Black Clover#Video games

{{Main|List of Black Clover characters{{!}}List of Black Clover characters}}

The series focuses on Asta, a young orphan who is left to be raised in an orphanage alongside his fellow orphan, Yuno. While everyone is born with the ability to utilize mana in the form of magical power, Asta, who has no mana and thus no way to use magic, instead focuses on physical strength. Conversely, Yuno was born as a prodigy with immense magical power and the talent to control wind magic.

Motivated by a desire to become the next Wizard King, an authority figure second to the king of Clover Kingdom, the two youths developed a friendly rivalry. Yuno obtains a legendary four-leaf grimoire held by the kingdom's first Wizard King. The four-leaf grimoire is a rare grimoire, only given to the most immense mages. Asta, despite his lack of magic, obtained an enigmatic five-leaf grimoire that contains mysterious elf swords and a bodiless member of the Devil race who utilizes rare anti-magic. Afterwards, he and Yuno each join a Magic Knight squad as the first step to fulfill their ambitions.

Asta joins the Black Bulls under Yami Sukehiro alongside Noelle Silva, while Yuno becomes a member of the Golden Dawn. They embark on various adventures while contending with an extremist group called the Eye of the Midnight Sun, whose leadership is manipulated by a Devil in avenging an injustice committed against the Elves by the Clover Kingdom at the time of its founding. The Magic Knights then face the Dark Triad of the Spade Kingdom, with Asta and Yuno learning of their Devils' influence on their lives and of the Dark Triad's plan to fully manifest the Devils into their world. Then the Magic Knights face the Dark Triad's eldest sibling, Lucius Zogratis, who wants to create his own perfect world.

Manga author Yūki Tabata started in the manga industry at the age of 20 and worked as an assistant for seven years before his science fiction one-shot Hungry Joker was briefly serialized in the Shueisha magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump for 24 chapters from November 12, 2012, to May 13, 2013, before being canceled.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Shonen Jump to Launch 3 New Manga Series in November|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-31/shonen-jump-to-launch-3-new-manga-series-in-november|website=Anime News Network|date=October 21, 2012|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531025706/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-31/shonen-jump-to-launch-3-new-manga-series-in-november|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=May 13, 2013|script-title=ja:｢LIGHT WING｣の神海英雄、ジャンプで吹奏楽マンガ連載|trans-title=Hideo Shinkai, author of Light Wing, launches a concert band manga series in *Weekly Shōnen Jump|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/90483|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230053331/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/90483|archive-date=December 30, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2021|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}}{{cite web|last=Speelman|first=Tom|url=http://comicsalliance.com/black-clover-readers-guide/|title=Big Spells, Bigger Swords: Should You Be Reading 'Black Clover'?|website=ComicsAlliance|date=March 17, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616124607/http://comicsalliance.com/black-clover-readers-guide/|url-status=live}} Tabata considered this manga a failure which he attributed largely to its quiet and dark-natured main character, who was very unlike the author himself. After its cancellation his friends advised him to develop an energetic, happy-go-lucky protagonist that more closely resembled Tabata and he began working on the fantasy-themed one-shot for Black Clover.{{cite magazine|author=Shonen Jump staff|date=January 23, 2017|title=Jump Festa 2017 Interviews: Yūki Tabata|issue=258|publisher=Viz Media|magazine=Weekly Shonen Jump}}{{cite web|last=Chéry|first=Lloyd|title=Black Clover, le meilleur manga de fantasy expliqué par son auteur|trans-title=Black Clover, the best fantasy manga explained by its author|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/black-clover-le-meilleur-manga-de-fantasy-explique-par-son-auteur-07-07-2018-2233981_2920.php|publisher=Le Point|date=July 7, 2018|access-date=March 6, 2021|language=fr|archive-date=December 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211201813/https://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/black-clover-le-meilleur-manga-de-fantasy-explique-par-son-auteur-07-07-2018-2233981_2920.php|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Drouard|first=Elodle|title="C'est Dragon Ball qui m'a donné envie de faire ce métier" : entretien avec Yûki Tabata, l'auteur du shônen manga Black Clover|trans-title="It was Dragon Ball that made me want to do this job": interview with Yūki Tabata, the author of the shōnen manga Black Clover''|url=https://blog.francetvinfo.fr/popup/2018/09/18/dragon-ball-ma-donne-envie-de-faire-ce-metier-entretien-avec-yuki-tabata-lauteur-du-shonen-manga-black-clover.html|publisher=France Info|date=September 18, 2018|access-date=March 6, 2022|language=fr|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302033300/https://blog.francetvinfo.fr/popup/2018/09/18/dragon-ball-ma-donne-envie-de-faire-ce-metier-entretien-avec-yuki-tabata-lauteur-du-shonen-manga-black-clover.html|url-status=live}} After its publication, he was assigned a new editor (Tatsuhiko Katayama) and Shueisha picked up the series for full serialization.

The weekly production process for Black Clover involved Tabata consulting with Katayama for the first few days on the thumbnails of the chapter then spending the remaining days composing the actual art. Tabata credited himself for coming up with a rough outline and ending for the chapter while Katayama aided him in filling in its content and making corrections. Early in the series the artist claimed to only sleep an average of three hours per night due to stress, but after the anime adaptation of Black Clover began airing he was able to increase this to six hours per night. As of at least the seventh volume of Black Clover, he did not utilize digital tools in his drafting, opting for traditional "analog" inking and toning by hand.{{cite book|author=Tabata Yūki|date=June 6, 2017|title=Black Clover|volume=7|isbn=978-1-4215-9432-3|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=The Assorted Questions Brigade}} Tabata stayed motivated during the manga's long run due to his readers looking forward to each week's chapter.{{cite web|last=Bae|first=John|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/jump-festa-2019-interview-yuki-tabata|title=JUMP FESTA 2019 Interview – Yūki Tabata|publisher=Viz Media|date=March 20, 2019|access-date=March 6, 2021|archive-date=July 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731144917/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/jump-festa-2019-interview-yuki-tabata|url-status=live}} Despite the fast pace of most chapters, the author expressed a desire to occasionally create slower yet still satisfying stories. The dark fantasy {{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} series Berserk by Kentaro Miura was a heavy influence on Tabata. He wanted to craft a {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} equivalent of Berserk while also taking inspiration from other fantasy properties such as Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and the films of Guillermo del Toro. Tabata professed to not be a big fan of fantasy role-playing video games like Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy and used the few fantasy movies he did watch as reference material. To give Black Clover's world a European look, Tabata researched photograph books for sets and locations and documented various weapons, clothing, and buildings.

