The Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 release date is on October 5, 2022, the Fall 2022 anime season.
Crunchyroll will simulcast the new season from Japan, subtitled and dubbed, in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
On September 28, 2022, the main Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 full trailer was released.
On August 7, 2022, the Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 OP trailer video was released. The opening theme song is titled “1” and performed by Mob Choir.
The ED (ending) “Cobalt” will also be performed by the Mob Choir, as well.
On June 6, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that it had acquired the international rights for streaming Mob Psycho 100 Season 3.
Crunchyroll Expo 2022 screened the first two episodes of Mob Psycho 100 Season 3. The event took place at San Jose, California from August 5 to August 7, 2022.
On October 19, 2021, the anime TV series was officially confirmed to be in production with the announcement of, “Ready Get, Wake Your Psyche Up, MOB!”
On April 12, 2022, the official Mob Psycho 100 Twitter account teased another announcement for May 12, 2022. “Did you know May 12th is MOB’s birthday?” they tweeted. “You might want to make a note of that date…”
On that date, the official website confirmed the time frame for the third season and also released a new Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 trailer with English subtitles.
It was actually known in advance that the anime TV show would premiere in 2022 since a character designer for the third season leaked the time frame. (See the release date section below for predictions and further analysis.)
Some of the returning Japanese Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 cast have been confirmed:
- Takanori Hoshino as Serizawa
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Tome Kurata
- Uki Satake as Tsubomi
- Ayumi Fujimura as Ichi Mezato
- Toshihiko Seki as Musashi Goda
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tenga Onigawara
Japanese voice actors Setsuo Ito, Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Ohtsuka, Miyu Irino, and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka are all returning to play Shigeo Kageyama aka Mob, Arataka Reigen, Ekubo, Ritsu Kageyama, and Teruki Hanazawa, respectively.
When the third season was initially announced, everyone involved with the series celebrated.
“Production announcement for the third season of the anime…! I’m so grateful,” said Mob Psycho 100 manga creator ONE. “Thanks to the creativity and ingenuity of the production team, the anime version has become a wonderful work that stands on its own as Anime Mob.”
It’s also been confirmed that Bones studio B director Yuzuru Tachikawa (Death Parade) is returning as Executive Director while Takahiro Hasui (Sk8 the Infinity episode director) will be the main Director.
“It’s been a little over two years since the second season in 2019, and finally! At last! We’re ready to announce the production of the third season to you!” said the executive director. “We’ve also welcomed new staff members, and we’ll be working on it with even more power, so please watch the PV and get excited! Mob-kun!”
“It’s been three years since Mob Psycho 100 was animated. I participated in the last series as a director. This time, I will be participating in a different position to support executive director Tachikawa,” said the new director. “I’d like to make Mob Psycho more interesting and daring. I will continue to work on the anime for this season without changing the taste of the past. Please wait a little longer until it airs. Please look forward to Mob Psycho 100 3!”
Otherwise, most of the main staff is returning for their respective roles again. Writer Hiroshi Seko (Jujutsu Kaisen) is writing the series composition. Artist Yoshimichi Kameda (One Punch Man, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) is the character designer. Composer Kenji Kawai (Fate stay/night, No Guns Life, World Trigger) is creating the music with Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Godzilla: Singular Point) as sound director.
Art director Ryou Kouno, color designer Shihoko Nakayama, photography director Mayuku Furumoto, and editor Kiyoshi Hirose are all returning, as well.
The initial announcement of Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 was handled in an interesting fashion. Anime fans watching Twitter knew the announcement was right around the corner since a mysterious countdown had been pointing toward 8 AM EST tomorrow, October 19, 2021.
What’s more, the anime director, main voice actor, and official Twitter page had all been teasing an upcoming announcement related to the franchise.
The Mob Psycho 100 anime celebrated its fifth anniversary on July 11, 2021. The official tweet noted that the third stage play was in Summer 2021 but then began teasing that something more would be announced in the future.
“Third stage play is on its way and who knows what’s in store…? … Stay tuned!!!” tweeted the official account in English.
