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One-Punch Man
Cover of the first manga remake volume illustrated by Yusuke Murata, featuring Saitama
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
Jump remake
Written by	One
Illustrated by	Yusuke Murata
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Tonari no Young Jump
English magazine	NA Weekly Shonen Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 14, 2012 – present
Volumes	27 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shingo Natsume (season 1) Chikara Sakurai (season 2)
Produced by	Chinatsu Matsui Nobuyuki Hosoya Keita Kodama (season 1) Ayuri Taguchi (season 1) Sōta Satō (season 2)
Written by	Tomohiro Suzuki
Music by	Makoto Miyazaki
Studio	Madhouse (season 1) J.C.Staff (season 2)
Licensed by	Crunchyroll[a] AUS/NA Viz Media SA/SEA Muse Communication
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia[4] US Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	October 5, 2015 – present
Episodes	24 + 13 OVAs (List of episodes)
Original animation DVD
One-Punch Man: Road to Hero
Directed by	Shingo Natsume
Produced by	Chinatsu Matsui Nobuyuki Hosoya Keita Kodama Ayuri Taguchi
Written by	Tomohiro Suzuki
Music by	Makoto Miyazaki
Studio	Madhouse
Released	December 4, 2015
Runtime	24 minutes
Video games
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (2019) One Punch Man: Road to Hero (2019)

One-Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン, Hepburn: Wanpanman) is a Japanese superhero manga series created by One. It tells the story of Saitama, a superhero who, because he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, grows bored from a lack of challenge. One wrote the original webcomic manga version in early 2009.

A digital manga remake, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website in June 2012. Its chapters are periodically compiled and published into individual tankōbon volumes. As of November 2022, 27 volumes have been released. In North America, Viz Media has licensed the remake manga for English language release and has serialized it in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.

An anime adaptation produced by Madhouse was broadcast in Japan from October to December 2015. A second season, produced by J.C.Staff, was broadcast from April to July 2019. A third season has been announced. Licensed in North America by Viz Media, it premiered in the United States on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block in July 2016. The second season premiered on the block in October 2019.

As of June 2012, the original webcomic manga surpassed 7.9 million hits. As of April 2020, the manga remake had sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series.

Plot[edit]

On a supercontinent version of Earth that has four Moons, powerful monsters and villains wreak havoc. The millionaire Agoni creates the Hero Association, which employs superheroes to fight evil. Saitama, an unassociated hero, hails from City Z and performs heroic deeds as a hobby. For three years, he has trained enough to defeat any enemy with a single punch, his unmatched strength leaving him bored. He becomes a reluctant mentor to Genos, a cyborg seeking revenge against another cyborg who killed his family and destroyed his hometown, after Saitama defeats a monster that defeated Genos.

Saitama and Genos join the Hero Association, hoping to attain notability, but Genos instantly obtains an S-Class rank; meanwhile, due to scoring low on the written exam despite having a perfect score on the physical exam, Saitama only becomes a C-Class hero. His feats remain unnoticed even after saving people from an asteroid and then a sea monster, barely getting himself promoted to B-Class. Later, shortly before her death, the seer Shibabawa predicts that the world is in great danger as the alien Boros invades the planet. The heroes kill the invaders and destroy Boros’s ship as Saitama defeats Boros in single combat.

Monsters begin appearing faster while the rogue martial artist Garo, a former apprentice of the hero Bang, and self-dubbed «Hero Hunter,» begins terrorizing heroes. Due to childhood bullying, he holds a grudge against everything «heroic.» The heroes learn that the monster influx comes from the Monster Association, an organization of monsters under City Z intent on destroying the Hero Association. They attack various cities, recruit fighters by offering them «monster cells» that mutate humans into monsters, and kidnap a Hero Association executive’s son. Garo bonds with Tareo, a child who idolizes heroes, as he hunts down more heroes, his combat prowess slowly rising. The Monster Association attempts to recruit him and kidnaps the child when Garo refuses. He storms the Monster Association HQ trying to rescue the child but ultimately gets captured.

The Hero Association assaults the headquarters to rescue the two children, causing a battle that destroys City Z and kills almost every monster. Saitama meets the highest-ranked hero Blast during the raid when he arrives to collect artifacts, who warns him of a threat known as «God.» Many heroes are heavily injured when Garo emerges, mutated into a monster from the fighting. Unable to match the power of Saitama, Garo receives some of «God’s» power when he meets it in a vision, causing him to emit radiation that kills all the heroes, including Genos by ripping out his core to get Saitama to fight him seriously. He briefly matches Saitama in a brutal battle that sends them across the solar system. After Saitama defeats him, Garo becomes distraught over Tareo’s death and teaches Saitama to time travel before «God» kills him. Saitama goes back in time and subdues Garo before he killed the heroes, destroying his monster mutation and cosmic power. Despite the objections of the other heroes, Saitama spares Garo and lets him flee after Tareo stops them. Only Genos, who reconnected with his core from the original timeline bought by Saitama (who seemed to remember nothing of his battle and time travel with the original Garo), remembers the entire events of the original ominous future caused by Garo.

With the Monster Association destroyed, Saitama gets promoted to A-Class for defeating Garo. As the battle destroyed his apartment, he relocates to the Hero Association’s HQ in A-City. The Hero Association’s poor performance causes public opinion of them to plummet. Several heroes and officials decide to retire or defect to the Neo Heroes, a rival group appearing to be more effective in handling the growing monster threats. Leading it is the hero Blue, who claims to be the son of Blast.

Production[edit]

ONE began the original webcomic of One-Punch Man in 2009.^[5][6] The Japanese shortened name Wanpanman is a play on the long-running children’s character Anpanman,^[7] wanpan being a contraction of wanpanchi («one punch»).^[8] ONE became interested in creating a comic superhero who was already the strongest in the world.^[6][9] He wanted to focus on different aspects of storytelling than those normally relied on in standard superhero stories, such as everyday problems. ONE said: «Punching is oftentimes pretty useless against life’s problems. But inside One-Punch Man‘s universe, I made Saitama a sort of guy who was capable of adapting his life to the world that surrounded him, only armed with his immense power. The only obstacles he faces are mundane things, like running short of money.»^[9]

ONE has taken several breaks from updating the webcomic. In February 2010, he put the series on hiatus, deciding to take a one-year break due to family circumstances.^[10] After releasing the 109th chapter in January 2017, ONE took a two-year break, releasing the following chapter in April 2019.^[11]

When ONE returned to drawing in 2011, he was contacted by artist Yusuke Murata about a possible partnership in which Murata would redraw the webcomic for ONE. Murata had been an enormous fan of One-Punch Man and was ill at the time.^[12] Fearing he was going to die, he contacted ONE. Looking back, he said, «Around that time, I was actually really sick. I broke out in hives, my inner organs were infected, and I couldn’t breathe well with my windpipes [sic] swelling. I was in the hospital when I thought, ‘Ah, I guess people die just like that.’ If I’m going to die, I want to do something I really love to do. I want to draw manga with Mr. ONE. That’s what I thought.»^[12] Murata, already a successful manga artist, used his connections in the industry to get a publishing deal with Weekly Young Jump comics.^[12] The manga became a digital publication on Weekly Young Jump‘s spin-off manga website Tonari no Young Jump (となりのヤングジャンプ, Tonari no Yangu Janpu), published by Shueisha.^[7][6][13]

Media[edit]

Webcomic[edit]

The webcomic version of One-Punch Man was created by ONE in 2009.^[5] He self-published the series on the Japanese manga website Nitosha.net. As of July 2022, the webcomic has 141 chapters.^[14]

Manga[edit]

The manga remake of One-Punch Man is illustrated by Yusuke Murata. It has been published on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website since June 14, 2012.^[13] The chapters are periodically collected and published in tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on December 12, 2012.^[15] A radio drama CD was bundled with the ninth volume released in August 2015.^[16] As of November 4, 2022, twenty-seven volumes have been published.^[17]

