TV anime "Black Clover" selects Snow Man for new OP theme and Hanafu for new ED theme! Comments from both artists have also arrived!

Snow Man's "Stories" and Hanafu's "Answer" have been chosen as the new opening theme and ending theme, respectively, for the TV anime "Black Clover" currently airing on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2020 (Tuesday).

Black Clover" is based on the popular comic series by Hiroki Tabata, serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), which has sold over 10 million copies. Since its anime adaptation in October 2017, the series has been gaining popularity for its powerful magic battle scenes and unique characters. Since its anime adaptation in October 2017, it has attracted attention for its powerful magic battle scenes and ensemble cast of unique characters, as well as for its popularity as the royal road to shonen anime.

The new opening theme song will be performed by "Snow Man," an idol group from the Johnny's Office that made its spectacular debut in January 2020, and released its first single "D.D. / Imitation Rain" jointly with SixTONES, which became the first ever debut single to sell a million copies in its first week. The group's first single, "D.D. / Imitation Rain," released jointly with SixTONES, became the first ever debut single to sell a million copies in its first week (1,328,000 copies in the first week). Many anime fans may know that one of the members, Daisuke Sakuma, is a die-hard anime otaku. In response to the announcement, "Snow Man" commented joyfully, "The theme of the work, in which we face numerous trials with our friends, overlaps with the feelings of us, Snow Man, and we are grateful and happy about it. The opening animation will be based on Snow Man's new song, "Stories," and expectations are high for the film.

In addition, the new ED theme will be performed by 16-year-old virtual singer Hanafu, who made her YouTube debut at the age of 13 when she posted music on an app, and now has over 270,000 registered users on her YouTube channel. Hanafu said, "It's amazing! I was so surprised! I'm so excited! and a comment that is typical of a 16 year old.

The new opening and ending will be released on Tuesday, April 7, from 6:25 p.m. in episode 129, "The Devil Megicula. As the story develops into a battle against the threat from the Kingdom of Spades involving the Heart Kingdom, we can look forward to seeing how Snow Man and Hanafu's music will color the story when it airs.

Comments】 ※原文ママ

11th season opening theme"Stories"/Snow Man

We, Snow Man, are now in charge of the OP theme song for "Black Clover".
We are very grateful and happy. The theme of the work, in which we face many trials with our friends, overlaps with our thoughts and feelings as Snow Man. We would like to put those feelings into our singing voice and make the work more exciting through the theme song.

11th Cool Ending Theme "Answer" / Hanafu

My name is Hanafu. I have been asked to sing the ending song for "Black Clover"!
It's amazing! I was so surprised! I'm so excited!
I'm so excited and excited and excited.
I hope you will listen to the ending song as well as the opening song. See you soon.

[Work information
TV animation "Black Clover

<Broadcast

Broadcasting every Tuesday evening from 6:25pm on TV Tokyo network
Broadcasting every Friday midnight from 0:30am on BS Teletext

<Distribution
Anitere, dTV, Hulu, dAnime Store, U-NEXT, Anime Unlimited, Bandai Channel, au Video Pass, J:COM On Demand, Paravi, Abema Video, GYAO Store, RakutenTV, Video Market, Nico Nico Channel, Amazon Video

<Staff> Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Director : Tatsuya Yoshihara
Series composition：Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Character design：Itsuko Takeda
Sub character design：Kumiko Tokunaga
Prop Design：Kosei Takahashi
Color Design: Aiko Shinohara
Music: Minako Seki
Animation Production: studio Piero

＜Cast
Asta: Takehito Kajiwara
Yuno: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Yami Skehiro: Junichi Suwabe
Noel Silva: Kana Yuuki
Finlal Roulakeis: Jun Fukuyama
Magna Swing: Genki Muro
Lack Voltia: Ayumu Murase
Gosh Adlai: Satoshi Hino
Vanessa Enoteca: Nana Mizuki
Charmy Papitson: Kiyono Yasuno
Gordon Agrippa: Kenichiro Matsuda
Gray: Minami Takahashi
Zora Ideale: Hikaru Midorikawa
Henry Legoland: Mitsuki Saiga

(c)Hiromoto Tabata/Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Black Clover Production Committee