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Like many of the best shonen anime, Black Clover is all about two young men on a path of both friendship and rivalry. Despite being one of the most popular anime series of the past decade, it has been more than five years since the first season of Black Clover concluded. Fans have had to wait a long time, but that wait is nearly over as more episodes are coming in October 2026.

Calling this Black Clover Season 2 feels slightly disingenuous, but hear us out. The first “season” ran for 170 episodes from 2017 to 2021 on the same kind of weekly schedule that not even One Piece could maintain. Since then, we’ve had one anime film in 2023, but more episodes of the anime have been hard to come by. It isn’t the longest gap between seasons that we’ve seen from a popular anime, but it is still a long time to make fans wait.

During that long break, creator Yuki Tabata finally finished the Black Clover manga in May 2026, so the anime studio doesn’t have to guess at what is coming next in the series. Work has been ongoing for the series during the long hiatus; the first episode is expected to be shown during an Anime Expo panel on July 4, 2026, several months before Crunchyroll streams the second season.

Black Clover Season 2 will air in October 2026, more than five years after the previous season concluded. Crunchyroll has confirmed that it will stream the Black Clover anime when it finally returns.

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