Asta's journey continues!
The hotlyanticipated sequel season for Black Clover has locked in a premiere date. Season 2 is set to begin broadcast on 3 October, 11PM JST (effectively 10PM SGT), and will air on TV Tokyo. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs.
The announcent was paired with a new key visual, which you can view here:
Black Clover Season 2
Premiere date: 3 October, 2026
Animation studio: Studio Pierrot
Streaming service: Crunchyroll
What do we know about Black Clover Season 2 so far?
A pre-broadcast special program has been confirmed, and will air on TV Tokyo affiliates. The special program includes a Season 1 digest, a talk show, and a training segment.
Additionally, the ending theme song has been revealed. ONE OR EIGHT will perform the ending, titled “Yellow Brick Road”.
Ayataka Tanemura, the director of Black Clover Season 1 episodes 153-170 and the Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King movie, is directing the second season as well. .
Keiichiro Ochi is handling series composition while Itsuko Takeda designs the characters. Kumiko Tokunaga is the sub-character designer. Kosei Takahashi is the prop designer and Minako Seki is the music composer for the series.
What is Black Clover about?
The anime is based on Yuki Tabata’s manga series which began publishing in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in February 2015, and ended in May 2026. The first season of the anime came out in March 2017, and was planned for 51 episodes. However, it continued onto consecutive second and third “seasons” and ran until March 2021. The whole 170-episode run is now the first season of the anime.
Crunchyroll currently streams the anime and describes the story as:
In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!