In North America, the series began publication in Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump Alpha at the time) on January 21, 2013.^[18] The first e-book was released in February 2014.^[19] In June 2014, One-Punch Man was one of a number of series that Viz made available on the digital distribution platform ComiXology.^[20] The manga has been released in print in North America since September 2015.^[21]

Anime[edit]

An anime adaptation was announced in the 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10, 2015.^[22] The first season was directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhouse animation studio and written by Tomohiro Suzuki.^[23] The series features character designs by Chikashi Kubota, who also served as chief animation director.^[24] The music was by Makoto Miyazaki, with art design by Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama. Ken Hashimoto served as the color key artist, Akane Fushihara served as the director of photography, Kashiko Kimura served as the series editor, and Shoji Hata did sound design.^[24] One-Punch Man‘s first season ran for 12 episodes. It aired in Japan from October 5 to December 21, 2015,^[25] on TV Tokyo. It aired later on Television Osaka (TVO), TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting (TVQ), Kyoto Broadcasting System (KBS), BS Japan, and AT-X.^[24][26] The season streamed on Niconico and was simulcast on Hulu, Daisuki, and Viz Media’s Neon Alley service.^[27] A preview screening of the first two episodes was held at the Saitama City Cultural Center on September 6, 2015.^[27][28] 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.^[24] An original video animation (OVA) was released with the tenth manga volume on December 4, 2015.^[29] Additional OVA episodes are included with Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes of the season, the first of which was released on December 24, 2015.^[30][31][32]

The series is licensed by Viz Media in North America, Latin America, and Oceania.^[33][34] Viz Media announced they were working on an English-language dub of One-Punch Man at Anime Boston 2016.^[35] On July 1, 2016, it was announced during Toonami’s Anime Expo panel that the series would begin airing on July 17, 2016.^[36][b] The series has been also licensed by Viz Media Europe in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.^[34] Kaze UK and Manga Entertainment handle the distribution of the series in the United Kingdom.^[38] Madman Entertainment handles distribution in Australia and New Zealand, and also simulcast the series on AnimeLab.^[39]

A second season was confirmed in September 2016.^[40] On September 25, 2017, it was announced that One-Punch Man would be changing both its production company and director.^[41] The second season was animated by J.C.Staff, with Chikara Sakurai replacing Shingo Natsume as director and Yoshikazu Iwanami replacing Shoji Hata as sound director. Tomohiro Suzuki, Chikashi Kubota, and Makoto Miyazaki reprised their roles as series composer, character designer, and music composer, respectively.^[41] The opening theme song is «Uncrowned Greatest Hero» (静寂のアポストル, Seijaku no Apostle, lit. «Quiet Apostle») by JAM Project, and the closing theme is «Chizu ga Nakutemo Modoru kara» (地図が無くても戻るから, lit. «Even Without a Map, I’ll Return») by Makoto Furukawa.^[42][43][44] The second season aired from April 9 to July 2, 2019, and a television special aired on April 2, 2019.^[45][43] A ten-minute OVA was bundled with the second season’s first Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on October 25, 2019.^[46][47] Two more OVAs were bundled with the second season’s second and third Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on November 26 and December 25, 2019, respectively.^[48][49] Another OVA was bundled with the second season’s fourth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on January 28, 2020.^[50] The fifth OVA was bundled with the second season’s fifth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on February 27, 2020.^[51]

The second season was simulcast on Hulu in the US,^[43] on Tubi in Canada,^[52] on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand^[53] and on Crunchyroll in Europe.^[54] The second season premiered on Toonami on October 12, 2019.^[55]

In August 2022, it was announced that the series would receive a third season.^[56][57]

Video games[edit]

On June 25, 2019, One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows was announced for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.^[58] It was released in Japan on February 27, 2020, and in North America and Europe on February 28 of the same year.^[59]

On August 22, 2019, a mobile game titled One Punch Man: Road to Hero was released for iOS and Android.^[60]

Film adaptation[edit]

On April 21, 2020, Sony’s Columbia Pictures announced that a live-action film adaptation was in development. Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner are signed on as writers, while Avi Arad will produce.^[61] On June 13, 2022, Justin Lin was revealed to be the film’s director and co-producer, with the film set to enter production later in the year.^[62]

Reception[edit]

Webcomic[edit]

The webcomic was considered an instant success shortly after its inception, receiving thousands of views and comments within weeks.^[63] It received 7.9 million hits by June 2012.^[13] According to ONE, by the time he had written the fifth chapter, he was receiving 30 comments per update. (On Nitosha.net, a series was considered «popular» if it consistently received at least 30 comments.) The number of comments gradually increased, and by the time ONE had published the 30th chapter, he was receiving nearly 1000 comments per update.^[10][63]

Manga[edit]

One-Punch Man was one of the Manga Division’s Jury Recommended Works at the 17th and 18th installments of Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013 and 2014, respectively.^[64][65] The series was one of ten nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Awards in 2014.^[66] It was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015,^[3][67][68] and a Harvey Award in 2016.^[69] The manga won the Sugoi Japan Award,^[70] and the Spanish Manga Barcelona award for the seinen category in 2017.^[71]

One-Punch Man was the 9th best-selling manga of 2016, with over 3.9 million copies sold.^[72] It was the 8th best-selling manga of 2017, with over 3.2 million copies sold.^[73] The manga had 2.2 million copies in print in November 2013. As of July 2017, the manga had 13 million copies in print;^[74] by July 2019, this had grown to 20 million copies in print.^[75] As of April 2020, the series has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.^[76]

Once released in the United States, both the first and second volumes debuted on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list, in first and second place respectively, and remained there for two weeks.^[77] Volume one dropped to second place for the third week, while volume two fell off the list altogether.^[77] In July 2019, the first volume of the series had been on the list for 71 weeks.^[78]

Anime[edit]

The first season of the anime received critical acclaim, receiving praise for its uniqueness, animation, humor, characters and fight scenes. It holds an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, with the site’s critics’ consensus reading: «With its state-of-the-art animation, unorthodox hero, and gut-bustlingly funny jabs at the shounen genre, One-Punch Man is simply a knockout.»^[79]

The second season received mixed reviews. Although the humor, characters, and story were still praised, reviewers unanimously criticized the drop in the quality of the animation following the change of studios. The direction, pacing, and fights were also criticized, as was the last episode for feeling like an improper season finale.^[80] Screen Rant noted that fan reaction to the season was divided, with their response to the new animation being notably negative.^[81][82] They criticized the drop of quality in animation as well as the change of director, saying «One-Punch Man was previously crisp, detailed and fluid, but many fans claim that the latest season has felt static, bland and uninspiring. This is almost certainly down to a change in director. [The series] has gone from the pinnacle of TV anime visuals to looking like just another weekly series.» However, they believed the season «improves in terms of story, character and world-building», although they mostly attributed this to the original manga its based on rather than the anime series’ staff.^[82] They were very critical of the season finale, noting how the anime could have adapted one or two extra manga chapters to offer a more conclusive finale and build excitement towards a third season.^[81]

IGN gave season 2 a five out of ten rating, calling it «mediocre». Although they felt the humor and characters were on par with the first season, they were very critical of the animation and pacing, saying: «[the animation was] taking horrendous shortcuts to get the fights done and dusted in as simple a way as possible. Gone are the intricately detailed character action shots, with dynamic slow motion and constantly-shifting camerawork. Instead, we have flashes, cuts to black, and machine-gun punches all reminiscent of the drawn-out fight scenes of Dragon Ball Z from more than twenty years ago.» They concluded saying: «Season 2 of One-Punch Man is a half-baked jumble of poor and lazy animation that is far more concerned with staying relevant than being crafted into something worthy of the season that came before it. If you’re only in it for the advancement of the plot, it’s all here. But it’s also all in the manga, and that looks an awful lot better than this season.»^[83]

See also[edit]

