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
Oct 28, 2026, 06:16 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 weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: Medium • Frozen 3 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 signal score 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 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 796 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 92,933 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.28 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 748 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 87,900 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 68 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 28,216 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 947 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 79.58 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 305,180 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 347,504 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 34,407 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 5,676 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 56 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 7 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 3,588 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 2,867 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 10 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 58 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 3,359 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 58 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 58 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.93 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 86,811 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 77 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 77 | Sep 13, 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 | posts 7d | JP | 8 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 0 | Oct 11, 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 |