Enjoying this article? Add us as a preferred source on Google.
After cour 1 wrapped, we were left waiting nearly a full year. On October 11, 2026, it was announced that cour 2 of One-Punch Man season 3 will air in January 2027. Alongside that, a key visual for new character Psykos and the first trailer have been released.
What it covers is the aftermath of the battle between the Hero Association and the Monster Association. All the bad blood cour 1 spent its runtime building up looks ready to break loose at once.
The trailer shows S-Class heroes getting ambushed by Monster Association executives and backed into a corner, plus Garou awakening. JAM Project continues to handle the opening theme. On top of that, the release date for volume 1 of the season 3 Blu-ray&DVD has been set for January 27, 2027.
Broadcast window, new character, theme song, and disc release date all landed at once. This article lays out what’s confirmed while pinning down where the trailer suggests cour 2’s focus will sit.
Let’s start with the part everyone cares about most: when it airs. The gap since cour 1 is exactly what gives this announcement its weight.
When does One-Punch Man season 3 cour 2 air?
One-Punch Man season 3 cour 2 airs in January 2027.
That puts roughly a year’s interval between it and cour 1. Even with the season carved up as a split two-cour run, a one-year gap is long. Still, with the broadcast window and a trailer arriving together, it’s fair to read the schedule as essentially locked in.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Broadcast window | January 2027 |
| Story covered | The aftermath of the Hero Association vs. Monster Association battle |
| New character | Psykos (key visual released) |
| Opening theme | JAM Project (returning) |
| Footage | First trailer released |
| Blu-ray&DVD volume 1 | Releases January 27, 2027 |
The network, time slot, and episode count weren’t part of this announcement. As of October 2026 there has been no official announcement on those, so we’ll have to wait for follow-up news.
Who exactly is new character Psykos?
Psykos is a new character whose key visual was revealed for cour 2, and a figure tied into the fight with the Monster Association.
One-Punch Man is built so that the moment a name and a profile drop — hero side or monster side — the whole power chart gets reshuffled. There are two measuring sticks in play, the S-Class hero rankings and the monsters’ disaster levels, and every new character shakes both of them. The fact that Psykos’ key visual was dropped at the same time as the broadcast window says this is a character central to cour 2’s spine.
Details about the role and the voice actor weren’t revealed in this announcement. For now, only the key visual and the name have gone out ahead of everything else.
What can we read into the first trailer?
The first trailer contains S-Class heroes getting ambushed by Monster Association executives and pushed to the brink, plus Garou awakening.
The fact that those two beats sit side by side is the important part. The Hero Association on the back foot and Garou’s transformation are placed inside the same footage. The “hero hunter” thread cour 1 kept stacking up is clearly moving into a different gear here.
The One-Punch Man anime has always worked off a contrast: the pure catharsis of Saitama ending a fight in one punch, set against the dense, desperate animation of everyone fighting around him. S-Class heroes in trouble is the kind of development that shifts weight onto the latter. If the trailer is already leading with images of heroes struggling, then that’s exactly what cour 2 intends to show off.
Who sings the opening theme?
JAM Project returns to handle the opening theme for cour 2.
JAM Project has carried One-Punch Man’s openings across the whole series and has become the face of the franchise as much as anything on screen. Their return for season 3 cour 2 has now been confirmed. Choosing not to change that is also a statement: cour 2 is meant to feel like an unbroken continuation of cour 1.
Coming from a guy who’s been divorced twice, take this how you will, but on a long-running series like this, a theme song band that never changes is on its own a reason to show up with confidence. The second that track kicks in, the feel of the last cour comes right back.
When does Blu-ray&DVD volume 1 arrive, and what’s on the original OVA?
Volume 1 of the season 3 Blu-ray&DVD releases on January 27, 2027. It includes an original OVA based on a story concept by original creator ONE.
The included OVA is about Saitama teaming up with Genos to repair a kid’s toy that Saitama broke. It’s a slice-of-life episode rather than a fight.
Half of what makes One-Punch Man fun is watching the most overwhelmingly powerful man alive get jerked around by trivial everyday problems. A premise built on breaking a toy and then fixing it is that exact appeal, carved out and served straight. With ONE credited on the story concept, the intent behind this disc bonus could hardly be clearer.
Pricing, specifications, and release dates for later volumes weren’t part of this announcement.
Enjoying this article? Add us as a preferred source on Google.
What should you watch for in One-Punch Man season 3 cour 2? Final thoughts
The bottom line: cour 2 runs on two axes — S-Class heroes on the losing end, and Garou’s awakening. We know because the first trailer puts both of them front and center.
Here’s the confirmed information again. It airs in January 2027. The story covers the aftermath of the battle between the Hero Association and the Monster Association. A key visual for new character Psykos and the first trailer have been released. JAM Project continues on the opening theme. Volume 1 of the Blu-ray&DVD arrives January 27, 2027, packing an original OVA based on a story concept by ONE — the one where Saitama and Genos repair a kid’s toy that Saitama broke.
Two things nag at me. One is that roughly year-long gap since cour 1, and how much of it the audience’s memory can survive. The other is that the network, time slot, and episode count are all unannounced, so where in January this lands is still anyone’s guess. That part needs follow-up news.
This is a dense announcement: broadcast window, new character, theme song, and disc release date all at once. And the content on offer — S-Class heroes in crisis, Garou awakening — is exactly the kind of imagery that dumps everything cour 1 spent a season storing up. There’s good reason to think the year-long wait gets paid back.
JAM Project still on the opening. That alone is enough for your body to remember this is a continuation.
Read Next
Snicker Kitamura
Leave a Reply