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. [2]
Black Clover
The cover of the first volume of Black Clover . ブラッククローバー
( Burakku Kurōbā) Genre
Adventure ,
fantasy [1] Manga Written by
Yūki Tabata Published by
Shueisha English publisher
NA
Viz Media Demographic
Shōnen Imprint
Jump Comics Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Jump English magazine
NA
Weekly Shonen Jump Original run
February 16, 2015 – present Volumes
15 ( List of volumes ) 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
Funimation Original network
TV Tokyo , BS Japan English network
US
Adult Swim ( Toonami ) Original run
October 3, 2017 – present Episodes
51 ( List of episodes ) 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 Anime and Manga portal
Plot
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Main article: List of Black Clover characters
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 at the same time. In a world where everyone has the natural ability to perform a kind of magic, or a Magical Power (魔力
Maryoku ), Asta is the only person born without any, leading him to train physically as compensation. 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 to 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 to become the Wizard King themselves.
Media
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Manga
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Main article: List of Black Clover chapters
Yūki Tabata launched Black Clover in the twelfth issue of
Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 16, 2015. [3] The manga is Tabata's second series in Weekly Shōnen Jump : his first series,
Hungry Joker (ハングリー ジョーカー Hangurī Jōkā), was launched in the magazine on November 12, 2012, where it ran for 24 chapters before being cancelled in 2013. [4][5]
On February 9, 2015, Viz Media announced that they would publish the first three chapters of the series in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine as part of their " Jump Start " program. [6] On March 30, 2015, they announced that the series would join their weekly lineup, beginning with chapter 4 on April 6, and publishing at an accelerated rate until the chapters were current with Japan. [7][8] Plans to release the series in print were announced in during their panel at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2015. [9]
On February 2, 2018, a gag manga spinoff illustrated by Setta Kobayashi titled Asta's Journey to Wizard King (Asta-kun Mahōtei e no Michi) will launch in Shueisha 's