•  Speculative fiction portal

Explanatory notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website for original web manga (in Japanese)
• Manga official website at Young Jump Web Comics (in Japanese)
• Manga official website at Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump website
• Anime official website (in Japanese)
• One-Punch Man (manga) at Anime News Network’s encyclopedia

One-Punch Man
Cover of the first manga remake volume illustrated by Yusuke Murata, featuring Saitama
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
Jump remake
Written by	One
Illustrated by	Yusuke Murata
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Tonari no Young Jump
English magazine	NA Weekly Shonen Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 14, 2012 – present
Volumes	27 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shingo Natsume (season 1) Chikara Sakurai (season 2)
Produced by	Chinatsu Matsui Nobuyuki Hosoya Keita Kodama (season 1) Ayuri Taguchi (season 1) Sōta Satō (season 2)
Written by	Tomohiro Suzuki
Music by	Makoto Miyazaki
Studio	Madhouse (season 1) J.C.Staff (season 2)
Licensed by	Crunchyroll[a] AUS/NA Viz Media SA/SEA Muse Communication
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia[4] US Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	October 5, 2015 – present
Episodes	24 + 13 OVAs (List of episodes)
Original animation DVD
One-Punch Man: Road to Hero
Directed by	Shingo Natsume
Produced by	Chinatsu Matsui Nobuyuki Hosoya Keita Kodama Ayuri Taguchi
Written by	Tomohiro Suzuki
Music by	Makoto Miyazaki
Studio	Madhouse
Released	December 4, 2015
Runtime	24 minutes
Video games
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (2019) One Punch Man: Road to Hero (2019)

One-Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン, Hepburn: Wanpanman) is a Japanese superhero manga series created by One. It tells the story of Saitama, a superhero who, because he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, grows bored from a lack of challenge. One wrote the original webcomic manga version in early 2009.

A digital manga remake, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website in June 2012. Its chapters are periodically compiled and published into individual tankōbon volumes. As of November 2022, 27 volumes have been released. In North America, Viz Media has licensed the remake manga for English language release and has serialized it in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.

An anime adaptation produced by Madhouse was broadcast in Japan from October to December 2015. A second season, produced by J.C.Staff, was broadcast from April to July 2019. A third season has been announced. Licensed in North America by Viz Media, it premiered in the United States on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block in July 2016. The second season premiered on the block in October 2019.

As of June 2012, the original webcomic manga surpassed 7.9 million hits. As of April 2020, the manga remake had sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series.

Plot[edit]

On a supercontinent version of Earth that has four Moons, powerful monsters and villains wreak havoc. The millionaire Agoni creates the Hero Association, which employs superheroes to fight evil. Saitama, an unassociated hero, hails from City Z and performs heroic deeds as a hobby. For three years, he has trained enough to defeat any enemy with a single punch, his unmatched strength leaving him bored. He becomes a reluctant mentor to Genos, a cyborg seeking revenge against another cyborg who killed his family and destroyed his hometown, after Saitama defeats a monster that defeated Genos.

Saitama and Genos join the Hero Association, hoping to attain notability, but Genos instantly obtains an S-Class rank; meanwhile, due to scoring low on the written exam despite having a perfect score on the physical exam, Saitama only becomes a C-Class hero. His feats remain unnoticed even after saving people from an asteroid and then a sea monster, barely getting himself promoted to B-Class. Later, shortly before her death, the seer Shibabawa predicts that the world is in great danger as the alien Boros invades the planet. The heroes kill the invaders and destroy Boros’s ship as Saitama defeats Boros in single combat.

Monsters begin appearing faster while the rogue martial artist Garo, a former apprentice of the hero Bang, and self-dubbed «Hero Hunter,» begins terrorizing heroes. Due to childhood bullying, he holds a grudge against everything «heroic.» The heroes learn that the monster influx comes from the Monster Association, an organization of monsters under City Z intent on destroying the Hero Association. They attack various cities, recruit fighters by offering them «monster cells» that mutate humans into monsters, and kidnap a Hero Association executive’s son. Garo bonds with Tareo, a child who idolizes heroes, as he hunts down more heroes, his combat prowess slowly rising. The Monster Association attempts to recruit him and kidnaps the child when Garo refuses. He storms the Monster Association HQ trying to rescue the child but ultimately gets captured.

The Hero Association assaults the headquarters to rescue the two children, causing a battle that destroys City Z and kills almost every monster. Saitama meets the highest-ranked hero Blast during the raid when he arrives to collect artifacts, who warns him of a threat known as «God.» Many heroes are heavily injured when Garo emerges, mutated into a monster from the fighting. Unable to match the power of Saitama, Garo receives some of «God’s» power when he meets it in a vision, causing him to emit radiation that kills all the heroes, including Genos by ripping out his core to get Saitama to fight him seriously. He briefly matches Saitama in a brutal battle that sends them across the solar system. After Saitama defeats him, Garo becomes distraught over Tareo’s death and teaches Saitama to time travel before «God» kills him. Saitama goes back in time and subdues Garo before he killed the heroes, destroying his monster mutation and cosmic power. Despite the objections of the other heroes, Saitama spares Garo and lets him flee after Tareo stops them. Only Genos, who reconnected with his core from the original timeline bought by Saitama (who seemed to remember nothing of his battle and time travel with the original Garo), remembers the entire events of the original ominous future caused by Garo.

With the Monster Association destroyed, Saitama gets promoted to A-Class for defeating Garo. As the battle destroyed his apartment, he relocates to the Hero Association’s HQ in A-City. The Hero Association’s poor performance causes public opinion of them to plummet. Several heroes and officials decide to retire or defect to the Neo Heroes, a rival group appearing to be more effective in handling the growing monster threats. Leading it is the hero Blue, who claims to be the son of Blast.

Production[edit]

ONE began the original webcomic of One-Punch Man in 2009.^[5][6] The Japanese shortened name Wanpanman is a play on the long-running children’s character Anpanman,^[7] wanpan being a contraction of wanpanchi («one punch»).^[8] ONE became interested in creating a comic superhero who was already the strongest in the world.^[6][9] He wanted to focus on different aspects of storytelling than those normally relied on in standard superhero stories, such as everyday problems. ONE said: «Punching is oftentimes pretty useless against life’s problems. But inside One-Punch Man‘s universe, I made Saitama a sort of guy who was capable of adapting his life to the world that surrounded him, only armed with his immense power. The only obstacles he faces are mundane things, like running short of money.»^[9]

ONE has taken several breaks from updating the webcomic. In February 2010, he put the series on hiatus, deciding to take a one-year break due to family circumstances.^[10] After releasing the 109th chapter in January 2017, ONE took a two-year break, releasing the following chapter in April 2019.^[11]

When ONE returned to drawing in 2011, he was contacted by artist Yusuke Murata about a possible partnership in which Murata would redraw the webcomic for ONE. Murata had been an enormous fan of One-Punch Man and was ill at the time.^[12] Fearing he was going to die, he contacted ONE. Looking back, he said, «Around that time, I was actually really sick. I broke out in hives, my inner organs were infected, and I couldn’t breathe well with my windpipes [sic] swelling. I was in the hospital when I thought, ‘Ah, I guess people die just like that.’ If I’m going to die, I want to do something I really love to do. I want to draw manga with Mr. ONE. That’s what I thought.»^[12] Murata, already a successful manga artist, used his connections in the industry to get a publishing deal with Weekly Young Jump comics.^[12] The manga became a digital publication on Weekly Young Jump‘s spin-off manga website Tonari no Young Jump (となりのヤングジャンプ, Tonari no Yangu Janpu), published by Shueisha.^[7][6][13]

Media[edit]

Webcomic[edit]

The webcomic version of One-Punch Man was created by ONE in 2009.^[5] He self-published the series on the Japanese manga website Nitosha.net. As of July 2022, the webcomic has 141 chapters.^[14]

Manga[edit]

The manga remake of One-Punch Man is illustrated by Yusuke Murata. It has been published on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website since June 14, 2012.^[13] The chapters are periodically collected and published in tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on December 12, 2012.^[15] A radio drama CD was bundled with the ninth volume released in August 2015.^[16] As of November 4, 2022, twenty-seven volumes have been published.^[17]

