{"id":4296,"date":"2026-06-27T04:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/black-clover-second-season-october-2026-anime-expo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:24:17","slug":"black-clover-second-season-october-2026-anime-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/black-clover-second-season-october-2026-anime-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Clover Second Season Confirmed for October 2026 \u2014 World Premiere at Anime Expo on 4 July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Clover anime is back. Studio Pierrot has confirmed that <em>Black Clover Second Season<\/em> will premiere in <strong>October 2026<\/strong>, continuing the story of Asta and the Magic Knights after a five-year gap since the original 170-episode run ended in 2021. On top of that, a world premiere of the very first episode is set for <strong>Anime Expo 2026 on 4 July<\/strong> in Los Angeles \u2014 just over a week away \u2014 with the voice of Asta himself, <strong>Gakuto Kajiwara<\/strong>, and returning director <strong>Ayataka Tanemura<\/strong> in attendance.<\/p>\n<h2>Five Years in the Making: Black Clover Second Season<\/h2>\n<p>The original <em>Black Clover<\/em> anime ran from 2017 to 2021 across 170 episodes, produced by Studio Pierrot and covering the manga through the intense Spade Kingdom arc. The manga concluded its serialisation in <em>Weekly Sh\u014dnen Jump<\/em> after over eleven years, and the Second Season is set to animate the story&#8217;s climactic final chapters \u2014 the ones fans who read ahead have been waiting years to see animated.<\/p>\n<p>Director Ayataka Tanemura \u2014 who helmed the original run as well as the 2023 film <em>Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King<\/em> \u2014 is back in the chair, with Studio Pierrot returning as the animation house. Confirmed returnees include Gakuto Kajiwara as Asta and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuno.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BwdMT-OiARI\" title=\"Black Clover Second Season | Official Trailer 2 | Crunchyroll\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Black Clover Second Season | Official Trailer 2 | Crunchyroll \u2014 via Crunchyroll on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Anime Expo 2026: World Premiere on 4 July<\/h2>\n<p>The world premiere of Episode 1 will be held at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles on <strong>4 July<\/strong>, ahead of the October broadcast. The panel includes Gakuto Kajiwara and director Ayataka Tanemura, making it a genuine event for fans who can attend in person \u2014 and a major source of first impressions and clips for everyone watching online. Anime Expo runs from 2 to 5 July, but the Black Clover premiere is on Day 3 at the Peacock Theater, starting at 1:30 PM Pacific Time.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/black-clover-second-season-key-visual-2026.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black Clover Second Season official key visual featuring Asta in Devil Union form\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Studio Pierrot \/ Shueisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Singapore Streaming: What We Know<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/\">Crunchyroll<\/a> will stream <em>Black Clover Second Season<\/em> internationally when it premieres in October \u2014 but with one important caveat: the announcement specifies that Crunchyroll&#8217;s deal <strong>excludes Asia<\/strong>. For Singapore viewers, that means Crunchyroll is not the confirmed option here.<\/p>\n<p>The original Black Clover seasons are available on Netflix Singapore, which suggests a regional streaming deal exists \u2014 but there has been no official confirmation yet from Netflix or any other Asia-region service about carrying the Second Season. We&#8217;ll update this when streaming partners for Southeast Asia are announced. In the meantime, Asta&#8217;s return is worth bookmarking: October 2026 is about three months away, and with an episode 1 premiere at AX on 4 July, more details should surface shortly.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/black-clover-second-season-asta-devil-union.png?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Asta in Devil Union mode in Black Clover Second Season\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Studio Pierrot \/ Shueisha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have full coverage of any streaming announcements for Singapore as they come. In the meantime, browse our <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/manga-anime\/\">anime news<\/a> for everything else airing this season.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Anime\" flags=\"Singapore streaming to be confirmed\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asta returns. Black Clover Second Season arrives October 2026, with a world premiere episode at Anime Expo 2026 on 4 July. Crunchyroll confirmed internationally \u2014 Singapore streaming TBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,336,482,239,66,241],"class_list":["post-4296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manga-anime","tag-anime","tag-anime-announcement","tag-anime-expo-2026","tag-black-clover","tag-crunchyroll","tag-studio-pierrot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/black-clover-second-season-asta-action.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-17i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4876,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/black-clover-season-2-anime-expo-2026-crunchyroll-october\/","url_meta":{"origin":4296,"position":0},"title":"Black Clover Season 2 Premieres at Anime Expo 2026 \u2014 Coming to Crunchyroll in October","date":"July 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Clover Season 2 had its world premiere at Anime Expo 2026 on 4 July. 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