One-Punch Man
One-Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン, Hepburn: Wanpanman) is an ongoing Japanese superhero webcomic created by ONE, It is also a popular manga series now.[5] It began publication in early 2009.[6] The series quickly went viral. It received 7.9 million hits in June 2012.[7] One-Punch Man tells the story of Saitama, a very powerful superhero. He has grown bored due to the lack of challenge in his fight against evil and is trying to find a worthy opponent.
| One-Punch Man | |
| ワンパンマン (Wanpanman) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action,[1] comedy,[2] superhero[3] |
| Manga | |
| Webcomic | |
| Written by | One |
| Published by | Self-published |
| Original run | 2009 – present |
| Manga | |
| Remake | |
| Written by | One |
| Illustrated by | Yusuke Murata |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Tonari no Young Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | June 14, 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 32 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shingo Natsume (season 1) Chikara Sakurai (season 2) |
| Produced by | Chinatsu Matsui Nobuyuki Hosoya Keita Kodama Ayuri Taguchi |
| Written by | Tomohiro Suzuki |
| Music by | Makoto Miyazaki |
| Studio | Madhouse (season 1) J.C. Staff (season 2) |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TX, TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 5, 2015 – present |
| Episodes | 24 + 12 OVA |
| Original animation DVD | |
| One-Punch Man: Road to Hero | |
| Produced by | Minoru Yamaoka |
| Written by | Tomohiro Suzuki |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Released | December 4, 2015 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
A digital manga remake of the series, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha's Young Jump Web Comics website in 2012.[6] The chapters are collected and printed into tankōbon volumes. Thirty-two volumes were released as of November 1, 2024. Viz Media has licensed the remake for English publication in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.[8]
An anime television based on this manga by Madhouse aired in Japan between October and December 2015.[9][10][11] It was dubbed in English during the summer of 2016. Later that year a planned second season was announced.[12] On September 25, 2017, it was announced that they would be changing both its production company and director.[13]
This series was nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Awards in 2014.[14] The series was also nominated for an Emma and Eisner Award in 2015.[3][15]
References
- ↑ One-Punch Man TV Anime Promo Video Previews Story. Anime News Network (March 23, 2015). Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ↑ The Official Website for One-Punch ManViz Media. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silverman, Rebecca. One-Punch Man GN 1 & 2. Anime News Network (September 22, 2015). Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ↑ Animax Asia to Air One-Punch Man, Nisekoi Anime. Anime News Network (March 14, 2016). Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Two Creators of the Original Manga One-Punch Man (in en). Oppai Hoodie Blog. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapman, Paul. "One-Punch Man" Anime Greenlit. Crunchyroll (March 7, 2015). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ Young Jump Launches Free Site with Eyeshield 21's Murata (Updated). Anime News Network (June 13, 2012). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ Viz's Shonen Jump Alpha Adds One-Punch Man Manga. Anime News Network (January 14, 2013). Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ One-Punch Man Manga Gets TV Anime. Anime News Network (March 7, 2015). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ One-Punch Man TV Anime Listed for October Premiere. Anime News Network (March 17, 2015). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ One-Punch Man Anime's October Premiere Confirmed. Anime News Network (July 22, 2015). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ One-Punch Man TV Anime Gets 2nd Season, Game App (September 25, 2016)Anime News Network. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ 'One Punch Man' Announces Controversial Changes To Season 2. Anime. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ↑ 10 Titles Nominated for 7th Manga Taisho Awards. Anime News Network (January 20, 2014). Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ↑ 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.