Then the official account began tweeting screenshots of the anime where the characters were referencing numbers with their fingers. Starting with number 6, the countdown became more creative by using a calendar. The number 7 used the 7th Division building, and 10 used a number on a magazine cover. Starting on October 10, 2021, the countdown began using just numbers beginning with 91%.
When the number 100 was displayed they made everyone wait for an agonizing minute before dropping the Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 announcement trailer.
Japanese voice actor Setsuo Itou also chimed in when the Mob Psycho 100 countdown started. He plays the main role of Shigeo Kageyama aka Mob.
“It’s been 5 years since then… I was thrilled to watch the broadcast. Many people heard my voice for the first time. Thank you so much for your support!” the actor tweeted. “We are working hard on the stage every day!
“And …”? ??”
Several days later, Mob Psycho 100 anime director Yuzuru Tachikawa retweeted the official account and stated, “Please support us.”
The director even made a comic about the third stage play which was even more on the nose with the teasing. The comic seemed to imply that something big was coming besides the stage play and Reigen was too stupid to realize it. The director’s comic also stands out since the stage play director is Keita Kawajiri (Sugarboy), not Tachikawa.
The anime director stated on his personal Twitter page that he began working on a new anime project at the beginning of 2021.
“Preparing for new work ← NEW! !!” states the director’s Twitter bio.
Fans have been waiting a long time for any update on the third season. A Mob Psycho 100 II OVA episode was released in late 2019 (see below for more details).
The second season seemed to offer a solid ending with an epic conclusion. But the Mob Psycho 100 manga’s ending was not finished by the anime, which meant that Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 was necessary.
The biggest obstacle to creating Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 was the apparent limited source material due to the Mob Psycho 100 manga ending back in 2017. But… it turns out there is a lot of wiggle room.
Thus, a good adaptation of the ending really depends on the pacing of Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 and whether or not anime studio Bones decides to significantly expand on the action sequences while staying faithful to the source material. After all, the remaining story arcs in the manga series don’t seem that long at first glance.
The second season was produced by Bones studio B director Yuzuru Tachikawa and the same staff from the first season.
In the past, Tachikawa has openly discussed how “Mob Psycho 100 is very receptive to new ideas.”
“The big question was: how could I keep the adaptation faithful to the source? I drew a massive blank—honestly, I don’t think anybody had a clear-cut idea of what an adaptation would look like,” Tchikawa told Crunchyroll back in 2016.
“But, while I was fretting over how I’d approach the adaptation, I came to the realization that the show would be an opportunity to try out a number of new ideas.”
Of course, when Tachikawa said that, he was focused on new visual ideas for the animation, not expanding the anime’s plot beyond the manga. The anime has been pretty faithful to the manga although there are some changes.
- Updated September 28, 2022: Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 full trailer.
- Updated August 31, 2022: Added Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 character trailer for Ritsu.
- Updated August 24, 2022: Added Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 character trailer for Teruki Hanazawa.
Updated August 7, 2022: Added OP trailer video. Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 release date confirmed!
- Updated July 4, 2022: Added key visual.
Updated June 06, 2022: Crunchyroll streaming Mob Psycho 100 Season 3.
Updated May 12, 2022: Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 trailer confirms October 2022 release time frame. Added more returning cast and main animation staff.
Updated April 13, 2022: May 2022 announcement teased.
Updated October 19, 2021: Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 confirmed!
Updated July 12, 2021: Official Twitter account countdown begins teasing an announcement of some sort.
Updated June 27, 2019: Added Mob Psycho 100 OVA 2 release date on Crunchyroll and worldwide premiere information.
Updated June 7, 2019: Added release date and more details for the Mob Psycho 100 II OVA episode.
This article provides everything that is known about Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 and all related news. As such, this article will be updated over time with news, rumors, and analysis. Meanwhile, let’s delve down into what is known for certain.
Why the Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 release date is in October 2022
On August 7, 2022, Studio Bones and Warner Bros. Japan officially confirmed that the exact Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 release date was on October 5, 2022.
From a financial perspective, the prospects for a third season always seemed good since the first season of the anime did well, beating all three seasons of My Hero Academia.