In North America, the series began publication in Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump Alpha at the time) on January 21, 2013.^[18] The first e-book was released in February 2014.^[19] In June 2014, One-Punch Man was one of a number of series that Viz made available on the digital distribution platform ComiXology.^[20] The manga has been released in print in North America since September 2015.^[21]

Anime[edit]

An anime adaptation was announced in the 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10, 2015.^[22] The first season was directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhouse animation studio and written by Tomohiro Suzuki.^[23] The series features character designs by Chikashi Kubota, who also served as chief animation director.^[24] The music was by Makoto Miyazaki, with art design by Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama. Ken Hashimoto served as the color key artist, Akane Fushihara served as the director of photography, Kashiko Kimura served as the series editor, and Shoji Hata did sound design.^[24] One-Punch Man‘s first season ran for 12 episodes. It aired in Japan from October 5 to December 21, 2015,^[25] on TV Tokyo. It aired later on Television Osaka (TVO), TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting (TVQ), Kyoto Broadcasting System (KBS), BS Japan, and AT-X.^[24][26] The season streamed on Niconico and was simulcast on Hulu, Daisuki, and Viz Media’s Neon Alley service.^[27] A preview screening of the first two episodes was held at the Saitama City Cultural Center on September 6, 2015.^[27][28] 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.^[24] An original video animation (OVA) was released with the tenth manga volume on December 4, 2015.^[29] Additional OVA episodes are included with Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes of the season, the first of which was released on December 24, 2015.^[30][31][32]

The series is licensed by Viz Media in North America, Latin America, and Oceania.^[33][34] Viz Media announced they were working on an English-language dub of One-Punch Man at Anime Boston 2016.^[35] On July 1, 2016, it was announced during Toonami’s Anime Expo panel that the series would begin airing on July 17, 2016.^[36][b] The series has been also licensed by Viz Media Europe in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.^[34] Kaze UK and Manga Entertainment handle the distribution of the series in the United Kingdom.^[38] Madman Entertainment handles distribution in Australia and New Zealand, and also simulcast the series on AnimeLab.^[39]

A second season was confirmed in September 2016.^[40] On September 25, 2017, it was announced that One-Punch Man would be changing both its production company and director.^[41] The second season was animated by J.C.Staff, with Chikara Sakurai replacing Shingo Natsume as director and Yoshikazu Iwanami replacing Shoji Hata as sound director. Tomohiro Suzuki, Chikashi Kubota, and Makoto Miyazaki reprised their roles as series composer, character designer, and music composer, respectively.^[41] The opening theme song is «Uncrowned Greatest Hero» (静寂のアポストル, Seijaku no Apostle, lit. «Quiet Apostle») by JAM Project, and the closing theme is «Chizu ga Nakutemo Modoru kara» (地図が無くても戻るから, lit. «Even Without a Map, I’ll Return») by Makoto Furukawa.^[42][43][44] The second season aired from April 9 to July 2, 2019, and a television special aired on April 2, 2019.^[45][43] A ten-minute OVA was bundled with the second season’s first Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on October 25, 2019.^[46][47] Two more OVAs were bundled with the second season’s second and third Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on November 26 and December 25, 2019, respectively.^[48][49] Another OVA was bundled with the second season’s fourth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on January 28, 2020.^[50] The fifth OVA was bundled with the second season’s fifth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on February 27, 2020.^[51]

The second season was simulcast on Hulu in the US,^[43] on Tubi in Canada,^[52] on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand^[53] and on Crunchyroll in Europe.^[54] The second season premiered on Toonami on October 12, 2019.^[55]

In August 2022, it was announced that the series would receive a third season.^[56][57]

Video games[edit]

On June 25, 2019, One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows was announced for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.^[58] It was released in Japan on February 27, 2020, and in North America and Europe on February 28 of the same year.^[59]

On August 22, 2019, a mobile game titled One Punch Man: Road to Hero was released for iOS and Android.^[60]

Film adaptation[edit]

On April 21, 2020, Sony’s Columbia Pictures announced that a live-action film adaptation was in development. Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner are signed on as writers, while Avi Arad will produce.^[61] On June 13, 2022, Justin Lin was revealed to be the film’s director and co-producer, with the film set to enter production later in the year.^[62]

Reception[edit]

Webcomic[edit]

The webcomic was considered an instant success shortly after its inception, receiving thousands of views and comments within weeks.^[63] It received 7.9 million hits by June 2012.^[13] According to ONE, by the time he had written the fifth chapter, he was receiving 30 comments per update. (On Nitosha.net, a series was considered «popular» if it consistently received at least 30 comments.) The number of comments gradually increased, and by the time ONE had published the 30th chapter, he was receiving nearly 1000 comments per update.^[10][63]

Manga[edit]

One-Punch Man was one of the Manga Division’s Jury Recommended Works at the 17th and 18th installments of Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013 and 2014, respectively.^[64][65] The series was one of ten nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Awards in 2014.^[66] It was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015,^[3][67][68] and a Harvey Award in 2016.^[69] The manga won the Sugoi Japan Award,^[70] and the Spanish Manga Barcelona award for the seinen category in 2017.^[71]

One-Punch Man was the 9th best-selling manga of 2016, with over 3.9 million copies sold.^[72] It was the 8th best-selling manga of 2017, with over 3.2 million copies sold.^[73] The manga had 2.2 million copies in print in November 2013. As of July 2017, the manga had 13 million copies in print;^[74] by July 2019, this had grown to 20 million copies in print.^[75] As of April 2020, the series has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.^[76]

Once released in the United States, both the first and second volumes debuted on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list, in first and second place respectively, and remained there for two weeks.^[77] Volume one dropped to second place for the third week, while volume two fell off the list altogether.^[77] In July 2019, the first volume of the series had been on the list for 71 weeks.^[78]

Anime[edit]

The first season of the anime received critical acclaim, receiving praise for its uniqueness, animation, humor, characters and fight scenes. It holds an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, with the site’s critics’ consensus reading: «With its state-of-the-art animation, unorthodox hero, and gut-bustlingly funny jabs at the shounen genre, One-Punch Man is simply a knockout.»^[79]

The second season received mixed reviews. Although the humor, characters, and story were still praised, reviewers unanimously criticized the drop in the quality of the animation following the change of studios. The direction, pacing, and fights were also criticized, as was the last episode for feeling like an improper season finale.^[80] Screen Rant noted that fan reaction to the season was divided, with their response to the new animation being notably negative.^[81][82] They criticized the drop of quality in animation as well as the change of director, saying «One-Punch Man was previously crisp, detailed and fluid, but many fans claim that the latest season has felt static, bland and uninspiring. This is almost certainly down to a change in director. [The series] has gone from the pinnacle of TV anime visuals to looking like just another weekly series.» However, they believed the season «improves in terms of story, character and world-building», although they mostly attributed this to the original manga its based on rather than the anime series’ staff.^[82] They were very critical of the season finale, noting how the anime could have adapted one or two extra manga chapters to offer a more conclusive finale and build excitement towards a third season.^[81]

IGN gave season 2 a five out of ten rating, calling it «mediocre». Although they felt the humor and characters were on par with the first season, they were very critical of the animation and pacing, saying: «[the animation was] taking horrendous shortcuts to get the fights done and dusted in as simple a way as possible. Gone are the intricately detailed character action shots, with dynamic slow motion and constantly-shifting camerawork. Instead, we have flashes, cuts to black, and machine-gun punches all reminiscent of the drawn-out fight scenes of Dragon Ball Z from more than twenty years ago.» They concluded saying: «Season 2 of One-Punch Man is a half-baked jumble of poor and lazy animation that is far more concerned with staying relevant than being crafted into something worthy of the season that came before it. If you’re only in it for the advancement of the plot, it’s all here. But it’s also all in the manga, and that looks an awful lot better than this season.»^[83]

