The whole second season of Hero Mask came out on August 23, 2019, But now that we are in 2025, can we expect more episodes soon? Here’s everything we know so far.
Will Hero Mask Return With Season 3?
There are no plans for Hero Mask to come back for Season 3, but the people who made the show might work with Netflix again in the future to tell new stories or even make a sequel series about Officer James Blood’s ongoing adventures if he can figure out the conspiracy that drives the first two seasons of Hero Mask.
Anime News Network talked to Hero Mask producer Mikio Ono, who said that the series was always meant to be told over two seasons, or 24 episodes. This tiny project isn’t the first of its kind for the show’s studio, Studio Pierrot. However, it is different from the company’s most popular anime series, Bleach, which has more than 300 episodes, and Naruto: Shippuden, which has exactly 500 episodes.
One reason Hero Mask only has a few episodes is because it is creating an original story, while shows like Naruto and Bleach have a lot of manga to adapt from. Ono says that “the hurdle is extremely high” when it comes to making anime properties that aren’t adaptations, “particularly when it comes to getting funding at the end.” You need a lot of luck, like we had when Netflix came along.”
Not only did they not have any outside material to use to construct new episodes, but the series itself is also more expensive to make than typical anime, which may have been part of the reason why they decided to limit Hero Mask to two seasons. Hiroyasu Aoki, the creator of Hero Mask and its first-time director, told Anime News Network that the show’s fast-paced editing is based on “Live-action things with a heavy focus on action can be really amazing … having lots of quick cuts isn’t so common in anime by comparison.” Having to animate more backgrounds and shots for action sequences than a typical anime amounts to a lot of work, and producer Ono admits that “If a veteran director were handling [Hero Mask], they’d be well aware of the TV anime standard and would strive for more labor-saving methods.”
Aoki and Ono didn’t give any hints about the end of the series or whether there might be a sequel series in the works, like how the Studio Pierrot series Tokyo Ghoul led to Tokyo Ghoul √A and Tokyo Ghoul: re. However, the show’s producers are interested in working with Netflix in the future. “Personally speaking,” says Ono, “I think that Netflix has a strong user base overseas, so it would be a good challenge to try working with them.”
For now, the last episodes of Hero Mask will wrap up the story of Officer James Blood and his search for the truth behind the corporate conspiracy that is using superpowered masks to bring dead ex-convicts back to life.