Black Clover Season 2 Trailer Reveals WANIMA Opening Theme
The return of Black Clover after a five-year gap, with the same director and studio, signals a direct continuation of the original series rather than a reboot or spin-off.
Key Facts
- Black Clover Season 2 will debut on TV Tokyo in October 2026.
- The opening theme song is "Kienai Riyuu" by rock band WANIMA.
- Ayataka Tanemura returns as director, with Studio Pierrot animating the season.
- The first episode of Season 2 had its world premiere at Anime Expo 2026 on July 4, 2026.
- Crunchyroll will stream the second season.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The staff of the second season of the Black Clover anime revealed a new promotional video on Sunday, July 5, 2026, which previews the opening theme song by rock band WANIMA. The video debuted at Anime Expo 2026 on Saturday, July 4, where the first episode of the new season also had its world premiere. The opening song is titled "Kienai Riyuu" (The Reason That Won't Disappear). The second season will debut on TV Tokyo in October 2026. Ayataka Tanemura, who directed episodes 153-170 of the original Black Clover anime and the 2023 film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, will direct the new season. Studio Pierrot returns to animate the season. Crunchyroll will stream the anime. The Black Clover anime originally aired 170 episodes from October 2017 to March 2021. The manga, created by Yuki Tabata, launched in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2015 and concluded on May 1, 2024, after transferring to Jump GIGA in 2023.
Keiichiro Ochi, who wrote the series composition for the original Black Clover anime and the Sword of the Wizard King film, returns in the same role for the second season. Itsuko Takeda, the character designer for the original series, also returns. Kumiko Tokunaga handles sub-character design, Kosei Takahashi handles prop design, and Minako Seki composes the music.
WANIMA previously performed the theme song "GONG" for the 2019 film One Piece: Stampede. The band's new opening, "Kienai Riyuu" (The Reason That Won't Disappear), is the first previewed theme for the season.
Director Ayataka Tanemura and Asta voice actor Gakuto Kajiwara attended Anime Expo 2026 on Saturday, July 4, where the first episode of the new season had its world premiere. The pair also appeared together at a special panel at the convention.
The original Black Clover anime debuted on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in December 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the series in Japanese with English subtitles, and Funimation streamed the English dub. The Sword of the Wizard King film opened in Japan and debuted on Netflix worldwide in June 2023.
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