One Punch Man
One-Punch Man is an ongoing Japanese webcomic created by an author ONE, which began publication in 2009to the present. 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 is not usually shortened to pan.
A digital manga remake of the series, illustrated by Yusuke Murata, began publication on Shueisha's Young Jump Web Comics website in 2012. Viz Media has licensed the remake for English serialization in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine. In March 2015, it was announced that an anime adaptation had been green-litted and began airing in October 2015.
The story takes place in the fictional Japanese metropolis of City Z(in a mega continent that is more likely looks like pangea a ancient mega continet in the past). The world that is full of strange monsters that mysteriously appear and causes all kinds of disasters. Saitama is an incredibly powerful hero who easily defeats the monsters or other villains with a single punch. However, due to his overwhelming strength, Saitama has become bored with his powers and is constantly trying to find stronger opponents who can fight him.
On his adventures, he meets new friends, enemies, and his own disciple, the cyborg Genos, and joins the Heroes Association in order to gain fame for all of his efforts to defeat evil. 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 recognize his incredible talent and humility towards others.
An anime adaptation was announced in 2015's 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10. The series will be directed by Shingo Natsume and written by Tomohiro Suzuki, with animation by the animation studioMadhouse. Chikashi Kubota provides character designs for the series and is serving as the chief animation director. Makoto Miyazaki is composing the series' music. Art design is provided 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. Shoji Hata is the sound editor for the anime. The opening theme song is "The Hero!! ~Ikareru Ken ni Honō o Tsukeru~" by JAM Project
