Black Clover

About

Black Clover is a manga and anime series a young boy named Asta born without magical powers in a magical world who aims to be the Wizard King. The series was first published as a manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in 2015 and adapted to an anime in 2017.

History

Black Clover is written by Yuki Tabata and published by Shueisha.^[1] The first issue was published on February 16th, 2015 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. A week prior, Viz Media had announced they would the first three chapters at once in their weekly digital magazine, Weekly Shonen Jump,and beginning April 6th, the series ran weekly.

Anime

On December 18th, 2016, it as announced that an anime for the series was being developed by Pierrot studio. The series is directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara and written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. The anime premiered on October 9th, 2017, and was initially scheduled to run 13 episodes, but was later expanded to 51.

Video Game

On September 13th, 2018, a video game adaptation of the series, Black Clover: Quartet Knights was released in Japan and in the West the following day.

Reception

The manga was favorably reviewed by critics. ComicsAlliance described it as for fans of Naruto and recommended it to people who enjoy a "good old-fashioned shonen story."^[2] The anime was slightly less-positively received, netting a 6.7 on MyAnimeList.^[3] The show also has a 7.7 on IMDb.^[4]

Online Presence

The show has generated a strong online presence. It has a dedicated subreddit with over 11,400 subscribers,^[5] a Facebook fan page with over 210,000 likes,^[6] and an extensive Wiki.^[7]

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