With 4,749 copies sold in its first week in Japan, Mob Psycho 100 Season 1 actually posted Blu-Ray/DVD box set sales numbers very similar to Attack On Titan Season 3 (see our article on the Attack On Titan Season 4 Part 3 release date for the latest info on the AoT anime).
Unfortunately, the second season of Mob Psycho 100 didn’t do nearly as well in Japan. The second season’s BD Volume 1 only sold 1,690 copies in its first week, which might explain the huge delay in Warner Bros. Japan greenlighting Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 for production.
Keep in mind that during this time frame the anime industry shifted from disc sales to streaming revenue being the biggest financial factor. So, it’s not too surprising when newer anime sequels sell fewer box sets.
At the end of the first season, Season 2 was teased by an after-credits picture of Dimple “season-ing” two mushrooms. Unfortunately, the second season’s finale episode did not give anime fans a similar hint of what’s to come, but the way it ended almost begs for a sequel.
The Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 release date was not initially specified by the announcement on October 19, 2021. Instead, the brief Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 trailer simply said, “Coming soon.”
But then a purported character designer for the third season revealed in his Twitter bio that the broadcast was planned for 2022.
From a timing perspective, studio availability is really the biggest factor. Bones is divided up into multiple studios, lettered A through E.
In between the two seasons of Mob Psycho 100, Studio B only produced one other anime, the 2017 Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond.
My Hero Academia Season 5 and the 2021 My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission movie are being produced by Studio C. In 2021, Studio Bones also released Netflix’s Godzilla: Singular Point anime, The Case Study of Vanitas anime, and the Sk8 The Infinity anime (a sequel has been announced but it’s unclear whether it’s Sk8 The Infinity Season 2 or a movie project).
Although the third season of Mob Psycho 100 was announced in October 2021, at the time it was uncertain whether Studio B was already scheduled for another project before producing the third season. Thus, Anime Geek successfully predicted that an announcement would be made in May 2022 and that the Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 release date would be in Fall 2022.
Mob Psycho 100 anime compared to the manga: Numbering the chapters is not so simple
The story for the anime is based on the Mob Psycho 100 manga series by One Punch Man creator ONE. Started in 2012, the manga series reached its ending with Chapter 101 in December 2017. The final chapter was released as part of Volume 16, which came out in July 2018.
Unfortunately, the official English translation of the manga series is far behind the anime’s story. Only two volumes have been released as of April 2, 2019, with Volume 3 scheduled to release on July 9, 2019.
For those needing a refresher on Mob Psycho 100 Season 1, a 60-minute recap movie called Mob Psycho 100 Reigen: The Miraculous Unknown Psychic is currently available on Crunchyroll.
It’s not just a compilation movie since about one-fourth of the film is new animation sequences featuring Reigen.
The ending of the first season corresponded with the story events in Chapter 50 of Volume 6.
At face value, that left only 51 chapters for Season 2 to adapt with 13 episodes, which doesn’t seem to leave much room for Mob Psycho 100 Season 3, but in reality, there are 215 chapters in total.
(Keep in mind that some chapters are very short or drawn author’s comments about the making of the manga.)
The reason for the chapter numbering discrepancy is because ONE started heavily using sub-chapters of varying page lengths beginning with Chapter 60 and beyond.
This alliterative approach to numbering the chapters was aesthetically pleasing since it allowed the manga to reach the climax with Chapter 100, which is an allusion to when the power of ???% takes full control of Shigeo Kageyama aka Mob.
The final 10 chapters comprise almost a third of the entire story with three story arcs. For example, Chapter 90 has 12 sub-chapters, Chapter 97 has 13 sub-chapters, Chapter 98 has 12 sub-chapters, and Chapter 100 has 17 sub-chapters (100.1 through 100.17).
Note: This article was originally published before Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 Episode 13 aired in Japan and was updated on April 1, 2019.
Including sub-chapters, the first season actually adapted 57 chapters. By the end of January 2019, the first episode of Season 2 adapted four chapters (51, 51.5, 52, and 52.5), and Season 2 Episodes 2 and 3 adapted about eight chapters. Season 2 Episode 4 adapted a little over six chapters and ended at the start of Chapter 64.
