Black Clover Season 2 has revealed the main trailer and theme song by rock band WANIMA ahead of the anime’s October 2026 return. The anime previously confirmed that Ayataka Tanemura will return to direct the anime’s second season, reuniting the creative team behind both the original TV anime and the 2023 film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King. Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
Today’s announcement arrived during Anime Expo 2026, where the first episode of the anime had its world premiere. The main staff for Season 2 includes:
- Director: Ayataka Tanemura
- Series Composition: Keiichiro Ochi
- Character Design: Itsuko Takeda
- Sub-Character Design: Kumiko Tokunaga
- Prop Design: Kosei Takahashi
- Music: Minako Seki
- Animation Production: Studio Pierrot
The opening song by WANIMA is titled “Kienai Riyuu.” The band previously performed the theme song “GONG” for the 2019 film One Piece: Stampede.
The main visual was also recently revealed.
The Black Clover manga was serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 2015 to August 2023, before transferring to Jump GIGA. It entered its final arc in August 2022 and officially ended on May 1 after eleven years of serialization. The manga is available to read on Viz Media’s website, MANGA Plus website, and the Shonen Jump mobile app in English.
It received a 170-episode anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot, which ran from 2017 to 2021. The Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King movie premiered on June 16 and is streaming on Netflix. Crunchyroll streams the TV anime, and they describe the story:
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!
Source: Black Clover Official X, Anime Expo 2026
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