The fall 2015 anime series One-Punch Man is set to debut on October 5th, 2015 and there’s a lot of anticipation for it. With it getting a few simulcast destinations, Neon Alley is laying some groundwork ahead of time by adding it to their Hulu-powered service before the debut while including the first two English-subtitled trailers. Usually we don’t see the show listed on Hulu until the first episode is live, so this is a welcome change to show how exposure of trailers on services can get people to follow it more closely pre-release.
The show is getting some extensive streaming this fall from Viz Media and Daisuki, who announced early on that they’d be simulcasting it as well. We learned previously that JAM Project will be doing the opening theme and that the ending theme is being performed by Hiroko Moriguchi. The songs are THE HERO !! ~Okoreru Kobushi ni Hi wo Tsukero~ and Hoshi yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru respectively.
Casting so far has included 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, Katsuyuki Konishi as Tanktop Master, Saori Hayami as Blizzard of Hell, Mamori Miyano as Sweet Mask, Kenjiro Tsuda as Atomic Samurai, Minami Takayama as Child Emperor, Tesshô Genda as Metal Knight, Youji Ueda as Drive Knight, Daisuke Namikawa as Pig God, Satoshi Hino as Superalloy Blackluster, Yuji Ueda as Watchdog Man, Kousuke Toriumi as Flashy Flash, Wataru Hatano as Metal Bat and Masaya Onosaka as Puri-puri Prisoner.
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 nine volumes released so far, making it easy to imagine this will be a single season series when it lands.
Viz Media 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!
I’m looking forward to checking out One-Punch Man. Glad Viz added the series ahead of time so I could add it to my queue to know when the episodes go live.
Same here. It’s definitely my most anticipated show for the fall. Noragami and hopefully Lucifer Comet should be on my ‘watch’ list as well. I’m glad for the heads up though.