Mob Psycho 100 Fans Are Convinced the Reigen OVA Is Coming
It’s been four years since season 3 wrapped up and Mob Psycho 100 fans are hungry for more. Now, with a suspiciously familiar count up, their patience might finally be paying off.
Ten years ago, one of Studio Bones’ crown jewels, battle shōnen anime Mob Psycho 100, premiered. And to mark the milestone, a wave of anniversary projects have been announced for fans who have stuck around since the beginning.
Mob Psycho 100 is based on the manga by ONE, who is also known for One-Punch Man. The series follows middle schooler Shigeo Kageyama, nicknamed Mob, who possesses extraordinary psychic abilities but has a complicated relationship with them; when his emotions hit ‘100’ his powers erupt. As Mob navigates general teen angst, a lack of social skills, and working his daily job with his con-artist “mentor” Reigen Arataka, the esper learns strength in emotional maturity and communication.
The celebrations kicked off with a 10th-anniversary key visual and logo drawn by anime character designer Yoshimichi Kameda, which was revealed on May 12, Mob’s in-universe birthday. The illustration shows Mob and Reigen leading the charge down a red carpet, with Hanazawa, Dimple, Shou, Serizawa, and Ritsu rounding out the lineup.
In the background, the series logo is plastered on the wall in a repeating pattern, but fans were quick to point out an outlier: a few Reigen icons sprinkled in as well.
Alone this is simply a nod to the 2018 OVA The Miraculous Unknown Psychic released in 2018 where Reigen narrates a recap of season 1, exaggerating his own importance throughout the season while making claims that he has psychic powers of his own (which he does not, he’s a fraud).
However, ever since the official X account for the anime started a count up to 100 on May 12, fans have been buzzing about the possibility of Reigen: The Man With Max 131 Spiritual Power, Reigen’s single volume spinoff series released in 2018, to get an OVA adaptation.
Along with the key visual reveal, it was also announced that there would be a live event held on July 12, the actual anniversary date for the series, at Fukagawa Mirai Hall in Saitama Prefecture. The reunion event features two performances with the original lead voice cast, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Notably, tickets are lottery-based, and no cameras are allowed. One can’t help but wonder if the event might double as the stage for something bigger.
But the count up doesn’t appear to be building toward the event date. Especially after a user on X did the math and found that the count up would end on August 10, which is Reigen’s in-universe birthday.
This isn’t the first time the account has pulled this move, either. In 2021, a similar count up to 100 ended with a teaser trailer for season 3 which is why many fans aren’t writing this off as a coincidence.
Similarly suspicious, Reigen’s English dub voice actor, Chris Niosi, posted a video on his TikTok account reminding fans of the spinoff series in April. Niosi even teasingly mentioned that the series being short enough to be one volume makes it a “perfect length to adapt into an OVA or a movie perhaps if there were to ever be an animated version.”
For now, this is all speculation. Whether the count up leads to a Reigen OVA announcement or something else entirely, all fans can do is wait and watch the numbers tick up, one number at a time.