{"rewrite":{"id":"r_588447d51e8f19ef1a35b660","clusterId":"c_7313c7358387aea000fc4e36","slug":"black-clover-skins-join-fortnite-for-fortnitemares-event","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Black Clover Skins Join Fortnite for Fortnitemares Event","summary":"Epic Games announced on Saturday that Black Clover characters Asta, Yuno, and Noelle are available as cosmetic skins in Fortnite Battle Royale for the annual Fortnitemares event. The items include grimoire back bling, sword and wand pickaxes, an Anti-Magic weapon wrap, and a Nissan GT-R Nismo car body with two Anti-Magic tires. Epic teased the collaboration in its Fortnitemares trailer on September 29. The new Black Clover season premiered the same Saturday, with Studio Pierrot returning.","whyItMatters":"The crossover lands on the same day the anime's new season premieres, tying the Fortnite event to the returning TV production rather than treating the skins as a standalone promotion.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Clover items are split across character skins, back bling, pickaxes, a weapon wrap, and a car body with tires, all sold in the Fortnite Shop. Epic Games had already shown the Asta skin in its Fortnitemares trailer on September 29, briefly in Asta\u0026#39;s Devil Form, before confirming the full set on Saturday. The skins arrive alongside the new Black Clover season, which premiered Saturday with Studio Pierrot animating and Crunchyroll streaming. The Fortnitemares event is an annual Fortnite Battle Royale promotion.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Fortnitemares gets Black Clover skins and a Nissan GT-R Nismo body with Anti-Magic tires. The car is the tell: Epic is building crossovers broad enough to pull in non-anime car culture audiences.","twitterPost":"Black Clover skins share the Fortnitemares shop with a Nissan GT-R Nismo body. Epic is casting wider than anime viewers for this one.","threadsPost":"Black Clover arrives in Fortnitemares via skins, a grimoire back bling, and a Nissan GT-R Nismo car body. That car is the detail: Epic is pairing the anime promo with a real-world automotive brand, which pulls in a different audience than the usual anime crossover.","newsletterBlurb":"Epic Games added Black Clover characters Asta, Yuno, and Noelle as Fortnite Battle Royale cosmetics for the annual Fortnitemares event, announced Saturday. The set covers skins, grimoire back bling, pickaxes, an Anti-Magic weapon wrap, and a Nissan GT-R Nismo car body with Anti-Magic tires. It arrived the same day the new Black Clover season premiered, with Studio Pierrot returning to animate and Crunchyroll streaming.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-04/black-clover-joins-fortnite-battle-royale-for-annual-fortnightmares-event/.242475\",\"title\":\"Black Clover Joins Fortnite Battle Royale for Annual Fortnightmares Event\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4478,"outputTokens":674,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791174571,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T04:26:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T04:28:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T04:28:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7313c7358387aea000fc4e36","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nBlack Clover Joins Fortnite Battle Royale for Annual Fortnightmares Event","representativeArticleId":"a_2e5a2073bf7eac602fb92a81","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Black Clover\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Fortnite Battle Royale\"],\"studios\":[\"Epic Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-05T01:37:20.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-05T01:37:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T04:28:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-04/black-clover-joins-fortnite-battle-royale-for-annual-fortnightmares-event/.242475","title":"Interest\nBlack Clover Joins Fortnite Battle Royale for Annual Fortnightmares Event"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Black Clover"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Fortnite Battle Royale"],"studios":["Epic Games"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}