Black Clover Season 2 Release Date: Exact Crunchyroll Premiere Time Confirmed

Black Clover fans received an official update on the debut of the next significant chapter of the hit shonen anime. Crunchyroll announced that Black Clover Season 2 will premiere on October 15, 2024, covering the highly anticipated “Spade Kingdom Raid” arc.

As with all major Shueisha productions, the new episodes will stream worldwide on Crunchyroll at 9:00 AM PST (Pacific Standard Time) on the day of release. This marks Asta and the Black Bulls’ return after a long break following the end of the Sword Wizard King arc.

Black Clover Season 2 will premiere on October 15, 2024, on Crunchyroll. New episodes drop every week at 9:00 AM PST (12:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM BST). The season adapts the Spade Kingdom Raid arc from Yuki Tabata’s manga, with better production values and more focus on Asta’s devil powers.

The announcement was made during a special livestream event hosted by Crunchyroll and Studio Pierrot, putting an end to months of speculation from the anime community. Fans wanted the weekly TV series to return and adapt the rest of the manga, but the film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King was released in 2023.

Season 2 continues directly from the last arc where the heroes defeated the Dark Triad. The new season will feature the invasion of the Spade Kingdom, a darker and more intense story that will require the combined efforts of Magic Knights’ squads.

Time zone differences make timing important for international viewers. Crunchyroll confirmed the following global release schedule for the premiere episode:

The subtitles will be available when it is released. Dubbed English, Spanish, Portuguese,e and other versions typically follow one to two weeks later, depending on production schedules. Crunchyroll expects the English dub for Season 2 to start rolling out in November 2024.

Studio Pierrot is returning at the helm, the same studio that produced the original 170-episode run. Key staff includes:

The voice actors for the main cast, including Gakuto Kajiwara as Asta and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuno, have confirmed they will return for the Japanese original. The English dub cast, led by Dallas Reid and Micah Solusod, will also return in their roles.

Black Clover is returning to weekly TV, and that’s a big deal for a few reasons. Firstly, it shows confidence in the franchise’s longevity, even in the competitive shonen anime market dominated by titles such as Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer. Second, manga readers consider the Spade Kingdom Raid arc the best in Black Clover for its storytelling, higher stakes, complex magic systems, and significant secondary-character development.

Crunchyroll’s exclusive simulcast rights further cement its status as the go-to destination for mainstream shonen anime in Western markets.

After its premiere, Black Clover will continue to air weekly with no breaks until the entirety of the Spade Kingdom Raid arc is adapted. “We expect this arc to run roughly 24-28 episodes, potentially taking the series into mid-2025,” the company said.

Studio Pierrot has not yet announced any arcs following the Spade Kingdom Raid. However, with the amount of source material still available in Yuki Tabata’s manga, more seasons are considered likely pending the performance of Season 2.