One punch manoriginally a manga series and more recently an anime and video game (oh and a very clean pair of shoes)is about to jump into another medium with the announcement that a live-action film adaptation is in development at Sony.
As meeting reportlong time Fast & Furious Man Justin Lin was appointed director. The writers will Scott Rosenberg & Jeff Pinkner (poison, Jumanji: The next level), while Avia and his son Ari Arad will produce alongside Lin. As of the date of publication, “the intention [is there] Starting production at the end of the year,” meaning this won’t be hitting screens for a while.
meeting also say “tThe studio is optimistic about the franchise starter concept, which is interesting given the fact Hollywood’s… rocky history of manga and anime adaptations (something Arad will be all too familiar with given his role in 2017 ghost in the shell Movie).
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What is it like to be the strongest person on the planet? If you answered that it was a boring, depressing state of existential angst, then you would empathize with the hero of One Punch Man.
One Punch Man is a superhero anime based on the manga of the same name, combining action, comedy, and satire while spoofing many of the tropes endemic to the genre. The concept seems ingeniously simple. The hero Saitama is so strong that he can defeat any opponent with one hit. Unfortunately, he has become dissatisfied as there is no one left to challenge him.
One Punch Man’s existential crisis is easily our own. The anime excels at embracing the absurdity of the genre and delighting in smashing tropes with every fist. Inverting the genre’s expectations, we pray that Saitama will finally find someone to defeat him, and in this act find release from the boredom that threatens to destroy his existence and ours.