Tabata stated he enjoyed both writing the manga's script and illustrating its battle scenes, particularly in magnifying his characters' movements and making the action more dynamic. For this latter aspect, he took ideas from the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} fighting manga Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. Tabata recounted he was inspired to become a manga artist after seeing the Dragon Ball Z anime series as a child then learning it was an adaptation of Toriyama's work.{{cite book|author=Tabata Yūki|date=August 7, 2018|title=Black Clover|volume=12|isbn=978-1-9747-0040-0|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=The Assorted Questions Brigade}} He stated that he was also a fan of other {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} series, such as YuYu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi and Bleach by Tite Kubo.{{cite book|author=Tabata Yūki|date=September 3, 2019|title=Black Clover|volume=17|isbn=978-1-9747-0616-7|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=The Assorted Questions Brigade}}{{cite web|last=Whalen|first=Amanda|title=Shōnen Jump Authors Comment on Bleach Ending|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-08-22/shonen-jump-authors-comment-on-bleach-ending/.105535|website=Anime News Network|date=August 22, 2016|access-date=March 7, 2022|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109114002/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-08-22/shonen-jump-authors-comment-on-bleach-ending/.105535|url-status=live}} Tabata wished to create a diverse cast of archetypical characters with opposing attributes. He modeled the characters Asta and Charmy Pappitson after himself and his wife respectively. He admitted in the manga's fourth volume that Charmy was his favorite character to draw.{{cite book|author=Tabata Yūki|date=December 6, 2016|title=Black Clover|volume=4|isbn=978-1-4215-9023-3|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=The Assorted Questions Brigade}} He chose names for characters by looking up words he found interesting in dictionaries of various languages.{{cite web|author=Kazé staff|title=Interview exclusive de Yûki Tabata, l'auteur du manga Black Clover !|trans-title=Exclusive interview with Yûki Tabata, author of Black Clover!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C500oTeNDj4&gl=US&hl=en|publisher=YouTube|date=June 22, 2018|access-date=March 6, 2022|language=fr|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224042020/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C500oTeNDj4&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}} He found that an important aspect of character design in Black Clover was giving them traits that make them easy to remember for the reader. He also wanted to "feel good" drawing them, would revise the characters if he was getting frustrated, and strived to improve on balancing the attention each one gets during the course of the story. Once the characters were made, Tabata decided on their magic abilities based on their personalities and whatever magic would fit the current events of the plot.

{{Main|List of Black Clover chapters{{!}}List of Black Clover chapters}}

Written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata, Black Clover has been serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 16, 2015, to August 21, 2023.{{cite web|last=Valdez|first=Kiara|title=Shonen Jump to Launch 4 Manga, Including Detective Story by Psyren's Iwashiro|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-29/shonen-jump-to-launch-4-manga-including-detective-story-by-psyren-iwashiro/.83790|website=Anime News Network|date=January 29, 2015|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-date=December 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213034725/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-29/shonen-jump-to-launch-4-manga-including-detective-story-by-psyren-iwashiro/.83790|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=February 16, 2015|script-title=ja:田畠裕基のジャンプ新連載、魔法使えない少年が魔法使いの頂点目指す|trans-title=Yūki Tabata's new Jump series follows a boy who can't use magic but aims to become the greatest magic user|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/138638|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111232327/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/138638|archive-date=January 11, 2021|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}} In April 2022, it was announced that the series would enter a three-month hiatus to prepare it for its final arc.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Manga Goes on Hiatus for Around 3 Months So Author Can Prepare for Final Saga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-24/black-clover-manga-goes-on-hiatus-for-around-3-months-so-author-can-prepare-for-final-saga/.184918|website=Anime News Network|date=April 24, 2022|access-date=April 24, 2022|archive-date=April 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424150026/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-24/black-clover-manga-goes-on-hiatus-for-around-3-months-so-author-can-prepare-for-final-saga/.184918|url-status=live}} The series finished its run in Weekly Shōnen Jump on August 21, 2023,{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Manga Moves to Quarterly Jump Giga Magazine, Resumes in Winter|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-20/black-clover-manga-moves-to-quarterly-jump-giga-magazine-resumes-in-winter/.201420|website=Anime News Network|date=August 20, 2023|access-date=August 20, 2023|archive-date=August 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820152153/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-20/black-clover-manga-moves-to-quarterly-jump-giga-magazine-resumes-in-winter/.201420|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ブラッククローバー』完結に向け連載移籍、週刊連載8年半に幕 ジャンプGIGAで今冬に連載再開|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2291491/full/|publisher=Oricon News|date=August 21, 2023|access-date=August 20, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=August 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831031500/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2291491/full/|url-status=live}} and resumed in Jump Giga on December 25 of the same year.{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Black Clover Manga Resumes on December 25|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-12-03/black-clover-manga-resumes-on-december-25/.205036|date=December 3, 2023|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203170927/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-12-03/black-clover-manga-resumes-on-december-25/.205036|archive-date=December 3, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=December 25, 2023|script-title=ja:「ブラッククローバー」ジャンプGIGAで連載再開 巻頭カラー28ページで登場|trans-title=Black Clover" resumes serialization in Jump Giga, returning with a 28-page color opening|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/554671|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226024423/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/554671|archive-date=December 26, 2023|access-date=December 29, 2023|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}} Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The first volume was published on June 4, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880416-3|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー 1|trans-title=Black Clover 1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=February 6, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403204337/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880416-3|url-status=live}} As of February 2, 2024, 36 volumes have been released.{{cite web|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-883665-2|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー 36|trans-title=Black Clover 36|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=December 20, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115004010/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-883665-2|url-status=live}}

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 in North America.{{cite web|title=Viz's Shonen Jump to Add Yūki Tabata's Black Clover Fantasy Manga (Update)|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-09/viz-shonen-jump-to-add-yuki-tabata-black-clover-fantasy-manga/.84250|website=Anime News Network|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715035933/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-09/viz-shonen-jump-to-add-yuki-tabata-black-clover-fantasy-manga/.84250|url-status=live}} On March 30, 2015, they announced that the series would join their weekly lineup, beginning with the fourth chapter on April 6, and publishing at an accelerated rate until the chapters were current with Japan.{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Viz's Shonen Jump Adds Yūki Tabata's Black Clover Fantasy Manga to Regular Line-Up|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-30/viz-shonen-jump-adds-yuki-tabata-black-clover-fantasy-manga-to-regular-line-up/.86536|website=Anime News Network|date=March 30, 2015|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416084318/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-30/viz-shonen-jump-adds-yuki-tabata-black-clover-fantasy-manga-to-regular-line-up/.86536|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|title="Black Clover" to Join English "Shonen Jump"|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/03/31-1/black-clover-to-join-english-shonen-jump|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426043637/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/03/31-1/black-clover-to-join-english-shonen-jump|url-status=live}} Plans to release the series in print were announced during their panel at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2015.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Viz Media Adds Kuroko's Basketball, Haikyu!!, Yona of the Dawn Manga|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-09/viz-media-adds-kuroko-basketball-haikyu-yona-of-the-dawn-manga/.93970|website=Anime News Network|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601073211/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-09/viz-media-adds-kuroko-basketball-haikyu-yona-of-the-dawn-manga/.93970|url-status=live}} Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the app and website Manga Plus in February 2019.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Shueisha Launches Free Global MANGA Plus Service|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-27/shueisha-launches-free-global-manga-plus-service/.142634|website=Anime News Network|date=January 27, 2019|access-date=May 20, 2019|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001164426/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-27/shueisha-launches-free-global-manga-plus-service/.142634|url-status=live}}

A gag manga spin-off by Setta Kobayashi, titled {{nihongo||アスタくん魔法帝への道|Asta-kun Mahōtei e no Michi|"Asta's Journey to Wizard King"}}, was serialized in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump from February 2, 2018,{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Black Clover Gets Gag Manga Spinoff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-26/black-clover-gets-gag-manga-spinoff/.126995|website=Anime News Network|date=January 27, 2018|access-date=January 27, 2018|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117221630/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-26/black-clover-gets-gag-manga-spinoff/.126995|url-status=live}} to April 1, 2021.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Manga Briefs Roundup: March-April 2021|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-04/manga-briefs-roundup-march-april-2021/.171449|website=Anime News Network|date=April 4, 2021|access-date=September 26, 2022|quote=The May issue of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine published the final chapter on April 1 of Setta Kobayashi's Asta-kun Mahōtei e no Michi (Asta's Journey to Wizard King) manga|archive-date=December 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225013249/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-04/manga-briefs-roundup-march-april-2021/.171449|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its chapters in three {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume, released from January 4, 2019,{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881705-7|script-title=ja:アスタくん魔法帝への道 1|trans-title=Asta's Journey to Wizard King 1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 21, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610000155/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881705-7|url-status=live}} to July 2, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882726-1|script-title=ja:アスタくん魔法帝への道 3|trans-title=Asta's Journey to Wizard King 3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 26, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926053614/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882726-1|url-status=live}}

