One-Punch Man season 3
Third season of the One-Punch Man anime television series
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The third season of the One-Punch Man anime television series is based on the webcomic of the same name written by One and its subsequent manga remake illustrated by Yusuke Murata. A third season was announced in August 2022.[1] Most of the main cast and staff from the second season are reprising their roles.[2] The season is produced by J.C.Staff, with Shinpei Nagai replacing Chikara Sakurai as director, Sakura Murakami replacing both Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama as art director, and Yuki Hirose replacing Yoshio Ōkouchi as director of photography.[3] The season's first cours aired from October 12 to December 29, 2025, with a recap special covering the second season airing a week before broadcast on October 5.[4][3] A second cours was announced immediately following the conclusion of the first and is set to premiere in 2027.[5] The season is streaming on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ in Canada,[6][7] and on Crunchyroll in Europe and Middle East.[8]
| One-Punch Man | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
Key visual for the season | |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | October 12, 2025 – present |
| Season chronology | |
The opening theme song is "Get No Satisfied!", performed by JAM Project featuring Babymetal, while the ending theme song is "Soko ni Aru Akari" (そこに有る灯り; lit. 'The Light, That's There'), performed by Makoto Furukawa.[9][10]
Episodes
Note: All episodes that have aired thus far from this season have been written by Tomohiro Suzuki.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [11][12] | Directed by [11] | Storyboarded by [11] | Chief animation directed by [11] | Original release date [13] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | 1 | "Strategy Meeting" Transliteration: "Sakusen no Kaigi" (Japanese: 作戦の会議) | Miyuki Ishida | Shinpei Nagai | Kazumi Ono | October 12, 2025 | ||||||
| 26 | 2 | "Monster Traits" Transliteration: "Kaijin no Jōken" (Japanese: 怪人の条件) | Ei Tanaka | Shinpei Nagai | Kazumi Ono | October 19, 2025 | ||||||
| 27 | 3 | "Organism Limits" Transliteration: "Seibutsu no Genkai" (Japanese: 生物の限界) | Masahito Otani & Shūji Miyazaki | Shinpei Nagai | Kazumi Ono | October 26, 2025 | ||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Counterattack Signal" Transliteration: "Hangeki no Noroshi" (Japanese: 反撃の狼煙) | Nana Fujiwara | Shinpei Nagai | Shinya Hasegawa | November 2, 2025 | ||||||
| 29 | 5 | "Monster King" Transliteration: "Kaijin no Ō" (Japanese: 怪人の王) | Makoto Sokuza | Shinpei Nagai | Shinya Hasegawa | November 9, 2025 | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | "Motley Heroes" Transliteration: "Fuzoroi no Hīrō-tachi" (Japanese: 不揃いのヒーローたち) | Taiki Nishimura | Shinpei Nagai | Kazumi Ono | November 16, 2025 | ||||||
| 31 | 7 | "Counterstrike" Transliteration: "Go no Sen" (Japanese: 後の先) | Shūji Miyazaki | Omar Vallejos & Shinpei Nagai | Shinya Hasegawa | November 23, 2025 | ||||||
| 32 | 8 | "Ninja Tale" Transliteration: "Shinobi no Maki" (Japanese: 忍の巻) | Tetsuro Tanaka, Shinpei Nagai & Miyuki Ishida | Shinpei Nagai | Shinya Hasegawa & Kazumi Ono | November 30, 2025 | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | "Brave Child" Transliteration: "Warabe no Yū" (Japanese: 童の勇) | Kouzou Kaihou | Takashi Hashimoto | Shinya Hasegawa | December 8, 2025[a] | ||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Immortal Bloodbath" Transliteration: "Fujimi no Dorojiai" (Japanese: 不死身の泥仕合) | Nana Fujiwara & Masahito Otani | Shinpei Nagai | Shinya Hasegawa | December 14, 2025 | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Top Dragons" Transliteration: "Ryū no Kanbu" (Japanese: 竜の幹部) | Miyuki Ishida | Shinpei Nagai | Shinya Hasegawa | December 22, 2025[b] | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Ultimate Lifeform" Transliteration: "Kyūkyoku no Seimeitai" (Japanese: 究極の生命体) | Nana Fujiwara & Yoshiyuki Nogami | Shinpei Nagai | Shinya Hasegawa & Kazumi Ono | December 29, 2025[c] | ||||||
Recap special
Reception
The third season premiere received largely negative reviews from critics, describing it as a dialogue-heavy recap of the story thus far.[18] Subsequent episodes have faced significant backlash from audiences due to what has been described as low-quality animation, with some even mockingly referring to the season as "One-Frame Man".[19] In particular, the season has been criticized for using an abundance of panning static shots. For instance, the sixth episode featured a 20-second static image of a building's exterior (a brick wall and pipes) accompanied only by voice-over.
The intense criticism caused the season's director, Shinpei Nagai, to deactivate his social media accounts over online harassment.[20] On IMDb, the sixth episode of the season, "Motley Heroes", received the worst user score for any anime in the site's history,[21][22][23] sitting at a 1.5 rating scored by over 23,000 users as of January 2026.[24]
Notes
- Due to TV Tokyo's extended coverage of the 2025 ITTF Mixed Team World Cup, episode 33 aired 30 minutes after the regular air time at 12:15 a.m. JST.[14]