Black Clover: Jump Festa 2016 Special
ブラッククローバー
- Action
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Gag Humor
- Super Power
- Episodes
- 1
- Duration
- 27 min
- Aired
- Nov 27, 2016
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
*Black Clover: Jump Festa 2016 Special* is a standalone OVA episode released as a bonus bundled with the 11th volume of the manga. Set in the franchise’s action-fantasy world, it offers a compact extra story with the same energetic mix of magic, battles, and humor.
Otaku Consensus
Black Clover: Jump Festa 2016 Special is best received as a sharp convention-era tasting menu for Yuuki Tabata's series: Takashi Noto's direction keeps the pace aggressive, and the Klaus Lunettes/Yuno vs. Mars material gives the OVA a clearer action hook than a simple promotional extra. Fan and database scores settle in the modest-positive range, with 6.76 on MyAnimeList and 63/100 on AniList, reflecting appreciation for its energy and adaptation value but a consistent criticism that the single-episode format feels more like a sampler than a complete dramatic experience.
Why You Should Watch
Watch this if you want the raw, early Black Clover flavor without committing to a long TV run first. It is especially useful for viewers who like Shounen Jump escalation, rivalry, and gag timing in the vein of Naruto or Fairy Tail, but prefer a compressed showcase over a multi-cour ramp-up. The appeal is not world-explaining depth; it is seeing Asta and Yuno framed through a pre-TV anime lens, with Takashi Noto handling direction and storyboards and Noboru Jitsuhara translating Tabata's character designs for a short-form production. For collectors and franchise historians, its Jump Festa origin and Volume 11 bundle status make it a neat artifact from the moment Black Clover was being tested as an animated property.
Key Characters
- AAsta(VA: Shun Horie)
Asta is the kind of shounen lead fans remember for sheer volume and stubbornness, turning underdog intensity into the OVA's main source of comic and action momentum.
- YYuno(VA: Souma Saitou)
Yuno works as Asta's cool counterweight, a composed prodigy figure whose restraint makes the rivalry dynamic sharper in a short runtime.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
It was first shown at Jump Special Anime Festa 2016 before being included with special copies of Black Clover manga Volume 11, making it a promotional-event OVA rather than a standard television episode.
- 2
The OVA compresses recognizable early franchise material into a showcase structure, including the Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony and the Klaus Lunettes and Yuno vs. Mars encounter noted in web summaries.
- 3
Takashi Noto had unusually concentrated creative control, being credited as director, storyboard artist, and unit director, while Hirokazu Hisayuki is also credited on storyboards.
- 4
Production listings around the special are notable for their split attribution: the supplied database studio credit names I.Gzwei, while web and wiki summaries describe the OVA as produced by Xebec Inc.
- 5
Its genre profile is tightly focused on action, comedy, and fantasy, with AniList tags emphasizing Shounen, male protagonist, medieval setting, magic, and rural origins rather than romance or slice-of-life detours.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- The special aired on November 27, 2016, before being bundled with the 11th volume of Yuuki Tabata's manga.
- Fun fact 2
- Noboru Jitsuhara handled character design, with Toshiki Kameyama as sound director, Yoshio Tanioka as art director, Naoki Watanabe on editing, and Eiji Inomoto as CG director.
- Fun fact 3
- Its audience footprint is larger than many bonus OVAs: MyAnimeList lists 21,404 votes, a 6.76/10 score, rank #6227, and popularity #3826.
- Fun fact 4
- AniList records a 63/100 score and 87 favourites, aligning with the broader view that the special is liked as a franchise extra but not treated as a top-tier standalone work.
- Fun fact 5
- IMDb-style web listings credit a wider cast around the special, including Yutaka Aoyama, Shizuka Ishigami, and Kaito Ishikawa alongside Shun Horie.
Studios
- I.Gzwei
