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 Reason That Won’t Disappear). The band previously performed the theme song “GONG” for the 2019 film One Piece: Stampede. Vocalist and bassist KENTA shared a brief message about the song:
Thank you!!
There was something that couldn’t be erased, no matter how hard I tried.
Kienai Riyuu.
Please give it a listen.
Original creator Yuki Tabata also shared a new commemorative illustration and a message celebrating the anime’s return.
To all Black Clover fans,
thank you for waiting sooo long!!
The 2nd Season is finally airing this October!!
The original manga of Black Clover has reached its conclusion but now it will once again become an animated work and be delivered to everyone all over the world. This is all thanks to everyone who loves the series, and to the people who are pouring their heart and soul into making the anime. Truly, thank you so much!!
While I was drawing the original manga, it felt like the characters were running alongside me. But since I finished drawing it, I’ve had more and more moments where I just watch the characters and take them in slowly, and now it feels like I’m becoming a fan of theirs myself. So for that reason, I’m incredibly looking forward to the charm of the characters and the powerful, intense magic battles that only the anime can bring to life!
I’m sure it will satisfy us all, so to all the readers who have supported me, please look forward to the broadcast and wait for it together with me!!
— Yuuki Tabata
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!
An official Black Clover TikTok account was also opened today.
Source: Black Clover Official X, Anime Expo 2026
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