One-Punch Man

One-Punch Man is a American-Australian animated series created by Mala Miles and Syo Tortellini. One-Punch Man tells the story of Saitama, a superhero who can defeat any opponent with a single punch but seeks to find a worthy opponent after growing bored by a lack of challenge in his fight against evil.

Intended to be a comic written and illustrated by Miles and Tortellini in 1990, production on the comic shifted into an animated series in 1993.

Plot
On an unnamed Earth-like supercontinent planet, powerful monsters and villains have been wreaking havoc in the cities. To combat them, the millionaire Agoni creates the Hero Association, which employs superheroes to stop them. Saitama, an unassociated hero, hails from the metropolis of City Z and performs heroic deeds for his own entertainment. He has trained himself to the point where he can effortlessly defeat any opponent with a single punch, becoming bored with his own omnipotence.

Over the course of the series, Saitama encounters various superheroes, friends, villains, and monsters. He reluctantly becomes a mentor to Genos, a cyborg who moves in with him and is seeking revenge against another cyborg who killed his entire family and hometown. Saitama and Genos join the Hero Association. Saitama performs many feats that go mostly unnoticed and unappreciated by the public due to his low-entry rank.

Before she dies, the seer Shibabawa has a vision that the world is in danger. The Hero Association calls all the top heroes to a meeting, begging them to protect the world. Immediately after the meeting, an alien named Boros invades the planet. The heroes fight the invaders outside Boros' ship, while Saitama finds Boros and defeats him.

Saitama gradually begins to meet other superheroes such as the martial artist Bang; and King, the "Strongest Man on Earth", who is actually a fraud quietly taking credit for Saitama's deeds. Growing increasingly aware of the rising rate of monster appearances, the Hero Association tries to recruit more heroes and even begins recruiting villains. When Hero Association executive Sitch tries to do so, Bang's former apprentice Garo begins beating heroes left and right. Garo's ruthlessness earns him the title "Hero Hunter".

Saitama enters a martial arts tournament disguised as Charanko, a disciple of Bang. During the tournament, the Monster Association attacks various cities, kidnaps the child of one of the Hero Association's executives, and recruits potential fighters by offering them "monster cells" that mutate them into monsters with extraordinary abilities. The Hero Association attempts a rescue of the kidnapped child.

Characters

 * Charlie Schlatter as Saitama
 * Cam Clarke as Genos
 * Cathy Cavadini as Tatsumaki
 * Bronson Pinchot as Bang
 * Corey Burton as Atomic Samurai
 * Danny Cooksey as Child Emperor
 * Hank Azaria as Metal Knight
 * Neil Ross as King
 * Paul Reubens as Zombieman
 * Frank Welker as Pig God
 * Phil LaMarr as Superalloy Blackluster
 * Jack Angel as Watchdog Man
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Tank-Top Master
 * Dave Coulier as Metal Bat
 * Kevin Schon as Puri-Puri Prisoner
 * Pat Fraley as Amai Mask
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Snakebite Snek
 * Rino Romano as Golden Ball
 * Billy West as Spring Mustachio
 * Tino Insana as Lightning Max
 * Harry Shearer as Stinger
 * Jim Cummings as Iarion

Production and development
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Home media
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Video games
On June 25, 1999, One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows was announced for the PlayStation, Dreamcast, and PC. It was released on February 28, 2000 by Infogrames.