Black Clover season 1
The first season of the Black Clover anime television series was directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara and produced by Pierrot. It is based on the manga series Black Clover by Yūki Tabata. 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.
Kirsch mocks Asta's attempts to overcome his lack of magic with strength training. As Kirsch's team begin their duel Asta asks why "Xerx" is taking the exam, as earlier he said he had another more important goal, but is unsuccessful. Despite being a narcissist, Kirsch shows his skill as the Coral Peacocks vice-captain by expertly showing Sol and Magna how to better utilise their spells in combat and his Cherry Secre continues to reminisce. She watched Asta and Yuno grow up while at the same time Patry was reincarnated into William Vangeance, not knowing this was the Word Soul devil's plan all along. Secre watched as Asta was given the five-leaf Grimoire and was surprised to learn that the devil residing within it was different from the one 500 years ago and that it chose to help Asta. Over time she saw the Eye of the Midnight Sun attack many places searching for the magic stones, including the Underwater Temple and the Capital City and finally the resurrection of the elves. She witnessed the Apostles of Sephira open the Shadow Palace, hoping to make their resurrections permanent, but instead summoning the Word Soul devil, who revealed he cast the resurrection spell to create another five-leaf Grimoire. With the devil's returned, Secre was able to transform back into a human and free Lumiere from the statue, resulting in the Black Bulls and the other magic knights and captains battling him until he was eventually killed by Asta. In the end, she was able to say goodbye to Lumiere and begin a new life, only this time she would not be alone, she has her new friends the Black Bulls.
The first season uses twenty-six pieces of theme music: thirteen openings and thirteen closing themes. The first opening and closing themes, which are used for the first 13 episodes, are "Distant Future" (ハルカミライ, Haruka Mirai) performed by Kankaku Piero, and "Blue Flame" (蒼い炎, Aoi Honō) performed by Itowokashi. From episodes 14 to 27, the opening and closing themes are "Paint It Black" performed by Bish, and "Amazing Dreams" performed by Swanky Dank. From episodes 28 to 39, the opening and closing themes are "Black Rover" performed by Vickeblanka, and "Black to the Dreamlight" performed by Empire (now known as ExWhyZ). For the remainder of the first part, the opening and closing themes are "Guess Who Is Back" performed by Koda Kumi, and "Four" performed by Faky. Megumi Han sang "Four" as her character, Kahono, in episode 50. The next opening and ending themes are "Reckless" (ガムシャラ, Gamushara) and "Heaven and Earth" (天上天下, Tenjō Tenge), both performed by Miyuna. The second opening and ending themes, used from episodes 65 to 76, are "Scribble Page" (落書きペイジ, Rakugaki Peiji) performed by Kankaku Piero, and "My Song My Days" performed by Solidemo with Sakura Men. The third opening theme, used from episodes 77 to 94, is "JUSTadICE" performed by Seiko Ōmori, and the ending theme used from episodes 77 to 89, is "The Path of Blooming Flowers" (花が咲く道, Hana ga Saku Michi) performed by The Charm Park. The fourth opening theme used from episodes 95 to 102 is "Sky & Blue" performed by Girlfriend, and the ending theme used from episodes 90 to 102 is "Against All Gods" performed by M-Flo. The next opening and ending themes are "Right Now" performed by Empire (now known as ExWhyZ), and "Life is a Battlefield" (人生は戦場だ, Jinsei wa Senjō da) performed by Kalen Anzai. The second opening and ending themes, used from episodes 116 to 128, are "Black Catcher" performed by Vickeblanka, and "New Page" performed by Intersection. The third opening and ending themes, used from episodes 129 to 140, are "Stories" performed by Snow Man, and "Answer" performed by Kaf. The fourth opening and ending themes, used from episodes 141 to 154, are "Everlasting Shine" (永遠に光れ, Eien ni Hikare) performed by Tomorrow X Together, and "A Walk" performed by Gakuto Kajiwara. The next opening and ending themes are "Everlasting Shine" (永遠に光れ, Eien ni Hikare) performed by Tomorrow X Together and "A Walk" performed by Gakuto Kajiwara. The second opening and ending themes, used from episodes 158 to 170, are "Grandeur" performed by Snow Man and "Beautiful" performed by Treasure.
Japanese
In Japan, Avex Pictures released the season on DVD and Blu-ray in sixteen volumes. The first volume was released on February 23, 2018, while the sixteeth was released on June 25, 2021.
English
In North America, Crunchyroll and Funimation released the season in five volumes. The first volume was released on August 7, 2018, and the fifth volume was released on July 2, 2019. The volumes are available in standard Blu-ray and DVD combination sets, and volumes three and five are also available in limited edition sets. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Sony Pictures UK released the first volume in DVD and Blu-ray combination sets on August 20, 2018; Manga Entertainment is handling subsequent releases. In Australasia, Universal Sony released the first part of the series on DVD on August 15, 2018, and Madman Entertainment released the rest of the season, with part two released on April 3, 2019.


