Black Clover season 2 premiered on October 3, 2026, more than five years after the first TV series ended. Episode 171, "Kaisen" ("The Battle Begins"), aired on TV Tokyo and landed on Crunchyroll at 8 a.m. Pacific time with subtitles.
Crunchyroll confirmed the window in an announcement updated on October 3. Availability covers North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. A dub still had no locked date in the premiere announcement.
What changes from season 1
The first Black Clover adaptation, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara at Studio Pierrot, ran from October 2017 to March 2021 and closed at 170 episodes. The film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King reached Japan in March 2023. The new season stays at Pierrot, now directed by Ayataka Tanemura.
The opening is "Kienai Riyu" by Wanima. The ending is "Yellow Brick Road" by One or Eight. Yuki Tabata's manga began in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2015, moved to Jump Giga in December 2023, ended serialization in May 2026 and already has 38 collected volumes in Japan.
Why the premiere matters
Season 2 was announced by Crunchyroll at Anime Expo in July 2025, got a trailer at Jump Festa '26 and a second trailer, already with the opening, at Anime Expo in July 2026. The October 3 premiere is the missing step: the weekly return, not another teaser.
Crunchyroll's synopsis stays on the familiar premise. In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are abandoned at a church on the same day. Yuno is the prodigy; Asta is one of the rare people without magic. Both want to become the Wizard King. The episode 171 description places the Qliphoth gate three days from opening, with Asta and Liebe training Devil Union under Nacht.
New episodes are expected to follow the weekly Saturday cadence. The premiere sources do not confirm how many episodes the season will have.
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