Will there be a Black Clover season 5?
And why it's been years since we've seen any news.
Still one of the big hitters among modern shonen anime following its debut in 2017, it's now been over four years since a new episode of Black Clover aired, with no signs of a season 5 in sight.
Episode 170, The Faraway Future – the 16th of season 4 – ended with Asta and Liebe getting ready to train with Nacht, vice-captain of the Black Bulls, for the upcoming war. Despite it being tempting to Google for a release date of episode 171, episode 170 was in fact the end of Black Clover season 4.
Although a multi-year gap might not have been intended, it's been quite the cliffhanger to be left on whilst waiting for more episodes. That's even if we have the option of rewatching Black Clover's filler episodes to keep us going.
While the film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King came out in mid-2023, that was set between the anime's previous Elf Reincarnation and Heart Kingdom Joint Struggle Arcs, so we've still had no follow-up to the show's main canon.
Even so, the original manga by Yuki Tabata has still been going strong – making it very easy to wonder where the anime version's future stands.
With that, this easy-to-follow guide will take you through everything there is to know about a potential Black Clover season 5.
Will there be a season 5 of Black Clover?
As of right now, there are still no announced plans for a season 5 of the Black Clover anime. Although an exact reason was never officially given by its studio, Pierrot, many fans talking on social media – like those on this Reddit thread – assume it's because the anime essentially caught up to the manga in its four-season run across four years.
When this happens, further anime seasons are usually put on hold until said manga has the chance to produce more chapters first. That process, however, was slowed when Black Clover's creator, Yūki Tabata, announced in August 2023 that they would need to reduce the output of manga chapters to take care of their family due to health issues.
Black Clover was then moved from Weekly Shonen Jump to Jump GIGA — reducing the weekly release of Black Clover manga chapters to once every three months.
Going from up to 52 chapters of a manga each year to four, the amount of new source material coming out for Pierrot to adapt into a fifth season of Black Clover then came out at a snail's pace.
On the other hand, compared to when season 4 ended at around chapter 272 of the manga back in 2021, said manga has now reached 380 chapters at the time of writing.
With 100 chapters' worth of new story to cover, along with the positive reception and buzz that the Sword of the Wizard King film got, we can only assume that a Black Clover season 5 has been an inevitable task on Pierrot's to-do list.
When could a potential Black Clover season 5 air?
Based on the current state of Pierrot's workload, we're estimating Black Clover season 5 wouldn't air until at least late 2026 or spring 2027. A veteran anime studio that's been around since 1979, Pierrot's work has been in high demand with multiple projects on its plate.
What's arguably been the biggest among those recently has been Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, which recently wrapped up Part Three in spring 2024, with the Part 4 finale expected to be on the way to release within the next year — based on the 12-month+ gap between seasons so far.
With that, we wouldn't expect Black Clover to become a priority until the majority of work is done. Nevertheless, we will be updating this section as soon as we know more.
Who could return for a potential Black Clover season 5?
If we go by the latest Black Clover episode and film appearances, here’s who are the most likely cast members to return for a potential season 5:
- Asta - Gakuto Kajiwara (JP) / Dallas Reid (EN)
- Yuno - Nobunaga Shimazaki (JP) / Micah Solusod (EN)
- Noelle Silva - Kana Yūki (JP) / Jill Harris (EN)
- Liebe - Nobuhiko Okamoto (JP) / Bryce Papenbrook (EN)
- Yami Sukehiro - Junichi Suwabe (JP) / Christopher R Sabat (EN)
- Magna Swing - Genki Muro (JP / Ian Sinclair (EN)
- Julius Novachrono - Toshiyuki Morikawa (JP) / Robert McCollum (EN)
Dallas Reid is currently best known for his ongoing work in My Hero Academia, while Bryce Papenbrook can be heard in Attack on Titan.
What could happen in a potential Black Clover season 5?
If following the storyline of the manga as usual, we'd expect Black Clover season 5 to cover the rest of the Spade Kingdom Raid Arc.
The final three episodes of season 4 have already started to set the stage for this particular arc, where the Clover and Heart Kingdoms join forces to raid the Spade Kingdom — to stop the Dark Triad from releasing demons onto the Continent, as well as rescuing their captains and princesses who have been captured.
The former among those includes Yami, who was captured by the Spade Kingdom's Zenon back in season 4. The Spade Kingdom Raid's manga arc is more than double the Heart Kingdom Joint Struggle Arc's length, with a total of 71 chapters.
While we still might have to wait a while to see a Spade Kingdom Raid adaptation announced for the Black Clover anime, getting the manga arc adapted properly could either mean an extra long season 5, or even multiple seasons. So, it would be more than worth the wait.
Is there a trailer for a potential Black Clover season 5?
As there is no confirmation of a Black Clover season 5 yet, no trailer or visuals have been released.
We’ll be sure to keep this page updated with the latest news on trailers, release dates, and storylines for Asta and the gang.
In the meantime, Black Clover is still available to stream on Netflix, Crunchyroll, and Hulu.
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