See also[edit]

•  Speculative fiction portal

Explanatory notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website for original web manga (in Japanese)
• Manga official website at Young Jump Web Comics (in Japanese)
• Manga official website at Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump website
• Anime official website (in Japanese)
• One-Punch Man (manga) at Anime News Network’s encyclopedia

One-Punch Man
Cover of the first manga remake volume illustrated by Yusuke Murata, featuring Saitama
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
Jump remake
Written by	One
Illustrated by	Yusuke Murata
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Tonari no Young Jump
English magazine	NA Weekly Shonen Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 14, 2012 – present
Volumes	27 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shingo Natsume (season 1) Chikara Sakurai (season 2)
Produced by	Chinatsu Matsui Nobuyuki Hosoya Keita Kodama (season 1) Ayuri Taguchi (season 1) Sōta Satō (season 2)
Written by	Tomohiro Suzuki
Music by	Makoto Miyazaki
Studio	Madhouse (season 1) J.C.Staff (season 2)
Licensed by	Crunchyroll[a] AUS/NA Viz Media SA/SEA Muse Communication
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia[4] US Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	October 5, 2015 – present
Episodes	24 + 13 OVAs (List of episodes)
Original animation DVD
One-Punch Man: Road to Hero
Directed by	Shingo Natsume
Produced by	Chinatsu Matsui Nobuyuki Hosoya Keita Kodama Ayuri Taguchi
Written by	Tomohiro Suzuki
Music by	Makoto Miyazaki
Studio	Madhouse
Released	December 4, 2015
Runtime	24 minutes
Video games
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (2019) One Punch Man: Road to Hero (2019)

One-Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン, Hepburn: Wanpanman) is a Japanese superhero manga series created by One. It tells the story of Saitama, a superhero who, because he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, grows bored from a lack of challenge. One wrote the original webcomic manga version in early 2009.

A digital manga remake, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website in June 2012. Its chapters are periodically compiled and published into individual tankōbon volumes. As of November 2022, 27 volumes have been released. In North America, Viz Media has licensed the remake manga for English language release and has serialized it in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.

An anime adaptation produced by Madhouse was broadcast in Japan from October to December 2015. A second season, produced by J.C.Staff, was broadcast from April to July 2019. A third season has been announced. Licensed in North America by Viz Media, it premiered in the United States on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block in July 2016. The second season premiered on the block in October 2019.

As of June 2012, the original webcomic manga surpassed 7.9 million hits. As of April 2020, the manga remake had sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series.

Plot[edit]

On a supercontinent version of Earth that has four Moons, powerful monsters and villains wreak havoc. The millionaire Agoni creates the Hero Association, which employs superheroes to fight evil. Saitama, an unassociated hero, hails from City Z and performs heroic deeds as a hobby. For three years, he has trained enough to defeat any enemy with a single punch, his unmatched strength leaving him bored. He becomes a reluctant mentor to Genos, a cyborg seeking revenge against another cyborg who killed his family and destroyed his hometown, after Saitama defeats a monster that defeated Genos.

Saitama and Genos join the Hero Association, hoping to attain notability, but Genos instantly obtains an S-Class rank; meanwhile, due to scoring low on the written exam despite having a perfect score on the physical exam, Saitama only becomes a C-Class hero. His feats remain unnoticed even after saving people from an asteroid and then a sea monster, barely getting himself promoted to B-Class. Later, shortly before her death, the seer Shibabawa predicts that the world is in great danger as the alien Boros invades the planet. The heroes kill the invaders and destroy Boros’s ship as Saitama defeats Boros in single combat.

Monsters begin appearing faster while the rogue martial artist Garo, a former apprentice of the hero Bang, and self-dubbed «Hero Hunter,» begins terrorizing heroes. Due to childhood bullying, he holds a grudge against everything «heroic.» The heroes learn that the monster influx comes from the Monster Association, an organization of monsters under City Z intent on destroying the Hero Association. They attack various cities, recruit fighters by offering them «monster cells» that mutate humans into monsters, and kidnap a Hero Association executive’s son. Garo bonds with Tareo, a child who idolizes heroes, as he hunts down more heroes, his combat prowess slowly rising. The Monster Association attempts to recruit him and kidnaps the child when Garo refuses. He storms the Monster Association HQ trying to rescue the child but ultimately gets captured.

The Hero Association assaults the headquarters to rescue the two children, causing a battle that destroys City Z and kills almost every monster. Saitama meets the highest-ranked hero Blast during the raid when he arrives to collect artifacts, who warns him of a threat known as «God.» Many heroes are heavily injured when Garo emerges, mutated into a monster from the fighting. Unable to match the power of Saitama, Garo receives some of «God’s» power when he meets it in a vision, causing him to emit radiation that kills all the heroes, including Genos by ripping out his core to get Saitama to fight him seriously. He briefly matches Saitama in a brutal battle that sends them across the solar system. After Saitama defeats him, Garo becomes distraught over Tareo’s death and teaches Saitama to time travel before «God» kills him. Saitama goes back in time and subdues Garo before he killed the heroes, destroying his monster mutation and cosmic power. Despite the objections of the other heroes, Saitama spares Garo and lets him flee after Tareo stops them. Only Genos, who reconnected with his core from the original timeline bought by Saitama (who seemed to remember nothing of his battle and time travel with the original Garo), remembers the entire events of the original ominous future caused by Garo.

With the Monster Association destroyed, Saitama gets promoted to A-Class for defeating Garo. As the battle destroyed his apartment, he relocates to the Hero Association’s HQ in A-City. The Hero Association’s poor performance causes public opinion of them to plummet. Several heroes and officials decide to retire or defect to the Neo Heroes, a rival group appearing to be more effective in handling the growing monster threats. Leading it is the hero Blue, who claims to be the son of Blast.

Production[edit]

ONE began the original webcomic of One-Punch Man in 2009.^[5][6] The Japanese shortened name Wanpanman is a play on the long-running children’s character Anpanman,^[7] wanpan being a contraction of wanpanchi («one punch»).^[8] ONE became interested in creating a comic superhero who was already the strongest in the world.^[6][9] He wanted to focus on different aspects of storytelling than those normally relied on in standard superhero stories, such as everyday problems. ONE said: «Punching is oftentimes pretty useless against life’s problems. But inside One-Punch Man‘s universe, I made Saitama a sort of guy who was capable of adapting his life to the world that surrounded him, only armed with his immense power. The only obstacles he faces are mundane things, like running short of money.»^[9]

ONE has taken several breaks from updating the webcomic. In February 2010, he put the series on hiatus, deciding to take a one-year break due to family circumstances.^[10] After releasing the 109th chapter in January 2017, ONE took a two-year break, releasing the following chapter in April 2019.^[11]

When ONE returned to drawing in 2011, he was contacted by artist Yusuke Murata about a possible partnership in which Murata would redraw the webcomic for ONE. Murata had been an enormous fan of One-Punch Man and was ill at the time.^[12] Fearing he was going to die, he contacted ONE. Looking back, he said, «Around that time, I was actually really sick. I broke out in hives, my inner organs were infected, and I couldn’t breathe well with my windpipes [sic] swelling. I was in the hospital when I thought, ‘Ah, I guess people die just like that.’ If I’m going to die, I want to do something I really love to do. I want to draw manga with Mr. ONE. That’s what I thought.»^[12] Murata, already a successful manga artist, used his connections in the industry to get a publishing deal with Weekly Young Jump comics.^[12] The manga became a digital publication on Weekly Young Jump‘s spin-off manga website Tonari no Young Jump (となりのヤングジャンプ, Tonari no Yangu Janpu), published by Shueisha.^[7][6][13]

Media[edit]

Webcomic[edit]

The webcomic version of One-Punch Man was created by ONE in 2009.^[5] He self-published the series on the Japanese manga website Nitosha.net. As of July 2022, the webcomic has 141 chapters.^[14]

Manga[edit]

