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Black Clover TV Anime Casts Toshiyuki Morikawa, Katsuyuki Konishi
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
This year's 38th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing five new cast members for the television anime adaptation of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga on Monday. The issue is also revealing character visuals for the Magic Emperor and four of Clover Kingdom's Order of the Magic Knights squad captains.
The new cast members are:
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Julius Nova Chrono, the Magic Emperor
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Fuegoleon Vermilion, captain of the Crimson Lion squad
- Kōsuke Toriumi as Nozel Silva, captain of the Silver Eagle squad
- Daisuke Namikawa as Jack the Ripper, captain of the Green Mantis squad
- Yū Kobayashi as Charlotte Roselei, captain of the Blue Rose squad
The previously announced cast includes:
Newcomer Gakuto Kajiwara as Asta
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuno
Junichi Suwabe as Yami Sukehiro
Kana Yūki as Noelle Silva
Jun Fukuyama as Finral Roulacase
Genki Muro as Magna Swing
Ayumu Murase as Luck Voltia
Satoshi Hino as Gauch Adlai
Nana Mizuki as Vanessa Enoteca
Kiyono Yasuno as Charmy Pappitson
Kenichirō Matsuda as Gordon Agrippa
Grey (voice cast not yet announced)
The anime will premiere in Japan in October on TV Tokyo. Crunchyroll will stream the series starting in October, and it describes the series:
In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder's magic. Asta's is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent's spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!
28-year-old anime director Tatsuya Yoshihara (Monster Musume, Yatterman Night, Muromi-san, Long Riders!) is directing the anime at Studio Pierrot. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Is the order a rabbit?, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, Yatterman Night) is handling the series composition. Itsuko Takeda (Ristorante Paradiso, Level E, Blue Drop) is the character designer and Kumiko Tokunaga (2nd season of Kingdom) is the sub-character designer. Kosei Takahashi (key animation for Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON) is the prop designer, Aiko Shinohara (Fairy Tail, The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is handling the color design, and Minako Seki (The Silver Guardian, both seasons of Kingdom) is composing the music.
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