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Heroman
Heroman Vol 1.png
The cover of the Heroman manga, Vol. 1
GenreSuperhero[1]
Created by
Manga
Written byStan Lee
Illustrated byTamon Ohta
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
ImprintGangan Comics
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 12, 2009October 12, 2011
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byHitoshi Nanba
Produced byMasahiko Minami
Written byAkatsuki Yamatoya
Music byMetalchicks
StudioBones
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run April 1, 2010 (2010-04-01) September 23, 2010 (2010-09-23)
Episodes26 (List of episodes)

Heroman (stylized as HEROMAN) is a Japanese manga and anime series created by Marvel's Stan Lee and Bones.[2][3][4] The manga was published in Square Enix's magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from August 2009 to October 2011, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. The 26-episode anime television series was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April to September 2010.[5] Stan Lee came up with the series' basic plot,[6] referring to the series and character as "a new hero for the 21st century".[7]

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Manga

Manga

Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term manga is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country.

Anime

Anime

Anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, anime refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, anime describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation.

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, Magazine Management/Atlas Comics in 1951 and its predecessor, Marvel Mystery Comics, the Marvel Comics title/name/brand was first used in June 1961.

Stan Lee

Stan Lee

Stan Lee was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which would later become Marvel Comics. He was the primary creative leader for two decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries.

Bones (studio)

Bones (studio)

Bones Inc. is a Japanese animation studio. It has produced numerous series, including RahXephon, No. 6, Wolf's Rain, Scrapped Princess, Eureka Seven, Angelic Layer, Darker than Black, Soul Eater, Ouran High School Host Club, both the 2003 and 2009 adaptations of Fullmetal Alchemist, Star Driver, Gosick, Mob Psycho 100, Space Dandy, Noragami, Bungo Stray Dogs, and My Hero Academia. Its headquarters are located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo.

Square Enix

Square Enix

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate, best known for its RPG franchises, such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Star Ocean, and Kingdom Hearts, among numerous others. Outside of video game publishing and development, it is also in the business of merchandise, arcade facilities, and manga publication under its Gangan Comics brand.

Tankōbon

Tankōbon

Tankōbon is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. The term is also used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or monthly manga anthology with other works before being published as tankōbon volumes containing several chapters each.

TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

JOTX-DTV, branded as TV Tokyo and known colloquially as Teretō (テレ東) or simply TX, is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the TV Tokyo Corporation subsidiary of listed certified broadcasting holding company TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation, itself a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc., serving as the flagship station of the TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specialising in anime.

Synopsis

Orphaned American boy Joey lives with his grandmother, working at a restaurant in the West Coast city of Center City (センターシティ, Sentā Shiti, based on Los Angeles),[8] while going to school. Upon hearing of a new toy robot called the Heybo, Joey believes that getting one will make his life better, turning him into a hero to protect his friends and family. However, he cannot afford to buy it on his meager salary. His luck changes when he picks up a broken down Heybo abandoned by a school bully.[9] He tries to fix it, naming it Heroman, but does not have any luck in getting it to work. However, when it gets struck by a bolt of strange lightning, it transforms into a giant robot, just in time to save his friend Lina from impending danger. Now, Joey and Heroman are Earth's only defense against the evil insectoid Skrugg (スクラッグ, Sukuraggu) aliens, unknowingly summoned to Earth by Joey's science teacher.[10]

There are some differences in story between the anime and manga series.

