Anticipation for the fall 2015 anime series One-Punch Man is certainly high, but what’ll be interesting is to see how those that haven’t been reading and invested in the manga will take to it. Bandai Visual has now released the second promotional video for the series, clocking in at two minutes, as it delves into the main cast a good bit, shows off the animation but also makes a good play at the humorous side of it. The series will be streaming from Viz Media and Daisuki this fall.
Initial casting was revealed previously with Makoto Furukawa on board to play Saitama, Kaito Ishikawa will be playing Genos, Yuuki Kaji as Speed of Sound Sonic and Aoi Yuki as Tornado of Terror. Supporting cast includes Yūichi Nakamura as License-less Rider, Kazuhiro Yamaji as Silver Fang, Hiroki Yasumoto as King, Takahiro Sakurai as Zombieman and Katsuyuki Konishi as Tanktop Master.
The anime adaptation is being produced by Madhouse for the animation with Shingo Natsume set to direct based on the overall scripts by Tomohiro Suzuki. Chikashi Kubota is on board to handle the character designs for it. The series is set to debut in October of this year.
The manga comes from ONE and Yusuke Murata, which began in 2012 in Tonari no Young Jump online after it was originally started back in 2009 by Murata online. The manga has six volumes released so far, making it easy to imagine this will be a single season series when it lands.
Viz Media has is releasing the manga in North America in both print and digital form.
Plot concept: In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams “AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn’t have your average problem… He’s actually a superhero that’s looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!