The manga remake of One-Punch Man is illustrated by Yusuke Murata. It has been published on Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump website since June 14, 2012.^[13] The chapters are periodically collected and published in tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on December 12, 2012.^[15] A radio drama CD was bundled with the ninth volume released in August 2015.^[16] As of November 4, 2022, twenty-seven volumes have been published.^[17]

In North America, the series began publication in Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump Alpha at the time) on January 21, 2013.^[18] The first e-book was released in February 2014.^[19] In June 2014, One-Punch Man was one of a number of series that Viz made available on the digital distribution platform ComiXology.^[20] The manga has been released in print in North America since September 2015.^[21]

Anime[edit]

An anime adaptation was announced in the 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10, 2015.^[22] The first season was directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhouse animation studio and written by Tomohiro Suzuki.^[23] The series features character designs by Chikashi Kubota, who also served as chief animation director.^[24] The music was by Makoto Miyazaki, with art design by Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama. Ken Hashimoto served as the color key artist, Akane Fushihara served as the director of photography, Kashiko Kimura served as the series editor, and Shoji Hata did sound design.^[24] One-Punch Man‘s first season ran for 12 episodes. It aired in Japan from October 5 to December 21, 2015,^[25] on TV Tokyo. It aired later on Television Osaka (TVO), TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting (TVQ), Kyoto Broadcasting System (KBS), BS Japan, and AT-X.^[24][26] The season streamed on Niconico and was simulcast on Hulu, Daisuki, and Viz Media’s Neon Alley service.^[27] A preview screening of the first two episodes was held at the Saitama City Cultural Center on September 6, 2015.^[27][28] 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.^[24] An original video animation (OVA) was released with the tenth manga volume on December 4, 2015.^[29] Additional OVA episodes are included with Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes of the season, the first of which was released on December 24, 2015.^[30][31][32]

The series is licensed by Viz Media in North America, Latin America, and Oceania.^[33][34] Viz Media announced they were working on an English-language dub of One-Punch Man at Anime Boston 2016.^[35] On July 1, 2016, it was announced during Toonami’s Anime Expo panel that the series would begin airing on July 17, 2016.^[36][b] The series has been also licensed by Viz Media Europe in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.^[34] Kaze UK and Manga Entertainment handle the distribution of the series in the United Kingdom.^[38] Madman Entertainment handles distribution in Australia and New Zealand, and also simulcast the series on AnimeLab.^[39]

A second season was confirmed in September 2016.^[40] On September 25, 2017, it was announced that One-Punch Man would be changing both its production company and director.^[41] The second season was animated by J.C.Staff, with Chikara Sakurai replacing Shingo Natsume as director and Yoshikazu Iwanami replacing Shoji Hata as sound director. Tomohiro Suzuki, Chikashi Kubota, and Makoto Miyazaki reprised their roles as series composer, character designer, and music composer, respectively.^[41] The opening theme song is «Uncrowned Greatest Hero» (静寂のアポストル, Seijaku no Apostle, lit. «Quiet Apostle») by JAM Project, and the closing theme is «Chizu ga Nakutemo Modoru kara» (地図が無くても戻るから, lit. «Even Without a Map, I’ll Return») by Makoto Furukawa.^[42][43][44] The second season aired from April 9 to July 2, 2019, and a television special aired on April 2, 2019.^[45][43] A ten-minute OVA was bundled with the second season’s first Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on October 25, 2019.^[46][47] Two more OVAs were bundled with the second season’s second and third Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on November 26 and December 25, 2019, respectively.^[48][49] Another OVA was bundled with the second season’s fourth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on January 28, 2020.^[50] The fifth OVA was bundled with the second season’s fifth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume on February 27, 2020.^[51]

The second season was simulcast on Hulu in the US,^[43] on Tubi in Canada,^[52] on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand^[53] and on Crunchyroll in Europe.^[54] The second season premiered on Toonami on October 12, 2019.^[55]

In August 2022, it was announced that the series would receive a third season.^[56][57]

Video games[edit]

On June 25, 2019, One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows was announced for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.^[58] It was released in Japan on February 27, 2020, and in North America and Europe on February 28 of the same year.^[59]

On August 22, 2019, a mobile game titled One Punch Man: Road to Hero was released for iOS and Android.^[60]

Film adaptation[edit]

On April 21, 2020, Sony’s Columbia Pictures announced that a live-action film adaptation was in development. Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner are signed on as writers, while Avi Arad will produce.^[61] On June 13, 2022, Justin Lin was revealed to be the film’s director and co-producer, with the film set to enter production later in the year.^[62]

Reception[edit]

Webcomic[edit]

The webcomic was considered an instant success shortly after its inception, receiving thousands of views and comments within weeks.^[63] It received 7.9 million hits by June 2012.^[13] According to ONE, by the time he had written the fifth chapter, he was receiving 30 comments per update. (On Nitosha.net, a series was considered «popular» if it consistently received at least 30 comments.) The number of comments gradually increased, and by the time ONE had published the 30th chapter, he was receiving nearly 1000 comments per update.^[10][63]

Manga[edit]

One-Punch Man was one of the Manga Division’s Jury Recommended Works at the 17th and 18th installments of Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013 and 2014, respectively.^[64][65] The series was one of ten nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Awards in 2014.^[66] It was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015,^[3][67][68] and a Harvey Award in 2016.^[69] The manga won the Sugoi Japan Award,^[70] and the Spanish Manga Barcelona award for the seinen category in 2017.^[71]

One-Punch Man was the 9th best-selling manga of 2016, with over 3.9 million copies sold.^[72] It was the 8th best-selling manga of 2017, with over 3.2 million copies sold.^[73] The manga had 2.2 million copies in print in November 2013. As of July 2017, the manga had 13 million copies in print;^[74] by July 2019, this had grown to 20 million copies in print.^[75] As of April 2020, the series has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.^[76]

Once released in the United States, both the first and second volumes debuted on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list, in first and second place respectively, and remained there for two weeks.^[77] Volume one dropped to second place for the third week, while volume two fell off the list altogether.^[77] In July 2019, the first volume of the series had been on the list for 71 weeks.^[78]

Anime[edit]

The first season of the anime received critical acclaim, receiving praise for its uniqueness, animation, humor, characters and fight scenes. It holds an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, with the site’s critics’ consensus reading: «With its state-of-the-art animation, unorthodox hero, and gut-bustlingly funny jabs at the shounen genre, One-Punch Man is simply a knockout.»^[79]

The second season received mixed reviews. Although the humor, characters, and story were still praised, reviewers unanimously criticized the drop in the quality of the animation following the change of studios. The direction, pacing, and fights were also criticized, as was the last episode for feeling like an improper season finale.^[80] Screen Rant noted that fan reaction to the season was divided, with their response to the new animation being notably negative.^[81][82] They criticized the drop of quality in animation as well as the change of director, saying «One-Punch Man was previously crisp, detailed and fluid, but many fans claim that the latest season has felt static, bland and uninspiring. This is almost certainly down to a change in director. [The series] has gone from the pinnacle of TV anime visuals to looking like just another weekly series.» However, they believed the season «improves in terms of story, character and world-building», although they mostly attributed this to the original manga its based on rather than the anime series’ staff.^[82] They were very critical of the season finale, noting how the anime could have adapted one or two extra manga chapters to offer a more conclusive finale and build excitement towards a third season.^[81]

IGN gave season 2 a five out of ten rating, calling it «mediocre». Although they felt the humor and characters were on par with the first season, they were very critical of the animation and pacing, saying: «[the animation was] taking horrendous shortcuts to get the fights done and dusted in as simple a way as possible. Gone are the intricately detailed character action shots, with dynamic slow motion and constantly-shifting camerawork. Instead, we have flashes, cuts to black, and machine-gun punches all reminiscent of the drawn-out fight scenes of Dragon Ball Z from more than twenty years ago.» They concluded saying: «Season 2 of One-Punch Man is a half-baked jumble of poor and lazy animation that is far more concerned with staying relevant than being crafted into something worthy of the season that came before it. If you’re only in it for the advancement of the plot, it’s all here. But it’s also all in the manga, and that looks an awful lot better than this season.»^[83]

