As you might expect from his claims of being "not that great," ONE's art is a completely different style from Murata's detailed, highly polished work, but the character designs, ideas, and sense of humor that make One Punch Man a hit are already there. If you're familiar with that version, then going back to the webcomic makes for an interesting experience. By 2012, Akiman had recommended the webcomic to artist Yusuke Murata, who teamed up with ONE for a remake of the webcomic that would run in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, expanding on the world and characters that ONE had created online. On a site where a comic was considered a "success" if it got 30 viewers, One Punch Man drew thousands within a few weeks of starting, attracting the attention of people like Akiman, the legendary artist responsible for the character designs in video games like Street Fighter II, Darkstalkers, and Final Fight. Amidst the whirlpool of questions that come to mind one after another, survival in a supernatural world begins.ĭirected by Shingo Natsume, Sonny Boy premieres on Funimation on July 16.Needless to say, it did work out.
Suddenly, the school begins to drift through another dimension, and 36 boys and girls are left there, awakening to their supernatural abilities. It was supposed to be a normal summer vacation just like any other. The official summary of Sonny Boy is as follows:Įmpty classrooms, boring days. I'd like to say that it would betray your expectations, in a good way. We use a lot of new techniques that I haven't tried before. In that sense, compared to shows that are based on existing works, you can expect this show to be different-looking. So I can try to go for something I've never done before. Well, it's not based on an existing story. Natsume expressed that he is enjoying the freedom that comes with creating an original anime that isn't based on a manga or other pre-existing source material, saying "For this show, Sonny Boy. That's how the project ended up this way." So I thought this would be a good time to do the thing I've wanted to do, and do something original. I've always wanted to do something like that, and luckily I got the opportunity to do just that for this project. For example, Two Years' Vacation and Robinson Crusoe. Natsume went on to discuss his literary influences in crafting this original story: "I've always liked stories about adventure and read them as a child. Put simply, the theme is like, a coming-of-age story." It's a sort of a multi-protagonist story about youth. A class of 9th graders enter an alien dimension.
When asked to describe the series, Natsume said, "It's a 'castaway' type show.
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