Characters

Main characters

Joseph Carter "Joey" Jones (ジョセフ・カーター・“ジョーイ”・ジョーンズ, Josefu Kātā "Jōi" Jōnzu)
Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu
Joey is an orphaned boy living with his grandmother, working at a restaurant to make ends meet. His life changes when he fixes the Heybo that he names Heroman. He is able to issue commands to Heroman via a controller that forms a gauntlet around his left hand. This controller also gives Joey his own powers, such as super speed and the ability to create force fields. At the battle in the end of the series, Joey's left hand merges further with the gauntlet and gains even more power, transforming into an energy-like being with a massive left arm. This carries the risk of permanently corrupting him until he is reminded of his bond with Heroman.
The name "Joey Jones" was selected by Minami at the behest of Stan Lee to choose an alliterative name, much like various other Marvel protagonists such as Peter Parker.[11] His name appears to be a nod to Rick Jones.
Komatsu was chosen to voice Joey because of her girlish voice and the difficulty in finding a young man that had the voice the production team wanted.[11]
Heroman (ヒーローマン, Hīrōman)
Voiced by: Ryōta Takeuchi
Originally a broken down toy robot called Heybo, Heroman is brought to life by a strange bolt of lightning and turns into a giant robot (in the anime, this lightning is caused by the Skrugg fleet heading towards Earth). He uses his powerful fists and electrical powers to protect Earth from the Skrugg and other threats. Although unable to speak, he is able to sense Joey's feelings and use his powers accordingly. This empathetic link can cause Heroman to enter a sort of berserker state when Joey is overwhelmed by negative feelings, relentlessly and violently attacking anything he perceives as a threat. Heroman is literally born from lightning and such any form of electric energy, man-made or otherwise, can be used to replenish his strength. Conversely, absorbing electric energy from his body weakens him greatly. Heroman has various modes that can be activated through Joey's control gauntlet, including "Blast", which powers him up, "Augment", which causes him to grow several meters high, and "O Spark", which allows him to fire a massive blast of energy from the red ring on his body. Near the end of the series, the NIA outfits Heroman with special armor with an attached glider and heads-up display. Heroman's face bears a striking resemblance to that of Joey's deceased father.
Heroman's design is based on that of the robot Leopardon from the 1978 tokusatsu version of Spider-Man.[12]
Simon "Psy" Kaina (サイモン・“サイ”・カイナ, Saimon "Sai" Kaina)
Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura
Psy is Joey's best friend and classmate. He uses crutches to help him walk after a serious accident during a football game in the past left him injured, an accident to which Will, at that time captain of their football team and harboring a deep rivalry with Psy, still feels the blame. However, he also has a G-wheel, a motorized skateboard that helps him get around quickly. He also uses a guitar built by Professor Denton that uses high pitched sound to stun Skrugg. In the English translation of the manga his name is spelt "Cy".
Lina Davis (リナ・デイヴィス, Rina Deivisu)
Voiced by: Mayu Obata
Lina is one of Joey's classmates and is a cheerleader at Center City Middle School. She is from a wealthy family who fears that because Joey is poor and uncultured, he is a bad influence on her, but she likes him anyway. She's the little sister of Will, and despite the obvious disdain, hostility and bullying shown by Will towards Joey, she's overtly protective of both of them.
Professor Matthew Denton (マシュー・“教授”・デントン, Mashū "Kyōju" Denton)
Voiced by: Chō
Professor Denton is Joey's science teacher and an alien otaku. It is his experiments with extraterrestrial communication that drive the Skrugg to invade Earth. This guilt motivates him to help Joey and Heroman whenever possible, even if it endangers himself.

