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One-Punch Man Anime's 3rd Video Unveils More of Cast, JAM Project Song, Debut Date
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The website for the television anime of ONE and Yūsuke Murata's One-Punch Man manga began streaming the third promotional video on Sunday. The same video debuted during an advance screening in Saitama on Sunday, and it features the opening theme song "The Hero!! ~Ikareru Ken ni Honō o Tsukeru~" (The Hero!! Set Fire to the Furious Fist) by the group JAM Project.
Text: Unique characters who appear one after the other
Text: The ordinary life knock-out action story finally begins!
The video reveals the following new cast members:
Minami Takayama as Child Emperor
Tesshô Genda as Metal Knight
Youji Ueda as Drive Knight
Daisuke Namikawa as Pig God
Satoshi Hino as Superalloy Blackluster
Yūji Ueda as Watchdog Man
Kōsuke Toriumi as Flashy Flash
Wataru Hatano as Metal Bat
Masaya Onosaka as Puri-puri Prisoner
The video also reveals that Hiroko Moriguchi sings the ending theme "Hoshi Yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru" (I'll Find It Before the Stars for You).
The video and website confirmed that the anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and Niconico Live on Sunday, October 4 at 25:05 (effectively, Monday, October 5 at 1:05 a.m.) It will then run on TV Osaka, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Kyoto Broadcasting (KBS), and BS Japan.
The original manga's story revolves around the titular super hero who has trained so hard that his hair has fallen out, and who can overcome any enemy with one punch. However, because he is so strong, he has become bored and frustrated with winning all his battles so easily.
The cast includes:
A man who underwent special training for three years and gained unrivaled powers. He took up being a hero as a hobby.
Kaito Ishikawa (Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet's Ledo, Haikyu!!'s Tobio Kageyama) as Genos
A young man who is a cyborg. He admires Saitama and becomes his apprentice.
Yūki Kaji (Attack on Titan's Eren, World Trigger's Osamu Mikumo) as Speed-o'-Sound Sonic (Onsoku no Sonic)
A self-proclaimed "strongest ninja" who takes on any jobs from assassination to being a bodyguard. He persistently continues to pursue Saitama.
Aoi Yūki (Madoka Magica's Madoka, Sword Art Online II's Yuuki) as Terrible Tornado (Senritsu no Tatsumaki)
An S-class rank 2 hero. She is an esper who brings down her enemies with supernatural attacks. Her outward appearance is that of a little girl but she is in fact an adult.
Kazuhiro Yamaji (Psycho-Pass' Jouji Saiga, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children's Cid) as Silverfang
Hiroki Yasumoto (Yowamushi Pedal's Kinjō, Fairy Tail's Elfman) as King
Takahiro Sakurai (Magi's Ja'far, Tokyo Ghoul's Uta) as Zombieman
Katsuyuki Konishi (Hetalia's America, Fairy Tail's Laxus) as Tanktop Master
Mamoru Miyano as Ikemen Kamen Amai Mask
Saori Hayami as Hellish Blizzard (Jigoku no Fubuki)
Yūichi Nakamura (Fairy Tail's Grey, Valvrave the Liberator's Raizō Yamada) as License-less Hero, the hero with the heart of true justice
Yūsuke Murata's manga series adapts ONE's original web manga of the same name. Murata's manga is currently running on Shueisha's free Tonari no Young Jump spinoff website. The series passed the 2.2-million mark in November 2013, the 3.4-million mark in May 2014, and the 4.5-million mark in November. Shueisha published the ninth volume earlier this year, and a special edition of the ninth volume included a drama CD.
One-Punch Man is currently serialized in Viz Media's English-language digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump. Viz is releasing the first two volumes in print this September, and Viz will also stream the anime on its website and on Daisuki.
Update: Also announced on Sunday, Makoto Miyazaki (Dragon Crisis!, Triage X) is composing the music. Chikashi Kubota (From the New World, Robotics;Notes) is serving as both character designer and chief animation director. Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama are the art directors, and Ken Hashimoto is the color key artist. Akane Fushihara is the director of photography, while Kashiko Kimura is editing. Shōji Hata is directing the sound. As previously announced, Shingo Natsume (Space Dandy, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos) is directing the anime at Madhouse (Summer Wars, Hunter x Hunter), and Tomohiro Suzuki (Tiger & Bunny scripts, Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary) is in charge of the series scripts. Thanks, DontmesswithKarma
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