
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate

Where To Watch It: Crunchyroll, hulu, Funimation (dubbed). The fact that Black Clover is being made by the studio behind Naruto could turn out to be a good or bad thing in this respect. So hopefully the series doesn’t take as long as the manga to show what changes its making to the tried-and-true shonen formula. The anime’s marketing so far has spotlighted the more endearing relationship between Asta and Yuno, compared to Naruto and Sasuke’s antagonistic relationship in Naruto. And though the manga supposedly starts out as a carbon copy of the influences the show wears on its sleeve, it apparently becomes its own thing later on. Why It Sounds Good: Shonen like Naruto have clearly inspired this series. When Asta discovers the power of “anti-magic,” their journey to fulfill their dreams truly begins. Yuno - his friend, rival, and fellow orphan - is a magic prodigy, and has the same goal.

What It’s About: Asta is a young orphan who dreams of becoming the next Wizard King, despite being born without any magical power.