On September 30, 2018, a manga based on the video game Black Clover: Quartet Knights, illustrated by Yumiya Tashiro, launched on the Shōnen Jump+ app on October 7, 2018,{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover: Quartet Knights Game Gets Manga Adaptation|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-30/black-clover-quartet-knights-game-gets-manga-adaptation/.137497|website=Anime News Network|date=September 30, 2018|access-date=September 30, 2018|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200133/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-30/black-clover-quartet-knights-game-gets-manga-adaptation/.137497|url-status=live}} and finished on April 12, 2020.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Gaiden: Quartet Knights Manga Ends on April 12|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-05/black-clover-gaiden-quartet-knights-manga-ends-on-april-12/.158311|website=Anime News Network|date=April 5, 2020|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412140634/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-05/black-clover-gaiden-quartet-knights-manga-ends-on-april-12/.158311|url-status=live}} Its chapters were collected in six {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from January 4, 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881709-5|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー外伝 カルテットナイツ 1|trans-title=Black Clover Gaiden: Quartet Knights 1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=January 11, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=November 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114115208/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881709-5|url-status=live}} to October 2, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882488-8|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー外伝 カルテットナイツ 6|trans-title=Black Clover Gaiden: Quartet Knights 6|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=January 11, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111062630/https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882488-8|url-status=live}}

Three novels written by Johnny Onda have been released under the Jump J-Books imprint.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Franchise Gets New Novel Centered on Yuno|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-16/black-clover-franchise-gets-new-novel-centered-on-yuno/.151172|website=Anime News Network|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111080440/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-16/black-clover-franchise-gets-new-novel-centered-on-yuno/.151172|url-status=live}} The first, {{Nihongo|Black Clover: Abareushi no Sho|ブラッククローバー 暴牛の書|Burakku Kurōbā Bōgyū no Sho|"Black Clover: Stubborn Bull Book"}}, was released on August 4, 2016;{{cite web|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー 暴牛の書|trans-title=Black Clover: Book of the Black Bulls|url=https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/blackclover_bougyuuno.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111075916/https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/blackclover_bougyuuno.html|archive-date=January 11, 2023|access-date=January 11, 2023|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|department=Jump J-Books}} the second, {{Nihongo|Black Clover: Kishidan no Sho|ブラッククローバー 騎士団の書|Burakku Kurōbā Kishidan no Sho|"Black Clover: Order of Knights Book"}}, was released on October 4, 2017;{{cite web|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー 騎士団の書|trans-title=Black Clover: Book of the Magic Knights|url=https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/blackclover_kisidanno.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111075918/https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/blackclover_kisidanno.html|archive-date=January 11, 2023|access-date=January 11, 2023|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|department=Jump J-Books}} and the third, {{Nihongo|Black Clover: Yuno no Sho|ブラッククローバー ユノの書|Burakku Kurōbā Yuno no Sho|"Black Clover: Book of Yuno"}}, was released on October 4, 2019.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー ユノの書|trans-title=Black Clover: Book of Yuno|url=https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/blackclove_yunono.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111075922/https://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/books/blackclove_yunono.html|archive-date=January 11, 2023|access-date=January 11, 2023|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|department=Jump J-Books}} A novel adaptation of the film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, authored by Atarō Kuma with Johnny Onda in charge of the scenario, was released on June 9, 2023.{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King Anime Film Gets Novel Adaptation|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-11/black-clover-sword-of-the-wizard-king-anime-film-gets-novel-adaptation/.196989|website=Anime News Network|date=April 11, 2023|access-date=April 12, 2023|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412013700/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-11/black-clover-sword-of-the-wizard-king-anime-film-gets-novel-adaptation/.196989|url-status=live}}

An original video animation (OVA) produced by Xebec Zwei that is based on the series was shown at the 2016 Jump Festa between November 27 and December 18, 2016.{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|title="Black Clover" Anime Episode To Screen At Jump Festa|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/24-1/black-clover-anime-episode-to-screen-at-jump-festa|website=Crunchyroll|date=August 24, 2016|access-date=August 24, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200057/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/24-1/black-clover-anime-episode-to-screen-at-jump-festa|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Jump Special Anime Festa Event Confirms Screening of Black Clover Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-29/jump-special-anime-festa-event-confirms-screening-of-black-clover-anime/.105877|website=Anime News Network|date=August 29, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200122/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-29/jump-special-anime-festa-event-confirms-screening-of-black-clover-anime/.105877|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=XEBEC Animates Black Clover Manga's Event Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-10-06/xebec-animates-black-clover-manga-event-anime/.107318|website=Anime News Network|date=October 6, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200047/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-10-06/xebec-animates-black-clover-manga-event-anime/.107318|url-status=live}} It was bundled with the 11th volume of the manga, which was released on May 2, 2017. A second original video animation was shown at the 2018 Jump Festa.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Crunchyroll Streams Black Clover Event Anime From Jump Special Anime Festa|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-02/crunchyroll-streams-black-clover-event-anime-from-jump-special-anime-festa/.140252|website=Anime News Network|date=December 2, 2018|access-date=December 2, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815233651/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-02/crunchyroll-streams-black-clover-event-anime-from-jump-special-anime-festa/.140252|url-status=live}} It was later released on DVD releases alongside My Hero Academia and Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma bundled with the future volumes of their respective manga, as it was announced at Jump Special Anime Festa event.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=My Hero Academia, Black Clover, Food Wars! Event Anime Get DVD Releases|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-01/my-hero-academia-black-clover-food-wars-event-anime-get-dvd-releases/.109366|website=Anime News Network|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=December 6, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621123437/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-01/my-hero-academia-black-clover-food-wars-event-anime-get-dvd-releases/.109366|url-status=live}}

