Black Clover Sequel Anime Announced At Anime Expo 2025 With New Trailer

Black Clover is officially returning with a sequel anime series, as announced during Crunchyroll’s industry panel at Anime Expo 2025. The reveal was accompanied by a brand new trailer and a teaser visual.

Crunchyroll also confirmed it will stream the sequel anime when it premieres, though an exact release date is yet to be revealed.

Yuki Tabata shared a comment to comment to commemorate the announcement, stating, “The long-awaited new season of Black Clover has officially been confirmed! I’m thrilled to see the story continue after the high-energy film. Thanks to everyone, we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of Black Clover this year, and I hope fans in Japan and around the world enjoy the powered-up new anime. Thank you so much for supporting Black Clover!

The sequel anime will be produced by Studio Pierrot.

The anime originally aired 170 episodes between October 2017 and March 2021 before going on hiatus. In June 2023, the franchise released a film, Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King.

Season 1 of the anime aired from October 2017 to September 2018, and season 2 from October 2018 to September 2019.

Season 3 premiered on October 1, 2019. The anime has been broadcast without any major interruption until late April 2020, when it was announced that future episodes would be postponed based on studio production delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The broadcasting and distribution of episode 133 onward were delayed and in its place, the first episode of the series was rebroadcast on May 5, 2020.

The series resumed on July 7, 2020, and finished at episode 170 on March 30, 2021.

Source: Oricon, Crunchyroll