One Punch Man Specials
ワンパンマン
- Action
- Comedy
- Adult Cast
- Parody
- Super Power
- Episodes
- 6
- Duration
- 12 min per ep
- Aired
- Dec 24, 2015 to May 27, 2016
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
*One Punch Man Specials* is a collection of bonus episodes packaged with the Blu-ray and DVD releases of *One Punch Man*. These extras offer additional bite-sized content that complements the main story’s action-comedy and superhero parody.
Otaku Consensus
With a 7.69 MAL average and 75/100 on AniList, the verdict is clear: Madhouse’s One Punch Man Specials work as sharp Blu-ray/DVD-side comedy, using compact OVA pacing and the Saitama–Genos straight-man imbalance to preserve the series’ action-satire rhythm. The adaptation is strongest as episodic parody rather than escalation; the most repeated criticism is that these six extras lack the main season’s narrative depth and sustained entertainment ceiling.
Why You Should Watch
Watch these if you want more of One Punch Man’s comic timing without committing to another tournament-sized arc. The appeal is the bottle-episode version of the franchise: Saitama’s blank-force-of-nature presence, Genos’s over-serious devotion, and side detours into work, food, martial-arts, ninja/assassin, and even karuta-flavored absurdity. It scratches the same itch as Gintama’s gag interludes or The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.’s rapid deadpan, but with Madhouse’s superhero impact cuts waiting in the wings. Because the six episodes were built as Blu-ray/DVD bonuses, they play best as dessert after Season 1: low-stakes, densely comic, and tuned for viewers who like parody mechanics and character chemistry more than lore expansion.
Key Characters
- SSaitama(VA: Makoto Furukawa)
Saitama remains the franchise’s most efficient joke engine, turning superhero spectacle into deadpan anti-climax through Furukawa’s deliberately flat timing.
- GGenos(VA: Kaito Ishikawa)
Genos is funniest when his total seriousness collides with the specials’ smaller everyday absurdities, making him the ideal contrast to Saitama’s emotional minimalism.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The six-episode structure is native to its release format: these were packaged with the Blu-ray and DVD volumes rather than broadcast as a standard TV arc, so each entry is built around a quick comic premise instead of long-form escalation.
- 2
Madhouse production gives the specials the same high-impact action-comedy grammar associated with the first TV run, but the shorter runtime pushes the emphasis toward punchline timing and sudden genre parody.
- 3
AniList’s tag profile is unusually specific for bonus material: Super Power at 96%, Seinen at 95%, Primarily Adult Cast at 95%, Primarily Male Cast at 85%, and Superhero at 80% frame the specials as adult-cast superhero satire rather than conventional shounen filler.
- 4
The specials branch into niche comedy textures flagged by their tags, including assassins, ninja, martial arts, work, food, and karuta, giving the OVA run a sketchbook quality that the main synopsis does not capture.
- 5
The ending themes lean heavily on cast-performance appeal: Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuuki Kaji, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuuki, Yuuichi Nakamura, and Hiroki Yasumoto are all credited across the specials’ ED lineup.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- The specials finished their release window across six installments from December 24, 2015 to May 27, 2016, aligning them with the home-video rollout rather than a normal seasonal broadcast slot.
- Fun fact 2
- ONE is credited for the original story and Yuusuke Murata for original character design, preserving the two-name creative lineage that defines One Punch Man’s jump from webcomic concept to polished commercial anime.
- Fun fact 3
- Makoto Furukawa performs ED1, ED4, and ED6, while Kaito Ishikawa performs ED2 and ED6, making both main-character voice actors part of the specials’ music identity as well as its comedy dynamic.
- Fun fact 4
- ED6 functions as an ensemble credit moment, listing Makoto Furukawa, Saori Hayami, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuuki Kaji, Aoi Yuuki, Yuuichi Nakamura, and Hiroki Yasumoto as theme song performers.
- Fun fact 5
- Despite being bonus content, the title has unusually broad database traction: MAL lists it with 194,490 votes, a 7.69 score, rank #1497, and popularity #807, while AniList records a 75/100 score and 563 favourites.
Studios
- Madhouse