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At the Black Clover Jump Festa event on December 18, 2016, an anime television series adaptation by Pierrot was announced.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Yūki Tabata's Black Clover Manga Gets TV Anime by Studio Pierrot (Updated)|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-17/yuki-tabata-black-clover-manga-gets-tv-anime-by-studio-pierrot/.110057|website=Anime News Network|date=December 18, 2016|access-date=December 18, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200224/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-17/yuki-tabata-black-clover-manga-gets-tv-anime-by-studio-pierrot/.110057|url-status=live}} It was directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu writing scripts, Itsuko Takeda doing character designs, and Minako Seki composing the music.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Monster Musume's Tatsuya Yoshihara Directs Black Clover TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-01/monster-musume-tatsuya-yoshihara-directs-black-clover-tv-anime/.116876|website=Anime News Network|date=June 1, 2017|access-date=June 1, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601153347/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-01/monster-musume-tatsuya-yoshihara-directs-black-clover-tv-anime/.116876|url-status=live}} The series premiered on TV Tokyo on October 3, 2017.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover TV Anime Premieres This Year|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-07-08/black-clover-tv-anime-premieres-this-year/.118583|website=Anime News Network|date=July 8, 2017|access-date=July 8, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200135/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-07-08/black-clover-tv-anime-premieres-this-year/.118583|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Anime Reveals October 3 Premiere, More Golden Dawn Cast Members|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-24/black-clover-anime-reveals-october-3-premiere-more-golden-dawn-cast-members/.120491|website=Anime News Network|date=August 24, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626085456/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-24/black-clover-anime-reveals-october-3-premiere-more-golden-dawn-cast-members/.120491|url-status=live}} with the first two seasons each consisting of 51 episodes.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Black Clover Anime Unveils Visual for New Season|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-09-21/black-clover-anime-unveils-visual-for-new-season/.137089|website=Anime News Network|date=September 21, 2018|access-date=September 22, 2018|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922091613/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-09-21/black-clover-anime-unveils-visual-for-new-season/.137089|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Megan|title='Black Clover' Revises Initial Episode Order|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/02/12/black-clover-episode-order-anime-updated/|website=ComicBook.com|date=February 12, 2019|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=September 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920110148/https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/02/12/black-clover-episode-order-anime-updated/|url-status=live}} The third seasons premiered on October 1, 2019.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Anime Reveals New Theme Song Artists|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-29/black-clover-anime-reveals-new-theme-song-artists/.151655|website=Anime News Network|date=September 29, 2019|access-date=February 6, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209060544/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-29/black-clover-anime-reveals-new-theme-song-artists/.151655|url-status=live}} The series was broadcast without any major interruption until late April 2020, when it was announced that future episodes would be postponed based on studio production delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The broadcasting and distribution of episode 133 onward were delayed and in its place, the first episode of the series was rebroadcast on May 5, 2020;{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Black Clover Anime Delays New Episodes Due to COVID-19|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-26/black-clover-anime-delays-new-episodes-due-to-covid-19/.159017|website=Anime News Network|date=April 26, 2020|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=May 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508230401/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-26/black-clover-anime-delays-new-episodes-due-to-covid-19/.159017|url-status=live}} the series resumed on July 7 of the same year,{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Black Clover Anime Resumed on July 7|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-21/black-clover-anime-resumes-on-july-7/.160822|website=Anime News Network|date=June 21, 2020|access-date=June 21, 2020|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623081017/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-21/black-clover-anime-resumes-on-july-7/.160822|url-status=live}} and finished at episode 170 on March 30, 2021.{{cite web|date=February 2, 2021|script-title=ja:アニメ「ブラクロ」3月30日で最終回、重大発表も！特別番組に梶原岳人ら出演|trans-title=The "Black Clover" anime will end on March 30, with a major announcement! Special program to feature Gakuto Kajiwara and others|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/414716|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202113630/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/414716|archive-date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}}{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Black Clover TV Anime to End on March 30 With 'Important Announcement'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-02/black-clover-tv-anime-to-end-on-march-30-with-important-announcement/.169067|website=Anime News Network|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304092358/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-02/black-clover-tv-anime-to-end-on-march-30-with-important-announcement/.169067|url-status=live}}

Crunchyroll has simulcast the series,{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Black Clover Anime Series Starting in October|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-14/crunchyroll-to-stream-black-clover-anime-series-starting-in-october/.118860|website=Anime News Network|date=July 15, 2017|access-date=July 15, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915104143/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-14/crunchyroll-to-stream-black-clover-anime-series-starting-in-october/.118860|url-status=live}} while Funimation produced an English dub as part of its SimulDub program as it aired.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Funimation to Simuldub Black Clover Anime This Fall|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-01/funimation-to-simuldub-black-clover-anime-this-fall/.120834|website=Anime News Network|date=September 1, 2017|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200137/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-01/funimation-to-simuldub-black-clover-anime-this-fall/.120834|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Funimation Reveals Black Clover English Dub Cast, October 29 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-26/funimation-reveals-black-clover-english-dub-cast-october-29-premiere/.123258|website=Anime News Network|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=March 3, 2018|archive-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629110500/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-26/funimation-reveals-black-clover-english-dub-cast-october-29-premiere/.123258|url-status=live}} Adult Swim's Toonami programming block premiered the English dub on December 2, 2017.{{cite web|last=Piselli Justin|title=Toonami to Air Black Clover Anime Starting December 2|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-17/toonami-to-air-black-clover-anime-starting-december-2/.124186|website=Anime News Network|date=November 17, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=November 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118103118/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-17/toonami-to-air-black-clover-anime-starting-december-2/.124186|url-status=live}} The series was added to the Hulu streaming service.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Hulu Adds Kill La Kill, Sword Art Online II English Dubs|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-31/hulu-adds-kill-la-kill-sword-art-online-ii-english-dubs/.127184|website=Anime News Network|date=January 31, 2018|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201214608/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-31/hulu-adds-kill-la-kill-sword-art-online-ii-english-dubs/.127184|url-status=live}} Sony Pictures UK and Funimation released the first part of the series on home video in the United Kingdom and Ireland,{{cite web|author=NormanicGrav|title=Sony Pictures UK to release Black Clover anime series for home video release!|url=https://animeuknews.net/2018/06/black-clover-anime-series-listed-for-uk-home-video-release/|website=Anime UK News|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621093221/https://animeuknews.net/2018/06/black-clover-anime-series-listed-for-uk-home-video-release/|url-status=live}} with subsequent parts released by Manga Entertainment.{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Josh A|url=https://animeuknews.net/2019/02/manga-uks-spring-slate-adds-darling-in-the-franxx-black-clover-more/|title=Manga UK's Spring Slate Adds DARLING in the FRANXX, Black Clover & More!|website=Anime UK News|date=February 15, 2019|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153157/https://animeuknews.net/2019/02/manga-uks-spring-slate-adds-darling-in-the-franxx-black-clover-more/|url-status=live}} Universal Sony classified the first part of the series for release in Australia and New Zealand, on behalf of Funimation,{{cite web|url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/black-clover-season-1-part-1|title=BLACK CLOVER SEASON 1 PART 1|publisher=Australian Classification Board|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518030229/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/black-clover-season-1-part-1|url-status=live}} with Madman Entertainment releasing subsequent parts.{{cite web|url=https://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=46717|title=Black Clover Season 1 Part 2 DVD / Blu-Ray Combo|publisher=Madman Entertainment|access-date=January 1, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112080705/https://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=view&releaseId=46717|url-status=live}} The first of Black Clover became available on Netflix India with Japanese audio and English subtitles on February 23, 2021.{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Netflix India Lists New Seasons of Black Clover Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-08/netflix-india-lists-new-seasons-of-black-clover-anime/.169039|website=Anime News Network|date=February 8, 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211130155/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-08/netflix-india-lists-new-seasons-of-black-clover-anime/.169039|url-status=live}}

A short original net animation titled {{nihongo|Squishy! Black Clover|むぎゅっと！ブラッククローバー|Mugyutto! Burakku Kurōbā}}, produced by DLE and directed by Tsukasa Nishiyama, began airing on dTV on July 1, 2019. The opening theme song for the short is "Possible" by Gakuto Kajiwara and Nobunaga Shimazaki, under the name "Clover×Clover".{{cite web|date=July 1, 2019|script-title=ja:「ブラクロ」がショートアニメに、主題歌は梶原岳人×島崎信長の限定ユニット|trans-title="Black Clover" becomes a short anime, with the theme song by a special unit featuring Gakuto Kajiwara and Nobunaga Shimazaki|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/337719|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200152/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/337719|archive-date=August 4, 2020|access-date=January 1, 2020|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}} Crunchyroll made the short available internationally on December 31, 2019.{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Squishy! Black Clover Anime Spinoff Hits Crunchyroll Today|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/12/31/squishy-black-clover-anime-spinoff-hits-crunchyroll-today|website=Crunchyroll|date=December 31, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200100/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/12/31/squishy-black-clover-anime-spinoff-hits-crunchyroll-today|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King{{!}}Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King}}

