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Black Clover Season 2 premiere sets Crunchyroll anime likes record for 2026
Black Clover’s second anime season premiered on Crunchyroll on October 3.
Its first episode, numbered 171, has received 135,500 likes, making it the service’s most-liked anime premiere of 2026 so far.
The series follows Asta, who was born without magic in a world where people have magical powers and uses a book that grants him Anti-Magic abilities.
The original run ended in 2021 after 170 episodes, and a 2023 Netflix movie was released while fans waited for the anime to return.
The new season begins adapting the manga’s Final Wizard King storyline.
Episode 172 premiered on Crunchyroll on October 10 and had already received more than 14,000 likes.
The season is expected to have 26 episodes, with its first 13 set to air weekly through December, exclusively on Crunchyroll.
Black Clover Season 2’s first episode became Crunchyroll’s most-liked anime premiere of 2026.
Episode 171, titled The Battle Begins, had 135,500 likes on Crunchyroll as of October 10.
The season premiered on October 3, more than five years after the original run ended in March 2021.
The episode adapts the manga’s Final Wizard King storyline and had an aggregate IMDb user score of 9.4.
Episode 172 premiered on Crunchyroll on October 10 and had more than 14,000 likes at the time of the article.
- Who
- Black Clover and its fans on Crunchyroll.
- What
- The season’s first episode set a record as Crunchyroll’s most-liked anime premiere of 2026.
- When
- The season premiered on October 3, 2026; the reported like count was as of October 10.
- Where
- On the anime streaming service Crunchyroll.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Black Clover Season 2 premiered on Crunchyroll.
Episode 171 had 135,500 likes, making it the most-liked anime premiere on Crunchyroll that year.
Episode 172, The Door to Hell, premiered on Crunchyroll.
- Season 2 premiere
- October 3, 2026
- Record episode
- Episode 171, The Battle Begins
- Crunchyroll likes
- 135,500 as of October 10
- IMDb user score
- 9.4
- Expected season length
- 26 episodes
- First 13 episodes
- Scheduled to air weekly through December
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