Crunchyroll, the ultimate destination for fans to enjoy anime globally, held its annual Industry Panel at Anime Expo 2025 on Saturday, July 5, in the Los Angeles Convention Center.
During the panel, the premier anime brand announced several series acquisitions coming to its streaming service, which included some exclusive first looks for anticipated titles as well as official production confirmations revealed to the world for the first time:
- 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. Fans eagerly awaiting more episodes since the series last aired in 2021 were treated to a teaser trailer and key visual. Along with this exciting news, where fans in the panel were the first in the world to learn, a message from the original creator, Yuki Tabata, was also delivered in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the manga that the anime is adapted from:
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!
- Masahiko Minami, president of the prestige animation studio bones film, best known for their work on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, My Hero Academia, and Eureka Seven, arrived on stage to officially confirm Daemons of the Shadow Realm will be 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.”