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One-Punch Man

Cover of the first volume of the One-Punch Manmanga adaptation

by Yusuke Murata, featuring the protagonist, Saitama.

ワンパンマン

(Wanpanman)

Genre Action,[1] Parody, Superhero [2]

Manga

Webcomic

Written by One

Published by Self-published

Original run 2009 – ongoing

Manga

Remake

Written by One

Illustrated by Yusuke Murata

Published by Shueisha

English publisher NA

Viz Media

Demographic Seinen

Imprint Jump Comics

Magazine Young Jump Web Comics

English magazine NA

Weekly Shonen Jump

Original run June 14, 2012 – ongoing

Volumes 10 (List of volumes)

Anime television series

Directed by Shingo Natsume

Written by Tomohiro Suzuki

Music by Makoto Miyazaki

Studio Madhouse

Licensed by AUS

Madman Entertainment

EU

Viz Media

NA

Viz Media

UK

Viz Media/Kazé

Network TV Tokyo, TVO, TVQ, KBS,BS Japan, AT-X

English network Daisuki

US

Neon Alley

Original run October 5, 2015 –December 21, 2015

Episodes 12 + 6 OVAs (List of episodes)

Original video animation

One-Punch Man: Road to Hero

Studio Madhouse

Released December 4, 2015

Runtime 24 min. per ep

 Anime and Manga portal

One-Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン Hepburn: Wanpanman?) is an ongoing Japanese webcomic created by an author using the pseudonym ONE, which began publication in 2009.[3] The series quickly went viral, surpassing 7.9 million hits in June 2012.[4] The name is a play on the long-running children's character Anpanman, as the word punch (パンチ panchi?) is occasionally shortened to pan (パン?).[5]

A digital manga remake of the series, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha's Young Jump Web Comics website in 2012.[3] Viz Media has licensed the remake for English serialization in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.[6] A television anime adaptation by Madhouse aired in Japan between October and December 2015.[7][8][9]

Contents

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1Plot 2Media

o 2.1Mangao 2.2Anime

3Reception 4Notes 5References 6External links

Plot[edit]

See also: List of One-Punch Man characters

The story takes place in the fictional Japanese metropolis of City Z. The world is full of strange monsters that mysteriously appear and cause disasters. Saitama, the protagonist, is an incredibly powerful hero who easily defeats the monsters or other villains with a single punch. However, due to his overwhelming strength, Saitama has become bored with his powers and is constantly trying to find stronger opponents who can fight him.

On his adventures, he meets new friends, enemies, and his own disciple, the cyborg Genos, and joins the Heroes Association in order to gain fame for all of his efforts to defeat evil. Despite defeating many strong monsters that even the Heroes Association’s top members are unable to defeat, Saitama struggles to gain respect. Most people look down on him due to his plain physical appearance, and some accuse him of being a counterfeit hero. Only a small number of individuals recognize his incredible talent and humility towards others.

Media[edit]

Manga[edit]See also: List of One-Punch Man chapters

ONE began publishing One-Punch Man as a webcomic in 2009.[3] As of November 2015, the webcomic has released 104 chapters.[10][needs update] When the series became popular, receiving 7.9 million hits by June 2012,Yusuke Murata contacted One with a proposal to redraw the comic for digital publication in Weekly Young Jump's spin-off manga website Young Jump Web Comics (となりのヤングジャンプ Tonari no Yangu Janpu?), published by Shueisha.[3][4][5] The first chapter was published on June 14, 2012.[4] A drama CD was bundled with the ninth volume, which was released in August 2015.[11]

The series began publication in Viz Media's Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump Alpha at the time) in North America on January 21, 2013.[6] The first digital volume was released in February 2014.[12] One-Punch Manwas one of a number of series that Viz made available on ComiXology in June 2014.[13] The manga was released in print in the United States starting in September 2015.[14]

Anime[edit]See also: List of One-Punch Man episodes

An anime adaptation was announced in 2015's 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10.[7] The series first season was directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhouse and written by Tomohiro Suzuki.[15] The series also features character designs by Chikashi Kubota, who also serves as chief animation director,[16] music by Makoto Miyazaki and art design by Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama. Ken Hashimoto serves as the series color key artist, Akane Fushihara is the director of photography and Kashiko Kimura

serves as the series editor, and Shoji Hata does sound design.[16] The opening theme song is "The Hero!! ~Ikareru Ken ni Honō o Tsukero~"(THE HERO!! ～怒れる拳に火をつけろ～, "The Hero!! Set Fire to the Furious Fist") by JAM Project, and the closing theme is "Hoshi Yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru" (星より先に見つけてあげる, "I'll Find It Before the Stars for You") by Hiroko Moriguchi.[16]

One Punch Man's first season aired in Japan between October 5, 2015 and December 21, 2015 on TV Tokyo,[n 1] airing at later dates on TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan, and AT-X,[16]

[17] and ran for 12 episodes. The seasonstreamed on Niconico and was simulcast on Hulu, Daisuki, and Viz Media's Neon Alley service.[18] A preview screening was held in the Saitama City Cultural Center on September 6, 2015.[18] The series is licensed by Viz Media in North America,[19] and by Kaze UK in the United Kingdom.[20] An original video animation was released with the tenth manga volume on December 4, 2015.[21] Additional OVA episodes are included with Blu-ray Disc & DVD volumes of the season, the first of which will be released on December 24, 2015.[22][23]

