Ahead of the October premiere of One-Punch Man season three, VIZ Media has announced they have acquired the rights to the anime adapted from manga creator ONE and artist Yusuke Murata.
San Francisco-based VIZ Media retained the rights related to theatrical, television, digital, home entertainment, ancillary, and merchandising for North America, Latin America, and Oceania.
Details regarding streaming and regional availability are expected in the coming weeks.
Season three’s production includes a story by ONE, artwork from Yusuke Murata, series composition overseen by Tomohiro Suzuki, and character designs crafted by Chikashi Kubota, Shinjiro Kuroda, and Ryosuke Shirakawa. The music is composed by Makoto Miyazaki, with animation by J.C. STAFF.
The first two seasons of One-Punch Man are streaming on Netflix in Canada and Latin America, and on Hulu in the United States. Both seasons are also available for digital purchase through Google, Apple TV, Microsoft Movies & TV, and YouTube here in Canada.
VIZ Media provided a synopsis of One-Punch Man in a press release:
Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun.
After three years of “special training,” 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. Alongside Genos, his faithful disciple, Saitama performs his official hero duties as a member of the Hero Association.
One day, monsters claiming to be from the Monster Association suddenly appeared, taking a child of Hero Association executive hostage. The S-class heroes gather and plan a raid on the Monster Association hideout to rescue the hostage. Meanwhile, Garou, a “human monster” who was taken by the Monster Association during a battle with the heroes, awakens in the Monster Association hideout.
One-Punch Man is an ongoing web comic by ONE, which began in 2009, is currently serialized Shueisha’s webcomic platform Tonari No Young Jump; in North America, VIZ Media publishes the English-translated editions in print and digital formats. The first season broadcast from October 4th, 2015 until December 20th, 2015 and was followed by the second season that began April 9th, 2019 and concluded on July 2nd, 2019.
Source: VIZ Media press release
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