This episode was not even animated by veteran animators, most of it was animated by debuting animators and I must say they made a very big first impression
Mostly yea, but there was some already stablished and big names is the episode as well. Asides from the director's and supervisors wich are veterans as well.
@@nonso_7302 there were like 7 or 8 KA debuting, but Toshiyuki Sato, Naoki Kotani, Sute, Chanzard Vincent, Gem, Tokuyuki Matsutake., Shun Makayama, jordan bayes, rondeseo++ are very well know already. I'm still very impressed and happy for all this newcomers to the industry. What I'm trying to say is that it was a mix of both new young talent and experienced veterans from the industry and part of the main staff. What you said up there is right, i iust that I've see lots of comments sharing this same information but obviating the participation of our regular pierrot staff. Wich has lead to other people to Beleive that this ep was solely made by fans, and proceed to discredit studio pierrot or caling the main staff lazy when they all are clearly involved.
@@bungeegumhasthepropertieso9535 so even though there was so much going on he would focus some of his mana just to keeping the crown on his head lol either way its still funny as hell
Episode 167 is another ambitious episode, just like episode 63 was for Black Clover back in 2018. The difference here is that they learned their lesson and gained experience from the mistakes from episode 63. You see it reflected here in the better coregraphy, more polished backgrounds and directing. Black Clover episode 167 also gave an opportunity for many overseas aniamators from countries like America, Mexico, France, the UK, Canada, Korea, China, and much much more. Best thing of all, many of these animators were Black Clover fans who wanted to work on the series to help send it off with a goodbye while also showcasing their skill to become a part of the industry(many of which were teens 17-19 and this talented!). This is their love letter to Black Clover, and it's beautiful. Thank you all for you hard work on giving us one of the best animated episodes of the year! When Black Clover returns in a about 2 years, just know that they will repay it for giving them the gateway they needed to become part of the industry. Black Clover will return with a punch, a chip on its shoulder and a stacked staff to back it up! As as always, great reaction guys!
Fun fact : a majority of this ep was animated by debutants !! most of them were god level fan animators before today , so its actually a very proud moment both for their fans and themselves . its great to see the person you have been following grow and make it onto the big scene....
@@boneruler2338 Yeah they really slipped this detail for manga watchers because anime only would never question this scene... I see you Studio Pierrot I see you 👀😏
Black clover fights get so epic. This is one of the greatest fights in all of black clover. And from what i’ve been hearing. Is alot of the animators made their first debut in the business and they’re fans of this show so cool!
@@skytrikz7558 you can say that about everybody else too? that’s just saying “the wizard king is weak without his powers” um… yeah.. everyone would be?
Animation was horrible pause at 5:38 look 👀 at Yami and Asta running through the trees looks awful Episode 167 when they move fast it looks like a Ps2 game.
@@blitz4506 I respect your opinion dude but if you really go back and rewatch pause between 5:35-5:38 shows like One piece even full metal never have low ball animation like that.
@@Bruceweber. there's literally nothing wrong with the way dante's animated, and it shouldnt be considered bad animation if u have to literally pause for a specific frame
Yami acknowledges Asta's strength, Two of the most favourite Characters fighting alongside each other, Asta power up was insane, I think it's safe to say that this is the best black clover episode to date.
@@blackbulls8783 no definately not, wtf, the Manga has been going for like 4 years and it has 270 something chapters. To get to 500 it will be like 2026. They just need more time to animate and by doing that they also get more context to make after the arc. Like when the Anime started the Manga wasn't that far ahead, maybe like 100 chapters but that's it. They don't need that many chapter
Hopefully the break IS long. The gap between the anime and the manga isn't large, and I do not want a Hueco Mundo situation where they throw in a filler arc in the middle of a big arc because of how little manga content is left to animate. The anime needs at least 2 years off the air for a decent sized gap to be present again.
