New
Anime Series By Studio MADHOUSE About A Superhero With A Knockout Punch
Streams On The Same Day As Japanese Broadcast Premiere – Catch Episode 1
On October 4th!
San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2015 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and
licensor of manga and anime in North America, invites audiences to catch
the knuckle-busting premiere of the ONE-PUNCH MAN anime simulcast –
this Sunday, October 4th!
Presented with English subtitles on the same day as its Japanese network broadcast premiere, Episode 1 introduces an action-packed story about an average-guy-turned-superhero who packs a knockout punch. New episodes of the series will debut each Sunday. ONE-PUNCH MAN will be available to U.S. audiences on-demand on VIZ.com and Hulu.
ONE-PUNCH MAN is based on the bestselling manga series (also published by VIZ Media; rated ‘T for Teens), created by writer ONE and artist Yusuke Murata. The anime series was animated by the renowned Japanese studio, Madhouse, and helmed by famed anime director, Shingo Natsume, (Space Dandy, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos), and features character designs by Chikashi Kubota (From the New World, Robotics:notes).
In ONE-PUNCH MAN, Saitama
is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of
“special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically
invincible. In fact, he’s too strong—even his mightiest opponents are
taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly
powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero
lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day,
how much longer can he keep it going?
“ONE-PUNCH
MAN is one of the most highly anticipated anime shows of 2015 and we
are very excited to add the hard hitting new action adventure to our
roster and launch the series to domestic as well as international fans
on the same day as broadcast premiere in Japan,” says Brian Ige, VIZ
Media Vice President Animation. “The bestselling manga series has
established a fervent and fast growing fan base for ONE-PUNCH MAN and we
look forward to awareness spreading to legions of new fans with the
launch of the anime series. Catch the butt-kicking first episode this
weekend!”
Manga
creator ONE began ONE-PUNCH MAN as a web comic, which quickly
went viral and garnered over 10 million hits. Japanese manga publisher
(and VIZ Media parent company) Shueisha eventually secured the
publishing rights to the series which has sold more than 4.5 million
copies to-date. In addition to ONE-PUNCH MAN, ONE writes and draws the
series Mob Psycho 100 and Makai no Ossan.
Yusuke
Murata is a highly acclaimed and skilled manga artist best known for
his work on the football series, EYESHIELD 21 (also published in North
America by VIZ Media). In 1995, Murata won the prestigious 122nd Hop Step Award for his series, Partner, and placed second in 1998 in the semi-annual Akatsuka Awards for Samui Hanashi.
Neon Alley is VIZ Media’s consolidated online destination for FREE
streaming anime content in the U.S. with over 3,700 subtitled and
English dubbed episodes and movies from more than 32 series! Neon Alley
also reaches an expansive on-demand U.S.-based audience on Hulu, which
enables viewers to watch shows anytime, anywhere across devices including Xbox One, PlayStation®4 (PS4™), Roku,
Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and mobile
devices. A full list of Hulu -enabled devices can be found at http://www.hulu.com/plus/ devices.
For more information on ONE-PUNCH MAN or other anime titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com/opm/.
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About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ
Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English
speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN
JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ
Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties
for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ
Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated
television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a
variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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