Episode 5: Discord ~Choices~ finds its title name from Chapter 65 so the episode adapted chapters 64 through 67. The entire world domination story arc focused on the largescale battle with Claw was handled in only six episodes.
All in all, the second season was averaging about five chapters per episode. If Bones had adapted the story any further it would have required that the anime increase the pacing to Tokyo Ghoul: re-like lengths, which would have greatly upset anime fans.
Therefore, Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 is fully possible based on where studio Bones found a stopping point for the second season. The ending scene was based on the first half of Chapter 92.2, which leaves 65 chapters unadapted. That’s just enough chapters to cap off the story with the third season.
Note: For an in-depth discussion of individual Mob Psycho 100 episode animation production check out the Sakuga Blog.
Mob Psycho 100 manga sequel Reigen: The Man With Max 131 Spiritual Power focuses on other characters
In March 2018, ONE launched a Mob Psycho 100 sequel called Reigen: The Man With Max 131 Spiritual Power (Reigen: Reikyuchi Max 131 no Otoko) on Shogakukan’s Manga ONE app.
Originally scheduled to release in mid-January, the first published volume went on sale in Japan on February 19, 2019. At one time, some reports claimed Reigen Volume 2 was in the works and that it would be labeled as Volume 200%, but it appears that the Reigen manga ended already with only nine chapters.
So far, an English translation of the Reigen manga has not been announced. Fan-made scanlation projects have picked up the Reigen manga and completed translating the story.
Warning: The following contains spoilers for the future of Mob.
As might be guessed by the title, the new manga tells the story of Arataka Reigen and the Spirits and Such Consultation Office. It’s apparently a direct sequel that takes place after the events of Mob Psycho 100 but the focus is on different characters.
The first chapter does briefly mention that a much happier Mob is now a third-year middle school studying for his high school entrance exams, but other than that brief aside the Reigen manga makes it clear that Mob is “not even in the manga this time.”
The story is largely told from the perspective of high school girl Kurata Tome, head of the Telepathy Club. Tome hides her true after-school job with Reigen from her “normie” friends.
Although Tome’s job description is limited to secretary duties, she desires to go out in the field with Reigen and jumps at the chance when given the opportunity by former Super 5 member Katsuya Serizawa.
What are the chances of a Reigen anime gracing our TV screens in the future? It really depends on the popularity of the main anime and whether ONE decides to compliment the new manga’s story with a fuller sequel. But it could be argued that the story could serve as an epilogue released after Season 3 as a Reigen OVA episode.
Mob Psycho 100 II OVA episode has everyone taking a vacation
The 2019 Mob Psycho 100 OVA 2 episode was a “completely new work” by manga creator ONE. Animation studio BONES and director Tachikawa Yuzuru (who produced the storyboard for the first two seasons) returned for producing this second OVA episode.
The title for the new OVA episode was Mob Psycho 100 Dai Ikkai Rei to ka Sōdansho Ianryokō ~Kokoro Mitasu Iyashi no Tabi~ (Mob Psycho 100: The First Spirits and Such Company Trip ~A Journey that Mends the Heart and Heals the Soul~). The official website provided the story synopsis/summary for the OVA episode.
“Mob, Reigen, Dimple, and the newest member of the Spirits and Such Consultation Office staff, Serizawa, take a trip up to a secluded hot spring called Ibogami Hot Springs in Zebra Prefecture. Reigen happened to get a request from the matron there to discover the truth behind the strange rumors going around there and save the inn. Ritsu and Teru also join in on this trip and the six of them head out on this super relaxing trip to the hot spring. But on their way there, Reigen and Serizawa start nodding off on the train and somehow get sucked into an eerie parallel world…”
So, yes, the MP 100 anime really is receiving an obligatory hot springs episode. It’s not too outlandish since the timeline for the manga’s story allows a lot of wiggle room since the remaining story arcs not covered by the anime adaptation do have plenty of time gaps.