See also[edit]

•  Speculative fiction portal

Explanatory notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website for original web manga (in Japanese)
• Manga official website at Young Jump Web Comics (in Japanese)
• Manga official website at Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump website
• Anime official website (in Japanese)
• One-Punch Man (manga) at Anime News Network’s encyclopedia

One-Punch Man
ワンパンマン
Жанр	Супергерои, комедия, боевик, пародия, повседневность
Веб-манга
Автор	One
Даты публикации	2009 год – настоящее время
Манга
Автор	One
Иллюстратор	Мурата Юсукэ
Издатель	Shueisha
Аудитория	Сэйнэн
Журнал	Young Jump Web Comics
Даты публикации	14 июня 2012 года – настоящее время
Тома	12
Аниме
Студия	Madhouse
Режиссер	Синго Нацумэ
Сценарист	Томохиро Судзуки
Даты выхода	5 октября 2015 года – 20 декабря 2015 года
Эпизоды	12

One-Punch Man (ワンパンマン, Человек один удар — досл. перевод) — веб-манга, созданная японским художником под ником One. С 2012 года выпускается ремейк в формате цифровой манги, созданный художником Муратой Юсуке под руководством One. Ванпанчмен набрал большое число поклонников, и в 2015 году появилась аниме-экранизация.

Сюжет[]

One-Punch Man — это пародия на многочисленные штампы и клише из боевиков и супергеройских тем. Протагонистом является молодой парень по имени Сайтама, любимое хобби которого — геройство. В детстве он желал стать супергероем, побеждающим врагов с одного удара, и в своё 22-е лето начал трёхгодовую программу тренировок, благодаря чему осуществил свою мечту… и пожалел. Он стал настолько сильным, что враги действительно проигрывают ему с одного удара, и Сайтама практически забыл, что такое дух сражения. Помимо бесчисленного количества монстров, существует Геройская Организация, которая активно с ними борется. Узнав о ней, Сайтама вступает в её ряды, где знакомится со многими другими героями. 

История создания[]

По словам One, веб-манга была запланирована в одну главу, но читателям настолько понравилась его идея, что автор продумал дальнейший сюжет и продолжил эту работу. Ванпанчмен не подразумевался, как серьёзное произведение — по большей части, это был способ развлечь себя и освоить программу рисования Manga Studio. В феврале 2010 года One объявил, что приостанавливает выпуск веб-манги по семейным обстоятельствам, и тогда с ним связался Мурата Юсуке, побоявшийся, что автор вовсе забросит эту работу. Он предложил One сделать ремейк One-Punch Man под руководством самого автора. Позже выпуск всё же продолжился, наряду с выпуском ремейка.  

Особенности веб-манги[]

Стиль рисовки One в
веб-манге заведомо упрощённый и «сырой», и чтобы понять, на что способен этот
художник на самом деле, то стоит взглянуть на ещё одну его работу под названием
«Моб Психо 100». Но несмотря на то, что One несерьёзно
относится к рисовке Ванпанчмена, по ходу сюжета становится видно, что она
становится всё лучше и лучше.

Особенности манги[]

Помимо высоко детализированной рисовки в ремейке, Мурата Юсуке часто прибегает к такому приёму, как раскадровка. Еще одной особенностью можно назвать упрощённое изображение Сайтамы по сравнению с другими персонажами. Сам Мурата признался, что сначала хотел рисовать главного героя так же артистично, как и остальных, и даже пытался его выделить, делая Сайтаму красивым или добавляя огонёк в его глаза, но позже решил отказаться от этой идеи. «Эти вещи не важны природе Сайтамы. Его привлекательность не в его внешности» — утверждает художник.

Аниме-адаптация[]

Аниме транслировалось по японскому телевидению с 5-го по 20-е декабря 2015 года. Сезон состоял из 12-ти серий.

2 апреля 2019 года начался 2-ой сезон One-Punch Man. Планируется что серии будут выходить со 2 апреля 2019 года по 23 июня 2019 года. В сезоне будет 12 серий!

Саундтреки[]

Опенинг:

Название: The Hero! — ~Ikareru Kobushi ni Honō wo Tsukero.

Музыка: Хиронобу Кагеяма.

Исполнитель: JAM Project.

Эндинг:

Название: Hoshi yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru.

Исполнитель: Хироко Моригучи.

Сейю персонажей[]

Сейю	Персонаж
Мактото Фурукава	Сайтама
Кайто Исикава	Генос
Юки Кадзи	Сверхзвуковой Соник
Аой Юки	Тацумаки
Саори Хаями	Фубуки
Хироки Ясумото	Кинг
Казухиро Ямадзи	Бэнг
Юити Накамура	Безлицензионный Ездок
Мамору Мияно	Милая Маска
Масая Оносака	Гомо-Гомо Зек
Ватару Хатано	Стальная Бита
Кендзиро Цуда	Атомный Самурай
Тессё Генда	Бофой
Минами Такаяма	Ребёнок-Имератор
Ёдзи Уеда	Технорыцарь
Кацуюки Кониси	Мастер В Майке
Кёске Ториуми	Световой Флеш
Такахиро Сакураи	Зомбимен
Дайсуке Намикава	Свинобог
Сатоси Хино	Сверхлитой Темноблеск
Юдзи Уеда	Сторожевой Пёс
Коки Утияма	Мельзальгальд
Тосиюки Морикава	Лорд Борос
Ами Найто	Бесконечный Водоросль
Ами Найто	Мальчик с раздвоённым подбородком
Ацуси Имаруока	Чёрная Дыра В Майке
Дайсуке Намикава	Доктор Генус
Хироки Гото	Древний Царь
Хироки Гото	Цепножаб
Хироки Гото	Гельганшп
Хироки Гото	Зениру
Кимико Сайто	Мадам Шибабава
Миюки Савасиро	Москит
Нобуо Тобита	Ситч
Рюсей Накао	Вакцина

Сотрудники[]

Должность	Имя
Режиссер	Синго Нацумэ
Сценарист	Томохиро Судзуки
Дизайн персонажей	Тикаси Кубота
Конфигурация серий	Satoshihiro Suzuki
Редактор	Касико Кимура
Оператор-постановщик	Акане Фукухара
Цветовой Дизайнер	Сатоси Хашимото
Звукорежиссер	Седзи Хата
Музыка	Макото Миядзаки

One Punch Man (moon. ワンパンマン, мт.: Один Удар Человек, рус. Одним Ударом Уебущий) — хороший, годный китайский порномультфильм, высмеивающий многие жанровые клише. Повествует о простом лысом пареньке, которому для борцевания с негодяями достаточно лишь одного могучего удара. Нет, анон, это не долгожданное аниме про Валуева. Хотя…

Мякотка[править]

Повествует сабж о Сайтаме — обыкновенном японском планктоне, который однажды решил стать супергероем для хобби и тренировался настолько усердно, что у него выпали все волосы. Взамен он получил весьма полезный скилл выносить всех и вся одним единственным ударом. Мутанты, пришельцы, метеориты, пидорги — все выпиливаются с одной попытки. На этой завязке и строится основной юмор серии — Сайтама, по сути своей комично выглядящий лузер и задрот, для которого сходить в местный ашан со скидкой есть главное событие недели, обладает практически божественной силой и 100% непобедим, но ради лулзов оказывается в архетипичных ситуациях приключенческого жанра, в которых главному герою обычно необходимо преодолевать какие-то физические и моральные испытания, развиваться и обретать новые навыки. Сайтама же просто сразу выносит всех нахуй в максимально тривиальной манере, разрушая шаблоны. Хотя OPM можно назвать пародией, более подходящим эпитетом будет деконструкция жанра: он является своего рода реакцией на застоявшиеся клише как произведений страны тентаклей (в частности, говносёнэнов), так и пиндосских комиксов о брутальных суперчеловеках, высмеивая избитые обусловленности и типажи. При всём этом сабж не уходит в фарс, как, скажем, тот же Дэдпул, а выстраивает вполне себе вменяемое сюжетное повествование, благодаря чему имеет большой успех не только у любителей бугагашек.

