Studio LAN
Director
TO BE HERO X (2025)
Season 1
In a world full of brilliant heroes, it’s the trust of fans that turns heroes into superheroes. If a hero loses the people’s trust, they lose their special abilities. Trust value is collected, quantified, and used to determine a hero’s ranking, displayed on their wrist. Every two years, the top heroes go to a tournament to fight, determine new trust values, and earn their rankings.
Released April 6, 2025
Episode 23 min
14+
Genres: Action, Animation, Anime, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Superhero
Keywords: tmdb.competition, tmdb.hero, tmdb.superhero, tmdb.chinese, tmdb.super-power, tmdb.web-series, tmdb.donghua + 24 more, tmdb.original-net-animation-ona, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.anime-dub, imdb.chinese-animation, imdb.donghua, imdb.hero, imdb.original-series, imdb.sequel, imdb.3d-and-2d-animation, imdb.erciyuan, imdb.chinese, imdb.chinese-anime, imdb.superpower, imdb.battle-royale, imdb.superhuman, imdb.superhero, imdb.superhero-action, imdb.battle, imdb.superhero-fantasy, imdb.cg-animation, imdb.2d-animation, imdb.letter-in-title, imdb.sino-japanese-production, imdb.alternating-animation-style
Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Production Companies: BeDream, Studio LAN, Paper Plane Animation Studio, Lingsanwu Animation, B.COOL STUDIO + 2 more, bilibili, BiliBili
Network: bilibili
7.2
S1E1 - NICE
Lin Ling finds himself filling the role of superhero Nice when he witnesses the unthinkable.
April 6, 2025, midnight
7.2
S1E2 - Moon
Nice and Moon work together to live up to fans' expectations while devising a plan to regain their freedom.
April 13, 2025, midnight
7.0
S1E3 - The Ever-Standing Hero
Nice (Lin Ling) aims to defeat the Ever-Standing Hero in order to rank up into the top ten.
April 20, 2025, midnight
9.0
S1E4 - The Commoner
Nice (Lin Ling) faces off with God Eye to save Moon.
April 27, 2025, midnight
7.0
S1E5 - One Actor
Yang Cheng, an E-Soul stage actor, struggles with gaining popularity while juggling work and romance.
May 4, 2025, midnight
6.3
S1E6 - Two E-Souls
Yang Cheng gains public trust after footage of him saving Pomelo makes its way around social media.
May 11, 2025, midnight
7.3
S1E7 - Three Seats
Yang Cheng seeks revenge for what happened to Shang Chao.
May 18, 2025, midnight
6.0
S1E8 - The Cyan Girl
A girl who is luckier than usual survives a plane crash and is taken to an orphanage.
May 25, 2025, midnight
7.2
S1E9 - Loss and Gain
After escaping the orphanage, Cyan is forced to fend for herself until she's presented with an opportunity.
June 1, 2025, midnight
6.0
S1E10 - The Truth Behind Luck
After Cyan's departure, both the orphanage and its surroundings are plunged into bad luck.
June 8, 2025, midnight
6.3
S1E11 - Road to the Crown
The young Liu Yuwei enters the top 10 rankings as the hero Queen and is on her way to becoming a top hero.
June 15, 2025, midnight
7.0
S1E12 - Fall of the Star
Queen loses to an anonymous man in the hero tournament. The public begins to associate misfortune with Lucky.
June 22, 2025, midnight
4.7
S1E13 - Tough Girl
Genius youth inventor Loli dreams of becoming a hero, but her looks prevent her from gaining Trust Value.
June 29, 2025, midnight
5.7
S1E14 - Impromptu Counterattack
Loli and Nuonuo face previous top hero DJ Shindig who launched an assault on the Glimmer Laboratory.
July 6, 2025, midnight
8.2
S1E15 - Affective Disorder
Ghostblade reflects on what led him to become a hero, and vows to fill a role he wasn't able to before.
July 13, 2025, midnight
8.5
S1E16 - The Cure
Ghostblade uses the mission to get closer to Nuonuo, but danger lurks just around the corner.
July 20, 2025, midnight
8.0
S1E17 - Whisper Flower
Little Johnny's past and his father's ties to other heroes is revealed.
July 27, 2025, midnight
7.5
S1E18 - Died-Out Flame
Little Johnny becomes a young hero to find out the truth surrounding his father's death.
Aug. 3, 2025, midnight
8.0
S1E19 - Breaking the Balance
The exploration team prepares to enter the alien ship, but they are not the only ones.
Aug. 10, 2025, midnight
9.5
S1E20 - The Ruins Incident
Inside the spaceship there is a showdown between different camps.
Aug. 17, 2025, midnight
7.5
S1E21 - Nurturing God
Nice tries to keep his smile and Dragon Boy begins his mission.
Aug. 24, 2025, midnight
8.5
S1E22 - The Last Smile
Nice appears in the middle of Smile and Dragon's fight. But is he friend or foe?
Aug. 31, 2025, midnight
8.0
S1E23 - Lie
Ahu grew up in the circus and doesn't like children, but everything changes when he meets Xin Ya.
Sept. 7, 2025, midnight
9.0
S1E24 - X
The heroes go after X, Ahu discovers the truth and the tournament is about to begin.
Sept. 14, 2025, midnight
Network: bilibili
Episode Runtime: 23 min.
Season Runtime: 552 min.
Released: April 6, 2025
Last Air Date: Sept. 14, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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