Crunchyroll Brings New Black Clover Details Today At Anime Expo 2025, Among Several Series Acquisitions
Anime fans and otakus, the wait is finally over! Crunchyroll announced new Black Clover details at their annual Industry Panel for Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles, including other first looks and anticipated titles. President of the prestigious animation studio Bones Film, Masahiko Minami, arrived on stage to officially confirm that Daemons of the Shadow Realm will be produced into an anime. Other major updates included anime such as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3, among others.
Black Clover will be officially returning for an all-new season only on Crunchyroll. Studio Pierrot (Naruto, Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul) will be back to produce the series. Anime Expo 2025 attendees were treated to a new teaser trailer and key visual. Along with this exciting news, the original creator, Yuki Tabata, delivered his excitement for the 10th anniversary:
'The production of the long-awaited new anime season of Black Clover has been confirmed! I'm beyond ecstatic going into the new anime season after the super-passionate movie that came out! Thanks to all of you, Black Clover is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year! I definitely plan to keep this hype going! I want fans from Japan and all around the world to enjoy the powered-up anime that's going to be brought to you by the most awesome anime production staff! Thank you so much for supporting Black Clover!'
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Following Black Clover's major announcements, Daemons of the Shadow Realm is being produced into an anime. Based on the manga of the same name created by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist), the anime will be directed by Masahiro Ando (Sword of the Stranger), which was revealed in the new teaser trailer shown during the panel and described the series as 'an otherworldly fantasy where mystery and the uncanny intertwine.'
Adding to the big reveals, Yusuke Kobayashi (Senku Ishigami in Dr. STONE), the lead Japanese voice actor in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, made an appearance to officially confirm that Season 4 will be exclusively streaming on Crunchyroll in 2026. Produced by studio WHITE FOX (Steins;Gate) and Masahiro Shinohara returning as director after Season 3, a teaser trailer was shown to panel attendees that featured characters Natsuki Subaru (Yusuke Kobayashi) and Emilia (voiced by Rie Takahashi, Ai Hoshino in [OSHI NO KO]) arriving in a Western-like saloon to order some milk.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation fans will be delighted to hear that the third season will premiere on Crunchyroll in 2026. The almost two-minute teaser gave a more than welcome look at the gorgeous animation from Studio Bind, the action and adventure to come, as well as the return of a fan-favorite character, Eris. This was a fantastic update following the emotional whirlwind of events the series last left off on.
Crunchyroll was also proud to announce that Classroom of the Elite 2nd Year will be coming soon to the streamer. Joining the Classroom of the Elite anime update, Classroom of the Elite – Merge Puzzle Spacial Exam – has joined the Crunchyroll Game Vault today. Playable for the first time outside of Japan, Classroom of the Elite – Merge Puzzle Spacial Exam – will be free of microtransactions, ads, and in-app purchases, and joins over 50 other games available to Mega and Ultimate Fan tier members.
Here is a quick rundown of other updates, reveals, and announcements from the Crunchyroll Industry Panel:
Sentenced to Be a Hero — Industry panel guests exclusively saw a special teaser video of never-before-seen footage. The series will premiere on Crunchyroll in January 2026.
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider — Fans of the iconic tokusatsu hero Kamen Rider will be happy to learn the action comedy found a home at Crunchyroll. The show premieres in October 2025, and a trailer showed off more about the upcoming series.
You and I Are Polar Opposites — For the rom-com otakus, this series will be premiering on streamer in January 2026.
Ouran High School Host Club — In honor of the 20th anniversary of the beloved 2006 series, Crunchyroll announced it will be partnering on a new merch collab with the sweater and cardigan brand Steady Hands.
Neon Genesis Evangelion — Earlier this week, Crunchyroll comemorated the series' 30th anniversary by adding a replica of Misato Katsuragi's iconic uniform jacket into the Crunchyroll Store exclusives list.
Hiroyuki SAWANO LIVE [nZk]008 — For the music fans, (Hiroyuki Sawano Live new-ZEAK zero zero eight) joins Crunchyroll's library of over 100 full-length concerts later this Summer.
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