History of Black Clover in Timeline

By Popular Timelines Editorial Team · Updated: June 30, 2025

Black Clover is a Japanese manga series centered on Asta, a young boy born without magic in a world where magic is commonplace. He receives a rare grimoire granting him anti-magic abilities. Asta joins the Black Bulls, a squad of misfit mages, to achieve his dream of becoming the Wizard King, the strongest mage in the Clover Kingdom. The series follows their adventures, battles against powerful enemies, and Asta's journey to prove himself despite his lack of inherent magical talent.

2016: Black Clover listed as one of the worst manga from 2016

In 2016, a board of comic book writers at San Diego Comic-Con listed the manga as one of the worst from 2016.

November 2019: Black Clover in Crunchyroll's "Top 100 best anime of the 2010s"

In November 2019, Crunchyroll listed Black Clover in their "Top 100 best anime of the 2010s".

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2020: Black Clover is the most-watched anime series on Crunchyroll in 2020

In 2020, Black Clover was revealed to be the most-watched anime series on Crunchyroll, being watched in 87 countries and territories all over the world.

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January 2021: Black Clover is the most-watched anime series on Crunchyroll in 2020

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. Asta and Yami's fight against Dante was also listed as the sixth best anime fight from 2021 by Crunchyroll.

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