One Punch Man OVA 1, One Punch Man: Road to Hero, One-Punch Man: Road to Hero, ワンパンマン「ロード・トゥ・ヒーロー」, One Punch Man OVA, One Punch-Man OVA, One-Punch Man OVA, ワンパンマン OVA「ロード・トゥ・ヒーロー」
OVA bundled with the 10th volume of the One Punch Man manga. It features an original story by the series' mangaka, ONE, about the secret story of the birth of Saitama's hero suit.
Last updated
Sep 11, 2026, 04:31 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2015, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: Medium • Frozen 18 hours ago
Top reasons
- Source runway - Source material runway assessed as 'ok'
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 77.1
- Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~56,468 followers
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
One-Punch Man: Road to Hero renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is One-Punch Man: Road to Hero getting a new season?
- Yes - One-Punch Man: Road to Hero has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will One-Punch Man: Road to Hero be renewed?
- One-Punch Man: Road to Hero has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is One-Punch Man: Road to Hero's renewal probability?
- One-Punch Man: Road to Hero's CourScore is 76 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily-updated probability out of 100.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 75 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 845 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 91,856 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.28 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 744 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 87,464 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 20 | Aug 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 67 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 28,182 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 931 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 79.59 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 304,341 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 346,593 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 34,365 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 5,655 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 56 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 7 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 3,587 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 2,627 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 8 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 72 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 2,101 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 72 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 72 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.93 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 86,296 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 77 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 77 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.03 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 8 | Jun 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 254,621 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 27 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |