A new trailer for the upcoming Black Clover movie has just been shown at Jump Festa 2023, and it's confirming some fan theories that have been floating around since the film's title was revealed.
The upcoming film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King is currently set for a debut via Netflix on March 31, 2023 all around the world. Not much has been revealed about the film so far, so fans were expecting a lot out of the Black Clover panel at Jump Festa 2023. Fortunately, it seems to have been everything that many fans were hoping for.
A 30-second trailer shown during the clip revealed that the villain was not only the previous Wizard King, Conrad Leto, but that he would be joined by at least two other former Wizard Kings. These characters were introduced as Edward Avarice and Princia Fanibani (Funny Bunny), and the (Japanese) voice actors who would be portraying these new characters were brought out on stage and introduced. Edward will be played by Hochu Otsuka, and Princia by Miyuki Sawashiro. Edward is an older man with white hair, while Princia is a woman with red or pink hair, proving that "Wizard King" is not a gendered title. The trailer also confirmed the appearances of many other characters from the Black Bulls.
With Conrad having previously been shown as a villain, there seemed to be possible explanations for his villainy, such as a disapproval of how Wizard King Julius performed. Several previous Wizard Kings, however, suggests something more significant is going on. Many fans had speculated based on the poster and the previous teasers that the movie may involve more than one previous Wizard King due to the characters' manner of dress. It was known that they were somehow aligned with Conrad, since the other character standing with them, Jester, was announced as a mysterious mage working with Conrad. Fans have been curious to see past Wizard Kings for a long time, so it seem the movie will be giving them what they want, although perhaps not in the way they expected.
While it's still not clear what status this movie occupies within Black Clover canon, it'll be fun to see what some other people to hold the title of Wizard King were like. Even as villains, Asta may even learn some valuable new traits that can help him to achieve his dream of being Wizard King.