The third season of the Black Clover anime television series was directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara and produced by Pierrot. The third season aired from October 1, 2019, to December 1, 2020, on TV Tokyo in Japan. It adapts Yà «ki Tabata's manga series of the same name from the rest of the 17th volume to the end of the 23rd volume (chapters 160âÂÂ228), with the exception of episodes 123 and 124 (recap), and episodes 130âÂÂ154, which take place during the storyline's 6-month timeskip in the manga and are considered anime canon episodes that were supervised by Tabata. On April 26, 2020, it was announced that after episode 132, remaining episodes of the season would be delayed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a two-month hiatus, the season resumed airing on July 7, 2020. Both Crunchyroll and Funimation licensed the series for an English release, with Crunchyroll simulcasting the third season, and Funimation producing a North American Simuldub. Funimation's adaptation premiered on February 2, 2020, on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. Toonami's broadcast went on hiatus after episode 136 on October 25, 2020, as a result of production delays for the English dub caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed its run on Toonami on February 14, 2021, and ended on June 13 of the same year.
The third season uses eight pieces of theme music: four opening themes and four ending themes. For the first 13 episodes of the season, the opening and ending themes are "Right Now" performed by Empire (now known as ExWhyZ), and performed by Kalen Anzai. The second opening and ending themes, used from episodes 116 to 128, are "Black Catcher" performed by Vickeblanka, and "New Page" performed by Intersection. The third opening and ending themes, used from episodes 129 to 140, are "Stories" performed by Snow Man, and "Answer" performed by Kaf. The fourth opening and ending themes, used from episodes 141 to 154, are performed by Tomorrow X Together, and "A Walk" performed by Gakuto Kajiwara.
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In Japan, Avex Pictures released the season on DVD and Blu-ray in five "chapter" volumes, with the eleventh volume released on April 24, 2020, and the fifteenth volume released on February 26, 2021.
In North America, Crunchyroll and Funimation released the season on DVD and Blu-ray combination sets, which was labelled as the third of the series. The first volume was released on October 27, 2020. The now-combined company also distributes the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland via Crunchyroll UK and Ireland, and in Australia and New Zealand via Madman Entertainment.