One-Punch Man

One-Punch Man

Cover of the first volume of the One-Punch Man manga 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 – present
Manga
Remake
Written by One
Illustrated by Yusuke Murata
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Jump Web Comics
English magazine
Original run June 14, 2012 – present
Volumes 11
Anime television series
Directed by Shingo Natsume
Produced by Chinatsu Matsui
Nobuyuki Hosoya
Keita Kodama
Ayuri Taguchi
Written by Tomohiro Suzuki
Music by Makoto Miyazaki
Studio Madhouse
Licensed by
Network TX, TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan, AT-X
English network
Original run October 5, 2015 – present
Episodes 12 + 7 OVA

One-Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン Hepburn: Wanpanman) is an ongoing Japanese superhero parody webcomic created by an author using the pseudonym One which began publication in early 2009.[4] The series quickly went viral, surpassing 7.9 million hits in June 2012.[5] The Japanese shortened name Wanpanman is a play on the long-running children's character Anpanman,[6] wanpan being a contraction of wanpanchi ("one punch").[7] One-Punch Man tells the story of Saitama, an extremely overpowered superhero who has grown bored by the absence of challenge in his fight against evil.

A digital manga remake of the series, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha's Young Jump Web Comics website in 2012.[4] Viz Media has licensed the remake for English serialization in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.[8]

A television anime adaptation by Madhouse aired in Japan between October and December 2015.[9][10][11] A second season is currently in the works.[12]

Plot

On Earth, strange monsters have been mysteriously appearing and causing disasters resulting in the world's superheroes rising to combat them alongside the local supervillains. Saitama, the protagonist of the series, is the strongest hero alive in the entire franchise, hailing from the metropolis of City Z who easily defeats the monsters or other villains with a single punch to the point where monsters just explode when struck. However, due to his immeasurable strength, Saitama has become bored with his power and is constantly trying to find stronger opponents who can present a challenge to him.

As Saitama is active as a hero, he meets various other heroes and villains. He gets a disciple in the form of the cyborg Genos and consequently joins the Hero Association in order to gain official recognition. 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 in the series recognize his talent and humility towards others.

Media

Manga

One began publishing One-Punch Man as a webcomic in 2009.[4] As of July 2016, the webcomic has released 108 chapters.[13] 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.[4][5][6] The first chapter was published on June 14, 2012.[5] A drama CD was bundled with the ninth volume, which was released in August 2015.[14]

The series began publication in Viz Media's Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump Alpha at the time) in North America on January 21, 2013.[8] The first digital volume was released in February 2014.[15] One-Punch Man was one of a number of series that Viz made available on ComiXology in June 2014.[16] The manga was released in print in the United States starting in September 2015.[17]

Anime

An anime adaptation was announced in the 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10, 2015.[9] The series' first season was directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhouse and written by Tomohiro Suzuki.[18] The series also features character designs by Chikashi Kubota, who also serves as chief animation director,[19] 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.[19] 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.[19]

One-Punch Man's first season aired in Japan between October 5, 2015 and December 21, 2015 on TV Tokyo, airing at later dates on TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan, and AT-X,[19][20] and ran for 12 episodes. The season streamed on Niconico and was simulcast on Hulu, Daisuki, and Viz Media's Neon Alley service.[21] A preview screening was held in the Saitama City Cultural Center on September 6, 2015.[21] The series is licensed by Viz Media in North America,[22] and by Kaze UK in the United Kingdom.[23] An original video animation was released with the tenth manga volume on December 4, 2015.[24] Additional OVA episodes are included with Blu-ray Disc & DVD volumes of the season, the first of which was released on December 24, 2015.[25][26][27] A second season has been announced.[12]

Murata announced in the last weeks of the first season's airing schedule that he was working on making a second season a reality, but had not confirmed it was in development as of December 2015.[28] Viz Media announced that they were working on an English-language dub of One-Punch Man at Anime Boston 2016.[29] On July 1, It was announced during Toonami's Anime Expo panel that the series will begin airing on July 16, 2016.

On September 12, One Punch Man started airing on Animax Asia with double episodes weekly in Japanese Audio with English Subtitles.

Reception

The manga series had 2.2 million copies in print in November 2013,[30] 3.2 million copies in April 2014,[31] and 4.5 million copies in November 2014.[32] The series was one of ten nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Awards in 2014.[33]

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

References

  1. ↑ "One-Punch Man TV Anime Promo Video Previews Story". Anime News Network. March 23, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Silverman, Rebecca (September 22, 2015). "One-Punch Man GN 1 & 2". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Animax Asia to Air One-Punch Man, Nisekoi Anime". Anime News Network. March 14, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Chapman, Paul (March 7, 2015). ""One-Punch Man" Anime Greenlit". Crunchyroll. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Young Jump Launches Free Site with Eyeshield 21's Murata (Updated)". Anime News Network. June 13, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Brown, Urian (September 9, 2015). "One-Punch Man Vols. 1–2". Weekly Shone Jump. Viz Media. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "weblio実用日本語表現辞典" [Weblio Practical Japanese Expression Dictionary] (in Japanese). Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Viz's Shonen Jump Alpha Adds One-Punch Man Manga". Anime News Network. January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "One-Punch Man Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 7, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "One-Punch Man TV Anime Listed for October Premiere". Anime News Network. March 17, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ "One-Punch Man Anime's October Premiere Confirmed". Anime News Network. July 22, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  12. 1 2 "One-Punch Man TV Anime Gets 2nd Season, Game App". Anime News Network. September 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ ワンパンマン [One-Punch Man]. One-Punch Man (in Japanese). Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Yūichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai, 3 More Join One-Punch Man Anime Cast". Anime News Network. June 24, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  15. ↑ "MANGA: One-Punch Man Vol. 1". Weekly Shonen Jump. Viz Media. February 18, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Viz Media Adds 500 Manga Volumes on ComiXology". Anime News Network. June 11, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  17. ↑ "One-Punch Man to Debut in Print in N. America". Anime News Network. June 5, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  18. ↑ "One-Punch Man Anime Features Kaito Ishikawa, Makoto Furukawa, Madhouse". Anime News Network. March 20, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  20. ↑ "On Air". One-Punch Man (in Japanese). Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  21. 1 2 "One-Punch Man TV Anime Casts Saori Hayami, Mamoru Miyano". Anime News Network. August 5, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Viz Adds Legend of Galactic Heroes Novels, One-Punch Man Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. July 2, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Manga Entertainment and Animatsu News From London Comic Con". Anime News Network. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "One-Punch Man Manga's 10th Volume Listed With OVA". Anime News Network. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  25. ↑ "1st One-Punch Man BD/DVD to Include 'OVA #01'". Anime News Network. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  26. ↑ "One-Punch Man Anime's 2nd BD/DVD Release Includes OVA". Anime News Network. November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  27. ↑ "One-Punch Man Anime DVD/BDs to Include 6 OVAs". Anime News Network. November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  28. ↑ Cayetano, Byron. "'One-Punch Man' Season 2 Confirmed? Remake Creator Yusuke Murata Hard At Work To Make It Happen". KpopStarz. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  29. ↑ "Viz Media Working On One Punch Man English Dub". Anime Corner. March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  30. ↑ "One-Punch Man Has 2.2 Million Copies in Print (Updated)". Anime News Network. November 22, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  31. ↑ "One-Punch Man Has 3.2 Million Copies in Print". Anime News Network. April 20, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  32. ↑ "One-Punch Man Manga Has 4.5 Million Copies in Circulation". Anime News Network. November 23, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  33. ↑ "10 Titles Nominated for 7th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 20, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  34. 1 2 3
  35. ↑ "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.
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