One Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン Hepburn: Wanpanman) is an ongoing Japanese webcomic created by an author using the pseudonym ONE, which began publication in 2009. The series quickly went viral, surpassing 7.9 million hits in June 2012. The name is a play on the long-running children’s character Anpanman, as the word punch (パンチ panchi) is occasionally shortened topan (パン)
Plans have been announced to broadcast the anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One-Punch Man superhero manga this fall, starting in October on TV Tokyo and other networks. Leading into this will be drama CD with a Momotaro story, released in the…
The audience response had been extraordinary since the release of the manga One-Punch Man. Not surprisingly, the gag manga was then able to captivate the hearts of many viewers. Geeky jokes of Saitama’s bald character were immediately turned into so…
Adapted from a manga of the same title Produced by: Madhouse Genres: Action, Comedy, Parody, Supernatural Number of episodes: 12 Summary: Everything about Saitama screams “average”, from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn’t…