Center City residents

William "Will" Davis (ウイリアム・“ウィル”・デイヴィス, Uiriamu "Wiru" Deivisu)
Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura
Will is Lina's older brother and an American football player at CCMS. He bullies Joey to keep him away from Lina and puts himself at risk in order to prove himself a better hero than Joey is. In the anime, he is captured by the Skrugg and turned into one himself, with strength comparable to Heroman. However, thanks to the efforts of Joey and Lina, he breaks free from his brainwashing. After the Skrugg's base is destroyed, Will disappears to parts unknown as he knows he cannot live among humans anymore due to his Skrugg condition. However, Will resurfaces to destroy any remaining evidence of the Skrugg while warning Joey that something is coming. Later on in the anime, Will is seen with his Skrugg mutation progressed even further, now covered in chitinous armor. He helps Joey and Heroman with their assault on the resurrected Gogorr. His fate following the final battle is unknown.
Nicholas "Nick" de Carlo (ニコラス・“ニック”・デ・カルロ, Nikorasu "Nikku" De Karuro)
Voiced by: Akio Suyama
Nick is Will's best friend and also bullies Joey. The Heybo that becomes Heroman originally belonged to Nick, but he threw it away after it got hit by a car and he decided that buying a new one would be easier than fixing the broken one. In the anime, he is also captured and turned into a Skrugg. However, unlike Will who tries to fight the brainwashing, Nick revels in the new power, having always been weak. However, during a battle with Joey, he becomes trapped under falling debris, his fate unknown.
Vera Collins (ヴェラ・コリンズ, Vera Korinzu)
Voiced by: Naomi Shindō
Vera is Joey's mathematics and homeroom teacher. She inadvertently discovers Heroman when she is trying to keep Professor Denton, Joey, and Psy out of trouble. She keeps the secret of Joey's involvement with Heroman, until it is outed on TV.
Naomi Shindō also acts as the show's narrator.
Hilly (ヒリー, Hirī)
Voiced by: Katsumi Chō
Hilly owns the café where Joey works part-time.
Stan (スタン, Sutan)
Voiced by: Atsushi Ii
This caricature of Stan Lee appears multiple times in the anime and manga. He is primarily seen as a patron of Hilly's, often demanding more coffee from Joey.
Lina's Father (リナのパパ, Rina no Papa)
Voiced by: Kōji Ishii
Lina and Will's Father who runs a multitude of businesses. He is somewhat distrustful of Joey, as he tends to take Will's word over Lina's. After the Skrugg attack, he spends his time and money helping with the reconstruction of the city. He's one of the several civilians, along with his wife, to follow Keisha's report of the battle between Joey and Gogorr, gaining some more respect of the youngsters. Furthermore, when a distressed Lina escapes from home, Lina's father enlists Joey help, acknowledging that, despite their differences, Joey cares for his daughter.

Joey's family

Virginia "Grandma" Jones (バージニア・“おばあちゃん”・ジョーンズ, Bājinia "Obaachan" Jōnzu, [13])
Voiced by: Sumie Sakai
Virginia is Joey's and Holly's paternal grandmother who has been caring for them since their parents died. She enjoys listening to classic rock from the 60s and 70s.
Holly Virginia Jones (ホリー・バージニア・ジョーンズ, Horī Bājinia Jōnzu)
Voiced by: Arisa Ogasawara
Holly is Joey's older sister who has been touring with her rock band on the East Coast until she hears about the Skrugg invasion and returns home to Center City, three months late. When she accidentally sees Heroman, she decides to stay in Center City. While she generally teases Joey any opportunity she gets, she worries whenever she thinks Joey might be in danger. Holly was named after her grandmother. Holly initially holds long-standing resentment towards her father, seeing his death as abandoning the family.
Brian Carter Jones (ブライアン・カーター・ジョーンズ, Buraian Kātā Jōnzu)
Voiced by: Tesshō Genda
Brian is Joey and Holly's father, who died in a coal mining accident in the 1990s, during which he saved everyone else trapped in the mine with him. The only thing that the rescue parties could find of him was his helmet, within which he kept a photo of his family to motivate him. This gave him the odd habit of tapping his helmet with a finger whenever he put it on, a reminder of the picture underneath.
Catherine Mae Jones (キャサリン・メイ・ジョーンズ, Kyasarin Mei Jōnzu)
Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino
Joey and Holly's mother, who died in 2003. After Brian dies, she raises Joey and Holly on her own until she dies at a young age. It is noted that she always put on a cheerful facade in front of her children, only showing her true emotions when she was alone.

Skrugg

The Skrugg (スクラッグ, Sukuraggu) are an evil race of cockroach-like aliens, led by Kogorr, who travel to Earth in order to invade it after being inadvertently contacted by Denton. They have powerful armor that can withstand the majority of Earth's weaponry. Their own arsenal includes laser pistols, as well as powerful shoulder cannons that convert air into a powerful energy blast. Besides the strength Heroman is capable of, they are also weakened by high pitched noises due to their manner of communication.