[24] The show is currently the highest rated TV series of all time on IMDB when the number of voters isn't taken into account (and #17 when the number of voters is).[25] [26]

The creator of the manga announced in the last weeks of the first season's airing schedule that he is working on making a second season a reality, but has not confirmed it is in development as of yet.[27]

Reception[edit]

The series had 2.2 million copies in print in November 2013,[28] 3.2 million copies in April 2014,[29] and 4.5 million copies in November 2014.[30] The series was one of ten nominated for the seventh annual Manga TaishōAwards in 2014.[31]

Both the first and second volumes debuted on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list, at first and second place, respectively, and stayed for two weeks.[32] Volume one dropped to second place for the third week, while volume two fell off the list altogether.[33] Volume one was still on the list for a fourth week.[34][needs update] The series was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015.[2][35]

Notes[edit]

1. Jump up^ As One-Punch Man aired in Japan on Tokyo MX on Sunday, October 4, 2015, 25:05 JST (Monday, October 5, 2015, 01:05 a.m. JST), the premiere technically occurred on Monday, October 5, 2015.

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man TV Anime Promo Video Previews Story". Anime News Network. March 23, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

2. ^ Jump up to:a b Silverman, Rebecca (September 22, 2015). "One-Punch Man GN 1 & 2". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

3. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Chapman, Paul (March 7, 2015). ""One-Punch Man" Anime Greenlit". Crunchyroll. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

4. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Young Jump Launches Free Site with Eyeshield 21's Murata (Updated)". Anime News Network. June 13, 2012. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2015.

5. ^ Jump up to:a b Brown, Urian (September 9, 2015). "One-Punch Man Vols. 1–2".Weekly Shone Jump. Viz Media. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

6. ^ Jump up to:a b "Viz's Shonen Jump Alpha Adds One-Punch Man Manga". Anime News Network. January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

7. ^ Jump up to:a b "One-Punch Man Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 7, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

8. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man TV Anime Listed for October Premiere". Anime News Network. March 17, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

9. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Anime's October Premiere Confirmed". Anime News Network. July 22, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

10. Jump up^ ワンパンマン  [One-Punch Man]. One-Punch Man. RetrievedNovember 10, 2015.

11. Jump up^ "Yūichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai, 3 More Join One-Punch Man Anime Cast". Anime News Network. June 24, 2015. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2015.

12. Jump up^ "MANGA: One-Punch Man Vol. 1". Weekly Shone Jump. Viz Media. February 18, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

13. Jump up^ "Viz Media Adds 500 Manga Volumes on ComiXology". Anime News Network. June 11, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

14. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man to Debut in Print in N. America". Anime News Network. June 5, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

15. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Anime Features Kaito Ishikawa, Makoto Furukawa, Madhouse". Anime News Network. March 20, 2015. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2015.

16. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "One-Punch Man Anime's 3rd Video Unveils More of Cast, JAM Project Song, Debut Date". Anime News Network. September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

17. Jump up^ "On Air". One-Punch Man (in Japanese). Retrieved October 1, 2015.

18. ^ Jump up to:a b "One-Punch Man TV Anime Casts Saori Hayami, Mamoru Miyano". Anime News Network. August 5, 2015. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2015.

19. Jump up^ "Viz Adds Legend of Galactic Heroes Novels, One-Punch Man Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. July 2, 2015. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2015.

20. Jump up^ "Manga Entertainment and Animatsu News From London Comic Con". Anime News Network. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October2015.

21. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Manga's 10th Volume Listed With OVA". Anime News Network. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

22. Jump up^ "1st One-Punch Man BD/DVD to Include 'OVA #01'". Anime News Network. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

23. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Anime's 2nd BD/DVD Release Includes OVA".Anime News Network. November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 14,2015.

24. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Anime DVD/BDs to Include 6 OVAs". Anime News Network. November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

25. Jump up^ http://www.imdb.com/search/title?num_votes=5000,&sort=user_rating,desc&title_type=tv_series

26. Jump up^ http://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv?ref_=chttp_ttv_cap_pri_1

27. Jump up^ http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/262811/20151214/one-punch-man-season-2.htm

28. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Has 2.2 Million Copies in Print (Updated)". Anime News Network. November 22, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

29. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Has 3.2 Million Copies in Print". Anime News Network. April 20, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

30. Jump up^ "One-Punch Man Manga Has 4.5 Million Copies in Circulation".Anime News Network. November 23, 2014. Retrieved September 22,2015.

31. Jump up^ "10 Titles Nominated for 7th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 20, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

32. Jump up^ "Best Sellers   — Manga" . The New York Times.

September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.

"Best Sellers   — Manga" . The New York Times. September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.

33. Jump up^ "Best Sellers   — Manga" . The New York Times. October 4, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.

34. Jump up^ "Best Sellers   — Manga" . The New York Times. October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

35. Jump up^ "All You Need Is Kill, In Clothes Called Fat, Master Keaton, One-Punch Man, Mizuki's Showa, Wolf Children Nominated for Eisner Awards".Anime News Network. April 22, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

External links[edit]

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Anime official website  (Japanese) Original  One-Punch Man webcomic (Japanese) One-Punch Man  remake on Young Jump Web

Comics (Japanese) Viz Media's  Weekly Shonen Jump website (English) One-Punch Man  (manga) at Anime News Network's

encyclopedia One-Punch Man  (anime) at Anime News Network's

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