Становление[править]

Надо сказать, что сабж является наглядным примером творческого путешествия к успеху с достижением финишной прямой, ведь начинала свой путь франшиза в виде веб-комикса, выложенного на говнобложике автора-куна ещё в 2009-м. Причём характерной чертой произведения являлось то, что нарисовано оно было словно вставленным в жопу и плохо в ней державшимся карандашом — мягко говоря, творческих навыков у автора не наблюдалось. Однако сей недуг его не остановил, и он продолжил пилить и таки допилился. Самурайские двачеры, а затем и их американские коллеги вскоре обратили внимание на предельно меметичный комикс, благодаря чему OPM быстро приобрёл статус культового. И быть может, так и остался сабж очередным Хоумстаком, если бы не пригрел душу годному художнику Юсукэ Мурате, который отметился иллюстрированием винрарного «Eyeshield 21». Тот решил переделать мангу с нуля, только с хорошим артом и экшоном. Сравнение с оригиналом доставляет уже само по себе. Новая версия стало зело успешной, и вскоре было принято решение пилить по этому делу экранизацию, пока не остыло. Та ВНЕЗАПНО тоже вышла весьма качественной (кошегная анимация и практически полное отсутствие 3D — по нынешним меркам роскошь), став самым массовым аниме-явлением со времён, пожалуй, TTGL, превратив в виабу зашкаливающее количество хомячков и отвадив школо-анимуфагов от всякого говна.

One Срач Man[править]

Ввиду своей завязки, что Сайтама непобедим, стоило сериалу набрать популярность, как изо всех щелей мигом попёрли ужаленные в анальную мышцу поклонники других франшиз с утверждённым ГОСТом самым сильным героем™, доказывая с пеной у рта явное превосходство предпочитаемого ими несуществующего персонажа. Интернет разразился почётными дисциплинами СО из разряда «кто же на самом деле сильнее: Сайтама или Супермен, Гоку, Халк, Кэнсиро и прочие (нужное подчеркнуть)». В большинстве своём подобно аналогам, срачи ведутся школьниками, для которых ироничность сабжа остаётся недосягаемой концепцией, как и то, что сама суть OPM’а есть тонкий стёб такой вот power level фаллометрии. На раздолье можно сытно покормиться троллям, достаточно на любом тематическом ресурсе (впрочем, необязательно ходить дальше ютуба) упомянуть, что Сайтама самый сильный, а ваш Супермен — говно и не тащит.

В фильме снимались[править]

Сайтама. Собсна, главгер ака «Лысый плащ». Задрот, почти как ты. Даже будучи многократным спасителем мира, полностью игнорируется общественностью, что вызывает негодование. В попытке добиться признания вступает в профсоюз героев и старается подняться по должностной лестнице несмотря на то, что сильнее всех его членов вместе взятых. Испытывает лютейшую скуку при сражениях со всякой НЕХ, ибо способен помножить на ноль любого с одного удара. Обычно даёт время всяким главгадам представиться и рассказать о своих планах по захвату мира, а также продемонстрировать свою силу. Чаще всего весь этот цирк сопровождается характерным выражением лица ГГ, который появляется в самым кульминационный момент заварушки, занимаясь до этого хрен пойми чем. Скуп и беден, вследствие этого в свободное время ходит в поисках различных скидок на нямку в местных аналогах Пятёрочки. Своей огромной силе обязан сломанному лимитёру.

Генос. Крутой киборг ака «Кибер-демон» и пародия на типичного бисёнэна. В любом другом аниме был бы протагонистом, а тут является учеником Сайтамы и, по сути, его домохозяйкой. Когда-то был обычным 15-летним куном, пока однажды весь город, в котором он жил, не был разрушен пизданувшимся на всю голову киборгом. Оставшись сиротой, был вынужден пинать хуи до тех пор, пока не встретил доброго доктора, который и помог маленькому Геносу с приобретением механических конечностей, дабы тот мог нести в мир справедливость и любовь.

Соник. Нет, не тот, но такой же быстрый и ниндзя. Занимает роль «соперника» главного героя, пытаясь его превзойти. Естественно, безрезультатно. Совершенно ни разу не гей. А вот ты можешь им стать, если будешь на него долго смотреть. Местами манерный, черты характера — аристократические. По сути, не является злодеем в мире OPM, но и геройские будни вместе со сражениями с монстрами его мало интересуют. Чаще всего игнорируется ГГ, чем иногда доставляет, однако, если сумеет всё же заебать Сайтаму — будет озалуплен в один присест со всеми вытекающими.

Кинг. Герой S-класса ака «Сильнейший человек на планете». В ассоциации героев занимает роль главного пиздуна, ибо в реальности паталогически боится до усрачки любого монстра. Не имеет никаких сил и способностей. Однажды, когда у Сайтамы еще были волосы, Кинг случайно оказался в центре заварушки, устроенной очередным антропоморфным гадом, где и получил свой шрам на лице, однако был вовремя спасён ГГ, о чём догадается позже. После этого все вокруг решили, что это дело рук Кинга и быстренько запихнули его в ранг S.

Тацумаки. Местная зело фапабельная мощная лоли-телепатка и типичная представительница тропа «really 700 years old».

Овердохуя других странных личностей. Мир OPM полон разрывающих мозг пародийных и не очень персонажей, которых и описать-то непросто. «Человек-сторожевой пёс», например, ну ты понел.

Мемы[править]

Ok — основной мем франшизы, заполонивший эти ваши интернеты. Представляет собой реакшнфэйс, уверенно замещающий okay guy’я. Даже в гугле по запросу «Ok» появится сверху. По сюжету, сражаясь с брутальным пришельцем, тот объясняет Сайтаме, что принял свою финальную форму и полон силушки богатырской, на что Сайтама безразлично отвечает, мол, «ну ок».

100 — согласно Сайтаме, он добился успеха исключительно благодаря следующей тренировке: 100 отжиманий, 100 приседаний, 100 книжек и забег на 10 километров каждый день. Шутка юмора тут, естессно, в том, что такая тренировка ничего особенного из себя не представляет. Это не помешало горе-атлетам на тытрубах выкладывать тонны видео с заголовками «Я пробую тренировку Сайтамы», «Действительно ли тренировка Сайтамы работает» и т. д. Ну, примерно как школота 30-х, начавшая налегать на шпинат после просмотра мультиков о Попае.

Галерея[править]

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См. также[править]

• Falcon Punch
• Hokuto no Ken
• /a/
• GAR

Ссылки[править]

• Оф. сайт манги для новых выпусков. Бесплатно, но на лунном
• Твиттер Мураты, где он выкладывает много годного арта по сабжу
• Оф. сайт аниме. Ждём второй сезон

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One Punch Man Manga about: The protagonist, Saitama, at first glance is no different. He has no habit of heroism in public, and his bald head and chilly physique only emphasizes the mediocrity. However, in fact, he is a powerful superhero who can easily cope with the strongest villains. Everything would be fine, but this is what confuses Saitama: he can’t find a worthy opponent. And with the image as a hero, the guy has problems.

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To somehow improve his perception in the eyes of others, he decides to take Genos, a cyborg, and at the same time join the Association of Heroes.
The adventures of Saitama and his partner are full of action and comedy moments. The manga tells the story of Saitama, a young boy who has achieved an incredible power that has no equal in this ironically similar world to ours. His story has a lot to think about, something to ponder, something to talk to his friends about, something to discuss. The very first chapters are especially addictive, telling what came before.

He defeats his enemy so fast that he doesn’t even have time for the media to get up there because of it. And because he is so unremarkable, his super heroic exploits go unnoticed. And if he is encountered on the scene, hardly anyone will think that he defeated this or that monster.

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