Gogorr (ゴゴール, Gogōru)
Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka
Gogorr is the cockroach-like[14] leader of the Skrugg who leads his kind to Earth to strip it of its natural resources. Much larger than ordinary Skrugg, Gogorr can mutate his body in different forms, each one with special traits. His normal form permits him to attack with his antenna to hit enemies from a distance, while one of his alternate forms is stronger in hand-to-hand combat and the other has wings that allow him to fly at great speed. He is destroyed when Heroman defeats him and blows up his base, but the remaining Skrugg much later manage to track down one of the power crystals held in Gogorr's chest, now held in a government facility, and resurrect him in a more powerful, cannibalistic form, able to dish out grievous damage to Heroman before being stopped by the combined efforts of Joey and his friends. His name is alternately spelled "Kogorr."
Skrugg Soldiers (スクラッグ兵, Sukuraggu Hei)
Voiced by: Jun Konno
Skrugg Operator (スクラッグオペレーター, Sukuraggu Operētā)
Voiced by: Ryōta Takeuchi

Generas Industry

Doctor Minami (ドクターミナミ, Dokutā Minami)
Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto
Doctor Minami is a scientist who heads the Generas Industry (ジェネラス・インダストリー, Jenerasu Indasutorī) weapon developing company, a front for the robotics research laboratory MRL. He is first seen approaching the President with a plan to confront the Skrugg, take possession of their advanced technology in the process, and show MRL's advancements in robotics to win the U.S. government's favor. However, his plans are foiled when Joey and his friends manage to defeat the Skrugg by themselves before he and his team take action, and since he finds out about Heroman, he makes use of his resources and influence to prove the superiority of his inventions by defeating it in combat before ending up in jail. At the end of the series, Veronica releases Doctor Minami, Amanorich, and Stallion from prison.
Amanorich (アマノリッヒ, Amanorihhi)
Voiced by: Anri Katsu
Amanorich is one of MRL's top researchers. Even though he is a nihilist, he wears 3-D glasses to see the world in a different color.
Stallion (スタリオン, Sutarion)
Voiced by: Masafumi Kimura
Stallion is one of MRL's top researchers. He is always seen wearing thick machinist gloves.
Veronica (ヴェロニカ, Veronika)
Voiced by: Ryoko Gi
Veronica is Doctor Minami's exclusive secretary. Not much is known about her.
MR-1
The MR-1 is Generas Industry's experimental giant robot, originally built to fight the Skrugg until Heroman beat it to the punch and was used as a dump truck instead in the reconstruction of Center City. The robot is later used by Minami to act out his grudge against Heroman.

American government

Axel Hughes (アクセル・ヒューズ, Akuseru Hyūzu)
Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi
Hughes is an agent of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), a group that reports directly to the President. He is sent to Center City to investigate the mysterious events following the Skrugg's defeat, particularly Heroman, who the government has code named "Ghost" (ゴースト, Gōsuto). He later comes to understand Joey and becomes his ally, giving Joey and Heroman the NIA's full support.
President (大統領, Daitōryō)
Voiced by: Bin Sasaki
The President of the United States. He is reluctant in using nuclear weapons to combat the Skrugg, until Dr. Minami comes with an alternative.
Watkins (ワトキンス, Watokins)
Voiced by: Yōsuke Akimoto
Watkins is an aide to the President.
Elmer Howard (エルマー・ハワード, Erumā Hawādo)
Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima
Elmer Howard is an NIA agent working under Hughes.
Ravi
A scientist that accidentally created the plant monster Shapeshifter.

All American Network

The All American Network (AAN) is a television station based in Center City.