On March 28, 2021, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime film, with details to be revealed at a later date.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Anime Gets Film|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-28/black-clover-anime-gets-film/.171224|website=Anime News Network|date=March 28, 2021|access-date=March 28, 2021|archive-date=December 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217052842/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-28/black-clover-anime-gets-film/.171224|url-status=live}} It was later announced that the film's title is {{nihongo|Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King|ブラッククローバー 魔法帝の剣|Burakku Kurōbā: Mahōtei no Ken}}. It was directed by Ayataka Tanemura, with the screenplay written by Johnny Onda and Ai Orii, character designs by Itsuko Takeda, and music by Minako Seki. Tabata also supervised the film and provide the original character designs. The film was originally set to premiere simultaneously in Japanese theaters and internationally on Netflix on March 31, 2023;{{cite web|date=October 6, 2022|script-title=ja:劇場版「ブラッククローバー」3月31日公開、田畠裕基「原作でやらないんだコレという物語」|trans-title=The film "Black Clover" will be released on March 31, with Yūki Tabata stating, "This is a story that won't be covered in the original work"|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/496577|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006130802/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/496577|archive-date=October 6, 2022|access-date=October 6, 2022|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Black Clover Anime Film Unveils Title, Trailer, Cast, March 31 Worldwide Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-06/black-clover-anime-film-unveils-title-trailer-cast-march-31-worldwide-premiere/.190558|website=Anime News Network|date=October 6, 2022|access-date=October 6, 2022|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219171914/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-06/black-clover-anime-film-unveils-title-trailer-cast-march-31-worldwide-premiere/.190558|url-status=live}} however, it was later delayed to June 16 of the same year due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting its production.{{cite web|last=Dempsey|first=Liam|title=Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King Anime Film Postponed to June 16 Due to COVID-19|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/16-1/black-clover-sword-of-the-wizard-king-anime-film-postponed-to-june-16-due-to-covid-19|website=Crunchyroll|date=February 16, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217033552/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/16-1/black-clover-sword-of-the-wizard-king-anime-film-postponed-to-june-16-due-to-covid-19|url-status=live}} Treasure performed the theme song "Here I Stand".{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King Film Reveals New Trailer, 2 More Cast Members|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-16/black-clover-sword-of-the-wizard-king-film-reveals-new-trailer-2-more-cast-members/.193045|website=Anime News Network|date=December 16, 2022|access-date=December 16, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229180619/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-16/black-clover-sword-of-the-wizard-king-film-reveals-new-trailer-2-more-cast-members/.193045|url-status=live}}

At Jump Festa 2017, a video game, titled Black Clover: Quartet Knights, was announced for a 2018 release on PlayStation 4 and PC.{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/black-clover-quartet-knights-trailer-brings-4-on-4-anime-warfare-478411.phtml|title=Black Clover: Quartet Knights trailer brings 4-on-4 anime warfare|website=Destructoid|date=December 18, 2017|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804200102/https://www.destructoid.com/black-clover-quartet-knights-trailer-brings-4-on-4-anime-warfare-478411.phtml|url-status=live}} It was developed by Ilinx and published by Bandai Namco.{{cite web|title=Black Clover: Quartet Knights|url=https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/black-clover-quartet-knights-ps4/|publisher=PlayStation|access-date=June 14, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227201105/https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/black-clover-quartet-knights-ps4/|url-status=live}} It was released in Japan on September 13, 2018,{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Quartet Knights Game Launches in Japan on September 13|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-05-27/black-clover-quartet-knights-game-launches-in-japan-on-september-13/.132072|website=Anime News Network|date=May 27, 2018|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707195406/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-05-27/black-clover-quartet-knights-game-launches-in-japan-on-september-13/.132072|url-status=live}} while the western release was on September 14 of the same year.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Black Clover: Quartet Knights Game Heads West on September 14|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-29/black-clover-quartet-knights-game-heads-west-on-september-14/.132161|website=Anime News Network|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2018|archive-date=May 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530000445/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-29/black-clover-quartet-knights-game-heads-west-on-september-14/.132161|url-status=live}}

On April 22, 2018, a mobile game called {{Nihongo|Black Clover: Phantom Knights|ブラッククローバー 夢幻の騎士団|Burakku Kurōbā: Mugen no Kishidan}} was announced.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Manga Gets Smartphone Game this Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-22/black-clover-manga-gets-smartphone-game-this-year/.130681|website=Anime News Network|date=April 22, 2018|access-date=April 22, 2018|archive-date=April 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422184223/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-22/black-clover-manga-gets-smartphone-game-this-year/.130681|url-status=live}} It was released in Japan on November 14, 2018.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover: Mugen no Kishidan Smartphone Game Launches in Japan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-15/black-clover-mugen-no-kishidan-smartphone-game-launches-in-japan/.139523|website=Anime News Network|date=November 15, 2018|access-date=November 15, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115195416/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-15/black-clover-mugen-no-kishidan-smartphone-game-launches-in-japan/.139523|url-status=live}} On December 6, 2019, Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that the game would be released on January 16, 2020.{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Black Clover Phantom Knights Smartphone Game Launches in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-16/black-clover-phantom-knights-smartphone-game-launches-in-english/.155407|website=Anime News Network|date=January 16, 2020|access-date=January 21, 2020|archive-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314095709/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-16/black-clover-phantom-knights-smartphone-game-launches-in-english/.155407|url-status=live}} On December 9, 2020, Bandai Namco Entertainment closed its servers and removed the game from all iOS and Android mobile app stores worldwide.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Black Clover Phantom Knights Smartphone Game Ends Service on December 9|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-02/black-clover-phantom-knights-smartphone-game-ends-service-on-december-9/.164792|website=Anime News Network|date=October 2, 2020|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=December 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220143947/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-02/black-clover-phantom-knights-smartphone-game-ends-service-on-december-9/.164792|url-status=live}} Asta is featured as a playable character in the Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover game Jump Force.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover's Asta Joins Jump Force Game's Lineup|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-14/black-clover-asta-joins-jump-force-game-lineup/.140847|website=Anime News Network|date=December 14, 2018|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426161240/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-14/black-clover-asta-joins-jump-force-game-lineup/.140847|url-status=live}} On December 19, 2021, during Jump Festa 2022, a mobile game was announced. Titled {{Nihongo|Black Clover Mobile: Rise of the Wizard King|ブラッククローバーモバイル 魔法帝への道|Burakku Kurōbā Mobairu Mahōtei e no Michi}} and developed by Vic Game Studios,{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Black Clover Mobile: Rise of the Wizard King Game Delayed to 1st Half of 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-07/black-clover-mobile-rise-of-the-wizard-king-game-delayed-to-1st-half-of-2023/.191649|website=Anime News Network|date=November 7, 2022|access-date=March 5, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306082345/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-07/black-clover-mobile-rise-of-the-wizard-king-game-delayed-to-1st-half-of-2023/.191649|url-status=live}} it was originally announced to be released sometime in 2022;{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Gets New Mobile Game in 2022|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-19/black-clover-gets-new-mobile-game-in-2022/.180769|website=Anime News Network|date=December 19, 2021|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219074533/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-19/black-clover-gets-new-mobile-game-in-2022/.180769|url-status=live}} however, it was later announced that it would be released in worldwide in the first half of 2023. The band Glay contributed two songs to the game; {{Nihongo|"Genkai Toppa"|限界突破|"Limit Break"}} and "Pianista".{{cite press release|script-title=ja:次世代アニメーションRPG『ブラッククローバーモバイル 魔法帝への道』テーマ曲はGLAYに決定！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000002.000106108.html|publisher=Vic Game Studios|via=PR Times|date=January 19, 2023|access-date=March 6, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306135000/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000002.000106108.html|url-status=live}} Another mobile game, {{Nihongo|Black Clover: The Road to the Wizard King – The Opening of Fate|ブラッククローバーモバイル 魔法帝への道 The Opening of Fate}}, developed by South Korean company Vic Game Studios, was released on May 25, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ブラッククローバーモバイル 魔法帝への道 The Opening of Fate」の事前登録者数が70万人を突破。Twitterにてカウントダウンイラストを公開中|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/611/G061125/20230522057/|publisher=4gamer.net|date=May 22, 2023|access-date=June 10, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610154338/https://www.4gamer.net/games/611/G061125/20230522057/|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|script-title=ja:新作アプリゲーム『ブラッククローバーモバイル 魔法帝への道 The Opening of Fate』公式WEB番組『ブラクロモ通信vol.1』が本日20時～生配信！|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000015.000106108.html|publisher=Vic Game Studios|via=PR Times|date=May 30, 2023|access-date=June 10, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610154338/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000015.000106108.html|url-status=live}} The game has made roughly $2 million on iOS devices,{{cite web|title=VicGameStudios Revenue & App Download Estimates from Sensor Tower|url=https://app.sensortower.com/ios/publisher/publisher/1578612743|publisher=Sensor Tower|access-date=June 10, 2023|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610135952/https://app.sensortower.com/ios/publisher/publisher/1578612743|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Castrovilli|first=Gaetano|date=2022-05-09|title=HariManga|url=https://www.harimanga.vip/|access-date=2025-05-06|website=www.harimanga.vip}} and $800,000 on Android devices,{{cite web|title=VIC Game Studios Revenue & App Download Estimates from Sensor Tower – Google Play Store|url=https://app.sensortower.com/android/publisher/publisher/VIC%2BGame%2BStudios|publisher=Sensor Tower|access-date=June 10, 2023|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610135231/https://app.sensortower.com/android/publisher/publisher/VIC%2BGame%2BStudios|url-status=live}} across both Japanese and Korean servers.

