Anime Reviews (2010-2019) Black Clover: Season 2, Part 3 (Collector’s Box Edition) (A Neo-Tokyo 2099 Anime on Blu-ray review) (2018)

Asta and friends must go through major training in order to prepare for the Royal Knight exam but Finral must take on his younger Langris, who’ll do anything to win against his older brother, including killing him. “Black Clover” is an anime series that I highly recommended!

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TITLE: Black Clover: Season 2, Part 3

ANIME RELEASE DATE IN JAPAN: 2018

DURATION: Episodes 73-83 (250 Minutes)

BLU-RAY INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition, 4×3, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0, Subtitles: English

COMPANY: Funimation

RATED: TV 14

Release Date: January 7, 2020

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Originally Created by Tabata Yuki

Directed by Yoshihara Tatsuya

Series Composition: Fudeyasu Kazuyuki

Music by Seki Minako

Character Design by Takeda Itsuko

Anime Production: Pierrot

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Featuring the following voice talent:

Kajiwara Gakuto/Dallas Reid as Asta

Yūki Kana/Jill Harris as Noelle Silva

Shimazaki Nobunaga/Micah Solusod as Yuno

Nishi Asuka/Bryn Apprill as Mimosa Vermilion

Uchida Aya/Tia Ballard as Sylph

Murase Ayumu/Justin Briner as Luck Voltia

Hamano Daiki/Chris Guerrero as Valtos

Namikawa Daisuke/Justin Cook as Jack the Ripper

Ono Daisuke/Josh Grelle as William Vangeance

Genki Muro as Baro/Magna Swing

Okawa Genki/Matt Shipman as Alecdora Sandler

Kakiage Haruna/Morgan Garrett as Sol Marron

Hirofumi Arai/Brandon Potter as Rhya

Hitomi Sasaki/Monica Rial as Nero

Jun Fukuyama/Brandon McInnis as Finral Roulacase

Jun Miyamoto as Augustus Kira Clover XIII/Geork

Junichi Suwabe/Christopher R. Sabat as Yami Sukehiro

Konishi Katsuyuki/J. Michael Tatum as Fuegoreon Vermilion

Matsuda Kenichirou/Mike McFarland as Gordon Agrippa

Kenn/Austin Tindle as Leopold Vermillion

Horiuchi Kenyuu/Brad Hawkins as Lotus Whomalt

Jitsukawa Kimiko/Caitlinn as Catherine

Yasuno Kiyono/Sarah Wiedenheft as Charmy Pappitson

Amasaki Kōhei as Neige

Toriumi Kousuke/Ricco Fajardo as Nozel Silva

M.A.O/Jeannie Tirado as Fana

Takatsuka Masaya/David Wald as Vetto

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Just as the Black Bulls return from the Underwater Temple, they find more trouble brewing in the capital! After learning about the terrorist attacks on the Clover Kingdom, the Diamond Kingdom decides it’s time to make their move. Sending their Shining Generals, they prepare an all-out siege on the border town of Kiten. But not even broken arms will stop Asta from jumping into this fight!

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In 2015, Tabata Yuki made his manga debut with the series “Black Clover”.

Serialized in Shueisha’s “Weekly Shonen Jump”, with a total of 21 volumes published in Japan (as of July 2019), the manga series, an anime adaptation is currently ongoing and is currently is at 93 episodes which have been broadcasted.

“Black Clover” revolves around two orphans, Asta and Yuno. Yuno is the wielder of the four-leaf grimoire and has the power of wind-based magic and has great potential.

Meanwhile, no one sees Asta as one with potential as he has no magic powers at all and he talks about one day becoming the Wizard King, which makes many people laugh.

But Asta uses his fighting prowess and physical strength in order to make him stronger and he is determined. One day, a grimoire shows up for Asta during a battle and he immediately becomes the wielder of the five-leaf clover grimoire.

But because he is not a magic wielder, he is seen as the lowest of the magic knights.

As Yuno becomes a member of the Golden Dawn Squad, Asta is assigned to Sukehiro Yami’s Black Bull Squad, known as the worst squad of the Magic Knights.

And so far, Asta has proven himself to be a reliable teammate but also making others believe in him through his actions that he will one day become the Wizard King.

In Season 2, Part 3, embers of various guilds are put into different teams as part of the Royal Knight Exam and Asta becomes part of a team which includes Mimosa and Xerk (which is taken place by Zora Ideale) and his team must take on a team which includes Coral Peacocks’ Rick Cornell, Crimson Lions’ Forti Griss and Silver Eagles Curtis Wolne.

Meanwhile, Finral is teamed with Leopold of the Crimson Lions and Hamon of the Golden Dawn and they must take on Finral’s brother Langris, Sekke and Flagil Tormenta of the Aqua Deers.  And we learn why their is bad blood that Langris has towards his older brother.

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While watching “Black Clover”, you can’t help but make comparisons to Kishimoto Masashi’s “Naruto”.

As “Naruto” revolves around ninja, Black Clover revolves around magicians and its main character, an orphan named Asta who is a hot-headed individual, who doesn’t have any magical powers, but is determined to show people that he will one day become the “Magic Wizard”.

While everyone looks down on Asta, only his good friend Yuno knows his true potential and Yuno wants Asta to succeed and because they push each other to become better.

As Yuno becomes a member of the Golden Dawn Squad, Asta is assigned to Yami Sukehiro’s Black Bull Squad, known as the worst squad of the Magic Knights.

For season 2, we see Asta growing as a fighter, but also Yuno. And now both are engaged in one of the toughest exams as they must be part of a team with members from other guilds and take on other teams.  But will their be harmony on their side of the team with other teammates.

Meanwhile for Finral, he must take on his brother, Langris, but where Finral would never do anything to hurt his brother, Langris on the other hand hates his brother so much that he may go so far to kill him.

The Blu-ray release looks great for an anime series on Blu-ray and the voice acting is well-done for both Japanese and English soundtracks.

As for special features, included are:

• Black Clover: Cris George & Clifford Chapin Discuss the Royal Knights
  
• Episode 76-77 Audio Commentary
• Inside the Episode
• Clover Clips Special Edition – Ending episode omake
• Textless opening and closing themes

With another examination being held, while it’s one thing to expect an action-packed arc and of course, seeing Asta doing all he can to prove that he is not someone to take lightly, possibly what makes this examination quite intriguing is the brothers, Finral and Langris.

To see the history between both brothers and why this examination, Finral has much to prove, while Langris, all he cares about is showing his brother he is weak and going so far to even hurt him.

Also, this latest season two, volume 3, includes the “The Nightmarish Charmy Special” (episode 82), as Charmy wanders into the forest to look for exotic ingredients to cook something tasty for Yuno and the Wizard King.

Overall, if you love action, humor and and an anime series that features a good number of characters (similar to “Shonen Jump” titles such as “Bleach”, “Naruto”, “Dragon Ball Z” and “One Piece”), “Black Clover” is an anime series that I highly recommended!

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