Aliases
トゥ・ビー・ヒーロー, Tu Bian Yingxiong BABA, TO BE HERO, 凸变英雄BABA, 凸变英雄 BABA, 凸变英雄
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Handsome, divorced and with a teen daughter living with him, our hero is a “bad father” who works as a toilet seat designer. One day, as he was in the toilet, he founds himself sucked into the toilet seat and he is given the important task to save the planet. The price for being a super hero is quite huge: This Good-looking guy is transformed into an Ugly Dude…with Super Power! To protect the Earth and his daughter Min, his fight is about to begin…
(Source: Emon)
(Source: Emon)
Last updated
Sep 10, 2026, 05:24 PM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Jan 1, 2018, 12:00 AM.
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
Confirmed
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated yesterday
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Runway
Anime original
This is an anime original, not an adaptation, so there is no source material to run down - renewal turns on sales and popularity rather than runway.
Financial & Commercial0
Production Feasibility0
Audience Reception0
Strategic Priors0
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedSep 10, 2026, 05:24 PM
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Renewal FAQ
TO BE HERO renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is TO BE HERO getting a new season?
- Yes - TO BE HERO has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will TO BE HERO be renewed?
- TO BE 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 TO BE HERO's renewal probability?
- TO BE HERO's CourScore is 100 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.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 65 | Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 178 | Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 21,952 | Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Aug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.64 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 56 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,836 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 37 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 68 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 50 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 9 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 39 | Aug 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 8 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 46 | Aug 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 84.49 | Aug 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 38,618 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 73,674 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 23,261 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 4,626 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 8.5 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.06 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 80 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 10 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 598 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 14 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 622 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 64,775 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 13,358 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,365,918 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 358 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 59 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.61 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 15,092 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 69.1 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 67 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 9.17 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 23 | Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 2,321 | Jul 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |