Black Clover Season 2 Premieres With "The Battle Begins"
The premiere picks up right where the Dark Triad kidnapping left off, turning years of manga material into the arc the anime had not yet reached.
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Black Clover Season 2 Episode 1, titled "The Battle Begins," arrives on Oct 3, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. JST on TV Tokyo, with a global stream on Crunchyroll. The episode follows the Magic Knights preparing to rescue Yami and their allies from the Dark Triad, while Asta and Liebe train toward Devil Union and Yuno prepares to face Zenon again.
The episode's synopsis confirms the Spade Kingdom arc is the season's starting point. Morris, a mage scientist expelled from the Diamond Kingdom, continues work on opening the gates of the Underworld while the Clover Kingdom's Magic Knights mobilize.
Studio Pierrot returns to animate, with Ayataka Tanemura directing and Keiichiro Ochi on series composition. Gakuto Kajiwara voices Asta, Nobunaga Shimazaki is Yuno, and Junichi Suwabe is Yami Sukehiro. Outside Japan, Crunchyroll carries the season globally.
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