<P> The series began publication in Viz Media's Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump Alpha at the time) in North America on January 21, 2013 . The first digital volume was released in February 2014 . One - Punch Man was one of a number of series that Viz made available on ComiXology in June 2014 . The manga was released in print in the United States starting in September 2015 . </P> <P> An anime adaptation was announced in the 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10, 2015 . The series' first season was directed by Shingo Natsume at Madhouse and written by Tomohiro Suzuki . The series also features character designs by Chikashi Kubota, who also serves as chief animation director, music by Makoto Miyazaki and art design by Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama . Ken Hashimoto serves as the series color key artist, Akane Fushihara is the director of photography and Kashiko Kimura serves as the series editor, and Shoji Hata does sound design . The opening theme song is "The Hero!! ~ Ikareru Ken ni Honō o Tsukero ~" (THE HERO!! ~ 怒れる 拳 に 火 を つけろ ~, "The Hero!! Set Fire to the Furious Fist") by JAM Project, and the closing theme is "Hoshi Yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru" (星 より 先 に 見つけ て あげる, "I'll Find It Before the Stars for You") by Hiroko Moriguchi . </P> <P> One - Punch Man's first season aired in Japan between October 5, 2015 and December 21, 2015 on TV Tokyo, airing at later dates on TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan, and AT - X, and ran for 12 episodes . The season streamed on Niconico and was simulcast on Hulu, Daisuki, and Viz Media's Neon Alley service . A preview screening was held in the Saitama City Cultural Center on September 6, 2015 . The series is licensed by Viz Media in North America, by Kaze UK in the United Kingdom, and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand . An original video animation was released with the tenth manga volume on December 4, 2015 . Additional OVA episodes are included with Blu - ray Disc & DVD volumes of the season, the first of which was released on December 24, 2015 . Murata announced in the last weeks of the first season's airing schedule that he was working on making a second season a reality, but had not confirmed it was in development as of December 2015 . </P> <P> A second season was later confirmed in September 2016 and is currently in production . The second season will be animated by J.C. Staff with Chikara Sakurai replacing Shingo Natsume as director and Yoshikazu Iwanami replacing Shoji Hata as sound director . Tomohiro Suzuki, Chikashi Kubota and Makoto Miyazaki will reprise their roles as series composer, character designer and music composer, respectively . </P>

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