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One-Punch Man

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One-Punch Man
ワンパンマン
(Wanpanman)
GenreAction,[1] comedy,[2] superhero[3]
Manga
Webcomic
Written byOne
Published bySelf-published
Original run2009 – present
Manga
Remake
Written byOne
Illustrated byYusuke Murata
Published byShueisha
English publisher
DemographicSeinen
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineTonari no Young Jump
English magazine
Original runJune 14, 2012 – present
Volumes32 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byShingo Natsume (season 1)
Chikara Sakurai (season 2)
Produced byChinatsu Matsui
Nobuyuki Hosoya
Keita Kodama
Ayuri Taguchi
Written byTomohiro Suzuki
Music byMakoto Miyazaki
StudioMadhouse (season 1)
J.C. Staff (season 2)
Licensed by
Original networkTX, TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan, AT-X
English network
Original run October 5, 2015 – present
Episodes24 + 12 OVA (List of episodes)
Original animation DVD
One-Punch Man: Road to Hero
Produced byMinoru Yamaoka
Written byTomohiro Suzuki
StudioMadhouse
ReleasedDecember 4, 2015
Runtime24 minutes

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.

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 Eisner Award in 2015.[3][15]

References

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  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "The Official Website for One-Punch Man". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "'One Punch Man' Announces Controversial Changes To Season 2". Anime. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "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.


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