Black Clover is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series Black Clover by Yūki Tabata. Produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by and Ayataka Tanemura, the series is set in a world where magic is a common everyday part of people's lives, and is centered around one of the only known person to not be able to use magic, Asta. Asta as well as his friend, rival, and adoptive brother Yuno, aspire to become the wizard king however to most people it would seem that Asta had no chance of becoming wizard king while Yuno was famous in his village as a prodigy. The first season aired on TV Tokyo and its TXN affiliates from October 3, 2017, to March 30, 2021. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu and handled series composition, Itsuko Takeda designed the characters, and Minako Seki composed the music. The series uses twenty-six different pieces of theme music: thirteen opening themes and thirteen ending themes.

An original animation DVD based on the manga and produced by Xebec screened at Jump Festa '16 between November 27 and December 18, 2016. It was bundled with the 11th volume of the manga, which was released on May 2, 2017. A separate original video animation was shown at the 2018 Jump Festa.

In 2017, both Crunchyroll and Funimation licensed the series for an English-language release in North America. Crunchyroll simulcasted the series, while Funimation produced an English dub as part of its simuldub program as it aired. Their dubbed adaptation of the first season aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from December 2, 2017, to October 10, 2021. The first DVD and Blu-ray compilation was released by Avex Pictures on February 23, 2018, with individual volumes being released monthly. In February 2021, it was announced that the first season would end on March 30, 2021, which was then followed up by an anime film announcement. The film, titled Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, released on June 16, 2023.

In July 2025 at Anime Expo, it was announced that the series would receive a second season, which will also be produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Ayataka Tanemura. It premiered on October 3, 2026.

Series overview

Episodes Season 1 (2017–2021)

Season 2 (2026)

Notes done

References

External links

at Crunchyroll