A stage play adaptation was announced in June 2023. It starred Keisuke Ueda as Asta, Naoki Takeshi as Yuno, and Arisa Komiya as Noelle Silva. The stage play ran through September 14–18, 2023, at Theatre 1010 in Tokyo and through September 22–24 at Kanagawa Arts Theatre.{{cite web|last=Dempsey|first=Liam|title=Black Clover Conjures Up Theater Magic for Stage Play Adaptation|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/6/23/black-clover-conjures-up-theater-magic-for-stage-play-adaptation|website=Crunchyroll|date=June 23, 2023|access-date=June 23, 2023|archive-date=June 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623141432/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/6/23/black-clover-conjures-up-theater-magic-for-stage-play-adaptation|url-status=live}}

In 2016, Black Clover ranked ninth on the second Next Manga Award, presented by Kadokawa Corporation's Da Vinci magazine and Niconico streaming website;{{cite web|date=February 5, 2016|script-title=ja:「第2回 次にくるマンガ大賞」1位は「背すじをピン！と」に決定|trans-title=The winner of the "2nd Next Manga Awards" is "Sezushi wo Pin! Ton"|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/174973|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720003159/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/174973|archive-date=July 20, 2021|access-date=March 5, 2023|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}} in the same year, the series ranked third on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2016.{{cite web|date=February 4, 2016|script-title=ja:全国書店員が選んだマンガランキング2016、1位は「ダンジョン飯」|trans-title=The manga ranking selected by bookstore staff nationwide in 2016, with the first place being "Delicious in Dungeon"|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/174886|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428200920/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/174886|archive-date=April 28, 2021|access-date=April 26, 2021|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}}

Tokyo-based dispatched labor company {{ill|Staff Service|ja|スタッフサービス}} included the series on a list of three manga series about protagonists who struggle to overcome their own weakness and self-doubt, recommended for low self-confidence people.{{cite web|date=May 30, 2018|script-title=ja:「自分には才能がない」と自信喪失中な時に読みたい、最弱主人公が奮闘するマンガ3選|trans-title=Three mangas to read when you're feeling like "I have no talent" and losing confidence, featuring the weakest protagonists who strive to succeed|url=https://www.staffservice.co.jp/cheer/jobs/manga05.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318111109/https://www.staffservice.co.jp/cheer/jobs/manga05.html|archive-date=March 18, 2023|access-date=March 18, 2023|publisher={{ill|Staff Service|ja|スタッフサービス}}|language=ja}}

