A doctor is murdered and wakes up as the newborn son of the idol he adored, growing up inside an entertainment industry that looks very different from the outside.
3 titles · 35 episodes · ~14 hours
Three seasons, 35 episodes, one straight line. Watch them in order. The only practical thing to know before you start is that the first episode runs about 90 minutes, and that the story is not over: a fourth and final season has been confirmed.
Start here. The first episode runs about 90 minutes and covers the setup on its own; the remaining ten run at normal length. Eleven episodes total, adapting the first four volumes of the manga.
⚠ The premiere's 90-minute length is deliberate, not a double episode or a listing error. Do not start it expecting to stop after twenty minutes.
Thirteen episodes, built around a 2.5D stage adaptation of a manga called Tokyo Blade and what the production does to the people in it. Continues directly from Season 1.
Eleven episodes, ending with an hour-long finale that aired in March 2026. It brings the story to a major turning point but not to its conclusion, and the Final Season picks up from there.
There is nothing to untangle here. No OVAs, no films, no side stories, and the three seasons run in order with no gaps to fill. Season 1 aired in spring 2023, Season 2 in summer 2024, and Season 3 from January to March 2026.
Two things are worth knowing before you sit down. The first episode is roughly 90 minutes rather than the usual 24, and it is a self-contained block of story rather than two episodes stitched together, so give it a proper evening. And Season 3's finale runs an hour.
The other thing is that Season 3 is not the end. A fourth season, announced as the Final Season, was confirmed the moment the Season 3 finale finished airing in March 2026. No broadcast window has been given yet. The manga it adapts is already complete, so the ending exists on the page if you would rather not wait.
Oshi no Ko has 3 seasons in the main run — 35 episodes altogether.
| Title | Type | Episodes | Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oshi no Ko | TV Series | 11 episodes | April 2023 |
| Oshi no Ko Season 2 | TV Series | 13 episodes | July 2024 |
| Oshi no Ko Season 3 | TV Series | 11 episodes | January 2026 |
3 titles · 35 episodes · ~14 hours
Where each part of the anime lines up with the source, so you know where to pick up reading.
Only spin-offs that tie into the main story are listed here — anthologies, fan books and the like are left out.
The source is a manga written by Aka Akasaka and drawn by Mengo Yokoyari, serialised in Weekly Young Jump and published in English by Yen Press. It finished in November 2024 at 16 volumes, so the whole story is in print. The anime has adapted a little over thirteen of those volumes across three seasons, which leaves the last stretch for the Final Season. If you would rather read on than wait, volume 13 is the one to pick up: Season 3 stopped at chapter 127, partway through it, and chapter 128 is where the unadapted material begins.
Season 1, episode 1, and then straight through in order. Three seasons, 35 episodes, no OVAs or films to slot in anywhere. Set aside extra time for the premiere, which runs about 90 minutes.
Because it was made that way. It adapts the opening section of the manga in one continuous piece rather than splitting it across four episodes, and it works as a self-contained story. It is not a double episode or a streaming error.
No. A fourth season, announced as the Final Season, was confirmed straight after the Season 3 finale aired on 25 March 2026, with a teaser visual and trailer. No broadcast window has been announced yet.
No. All three are one continuous story with nothing optional in between. Each season opens directly on the situation the previous one left behind.
This changed partway through. Seasons 1 and 2 were HIDIVE exclusives in English-speaking territories. From Season 3 onward Crunchyroll holds the rights, and Season 3 streamed on both platforms with the territories split between them. If you are starting now, check both.
Yes, for all three seasons. HIDIVE produced and streamed the dub for Seasons 1 and 2, and Crunchyroll carried the dub for Season 3 alongside the subtitled simulcast.
No filler episodes. There was one recap special broadcast partway through Season 2's run in September 2024, which is not part of the story and is not counted among the 35 episodes. Nothing else can be skipped.
The manga finished in November 2024 at 16 volumes and 166 chapters. The anime has adapted through volume 13, chapter 127, so the last three volumes are still unanimated. The ending is already in print if you would rather not wait for the Final Season.
Volume 13, chapter 128. Season 3 ended midway through volume 13, so picking up at volume 14 would skip three chapters. From chapter 128 it runs to chapter 166 to finish the story.
