Black Clover finally has an exact return date. Season 2 will premiere on October 3, 2026, at 11:00 PM JST on TV Tokyo and its affiliated stations, bringing Asta and the Black Bulls back to regular television more than five years after Episode 170 aired in March 2021.
That gap makes this more than a routine seasonal premiere. Black Clover never completely disappeared. Sword of the Wizard King kept the anime alive in 2023, and attendees at Anime Expo 2026 have already seen Season 2’s first episode. But October 3 is when the story properly resumes for the wider audience.
There is also a neat bit of history attached to the date. The original Black Clover TV anime began airing on October 3, 2017, meaning Season 2’s television premiere lands exactly nine years after the anime first started. It is not a nine-year hiatus, of course, but it is a fitting date for the series to begin its next chapter.
Black Clover Season 2 Release Date and Streaming
Black Clover Season 2 will begin its Japanese broadcast on October 3 at 11:00 PM JST, with TV Tokyo and affiliated stations carrying the series.
Crunchyroll has also confirmed that it will stream Season 2 as part of the Fall 2026 anime season. An exact international simulcast time has not been announced yet, so it is better not to assume that every region will receive the episode at the exact moment the Japanese broadcast ends.
For longtime viewers, the important part is that this is finally the continuation of the weekly TV anime. The first run lasted an unusually long 170 episodes, beginning in 2017 and ending on March 30, 2021.
Black Clover then shifted away from television for several years, with the 2023 Netflix film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King serving as the franchise’s biggest animated release during the break.
Season 2 Picks Up Where Episode 170 Left Off
Season 1 stopped at one of the worst possible places if you were watching weekly.
Episode 170 brought Asta and Liebe’s confrontation to a turning point while Nacht continued preparing the Clover Kingdom fighters for the battle ahead. The anime had reached roughly Chapter 270 of Yūki Tabata‘s manga, leaving Season 2 to continue from around Chapter 271.
That means the new season moves directly into the Spade Kingdom conflict and the fight against the Dark Triad.
The material ahead gives Pierrot plenty to work with. Asta’s relationship with Liebe becomes increasingly important, Nacht steps into a much larger role, Yuno‘s story develops considerably, and the battles surrounding the captured Yami Sukehiro and William Vangeance push several characters into some of their strongest manga moments.
The Season 2 footage released so far has already leaned heavily into that direction, showing Asta’s Devil Union training, Nacht, Yuno and the Dark Triad rather than trying to hide where the story is heading.
For manga readers, that is probably the biggest reason to be excited. Black Clover stopped just before a stretch of the manga that was practically begging to be animated.
Studio Pierrot Returns With Familiar Staff
Studio Pierrot remains in charge of animation production, while Ayataka Tanemura returns as director.
Tanemura is not new to Black Clover. He previously directed the later portion of the original TV series and also handled Sword of the Wizard King, so Season 2 is not being handed to someone unfamiliar with how the anime has developed visually.
The main staff also includes Keiichiro Ochi on series composition, Itsuko Takeda as character designer, Kumiko Tokunaga as sub-character designer and Minako Seki returning for the music.
Season 2’s opening theme will be “Kienai Riyū” by WANIMA, while ONE OR EIGHT performs the ending theme “Yellow Brick Road.”
Black Clover has always had a surprisingly strong track record with openings, so WANIMA joining that list puts a little extra pressure on the new OP. This is a franchise where songs such as “Black Catcher,” “Black Rover” and “Grandeur” became almost inseparable from the anime itself.
How Many Episodes Will Black Clover Season 2 Have?
One major question is still unanswered.
The official episode count has not been announced.
There have been reports suggesting a 24-episode, two-cour season, including claims of a 13-episode first cour followed by 11 episodes in the second. Until Studio Pierrot or the production committee confirms that structure, however, it should be treated as speculation rather than the final schedule.
A two-cour run would certainly make sense considering the amount of manga material waiting to be adapted, but for now we only know when the journey starts.
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Black Clover Is Building Toward a Busy Return
The anime is not the only Black Clover project arriving this fall. A new digital art collection featuring Yūki Tabata’s illustrations is scheduled for November 10, including color artwork from throughout the manga’s serialization as well as previously unreleased material.
There is also some fan discussion over whether Season 2 will receive the same type of countdown illustrations that were used before Sword of the Wizard King. Nothing has been officially announced on that front yet, but with the premiere now only weeks away, it would not be surprising to see the promotional campaign ramp up considerably.
For now, the date that matters is October 3, 2026.
Five years after Black Clover’s weekly TV run stopped at Episode 170, Asta’s fight is finally continuing on television, and this time the anime is heading straight into one of the most anticipated stretches of Tabata’s manga.
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