One Punch Man

Madhouse
Parody / Superpower / Action12 EP/5 Oct 2015

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Synopsis

Being able to kill anything with one punch sounds like the ultimate power fantasy until you realize it's actually ruined his life. Saitama trained so hard he went bald and became the strongest being alive, and now he can't feel anything during a fight. Every monster, every world-ending threat — one hit, done. He's not angsting about it either. He's just... bored. Goes grocery shopping. Misses sales. Barely reacts when something levels a city. That's the joke at the center of this 12-episode TV series from Madhouse, and it never stops being funny. Saitama exists in a world full of dramatic heroes with elaborate backstories and power rankings, and he just wanders through it like a guy who showed up to the wrong anime. Early on he meets Genos, an intense cyborg with a tragic past who immediately declares himself Saitama's disciple. Their dynamic is great — Genos treating everything with deadly seriousness while Saitama zones out during conversations. The animation is genuinely stunning. Fight scenes have a weight and fluidity that hold up years later, which makes the comedy land even harder when Saitama ends things in one anticlimactic hit. The whole thing is a parody of superhero and shonen tropes, but it works as a straight action show too. If you liked Mob Psycho 100 (same original creator) or the self-aware humor in Gintama, this is right there. Fans of My Hero Academia's hero society worldbuilding will find familiar ground here, just played for laughs.

Episode Guide

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Characters

Saitama

Overpowered Z-City hero, Saitama, seeks a worthy opponent after effortlessly defeating foes with one punch.

Portrayed by Mittelman Max

Genos

Cyborg superhero Genos, Saitama's disciple, seeks ultimate power and fights for justice as an S-Class hero.

Portrayed by Aguilar Zach

MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Chapters 1-37 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 38.

Manga cover

Quick Takes

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Lord Boros literally punching saitama to the Moon, only for him to casually jump back and drop the serious punch is the most jaw-dropping flex in this anime.

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Saitama casually wander around a massive alien spaceship, mapping the place out by breaking everything, is peak comedy. But the real star is Lord Boros stepping up at the end with that insane cosmic aura. Animations were insane.

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A top-tier prophet literally chokes because the upcoming threat is so catastrophically bad and the S-Class assemble, right before a giant alien spaceship flattens a city is peak .

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