Black Clover anime is officially returning in 2026 with a sequel Season 2 TV anime, as announced at Anime Expo 2025 with a visual and trailer. While international fans may be confused due to the Seasons 1-4, the anime was aired consecutively in Japan and all 170 episodes are considered a single season. Studio Pierrot is back to handle the animation production.
The announcement was made at Crunchyroll’s industry panel at the event, and you find both the new visual and trailer below:
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The author of the manga, Yuki Tabata, commented:
“The production of the long-awaited new anime season of Black Clover has been confirmed! I’m beyond ecstatic going into the new anime season after the super-passionate movie that came out! Thanks to all of you, Black Clover is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! I definitely plan to keep this hype going! I want fans from Japan and all around the world to enjoy the powered-up anime that’s going to be brought to you by the most awesome anime production staff! Thank you so much for supporting Black Clover!”
A Japanese version of the visual was also released a few hours after the panel, featuring the same Asta art with a red background.
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. 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.
The voice cast for the anime includes:
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Asta
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Liebe
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuno
- Kana Yuki as Noelle Silva
- Junichi Suwabe as Yami Sukehiro
- Kiyono Yasuno as Charmy Pappitson
- Ayumu Murase as Luck Voltia
- Satoshi Hino as Gauche Adlai
- Kenichiro Matsuda as Gordon Agrippa
- Rikiya Koyama as Dante Zogratis
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Zenon Zogratis
- Yui Ogura as Vanica Zogratis
- Daisuke Ono as William Vangeance
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Zora Ideale
- Nana Mizuki as Vanessa Enoteca
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Julius Novachrono
- Ayane Sakura as Secre Swallowtail / Nero
- Genki Muro as Magna Swing
- Yu Kobayashi as Charlotte Roselei
- Mariya Ise as Dorothy Unsworth
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: Anime Expo 2025
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