One Punch Man

News Briefs: ONE PUNCH MAN Gets A ‘Fast And Furious’ Director, Yeoh Leads THE BROTHERS SUN, MR-9 Underway With Grillo, Hirsch In THE ENGINEER

• More than two years after landing at Sony Pictures and Arad Productions, Justin Lin is bouncing off of his former tenure on Fast X to direct an adaptation of One Punch Man from a script by Venom scribes Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner. Based on the hit manga from ONE and Yuskue Murata, One Punch Man centers on Saitama, an unassuming young man who joins the Hero Association for fun, only to be beleagured by his ability to knock out any supervillain with one punch. (THR) • Kevin Tancharoen will direct Everything Everywhere All At Once and Master Z: Ip Man Legacy star Michelle Yeoh, and actor Justin Chien for 8-episode Netflix gangster drama, The Brothers Sun. Billed as an “action-packed, dark comedic drama, and family soap,” and follows a Taipei gangster who journeys to LA to protect his family whilst in search of his father’s killer. Sam Song Li […]

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ONE PUNCH MAN Lands At Sony Pictures With Venom Scribes Adapting The Hit Manga Franchise

Lee B. Golden III

It was just a little over four years ago that Viz Media, LLC ponied up its catalogue, partnering with UTA to develop its manga and anime content into live action formats. ONE and Yusuke Murata’s One Punch Man became part of the line up and as it turns out, those propsects now home to Sony Pictures Sony according to Variety. Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinker (Venom) are adapting the property with Avi and Ari Arad producing. One Punch Man centers on Saitama, an unassuming young man who decides to become a hero for fun, joining the Hero Association to help defend Earth from an onslaught of monsters. His superior strength and seeming indestructibility, however, are his biggest downfall whenever he confronts enemies, as it only takes a single punch to defeat them. For Saitama, being a hero becomes more of a bore than anything, thus begging the question: Can a […]

ONE PUNCH MAN Set To Punch Evil Once More For Season Two In 2019

Lee B. Golden III

Nearly a decade after its webcomic launch in 2009, the One Punch Man fandom hasn’t at all lost its steam. It’s biggest hopes of late now ride on the animated series following its premiere in 2015 with the long-awaited season two launch now set to arrive in April of next year with Sakurai Chikara directing at J.C. Staff. VIZ Media, who announced the date on Sunday at an event in Japan, secured the master license for the new season of One Punch Man back in May with multiplatform rights in North America, Latin America and Oceania. JAM Project is back once again to score the opener signaling the newest chapter of Z-City resident, Saitama, a self-trained superhero-for-fun often jaded by the current roster of supervillains unable to put up a better fight than him, and his noble disciple and roomate, Genos, a heroic teenage cyborg eager to improve his own […]

What’s Your Favorite Anime?

Lee B. Golden III

Trigger The past few years have grown on me as I’ve tried to consume as much programmimg as possible with my return to anime, especially in the wake of so many live action adaptation. Shows like Keijo, Death Parade, Samurai Champloo, Ajin, Hunter X Hunter, RWBY and Kurumanda Masami’s 1986 classic, Saint Seiya: Sanctuary, have all been okay to pass the time with, but I’ve grown into several favorites along the way. Kill La Kill, hailed from the director of Gurren Lagann, comes first among the bunch as one of the more memorable ones for me. Aside from its seemingly trashy narrative are deeper messages with respect to clothing and the act of militarial assimilation, all that stemming from the story of a vengeful school girl-turned-reluctant savior of the world when she becomes imbued with powers on behalf of a school girl outfit manufactured from an alien thread. It’s a […]

ONE PUNCH MAN Is Streaming On Viz Media

One Punch Man is looking to be the next big anime of the season and rightfully so! What started as a silly and poorly drawn webcomic back in 2009 that got 10 million views, Young Jump Next picked up the series, and had Yusuke Murata of Eyeshield 21 fame to redraw the series with the original mangaka ONE to continue the story. The story of One Punch Man is a relatively simple but goes far deeper that questions even the typical Japanese hero tropes of old. The story revolves around Saitama, a seemingly boring looking hero who happens to be the strongest hero of all reality. Yes, reality. He is so strong that he can finish every battle with a single punch; but this also causes his frustration. No longer does he feel the thrill of a fight if every fight is nothing to him. So, this poses the question: what […]