Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King

"When the legend revives... The kingdom will fall."

2023 1h 53m JA

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7.4

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★8.1TMDB · 428🍅100%Rotten Tomatoes★7.4IMDB · 9,611

AnimationFantasyActionAdventure

Synopsis

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As a lionhearted boy who can't wield magic strives for the title of Wizard King, four banished Wizard Kings of yore return to crush the Clover Kingdom.

“When the legend revives... The kingdom will fall.”

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Cast

Gakuto Kajiwara
Asta (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Yuno (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yami Sukehiro (voice)
Kana Yuuki
Noelle Silva (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Conrad Leto (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Julius Novachrono (voice)
Hochu Otsuka
Edward Avalaché (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Princia Funnybunny (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ayataka Tanemura
Writers: Yuuki Tabata, Johnny Onda, Ai Orii
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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CAST

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266+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ayataka Tanemura, shot by Tomoyuki Kunii. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Minako Seki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hiroshi Okuda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gakuto Kajiwara and Nobunaga Shimazaki and Junichi Suwabe carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When the legend revives... The kingdom will fall.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt22868844 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ayataka Tanemura directs. Tomoyuki Kunii behind the camera. Minako Seki scores. Hiroshi Okuda cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2266+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Ayataka Tanemura, shot by Tomoyuki Kunii. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Minako Seki. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Hiroshi Okuda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Gakuto Kajiwara and Nobunaga Shimazaki and Junichi Suwabe carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "When the legend revives... The kingdom will fall.".
8IMDB entry: tt22868844 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "magic", "kingdom", "sword", "based on manga".
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tomoyuki Kunii
Original score: Minako Seki
Editing: Hiroshi Okuda
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7.4/10 · 9,611 votes
MPAA: TV-14

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eneyebe2023-06-17
★ 9/10
🔥🔥🔥 Extremely good, felt like the show was back, except with some of the best animation I’ve seen in an anime. Choreography went crazy, hype moments made you hyped, and it gave every character their time to shine, just like the main show (except my girl Dorothy 😭😭 please she needs more screen time please) Will very easily watch again, we’ll see if rating goes up or down on rewatch. Also, I’m the one who made most of the edits for the letterboxd page for this movie so I’m proud of that 😎 Overall, 9/10, but that's coming from someone who loves the seriesas well.
RimasQ2023-11-24
★ 6/10
Having watched the series before and cancelled my Crunchyroll subscription some time ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find this movie on Netflix. I wanted something to kill time with, and thought this would be perfect. Well, it was okay, but certainly not perfect. The okay bits: got to see/hear the familiar cast, even if some supporting characters only appeared on screen for a split second. Also, the battle scenes were okay (even great, according to some reviewers). Now onto the not-so-good stuff. At first, I felt like the CGI fit this anime kinda awkwardly. For example, the arena where the initial tournament happens just felt out of place, because it felt too 3D-ish (or perhaps too clean/too detailed) compared to most other stuff. Then later, I figured the story was a total cliché. The villain was that super typical "misguided" dude who has a somewhat sad backstory (which is very shortly summarized in passing) and wants to create a utopia world where "everybody respects each other and laughs with each other" at the (very miniscule) expense of killing off whoever opposes him on the way. So dumb, so shallow, so déjà vu. But I'd say even that wasn't executed very well, because in some scenes he seems to enjoy just wreaking havoc and/or inflicting pain on others a little too much (which seems rather out of character for someone so dedicated to the idea of universal love and respect). Of course, the good guys win at the end, and the villain gets some "character development" in the form of realizing how mistaken he was at the very end. That's just... dull. So again, I'd say this film is okay to watch, but it's far from masterpiece.