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One-Punch Man 2 Gets New Cast Member, Opening Theme Song Artists

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Earlier today, the official One-Punch Man anime website updated with a new cast member, plus the opening theme song artist for the upcoming One-Punch Man 2. We break the details down below.

Cast

The series will add the following:

  • Suiryū: Masaya Matsukaze

A visual for the character was also revealed, which you can check out below.

One-Punch Man 2 Character Visual - Suiryu

Theme Songs

JAM Project will return to perform opening theme song Seijaku no Apostle (Quiet Apostle). The song will receive a CD single on April 24, which will include a second unnamed (as of press time) song.

One-Punch Man 2 will hit Japanese TV in April 2019.

One-Punch Man 2 Announcement VisualChikara Sakurai (Magimoji Rurumo) was tapped to direct One-Punch Man 2 at J.C. Staff, replacing Madhouse’s Shingo Natsume. Yoshikazu Iwanami will replace previous sound director Shoji Hata for the series.

Chikashi Kubota (Robotics;Notes, FLCL 2) is returning to provide character designs, while Tomohiro Suzuki (Tiger & Bunny, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.) reprises their role on series composition. Makoto Miyazaki will return to score the soundtrack.

JAM Project will perform the opening theme song.

One-Punch Man 2 VisualThe confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Saitama: Makoto Furukawa
  • Genos: Kaito Ishikawa
  • Speed-o’-Sound Sonic: Yuki Kaji
  • Terrible Tornado: Aoi Yuki
  • Silverfang: Kazuhiro Yamaji
  • Atomic Samurai: Kenjiro Tsuda
  • Child Emperor: Minami Takayama
  • Metal Knight: Tessyo Genda
  • King: Hiroki Yasumoto
  • Zombieman: Takahiro Sakurai
  • Drive Knight: Yoji Ueda
  • Pig God: Daisuke Namikawa
  • Superalloy Blackluster: Satoshi Hino
  • Watchdog Man: Yuji Ueda
  • Flashy Flash: Kohsuke Toriumi
  • Tank-top Master: Katsuyuki Konishi
  • Metal Bat: Wataru Hatano
  • Puri-puri Prisoner: Masaya Onosaka
  • Handsome Kamen Amai Mask: Mamoru Miyano
  • Hellish Blizzard: Saori Hayami
  • Mumen Rider: Yuichi Nakamura
  • Garou: Hikaru Midorikawa

One-Punch Man is based on Yuusuke Murata and ONE’s manga of the same name. The first season aired during the Fall 2015 broadcast season.

Viz Media currently holds the rights to both the One-Punch Man manga and anime series. The company is currently streaming the show on Hulu for residents in the United States. Adult Swim ran the show as part of their Saturday Toonami block in Summer 2016.

In May, Viz announced that they acquired the master license for One-Punch Man 2.

Source: Animate Times

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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