The director of the upcoming second season of the TV anime Black Clover, based on the manga by Yuki Tabata, has been confirmed as Ayataka Tanemura, who previously directed the anime’s first season and the feature film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King.
Ahead of the second season’s premiere, a special 10-minute recap video revisiting the events of the first season has been released on YouTube. The video was previously shown exclusively at the Black Clover Exhibition venues in Tokyo and Osaka.
1st Season Recap Video:
To celebrate the new season, Black Clover will be featured at Anime Expo 2026, where a special panel will be held with Gakuto Kajiwara, the voice of Asta, and director Ayataka Tanemura.
At Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles, taking place from July 2–5, Kajiwara and Tanemura will appear on July 4 to share the latest updates on the series and host a premiere screening of the first episode of Season 2.
Teaser Visual:
STAFF:
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 original TV anime aired from 2017 to 2021, followed by the release of the film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King in 2023. The highly anticipated second season is set to premiere in October 2026. As previously announced, Crunchyroll will stream the new season.
Black Clover, created by Yūki Tabata, first launched in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2015. After nearly nine years in the magazine, the manga moved to Jump Giga in December 2023. As of now, 36 volumes have been released in Japan.
Crunchyroll streams the Black Clover anime series, describes as follows:
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!
Source: Comic Natalie
© YUKI TABATA/SHUEISHA, TV TOKYO, BLACK CLOVER PROJECT
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