Keisha Jackson (キーシャ・ジャクソン, Kīsha Jakuson)
Voiced by: Eri Miyajima
Keisha is a reporter for the AAN (All American Network) news. When she sees that her coverage of the fight between the Ghost (Heroman) and the MR-1 is altered, she started to follow closely the developments regarding Heroman and the U.S. government looking for a scoop. During the last stand against Gogorr, she inadvertently discovers, and outs to the entire world, the relation between Joey and Heroman, eliciting the world sympathy for the youngster.
Leo (レオ, Reo)
Voiced by: Kohji Hiwatari
Leo is a cameraman for AAN. Like Keisha, he also becomes upset when his footage of the fight is altered, as he wants to get the truth out to the public.

Manga-exclusive characters

Grudge (グラジ, Guraji)
Grudge is a spirit possessing an ancient suit of armor. He feeds off the grudges of people and possesses them in order to carry them out. He possesses the owner of an antique store which was being threatened with being closed down by Lina's father due to a lack of business. He kidnaps Lina in the hopes of a large ransom, but is defeated by the appearance of Heroman.
Ezzi (エッズィ)
Ezzi is a powerful Skrugg forged from the DNA of a praying mantis. As well as having command over other praying mantises, using them to spy on Joey and his friends, Ezzi also wields powerful mantis-like scythes on his arms, which are strong enough to seriously damage Heroman's armor.
Burito (ブリト)
Burito is a powerful Skrugg forged from the DNA of a pill-bug.
Paua (パウア)
Paua is a powerful Skrugg forged from the DNA of a rhinoceros beetle and stag beetle.

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Media

Manga

A manga adaptation of Heroman, illustrated by Tamon Ohta, was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from August 12, 2009 to October 12, 2011.[15][16] Square Enix collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from March 20, 2010 to December 22, 2011.[17][18]

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Vertical.[19] The five volumes were released from October 30, 2012 to July 23, 2013.[20][21]

Anime

The anime series, produced by Bones, POW! Entertainment and Wowmax Media spawned 26 episodes, and aired on TV Tokyo and related stations between April 1, 2010 and September 23, 2010. It was also streamed on Crunchyroll. The series' music is composed by Metalchicks and Music Heroes. For episodes 1-12, the opening theme is "Roulette" performed by Tetsuya of L'Arc-en-Ciel while the ending theme is "CALLING" performed by Flow. An insert song by Tatsuyuki Hashimoto featuring ACO on vocals titled "Niji no Fumoto" (虹のふもと, "At the Edge of the Rainbow") was featured in episode 11. From episode 13 onwards, the opening theme is "missing" by Kylee while the ending theme is "Boku no Te wa Kimi no Tame ni" (僕の手は君の為に, "My Hands For You") by Mass Alert.[22] A promotional video released prior to the premiere of the series featured a song performed by Hajime Uchiyama with Slavomir Kowalewski on vocals, eventually revealed to be titled "Joey and Heroman" when it was included on the series' soundtrack.

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Flow (Japanese band)

Flow (Japanese band)

Flow is a Japanese rock band formed in 1998 as a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer. They are signed to Sacra Music. As of February 2023, the band has released 39 singles and 12 studio albums. Their songs have been featured in the opening sequences of several anime and Japanese drama series.

Aco (musician)

Aco (musician)

A..C..O is a Japanese singer. She made her debut in 1995 with the pop single "Fuan nano" (不安なの). She is a part of Sony Music Japan. She explores different musical styles, with the albums Absolute Ego and Material displaying electronica influences. Absolute Ego was produced by ex-Denki Groove keyboardist, Yoshinori Sunahara and The Other Side of Absolute Ego album contains remixes by Tricky, DJ Krush, and Silent Poets.

Mass Alert

Mass Alert

Mass Alert is a Japanese musician from Nagasaki. He debuted in 2009 with the song "Comoesta" featuring Massattack from Spontania. He gained prominence in Japan after he provided an opening theme for Naruto: Shōnen Hen, and then the second ending theme for Heroman. He describes himself as the postman singer, referring to his previous career.

Source: "Heroman", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 2nd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroman.

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