@@fianle do u even know how long 2 years is, it's an animated series, op has a 100 fillers and it's always close to the Maga, a break of like 8 months and they restart with a slower pace it's fine. They took a break for the animation too
@@user-wb1jf4jk9s What kind of question is that lol? Of course I'm aware how long two years is. Without any breaks/holidays that is equivalent to 104 chapters (but let's be real it'd amount to maybe 96 chapters due to health and holidays). 96 chapters is about 38.4 episodes, which is a solid gap to work with. Black Clover has benefited greatly from the fact that there has rarely been any filler content because of the size of the gap between the anime and the manga. The reason for its break is probably in part due to the fact that they don't want to throw in a bunch of filler. One Piece is not a great example because it is a weekly manga whose anime extends a single chapter into a full episode and has recaps/intros that take up a large portion of an episode. This is only acceptable due to how popular One Piece is worldwide and people are going to consume it no matter what.
Who knows [Spoiler for manga] If we get the decil union fight that one might be pretty cool as well. Not astas devil union but the fight between asta and liebe
Fun fact: this episode was animated by several fans/new animators. Imagine how proud they are of themselves that they had the opportunity to have participated in the creation of this episode
Not even close but it’s your opinion to me the animation is still really bad, 5:38 for example Asta and Yami ruining through the woods looked really bad. One Piece Roger vs White beard Re-zero/JJK all are far better and JJKwon anime of the year.
@@Bruceweber. LOL, even if those had more consistent animation, none of them come even close to touching episode 167 of Black Clover in terms of hype, emotional value, build up and content.
Yuno first transformation was a Spirit Dive ...Spirit Of Zephyr one of the wind gods of the 4 seasons in Greek Mythology and he is getting another transformation when he face Zenon again
i think this was the best episode because the animation was fan made. that is huge for the community and an amazing send off for an anime that was given so much heart and soul in its production despite the insane amounts of obstacles the staff had to deal with
If I have to say in my opinion this is the best animated and emotional episode. People say 100 was better but that’s because it was really the first time black clover got real good animation and the opening made the episode. 167 however emphasizes the growth of Asta and him and Yami’s respect for each other. Yami being the first to acknowledge Asta(besides Yuno) and given him a job as magic knight to the work his way up to Wizard king all factors in. This episode just was a roller coaster of emotions.
This for me this has to be the number one best fight for black clover, Main reason is for Asta's huge character growth, he went from only wanting to be wizard king to becoming a man yami will acknowledge and recognize as an equal and to live up to yami's expectations. But also for the first time Asta felt weak, through all his fights he never felt weak and had a never giving up attitude no matter who his opponent was but here for the first time he acknowledges how "weak" he is in comparison to Dante and Yami and we'll see how this affects him later on as the story progresses. Not to mention the god tier animation and chorography this episode received due to the hard work of everyone who partook in animating this ep. Also I like to believe op 1 didn't play in this fight bc it's always been a deciding factor for when the battle ends, and it didn't play here bc the battle is only beginning
Props to the Young talented Animators who working on this Episode they actually surpass the limit. Btw the Final Episode will be called as (Haruka Mirai)
The elf that possessed Gauche back then was called Droite. And me being a French speaker thought since ep 10 that Gauche had a lost brother yet to be revealed
A lost brother would be cool but not sure how that would play out since we seen gauche and Marie very young getting there parents killed and losing everything. It could be he got trapped or lost in the mirror world that gauche talks about and that could also be a reason gauche has a unhealthy attachment with Marie because he lost his other sibling by not listening to him and that is why now whatever marie says he does. It would be really interesting to see gauche with a brother.
@@christianelhoayek5047 oh I think he would their is so many little hints about hidden people like Henry and Nero and I don't think Baro neige brother is died or William half brother. I could see gauche having a little brother named doirte don't know if I spelled that right also why name him left if there is not a right.
@@christianelhoayek5047 why not we got human fana and elf fana both still alive in black clover and I really want to know why a few elves look exactly like there human body they took over and the rest looked nothing like the human body they took over
Zenon is clearly using spatial magic. Besides the giant portal behind him, notice that when Finral tried to open a portal so that Rouge could touch Yami it got nullified. Spatial magic counters spatial magic just like his brother Langris.
