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Sherman, Jennifer (October 24, 2019). "One-Punch Man 2nd New OVA Episode's 1st 80 Seconds Previewed in Clip". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019 . Retrieved October 24, 2019. The S-class superheroes and Saitama are gathered at City A where it is revealed that Madame Shibabawa has died but has predicted that their world would face a great danger. A gigantic alien spacecraft arrives, destroying most of City A except for the headquarters. As heroes Atomic Samurai, Bang, Puri-Puri Prisoner, and Metal Bat try to fight Melzargard, a shape-shifting alien with five heads, the others try to figure out how to get to the spaceship, while Saitama has already punched his way in, defeating Groribas. Melzargard continues to regenerate and pose a problem to the heroes until they find his weakness is that he hides a marble essence in each of his heads. Saitama faces Lord Boros, the leader of the Dark Matter Thieves. One-Punch Man: Season 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021 . Retrieved July 15, 2019.

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One-Punch Man was one of the Manga Division's Jury Recommended Works at the 17th and 18th installments of Japan Media Arts Festival in 2013 and 2014, respectively. [69] [70] The series was nominated for the seventh annual Manga Taishō Award in 2014. [71] It was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2015; [3] [72] [73] and a Harvey Award in 2016. [74] The manga won the Sugoi Japan Award; [75] and the Spanish Manga Barcelona award for the seinen category in 2017. [76] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 2, 2019). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series - December 2018". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019 . Retrieved April 4, 2019. Oasis Games Launches the Official One-Punch Man Mobile Game, One-Punch Man: Road to Hero". Anime News Network. August 23, 2019. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019 . Retrieved September 12, 2019.

Note: The chapter "I See" was split into two. The first half being renamed "I'll Dispatch Them!" and the second half "The Decision Is??" Bonus 3: The Blizzard Bunch challenge Saitama and his friends to a match involving fighting video games. Child Emperor develops a mask that assesses the power levels of heroes and monsters, but it is still a work in progress. One began the original webcomic of One-Punch Man in 2009. [5] [6] The Japanese shortened name Wanpanman is a play on the long-running children's character Anpanman, [7] wanpan being a contraction of wanpanchi ("one punch"). [8] One became interested in creating a comic superhero who was already the strongest in the world. [6] [9] He wanted to focus on different aspects of storytelling than those normally relied on in standard superhero stories, such as everyday problems. One said: "Punching is oftentimes pretty useless against life's problems. But inside One-Punch Man 's universe, I made Saitama a sort of guy who was capable of adapting his life to the world that surrounded him, only armed with his immense power. The only obstacles he faces are mundane things, like running short of money." [9] Osmond, Andrew (April 2, 2018). "Netflix Adds One Punch Man and Saiki K". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021 . Retrieved October 8, 2021. McMillan, Graeme (April 22, 2015). "Marvel, DC and Fantagraphics lead 2015 Eisner Award nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019 . Retrieved September 23, 2018.