Volume 1 reached 23rd place on the weekly Oricon manga charts, with 38,128 copies sold;{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, June 1–7|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-10/japanese-comic-ranking-june-1-7/.89116|website=Anime News Network|date=June 10, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025024118/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-10/japanese-comic-ranking-june-1-7/.89116|url-status=live}} volume 2 reached seventeenth place, with 61,918 copies;{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, August 3–9|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-12/japanese-comic-ranking-august-3-9/.91608|website=Anime News Network|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003232056/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-12/japanese-comic-ranking-august-3-9/.91608|url-status=live}} volume 3 also reached seventeenth place, with 80,462 copies;{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, September 28-October 4|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-07/japanese-comic-ranking-september-28-october-4/.93901|website=Anime News Network|date=October 7, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428121833/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-07/japanese-comic-ranking-september-28-october-4/.93901|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, October 5–11|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-14/japanese-comic-ranking-october-5-11/.94219|website=Anime News Network|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428054521/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-14/japanese-comic-ranking-october-5-11/.94219|url-status=live}} volume 4 reached thirteenth place, with 93,866 copies;{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, November 30-December 6|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-09/japanese-comic-ranking-november-30-december-6/.96305|website=Anime News Network|date=December 9, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601185259/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-09/japanese-comic-ranking-november-30-december-6/.96305|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 7–13|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-16/japanese-comic-ranking-december-7-13/.96595|website=Anime News Network|date=December 16, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=May 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524111808/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-16/japanese-comic-ranking-december-7-13/.96595|url-status=live}} volume 5 reached fifteenth place, with 108,503 copies;{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, February 29-March 6|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-09/japanese-comic-ranking-february-29-march-6/.99591|website=Anime News Network|date=March 9, 2016|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=June 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604134508/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-09/japanese-comic-ranking-february-29-march-6/.99591|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, March 7–13|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-16/japanese-comic-ranking-march-7-13/.99872|website=Anime News Network|date=March 16, 2016|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=June 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614102559/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-16/japanese-comic-ranking-march-7-13/.99872|url-status=live}} and volume 6 reached eleventh place, with 118,783 copies.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, May 2–8|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-may-2-8/.102005|website=Anime News Network|date=May 11, 2016|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=June 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613192240/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-11/japanese-comic-ranking-may-2-8/.102005|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9–15|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-18/japanese-comic-ranking-may-9-15/.102252|website=Anime News Network|date=May 18, 2016|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=June 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619210141/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-18/japanese-comic-ranking-may-9-15/.102252|url-status=live}} By December 2017, the manga had over 4.8 million copies in circulation;{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Manga Has 4.8 Million Copies in Print|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-12-02/black-clover-manga-has-4.8-million-copies-in-print/.124773|website=Anime News Network|date=December 2, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222092338/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-12-02/black-clover-manga-has-4.8-million-copies-in-print/.124773|url-status=live}} it had over 5.5 million copies in circulation by February 2018;{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Manga Has 5.5 Million Copies in Print|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-02-25/black-clover-manga-has-5.5-million-copies-in-print/.128244|website=Anime News Network|date=February 25, 2018|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222092338/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-02-25/black-clover-manga-has-5.5-million-copies-in-print/.128244|url-status=live}} over 7 million copies in circulation by January 2019;{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series – January 2019|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-02/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for-manga-light-novel-series-january-2019/.142007|website=Anime News Network|date=February 2, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2019|archive-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202223742/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-02/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for-manga-light-novel-series-january-2019/.142007|url-status=live}} over 12 million copies in circulation by March 2021;{{cite web|script-title=ja:アニメ『ブラッククローバー』映画化決定、記念ビジュアル&特報PV公開|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2188748/full/|website=Oricon News|publisher=Oricon|date=March 29, 2019|access-date=April 27, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427180854/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2188748/full/|url-status=live}} over 15 million copies in circulation by May 2021;{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Black Clover Manga Has 15 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-05-30/black-clover-manga-has-15-million-copies-in-circulation-worldwide/.173375|website=Anime News Network|date=May 30, 2021|access-date=May 30, 2021|archive-date=May 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530164910/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2021-05-30/black-clover-manga-has-15-million-copies-in-circulation-worldwide/.173375|url-status=live}} over 16 million copies in circulation by December 2021;{{cite press release|script-title=ja:新作モバイルゲームアプリ『ブラッククローバーモバイル』が2022年にサービス開始予定!!|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000273.000040769.html|publisher=Pearl Abyss|via=PR Times|date=December 19, 2021|access-date=September 26, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926042758/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000273.000040769.html|url-status=live}} over 17 million copies in circulation by June 2022;{{cite press release|script-title=ja:テレビアニメ『ブラッククローバー』がeeoくじに登場！B2タペストリー＆キャラポーチなど豪華景品メジロ押し|date=June 16, 2022|publisher={{ill|A3 (company)|lt=A3|ja|A3 (企業)}}|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000135.000012048.html|language=ja|via=PR Times|access-date=September 26, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926042758/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000135.000012048.html|archive-date=September 26, 2022|trans-title=The TV anime "Black Clover" is featured in the Eeo lottery! Luxurious prizes, including B2 tapestries and character pouches, are in high demand}} over 18 million copies in circulation by November 2022;{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Black Clover Manga Exceeds 18 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-03/black-clover-manga-exceeds-18-million-copies-in-circulation-worldwide/.191469|website=Anime News Network|date=November 3, 2022|access-date=November 4, 2022|archive-date=November 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103231324/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-03/black-clover-manga-exceeds-18-million-copies-in-circulation-worldwide/.191469|url-status=live}} and over 19 million copies in circulation by June 2023.{{cite press release|script-title=ja:『ブラッククローバー』オフラインイベント「ブラクロ魔法祭」東京・ZeroBase渋谷で6月9日(金)から3日間開催！|date=June 2, 2023|publisher=Vic Game Studios|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000016.000106108.html|language=ja|via=PR Times|access-date=June 2, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909105514/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000016.000106108.html|archive-date=September 9, 2023|trans-title=The offline event for Black Clover, Black Clover Magic Festival, will be held in Tokyo at ZeroBase Shibuya for three days starting from Friday, June 9!}}

The series ranked 48th on Rakuten's Top 100 Best Selling Digital Manga of 2019;{{cite web|script-title=ja:2019年楽天ブックス年間ランキング|trans-title=2019 Rakuten Books Annual Ranking|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/best-ranking/2019/?junle_id=4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110143215/https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/best-ranking/2019/?junle_id=4|archive-date=January 10, 2023|access-date=January 10, 2023|publisher=Rakuten|language=ja}} it ranked 47th in 2020;{{cite web|script-title=ja:2020年楽天ブックス年間ランキング|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/best-ranking/2020/?junle_id=4|publisher=Rakuten|access-date=January 10, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110143217/https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/best-ranking/2020/?junle_id=4|url-status=live}} 50th in 2021;{{cite web|script-title=ja:2021年楽天ブックス年間ランキング|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/best-ranking/2021/?junle_id=4|publisher=Rakuten|access-date=January 10, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110143214/https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/best-ranking/2021/?junle_id=4|url-status=live}} and 47th in the first half of 2022.{{cite web|script-title=ja:2022年楽天ブックス上半期ランキング|url=https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/firsthalf-ranking/?junle_id=4|publisher=Rakuten|access-date=January 10, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110151854/https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/firsthalf-ranking/?junle_id=4|url-status=live}}

Black Clover: Quartet Knights had over 300,000 copies in circulation by October 2020.{{cite tweet|author=Tashiro, Yumiya|number=1314763139662053377|user=hot_monkey|script-title=ja:ブラッククローバー外伝カルテットナイツの累計発行部数(紙、電子含む)が30万部を突破したそうです！🎉応援してくれた皆様のおかげです本当にありがとうございます😭😭😭😭これからももっと頑張ります！！|date=October 10, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2023|language=ja}}

In the United States, the manga sold 204,620 copies in 2021, and 223,163 copies in 2022, while on NPD BookScan's top-selling authors in the country for each year, manga author Yūki Tabata ranked 45th and 39th, respectively.{{cite web|title=Tilting at Windmills #289: Looking at NPD BookScan: 2021 – and it's a doozy|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/looking-at-npd-bookscan-2021-and-its-a-doozy/|website=Comics Beat|date=April 6, 2022|access-date=April 8, 2023|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413054321/https://www.comicsbeat.com/looking-at-npd-bookscan-2021-and-its-a-doozy/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Tilting at Windmills #295: Looking at NPD BookScan 2022|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/npd-bookscan-2022-graphic-novel-sales/|website=Comics Beat|date=April 5, 2023|access-date=April 8, 2023|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408141927/https://www.comicsbeat.com/npd-bookscan-2022-graphic-novel-sales/|url-status=live}}

In France, the manga had sold over 300,000 copies by July 2018, and over 2 million copies by December 2023.{{Cite tweet|number=1735374597208588359|author=Crunchyroll Manga FR|user=CRManga_FR|title=MERCI ! ⚔️ Grâce à vous, la série Black Clover vient de dépasser les 2 millions de tomes vendus en France !|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=December 15, 2023|language=fr|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231215052318/https://twitter.com/CRManga_FR/status/1735374597208588359|archive-date=December 15, 2023|url-status=live}}

