Black Clover season 4

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File:Black Clover vol XVI.png
Cover of the sixteenth Blu-ray volume of the fourth season released in Japan on June 25, 2021
No. of episodes 16
Release
Original network TV Tokyo
Original release December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08) – March 30, 2021 (2021-03-30)

The fourth season of the Black Clover anime television series was directed by Ayataka Tanemura and produced by Pierrot.[1] The season premiered on December 8, 2020 on TV Tokyo in Japan, and ended on March 30, 2021. The season started with anime canon episodes supervised by author Yūki Tabata before continuing off with the 24th volume of his manga series of the same name starting on episode 158. Both Crunchyroll and Funimation licensed the series for an English release, with Crunchyroll simulcasting the fourth season, and Funimation producing a North American Simuldub.

The fourth season uses four pieces of theme music: two opening theme and two ending theme. For the first 3 episodes, the opening and ending themes are "Everlasting Shine" (永遠に光れ Eien ni Hikare?) by Tomorrow X Together[2] and "A Walk" by Gakuto Kajiwara.[3] The second opening and ending themes, used for episodes 158 to 170, are "Grandeur" by Snow Man and "Beautiful" by Treasure.[4]

Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
season
Funimation's English title / Japanese translated title
Original Japanese title [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
Directed by Written by Original air date [5] English air date [6]
155 1 "The 5 Spirit Guardians" Fumio Maezono Kunihiko Okada December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08) June 20, 2021[7]
156 2 "Awakening Powers" Chihiro Kumano Mio Inoue December 15, 2020 (2020-12-15) June 27, 2021
157 3 "Five-Leaf Clover" Takahiro Enokida Kan'ichi Katō December 22, 2020 (2020-12-22) July 4, 2021
158 4 "The Beginning of Hope and Despair" Naoki Matsuura Kunihiko Okada January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05) July 11, 2021
159 5 "Quiet Lakes and Forest Shadows" Fumio Maezono Mio Inoue January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12) July 18, 2021
160 6 "The Messenger from the Spade Kingdom" Tazumi Mukaiyama Masanao Akahoshi January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19) July 25, 2021
161 7 "Zenon's Power" Akira Shimizu Momoko Murakami January 26, 2021 (2021-01-26) August 15, 2021[lower-alpha 3]
162 8 "The Great War Breaks Out" Naoki Kotani Kunihiko Okada February 2, 2021 (2021-02-02) August 22, 2021
163 9 "Dante vs. the Captain of the Black Bulls" Rokō Ogiwara Momoko Murakami February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09) August 29, 2021
164 10 "Battlefield: Heart Kingdom" Matsuo Asami
Fumio Maezono
Mio Inoue February 16, 2021 (2021-02-16) September 5, 2021
165 11 "Water Crusade" Matsuo Asami Masanao Akahoshi February 23, 2021 (2021-02-23) September 12, 2021
166 12 "Captain: Yami Sukehiro" Naoki Matsuura Kunihiko Okada March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02) September 19, 2021
167 13 "Black Oath" Naoki Kotani Masanao Akahoshi March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09) September 26, 2021
168 14 "Stirrings of the Strongest" Matsuo Asami Mio Inoue March 16, 2021 (2021-03-16) October 3, 2021
169 15 "The Devil-Binding Ritual" Tazumi Mukaiyama Momoko Murakami March 23, 2021 (2021-03-23) October 10, 2021
170 16 "The Faraway Future" Rokō Ogiwara
Ayataka Tanemura
Takahiro Enokida
Kan'ichi Katō March 30, 2021 (2021-03-30) October 10, 2021

Home media release

Japanese

In Japan, Avex Pictures released the season on DVD and Blu-ray in one "chapter" volumes, with the sixteenth volume released on June 25, 2021.[9]

Avex Pictures (Japan – Region 2 / A)
Chapter Episodes Release date Ref.
XVI 155–170 June 25, 2021 [9]

English

In North America, Crunchyroll and Funimation released the season on DVD and Blu-ray combination sets, which was labelled as the fourth of the series. The now-combined company also distributes the series in Australia and New Zealand via Madman Entertainment, and via Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Crunchyroll / Funimation (North America and Australasia – Region 1, 2, 4 / A, B); Manga Entertainment (British Isles – Region 1, 2, 4 / B)
Part Episodes Release date
North America British Isles Australasia
Season 4 155–170 May 24, 2022[10] TBA TBA

Notes

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External links

Black Clover at IMDb

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