One Punch Man: Road to Hero

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Synonyms: One Punch Man OVA, One Punch-Man OVA, One-Punch Man OVA

Japanese: ワンパンマン OVA「ロード・トゥ・ヒーロー」

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 4, 2015

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Web manga

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Parody, Super Power, Supernatural, Seinen

Duration: 24 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.83¹ (scored by 98,320 users)

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Ranked: #847²

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Popularity: #577

Members: 165,897

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Before Saitama became the man he is today, he trained and fought endlessly to become a hero. While every scuffle leaves his tracksuit uniform in tatters, he always has it mended for free thanks to his local tailor. One day, however, the tailor informs him that he must close up shop due to pressure from a local gang. Saitama decides to help him out—and gains something irreplaceable in the process.

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One Punch Man: Road to Hero is an anime-exclusive story written by original creator ONE and set before the events of the main story and was bundled with the tenth volume of One Punch-Man manga.

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Saitama

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Furukawa, Makoto
Japanese

Genos

Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito
Japanese

Gofukuya

Supporting

Cho
Japanese

Deliquent B

Supporting

Hamazoe, Shinya
Japanese

Landlady

Supporting

Mayama, Ako
Japanese

Shady Goldfish

Supporting

Shimoyama, Yoshimitsu
Japanese

Deliquent A

Supporting

Gotou, Hiroki
Japanese

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Yamaoka, Minoru

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Suzuki, Tomohiro

Script

Tachikawa, Yuzuru

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JAM Project

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"THE HERO !! ~Okoreru Kobushi ni Hi wo Tsukero~ (THE HERO !! ～怒れる拳に火をつけろ～)" by JAM Project

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"Hoshi yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru (星より先に見つけてあげる)" by Hiroko Moriguchi

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Dec 5, 2015

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Rikuson1 (All reviews)

55 people found this review helpful

One Punch Man: Road to Hero Review

Story (6/10) Fine
More Specifically (6.5/10)

The story for Road to Hero is simple and fine it's basically showing the struggles Saitama had to go through back when we assuming he's doing his Training through out the years he said he did to became the beast we all know him as and with the fact that he still has his hair this entire episode you can come to this conclusion fairly quickly. It also shows how he got his outfit and a couple of other interesting things.

Art and Animation (8/10) Very Good

The Art and Animation for this stand alone is very good it looks just as good as the other episodes. The isn't anything high budget related taking place in this episode and barely any fights are even seen so barely anything high maintenance on the animation side of things where shown in the episode but like I said it looks identical to the other 12 episodes when nothing super crazy is happening so that fine by me.

Sound (8/10) Very Good

Same thing with this section everything sound very good, Opening and Ending are present no really differences between this and the 12 episodes everything is very good here too.

Characters (8/10) Very Good

This episode revolves around Saitama mostly and secondly his friend who creates the icon One Punch Man outfit for him. His character is very good as we see his struggles of keeping his store afloat good character development for the old geezer as he *SPOILER* ends up giving in to his age and the times for retirement.

Enjoyment (7/10) Good

Obviously the highest enjoyments when it comes to the series One Punch Man are the over the top and hype moments the series brings to the table, after that enjoyment lays on to the comedy aspect and then the actual story. So since this is based on Saitama before he went bald all the hype hype moments are really present for the episode. As for comedy there are a few funny moments in the episode but nothing that made me laugh my ass off like the other episodes. And so we are down to story and learning about what Saitama had to go through to get to where he his as far as his outfit and where he's living is interesting and enjoying enough to an extent for one episode.

Overall (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.50/10)

This was a good episode you can definitely consider this a flashback episodes which now these days aren't really liked around here but it was good for what it was. Nothing too crazy and amazing but more on the funny/informational side of things when it came to One Punch man this is a good watch if you want to just know more about Saitama.

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Dec 6, 2015

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

nickwantadonut (All reviews)

27 people found this review helpful

"Road to Hero" depicts Saitama in, what I assume, is his very early tenure of being a part-time hero. The story takes place in Z-City, where a group of thugs calling themselves Niya Niya Loans are forcing local businesses to close their doors when they can no longer afford "insurance" that Niya is offering them. Saitama becomes involved whenever his tailor, located in the now nearly abandoned shopping district in Z-City, informs him of the situation.

This is a standalone arc that offers some brief insight into Saitama and his humble beginnings. There isn't nearly as much action in this OVA compared to the actual series, read more

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Jan 8, 2016

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

OracionScruffy (All reviews)

18 people found this review helpful

This OVA Shouldn't exist. It's pointless and could've been summarised in 30 seconds in an episode of the anime.

The plot of the OVA is pointless, even the OVA itself says it's pointless.
It's basically 20 minutes of immense boredom, just so you can see the one thing that matters at the very end, which is Saitama getting his outfit. Which as I previously stated, could've been summarised within 30 seconds.

None of the characters are entertaining or memorable. The only good thing about this OVA is the animation. Which while it looks nice, it just isn't worth watching it for the animation alone. Especially when the anime read more

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Mar 13, 2016

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

shehrozeameen (All reviews)

12 people found this review helpful

I fail to see why people will give One Punch Man's "Road to Hero" a low rating, but will have apprehensions with Sword Art Online, Attack on Titans, and Naruto - three shit anime in my honest opinion.

This is actually a really good episode: It gives a decent introduction to the origins of the suit which Saitama-san wears, and has fairly intriguing plot twists which are used to show that Saitama-san isn't just a simple run of the mill block of wood. In essence, this is an origin story which provides a certain perspective of Saitama-san and how he transformed into the hero he is read more

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