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Asta is officially swinging his sword again. Black Clover season 2 premiered on Crunchyroll on 3 October, ending a wait of more than five years since the original run of episodes finished.
The first season aired continuously from October 2017 to March 2021 before going on an extended hiatus, with only a 2023 film, Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, keeping fans going in the meantime. Now the anime is finally picking the story back up, as first confirmed by Radio Times and reported by The Economic Times and PRIMETIMER.
According to Crunchyroll, the new season landed on the platform at 8am PT on premiere day, with subsequent episodes following every Saturday. In Japan, new instalments air at 11pm, with the international simulcast dropping shortly after.
Why it matters
Season 2 sees Asta and the Magic Knights up against the formidable Dark Triad, pushing the story into darker territory than fans have seen before, according to The Economic Times. The new season is reportedly set to run for 26 episodes split into two parts, with the first half expected to wrap on 26 December, according to PRIMETIMER.
The original Japanese voice cast is back for the ride. Gakuto Kajiwara returns as Asta, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuno, Junichi Suwabe as Yami Sukehiro, Kana Yūki as Noelle Silva and Hiro Shimono as Nacht Faust, according to Crunchyroll’s casting confirmation reported by PRIMETIMER. Studio Pierrot, which made the original series, is back behind the camera too.
The timing isn’t a coincidence. The Black Clover manga by Yūki Tabata, which began in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2015, finally ended on 1 May 2026 after switching to the monthly Jump GIGA magazine in December 2023 to give Tabata more time with each chapter. With the source material complete, the anime now has a finish line to work towards.
What happens next
Each episode is expected to run for around 24 minutes, in line with the original series. Crunchyroll remains the main international home for Black Clover, streaming in North America, Europe, Central and South America, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS countries, the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, per PRIMETIMER. In Japan, the show is also available through Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, ABEMA and U-NEXT.
Beyond the Crunchyroll run, Netflix still holds the first 170 episodes of season one, as well as the Sword of the Wizard King film.
What’s still unclear is exactly how the story will wrap up on screen. While part one is pencilled in to run through to late December with 13 episodes, neither Crunchyroll nor Studio Pierrot have confirmed a release date for the second half of the season yet. For now, fans will have to take it one Saturday at a time as Asta and co. face down the Dark Triad.
