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The manga was first adapted into an original video animation produced by Xebec Zwei, released in 2017. A 170-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot aired on TV Tokyo from October 2017 to March 2021. An anime film, titled Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, premiered simultaneously in
Japanese theaters and internationally on Netflix in June 2023. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media, while the anime series is licensed by Crunchyroll. Plot[edit] Main article: 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, with no 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.
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Gotouge received the award due to the franchise's sales, which have boosted the entire publishing industry from 2019 to 2020. [113] It ranked sixteenth, along with Chainsaw Man, on "The Best Manga 2021 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by Freestyle magazine. [114] On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ranked second, only behind One Piece. [115][116] Manga artists have lauded the series; Yoshihiro
Togashi wrote a praising comment featured on the obi of series fourth volume;[117][118] Osamu Akimoto wrote a praising comment featured on the obi of the series' fifth volume;[119] Takayuki Yamaguchi praised the series and recommended it in a 2018 interview, around the time of its tenth volume. [120] Author Kinoko Nasu called it one of his favorite new manga works. [121]
Comedian and novelist Naoki Matayoshi also praised the series. [122] Sales Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the best-selling manga series of all time. By February 2019, the series had 3. 5 million copies in circulation worldwide;[123] over 10 million copies in circulation by September 2019;[2] over 25 million copies in circulation by December 2019;[124] and over 40 million copies in circulation by February 2020. [125] By the end of February 2020, it was revealed that the franchise has sold 40. 3 million copies, making it the fifth best-selling manga in Oricon's history.
