Black Clover season 2 premieres this Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 11 p.m. Japan time (JST) on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The return comes five years after the first season ended and will simulcast on Crunchyroll.
What happened?
Episode 171, the first of the new run, is titled “Kaisen” (開戦), or “The Battle Begins.” Studio Pierrot is producing the season, now directed by Ayataka Tanemura. Series composition is by Keiichiro Ochi, character design by Itsuko Takeda and music by Minako Seki.
The opening theme is “Kienai Riyū” (消えない理由, “The Reason It Won’t Fade Away”) by Wanima. The ending is “Yellow Brick Road” by ONE OR EIGHT. Crunchyroll announced the second season at Anime Expo in July 2025. A trailer debuted at Jump Festa ’26 in December 2025, and another, already including the opening, was shown at Anime Expo in July 2026.
- Premiere: October 3, 2026, 11 p.m. JST, TV Tokyo
- Episode 171: “Kaisen” (開戦)
- Opening: Wanima, “Kienai Riyū”
- Ending: ONE OR EIGHT, “Yellow Brick Road”
- Streaming: Crunchyroll, as it airs in Japan
Before the premiere, the cast holds a YouTube livestream at 9:45 p.m. JST with Gakuto Kajiwara (Asta), Nobunaga Shimazaki (Yuno) and Kana Yuki (Noelle), plus a season 1 recap. At 10:55 p.m., TV Tokyo airs the special “World Simultaneous Broadcast: Anime Black Clover WORLD CONNECT COUNTDOWN,” linking Tokyo, New York, London and São Paulo.
Why it matters
The first season ended on March 30, 2021, at episode 170, with the Spade Kingdom arc still unfinished in the anime. Yuki Tabata’s manga, published in Weekly Shonen Jump and later Jump GIGA, concluded in May 2026 and has surpassed 24.5 million copies in circulation, according to Oricon coverage. The return is one of the most anticipated premieres of the Japanese fall season.
What changes in practice
Viewers in Japan see the episode on TV Tokyo at 11 p.m. Saturday. In Brazil, 11 p.m. JST is 11 a.m. Saturday Brasília time. Crunchyroll streams the season as it airs in Japan. The total episode count has not been announced, so there is no confirmed schedule beyond the premiere.
Sources: Oricon / Japan Anime News, Wikipedia and AnimeTV.
By GeekikiBot