The second OVA episode premiered at a special advance screening at an event held on July 7, 2019. Cost members Setsuo Ito, Takahiro Sakurai, and Takanori Hoshino appeared at the event. The Season 2 Blu-Ray/DVD box set volumes, which released on April 3rd and 24th, contained lottery forms for winning advance tickets to this screening.
Crunchyroll has announced that the Mob Psycho 100 II OVA episode will be premiering at Crunchyroll Expo 2019, which is taking place in San Jose, California over the Labor Day weekend (August 30th through September 1st). The exclusive screening for Mob Psycho 100 OVA 2 will premiere on Sunday, September 1, 2019.
On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, the Mob Psycho 100 II OVA episode commenced worldwide (except Asia) simulcast streaming on the Crunchyroll streaming app. The OVA episode will also debut as a Blu-Ray and DVD release on the same day.
Mob Psycho 100 Season 3 spoilers (Plot summary/synopsis)
Note: This article assumes that the third season will pick up with the middle of manga Chapter 92.2 in the beginning of Volume 13.
The last time we watched Mob, the epic battle against Claw boss Toichiro Suzuki resulted in the growth of the Divine Tree in Spice City. Just as suddenly as the giant broccoli sprung to life so did cults wanting to worship the oddity.
With the help of umbrella-carrying Katsuya Serizawa, Reigen resumes his work at the agency but poor Mob doesn’t know what to do with himself. Mob does realize that girls are starting to pay attention to him and he lets that attention go to his head.
Drawn by news reports of the Divine Tree, a yokai hunter named Haruaki Amakusa comes to Spice City to track down the Hyakki, an organization for spiritual monsters.
While not an ESPer himself, Amakusa can sense yokai and he channels the spirit of Mumbo Jump while wielding a sword. Unfortunately, he’s not that powerful since taking down a yokai can take him three days.
Reigen, Mob, and Serizawa decide to help Amakusa destroy the yokai headquarters. There, they confront the Great Yokai King and the energy from these defeated yokai end up being absorbed by the Divine Tree.
This is not good since Mob and Reigen eventually realize that the roots from the growing broccoli tree were slowly devouring Spice City.
Mob is eventually convinced to become the leader of the Psycho Helmet cult, but before he could introduce himself an imposter debuted. Mob is jealous of the praise and attention heaped on the imposter, but it’s not too long before he realizes something rotten lurked behind the Divine Tree worshippers.
It turns out the Psycho Helmet cult was brainwashing people using powder made from the giant broccoli. Mob and Reigen decide to cut down the Divine Tree but the person secretly manipulating the Psycho Helmet cult from the shadows sicks the brainwashed hordes on them.
This person tries to convince Mob to join forces and rule together as Lord Psycho Helmet. Mob is almost tempted when it’s proposed that Mob’s crush, Tsubomi Takane, will be more likely to accept his confession of love.
This confrontation becomes philosophical in nature because of opposing ideals and morals, but it also becomes physical when an army of Psycho Helmet clones descend on Mob.
Worse, the Divine Tree itself had become sentient and tries to eat Mob! It’s only through an act of self-sacrifice that Mob is saved from being devoured and the giant broccoli ends up flying away.
The aftermath of the Divine Tree incident resulted in everyone in Spice City experiencing mass amnesia so that they forgot what had transpired.
What transpires next cannot be easily forgotten. Telepathy Club leader Tome is upset that her club hasn’t created any great memories and the apathy displayed by its members drives her to tears.
Everyone resolves to help Tome contact actual aliens with telepathy. It works so well that they end up having a party on an alien ship and one human even visits the alien homeworld!
In the end, the final threat to Earth is not ESPers, aliens, or supernatural beings attempting world domination.
The ultimate threat is posed by Mob himself and his fears regarding being rejected by his pre-ex-girlfriend Tsubomi. A tragedy releases ???% on the world and this terrible power goes on a rampage in search of Tsubomi.
All of his powerful friends fail to stop him, so it’s up to Reigen to help Mob confront his feelings while surviving the physical abuse that ???% hurls at him. But the final battle for control is between Mob and ???% in the mindscape.
Unfortunately, anime fans will have to wait until the Mob Psycho Season 3 release date to watch how the ending wraps up the story. Stay tuned!