After watching this episode I went back to watch episode 100 and I wanna say that this episode surpasses episode 100 in everything except animation and OST
Just finished watching. W Video And W Episode, Bro. This Is By Far My Favorite Episode Of All Time In Black Clover Because I've Been Waiting For This Moment For So Long Bc I Read The Manga, Bruh. Lol.
Also I agree with something that you said about the elves. I think that the elves are that other race (instead of devils). During the elf arc, the main elves were called apostles & each was related to a specific spot in a circle related to the tree of life (these spots can be seen in the papers that the spy saw in Dante's room) which is the opposite of the tree of qliphot or tree of death where the devils reside.
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Maybe it's because I read the manga, but I noticed how the training filler episodes before the start of Spade Kingdom kinda emphasized on yami and I think that was really good and has now led up to this episode.
Has anyone ever realized that we still haven’t seen or know all the other wizard kings? Keep that in mind we only know Julius and the first Wizard king.
Probably aren't important. If its a Wizard King, then the reason he or she probably was switched out because they died. Even if they didn't, they should be old now
You can tell how resourceful the production team is considering how they obviously do not have big budget for the anime itself compared to some other animes but they are still able to use their resources where it counts and animate in such a way that it conveys the flow and tension of the combat so well.
All of the Dark Triads natural magic attributes are all to do with the human body just a fun fact. Here's both their magic attributes including the devils since you guys have seen it all now to clarify. Dante's Body Magic (Devil Magic: Gravity). Zenon's Bone Magic (Devil Magic: Spatial). Vanica's Blood Magic (Devil Magic: Curse-Warding). Zenon's spacial magic is how he stopped finral's portal btw and how he got there
@@arjunkishore7087 not really spoilers cus in anime they got yami and William and that’s who they needed to unlock the gate blocking their power and stuff
@@monkei4 I mean even before 100%, at 80%, he was almost immortal. He was only defeated by anti magic. Yami could have defeated zenon with a death thrust. And lucifero is the strongest devil.
Great reaction ! Also , Yami & Asta give any of the Dark Triad problems when at full power. Dante is the strongest & most hax'd , it just happens that he is going against Yami & Asta who are arcane on top of being very skilled. Prime Julius also gives the Dark Triad the business.
Petition to agree that Zenon shouldve had the strongest devil out of the dark triad ( Lucifero ) cuz he's the coolest looking wouldve been awesome if he had lucifero.
FUN FACT almost all the animators for this episode were huge fans of the show. The main team for black clover hired a bunch of new webgen animators that made there first debut here. This episode was pretty much a love letter to black clover from the whole team. Another fun fact. To pass on your sword is to also pass on your debts. Yami smiling at Asta when hes being taken away is also him finally smiling at being debt free. He has passed his debt down to Asta
He's not it's still Dante. Asta and Yami just isn't a great match up for anyone as they can both nullify the strongest parts of Dante's magic and matchups in BC still matter a lot. Had Zenon or Vanica faced them they would lost a lot easier given that body magic and gravity magic is incredibly broken. I can assure you Dante is strongest of three.
zenon probably using some kind of spatial magic along with the bone magic because so far that's the only other way of teleportation they have. That's literally the only thing that make sense right now because he literally made a portal and left just how Finral be doing and cancelled his spatial magic too...
Fun fact .. The studio actually contacted a lot of people who want to animate to do this Episode.. Most of the old crew have left already. So the fact that real Black Clover fans did this makes it so much better!!!
Homies that watch Steph stream on twitch, please get him to react to Record of Ragnarok trailer please😌. P:S you might know already but in Demon Souls when you die you loose your OWN Soul, that's why the Max HP decreases, you have to "Retrieve soul" and its usually where you last died.
Yuno is fighting Zenon in the manga rn. He got a MAJOR upgrade and so did Asta y’all gonna see when Black Clover comes back unfortunately it’s not gonna be animated before they pause the anime but y’all gonna see
He didn't fully cut his arm of, asta cut his forearm, but Dante knew so he took his own arm off to regrow his arm back. Just look at the arm that fell off carefully...you'll see the cut that asta made on the forearm and you'll see where he ripped his own arm off instead
