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Black Clover Anime Reveals October 3 Premiere, More Golden Dawn Cast Members

This year's 39th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that the television anime adaptation of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga will premiere in Japan on October 3. The anime will air on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on Tuesdays at 6:25 p.m. The issue is also revealing the cast members for three more members of the Golden Dawn squad:

• Daisuke Ono as William Vangeance, captain of the Golden Dawn
• Asuka Nishi as Mimosa Vermilion
• Takuma Terashima as Klaus Lunettes

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

Kenichirou Matsuda as Gordon Agrippa

Grey (voice cast not yet announced)

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Julius Nova Chrono, the Magic Emperor

Katsuyuki Konishi as Fuegoleon Vermilion, captain of the Crimson Lion squad

Kousuke Toriumi as Nozel Silva, captain of the Silver Eagle squad

Daisuke Namikawa as Jack the Ripper, captain of the Green Mantis squad

Yu Kobayashi as Charlotte Roselei, captain of the Blue Rose squad

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.