When reviewing the series for ComicsAlliance, Tom Speelman described the premise as "what if Harry Potter was a knight and also kinda dumb?" He recommended it for fans of Naruto and Fairy Tail, noting its similarities to the former series as well as to Bleach. He praised the author's ability to invigorate stock characters. Henry Ma of Ka Leo O Hawaii praised the series' humor and art, noting that the latter was "very nice" and was similar to Fairy Tail.{{cite web|last=Ma|first=Henry|title=Manga Mondays: 'Black Clover' special review|url=http://www.manoanow.org/kaleo/features/manga-mondays-black-clover-special-review/article_91e95000-e784-11e4-b2b9-ff9c6360389b.html|website=Ka Leo O Hawaii|date=April 20, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2016|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226145728/https://www.manoanow.org/kaleo/features/manga-mondays-black-clover-special-review/article_91e95000-e784-11e4-b2b9-ff9c6360389b.html|url-status=live}} Danica Davidson of Otaku USA noted that the first volume showed promise and recommended it for fans of action/adventure shonen manga.{{cite web|last=Davidson|first=Danica|title=Black Clover Manga Shows Some Shonen Promise|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/black-clover-manga-shows-some-shonen-promise/|website=Otaku USA|date=June 24, 2016|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109164646/https://otakuusamagazine.com/black-clover-manga-shows-some-shonen-promise/|url-status=live}} Matthew Warner from The Fandom Post, in his review of Volume 1, stated "With a likable enough main cast and a seemingly solid world, this volume gets the series off to a nice start."{{cite web|last=Warner|first=Matthew|title=Black Clover Vol. #01 Manga Review|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2016/09/11/black-clover-vol-01-manga-review/|website=The Fandom Post|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=February 10, 2022|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128081204/https://www.fandompost.com/2016/09/11/black-clover-vol-01-manga-review/|url-status=live}}

Leroy Douresseaux of Comic Book Bin said that the story reminds him of some of his favorite shonen manga and has an intriguing backstory and internal mythology, calling it "one of the best new series of the year for young readers" and giving it an "A" rating.{{cite web|last=Douresseaux|first=Leroy|title=Black Clover: Volume 1 manga review|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/blackclover001.html|website=Comic Book Bin|date=June 22, 2016|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209171323/http://www.comicbookbin.com/blackclover001.html|url-status=live}} Dale Bashir of IGN Southeast Asia praised the series for its fast and engaging pacing, action sequences, and presentation of female characters on equal grounds compared to their male counterparts, calling it the "perfect encapsulation of the strengths and weaknesses of the shonen genre as a whole."{{cite web|last=Bashir|first=Dale|title=What Makes 'Black Clover' Such an Impactful Shonen Series?|url=https://sea.ign.com/black-clover/187323/news/what-makes-black-clover-such-an-impactful-shonen-series|website=IGN Southeast Asia|date=June 30, 2022|access-date=January 13, 2023|archive-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114052648/https://sea.ign.com/black-clover/187323/news/what-makes-black-clover-such-an-impactful-shonen-series|url-status=live}} However, not all critics were positive, with a board of comic book writers at San Diego Comic-Con listing the manga as one of the worst from 2016.{{cite web|last=Ellard|first=Amanda|title=Best and Worst Manga of 2016 Results – Comic-Con International|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-07-25/best-and-worst-manga-of-2016-results-comic-con-international/.104673|website=Anime News Network|date=July 25, 2017|access-date=October 29, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029015909/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-07-25/best-and-worst-manga-of-2016-results-comic-con-international/.104673|url-status=live}}

Alex Osborn of IGN, in his review of the first episode, mentioned that its premise is not novel but concludes that it is "ultimately a solid introduction to the Clover Kingdom, and lays the groundwork for what will hopefully be an empowering story about the importance of never giving up."{{cite web|last=Osborn|first=Alex|title=Black Clover Episode 1: "Asta and Yuno" Review|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/10/03/black-clover-episode-1-asta-and-yuno-review|website=IGN|date=October 3, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209073440/https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/10/03/black-clover-episode-1-asta-and-yuno-review|url-status=live}} Writing for Anime News Network, Rachel Trujillo praised the anime for "the grand lessons that one can take away from the story" and ambitious animation efforts from the staff.{{cite web|last=Trujillo|first=Rachel|title=Thank You, Black Clover|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-30/thank-you-black-clover/.171289|website=Anime News Network|date=March 30, 2021|access-date=May 30, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401163333/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-30/thank-you-black-clover/.171289|url-status=live}} In his review of Episode 170, Shawn Hacaga of The Fandom Post complimented the anime's improvement since its beginning, saying that he was "glad that Black Clover was able to turn it around."{{cite web|last=Hacaga|first=Shawn|title=Black Clover Vol. #19 Manga Review|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2020/01/31/black-clover-vol-19-manga-review/|website=The Fandom Post|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=April 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429012942/https://www.fandompost.com/2020/01/31/black-clover-vol-19-manga-review/|url-status=live}}

Ivy Rose from Anime Feminist praised the way the story handles its female characters, giving them narrative importance and letting them partake in battles. Rose wrote: "Black Clover has truly raised the bar for depictions of female leaders in shounen anime, and female characters in general, as these solid portrayals are not just limited to women in leadership positions."{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Ivy|title=From Tsunade to Mereoleona: Looking for Shonen Jump's Lady Mentors|url=https://www.animefeminist.com/from-tsunade-to-mereoleona-looking-for-shonen-jumps-lady-mentors/|website=Anime Feminist|date=September 16, 2020|access-date=May 30, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120141537/https://www.animefeminist.com/from-tsunade-to-mereoleona-looking-for-shonen-jumps-lady-mentors/|url-status=live}} Jeremy Looney of Common Sense Media, in his review about the anime said "Black Clover is a guilty pleasure, a by-the-books entry to the Shounen genre that recaptures the magic of earlier series by perfectly recycling them in its own way. A great jumping-in point for the genre for anime newcomers."{{cite web|last=Looney|first=Jeremy|title=Black Clover TV Review|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/black-clover|website=Common Sense Media|access-date=July 30, 2023|archive-date=July 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730164713/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/black-clover|url-status=live}}

In November 2019, Crunchyroll listed Black Clover in their "Top 100 best anime of the 2010s".{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Ian|title=Crunchyroll Names The Top 100 Anime of the 2010s|url=http://animeuknews.net/2019/11/crunchyroll-names-the-top-100-anime-of-the-2010s/|website=Anime UK News|date=November 27, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127213200/http://animeuknews.net/2019/11/crunchyroll-names-the-top-100-anime-of-the-2010s/|url-status=live}} In January 2021, it was revealed that Black Clover was the most-watched anime series on Crunchyroll in 2020, being watched in 87 countries and territories all over the world.{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Miles|title=FEATURE: Explore 2020's Most Popular Anime on Crunchyroll Around the World!|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2021/01/14-1/explore-2020s-most-popular-anime-on-crunchyroll-around-the-world|website=Crunchyroll|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=January 16, 2021|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116040923/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2021/01/14-1/explore-2020s-most-popular-anime-on-crunchyroll-around-the-world|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|title=Crunchyroll Reveals Most Watched Anime of 2020 by Region|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-15/crunchyroll-reveals-most-watched-anime-of-2020-by-region/.168432|website=Anime News Network|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 15, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115214518/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-01-15/crunchyroll-reveals-most-watched-anime-of-2020-by-region/.168432|url-status=live}} Asta and Yami{{'}}s fight against Dante was also listed as the sixth best anime fight from 2021 by Crunchyroll.{{cite web|last=Fobian|first=Peter|title=FEATURE: The Top 10 Fight Scenes Of 2021 According To YOU!|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2022/01/07/feature-the-top-10-fight-scenes-of-2021-according-to-you|website=Crunchyroll|date=January 7, 2022|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208191122/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2022/01/07/feature-the-top-10-fight-scenes-of-2021-according-to-you|url-status=live}}

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