One-Punch Man
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 468: attempt to index field 'scripts' (a boolean value). is an ongoing Japanese superhero webcomic created by ONE.[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 (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Wanpanman) | |
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| 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 | 28 |
| 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. Twenty-eight volumes were released as of June 2, 2023. 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]
The series nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Awards in 2014.[14] The series was also nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015.[3][15]
References
- ↑ "One-Punch Man TV Anime Promo Video Previews Story". Anime News Network. March 23, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ↑ "The Official Website for One-Punch Man". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silverman, Rebecca (September 22, 2015). "One-Punch Man GN 1 & 2". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Animax Asia to Air One-Punch Man, Nisekoi Anime". Anime News Network. March 14, 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Two Creators of the Original Manga One-Punch Man". Oppai Hoodie Blog. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapman, Paul (March 7, 2015). ""One-Punch Man" Anime Greenlit". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Young Jump Launches Free Site with Eyeshield 21's Murata (Updated)". Anime News Network. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Viz's Shonen Jump Alpha Adds One-Punch Man Manga". Anime News Network. January 14, 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ "One-Punch Man Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 7, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ "One-Punch Man TV Anime Listed for October Premiere". Anime News Network. March 17, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ "One-Punch Man Anime's October Premiere Confirmed". Anime News Network. July 22, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ "One-Punch Man TV Anime Gets 2nd Season, Game App". Anime News Network. September 25, 2016. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "'One Punch Man' Announces Controversial Changes To Season 2". Anime. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ↑ "10 Titles Nominated for 7th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. 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. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
