Black Clover watch order: all episodes, the movie and Season 2

How many episodes of Black Clover are there?

The first run has 170 episodes, aired on TV Tokyo from October 3, 2017 to March 30, 2021 ^{ANN, ANN, Wikipedia}. Japan counts those 170 as one season, so the new run is Season 2, and its first episode is numbered 171 ^{official site, Wikipedia}.

English home video, Netflix and Hulu split the first run into four seasons. Season 1 is episodes 1 to 51, Season 2 starts at 52 (October 2018), Season 3 at 103 (October 2019) and Season 4 covers 155 to 170, the same episodes as the last Japanese Blu-ray box ^{ANN, Wikipedia, official site, JustWatch}. So if a streaming service shows "Season 4", you're looking at the end of the first run, not the new season. JustWatch lists the new episodes as Season 5 for the same reason ^JustWatch.

Release order or story order?

You can stick with release order. Sword of the Wizard King opened on June 16, 2023, in Japanese theaters and on Netflix worldwide the same day, two years after episode 170 ^{official site, ANN}. Its story is set during the six-month time skip before episode 158 ^Wikipedia. SlashFilm places it between episodes 157 and 158 but says it spoils the last episodes of the first run, so it's best after episode 170 ^SlashFilm.

Black Clover movie: where Sword of the Wizard King fits

There's one Black Clover film. Yūki Tabata supervised it and says it tells a Wizard King story he had considered for the manga, so it's a side story you can skip ^{official site}. Anime News Network's review suggests it to anyone "looking for a reason to get back into" the series ^ANN.

Eiga.com lists the film at 113 minutes; English Wikipedia gives 110 ^{Eiga.com, Wikipedia}.

Black Clover Season 2: airing now

Season 2 premiered on TV Tokyo on October 3, 2026, five and a half years after episode 170. It airs on Saturdays at 11 p.m. in Japan, and Crunchyroll streams each episode as it airs ^{official site, ANN}. Crunchyroll's English dub followed on October 17, with new dubbed episodes weekly ^ANN.

Episodes 171 to 174 had aired by October 24 ^{official site, Wikipedia}. Ayataka Tanemura, who directed episodes 153 to 170 and the film, directs the season at Studio Pierrot ^ANN. Season 2 opens with the raid on the Spade Kingdom, right where the first run left off, so you don't need anything in between ^{Wikipedia, ComicBook.com}.

Black Clover filler

Anime Filler List counts 18 of the 170 first-run episodes as filler, about 11%: 29, 66, 68, 82, 123–125, 131, 134–135, 142–149 ^{Anime Filler List}. If you skip them, you save about 7 hours. The site hasn't listed any Season 2 episodes yet. The Black Clover filler list goes arc by arc and names the filler episodes worth keeping.

Specials and shorts you can skip

You don't need any of these for the story.

Sources: ANN and the ANN encyclopedia for the 2016 event episode, ANN for the 2018 special and Wikipedia for the shorts.

Where the anime stops in the manga

Yūki Tabata's manga is finished. It started in Weekly Shōnen Jump in February 2015, moved to the quarterly Jump Giga in 2023 and ended there on May 1, 2026, with 392 chapters in 38 volumes ^{ANN, Wikipedia, chapter list}. VIZ's English edition reached volume 37 on August 4, 2026 ^VIZ.

Episode 170 stops before the last pages of chapter 270, according to ComicBook.com ^{ComicBook.com, Wikipedia}. Chapter 270 sits near the end of volume 27, which holds chapters 262 to 272 ^{chapter list, VIZ}. If you want to read ahead of the anime, start there.

Season 2 moves fast. Its first episode finishes Asta's training and starts the raid, taking its title from chapter 274, and episode 174 shares its title with chapter 287 in volume 29 ^{Wikipedia, chapter list}. That's about four chapters an episode so far.

Where to watch Black Clover

• Crunchyroll (US and UK) is the one service where you can watch everything but the film: all 170 episodes in Japanese or English, and Season 2 as it airs, dub included ^{ANN, ANN, ANN, JustWatch US, JustWatch UK}.
• Netflix streams Sword of the Wizard King in both countries ^{official site, JustWatch}. JustWatch also lists the first run on Netflix: all four home-video seasons in the US, the first two in the UK.
• Hulu (US) has the first two home-video seasons, and Disney+ (UK) the first, per JustWatch ^{US, UK, checked October 26, 2026}.

How long does it take to watch Black Clover?

The first run, the film and the Season 2 episodes so far take about 69 hours. Anime News Network lists 23 minutes for a first-run episode and 24 for Season 2, and the film runs 113 minutes ^{ANN, ANN, Eiga.com}. At three episodes a day, you'll finish the first run in about eight weeks.

Black Clover questions

What order do you watch Black Clover in?

Episodes 1 to 170, then the film Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, then Season 2 from episode 171. That's 174 episodes and one film so far, about 69 hours.

How many episodes of Black Clover are there?

The first run has 170 episodes, aired from October 2017 to March 2021. Season 2 started on October 3, 2026, numbered from 171, and 4 episodes had aired by October 24.

When should you watch the Black Clover movie?

After episode 170. Sword of the Wizard King is set during the time skip before episode 158, but it leans on events from the last episodes of the first run.

Where does the Black Clover anime end in the manga?

Episode 170 stops just before the last pages of chapter 270, near the end of volume 27. Season 2 picks up from chapter 271, so start reading at chapter 270 if you want to read ahead of the anime.

Is Black Clover Season 2 dubbed?

Yes. Crunchyroll started its English dub on October 17, 2026, two weeks after the Japanese premiere, and adds a dubbed episode every week.