On his adventures, he meets new friends, enemies, and his own disciple, the cybo

rg Genos, and joins the Heroes Association in order to gain official recognition
as a hero. Despite defeating many strong monsters that even the Heroes Associat
ion s top members are unable to defeat, Saitama struggles to gain respect. Most pe
ople look down on him due to his plain physical appearance, and some accuse him
of being a counterfeit hero. But he never gives up and tries his best to beat th
e hell out of every opponent. Finally he takes up a battle with boros whose resu
lts were clear at the very beginning of the fight, still after seeing the half a
n hour episode it was made clear that he not only won but also crushed boros to
grounds literally. The exciting part of the plot is that saitama is actually bla
st the class S rank 1 in the hero academy, and he is the one after which the her
o academy has been formed.
One-Punch Man (Japanese: ?????? Hepburn: Wanpanman?) is an ongoing Japanese webc
omic created by an author using the pseudonym ONE, which began publication in ea
rly 2009.[3] The series quickly went viral, surpassing 7.9 million hits in June
2012.[4] The Japanese shortened name Wanpanman is a play on the long-running chi
ldren's character Anpanman (the form pan (???) is not a standard abbreviation fo
r punch (??? panchi?)).[5]
A digital manga remake of the series, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began public
ation on Shueisha's Young Jump Web Comics website in 2012.[3] Viz Media has lice
nsed the remake for English serialization in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital maga
zine.[6] A television anime adaptation by Madhouse aired in Japan between Octobe
r and December 2015.[7][8][9]
Contents [hide]
1
Plot
2
Media
2.1
Manga
2.2
Anime
3
Reception
4
Notes
5
References
6
External links
Plot[edit]
See also: List of One-Punch Man characters
The story takes place in the fictional Japanese metropolis of City Z. The world
is full of strange monsters that mysteriously appear and cause disasters. Saitam
a, the protagonist, is an incredibly powerful hero who can easily defeat the mon
sters or other villains with a single punch. However, due to his overwhelming st
rength, Saitama has become bored with his powers and is constantly trying to fin
d stronger opponents who can present a challenge to him.
On his adventures, he meets new friends, enemies, and his own disciple, the cybo
rg Genos, and joins the Heroes Association in order to gain official recognition
as a hero. Despite defeating many strong monsters that even the Heroes Associat
ion s top members are unable to defeat, Saitama struggles to gain respect. Most pe
ople 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 recognize his in
credible talent and humility towards others.
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
See also: List of One-Punch Man chapters
ONE began publishing One-Punch Man as a webcomic in 2009.[3] As of January 2016,
the webcomic has released 105 chapters.[10] When the series became popular, rec
eiving 7.9 million hits by June 2012, Yusuke Murata contacted One with a proposa
l to redraw the comic for digital publication in Weekly Young Jump's spin-off ma
nga website Young Jump Web Comics (??????????? Tonari no Yangu Janpu?), publishe
d by Shueisha.[3][4][5] The first chapter was published on June 14, 2012.[4] A d

rama CD was bundled with the ninth volume, which was released in August 2015.[11
]
The series began publication in Viz Media's Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump Alph
a at the time) in North America on January 21, 2013.[6] The first digital volume
was released in February 2014.[12] One-Punch Man was one of a number of series
that Viz made available on ComiXology in June 2014.[13] The manga was released i
n print in the United States starting in September 2015.[14]
Anime[edit]
See also: List of One-Punch Man episodes
An anime adaptation was announced in the 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on Marc
h 10, 2015.[7] The series' first season was directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhou
se and written by Tomohiro Suzuki.[15] The series also features character design
s by Chikashi Kubota, who also serves as chief animation director,[16] music by
Makoto Miyazaki and art design by Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama. Ken Hashimo
to serves as the series color key artist, Akane Fushihara is the director of pho
tography and Kashiko Kimura serves as the series editor, and Shoji Hata does sou
nd design.[16] The opening theme song is "The Hero!! ~Ikareru Ken ni Hono o Tsuk
ero~" (THE HERO!! ~??????????~, "The Hero!! Set Fire to the Furious Fist") by JA
M Project, and the closing theme is "Hoshi Yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru" (??????
??????, "I'll Find It Before the Stars for You") by Hiroko Moriguchi.[16]
One-Punch Man's first season aired in Japan between October 5, 2015 and December
21, 2015 on TV Tokyo,[n 1] airing at later dates on TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan, an
d AT-X,[16][17] and ran for 12 episodes. The season streamed on Niconico and was
simulcast on Hulu, Daisuki, and Viz Media's Neon Alley service.[18] A preview s
creening was held in the Saitama City Cultural Center on September 6, 2015.[18]
The series is licensed by Viz Media in North America,[19] and by Kaze UK in the
United Kingdom.[20] An original video animation was released with the tenth mang
a volume on December 4, 2015.[21] Additional OVA episodes are included with Bluray Disc & DVD volumes of the season, the first of which was released on Decembe
r 24, 2015.[22][23][24]
Murata announced in the last weeks of the first season's airing schedule that he
is working on making a second season a reality, but has not confirmed it is in
development as of December 2015.[25]
Reception[edit]
The series had 2.2 million copies in print in November 2013,[26] 3.2 million cop
ies in April 2014,[27] and 4.5 million copies in November 2014.[28] The series w
as one of ten nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taisho Awards in 2014.[29]
Both the first and second volumes debuted on the New York Times Manga Best Selle
rs list, at first and second place, respectively, and stayed for two weeks.[30]
Volume one dropped to second place for the third week, while volume two fell off
the list altogether.[31] Volume one was still on the list for a fourth week.[32
][needs update] The series was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015.[2][33]