2018	December 15, 2018
6	15	January 5, 2019	TBA