One-Punch Man poster

One-Punch Man (2015)

Series · 24m episodes · Rated TV-PG · In Japanese

Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Comedy, Fantasy, Foreign (non-English), Sci-Fi

An invincible hero finds boredom in his strength as absurd villains fall with a single punch.

Campy and satirical, with absurdist humor. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Netflix, Hulu and Crunchyroll.

One-Punch Man parents guide

The thing to know: strong violence, some innuendo or implied sex and light gore, more than a TV-PG usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and a few tense moments.

Our estimate: fine from about 13, higher than the TV-PG suggests, because of the violence.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is One-Punch Man scary?
Only a little. One-Punch Man has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is One-Punch Man?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is One-Punch Man rated, and is it OK for kids?
It is rated TV-PG, but it runs warmer than that: strong violence. Know your kid.

What is One-Punch Man about?

Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, 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, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day, how much longer can he keep it going?

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves things open rather than tying them up.

Cast and crew

StarringMakoto Furukawa

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