Tiger & Bunny
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Tiger & Bunny (stylized in all caps) is a 2011 Japanese anime superhero television series produced by Sunrise and directed by Keiichi Sato. The screenplay was written by Masafumi Nishida with original character design by Masakazu Katsura. The series began its broadcast run in Japan on April 3, 2011 on Tokyo MX, followed by rebroadcasts on BS11 and MBS, and ended on September 17, 2011.[3] Viz Media simulcast the series on Hulu and Anime News Network.[4] It is set in a futuristic city where heroes fight crime while promoting corporate sponsors in a popular TV show, "Hero TV". The series focuses on the old-fashioned hero Kotetsu T. Kaburagi "Wild Tiger" and the rookie hero Barnaby Brooks Jr. "Bunny", who are forced to work together by their employers.
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Tiger & Bunny | |
Genre | Adventure, comedy,[1] superhero[2] |
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Created by | Sunrise, Masayuki Ozaki, Keiichi Sato |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Keiichi Sato Kunihiro Mori (Chief, #14-25) |
Produced by | Hiroo Maruyama Chinatsu Matsui Kazuhiko Tamura |
Written by | Masafumi Nishida |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Original network | BS11, MBS, Tokyo MX |
English network | |
Original run | April 3, 2011 – September 18, 2011 |
Episodes | 25 (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Written by | Sunrise |
Illustrated by | Sakakibara Mizuki |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | Viz Media |
Magazine | Newtype Ace |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | September 10, 2011 – December 16, 2014 |
Volumes | 9 |
Manga | |
Tiger & Bunny: The Comic | |
Written by | Erika Yoshida |
Illustrated by | Hiroshi Ueda |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Miracle Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 11, 2011 – September 23, 2016 |
Volumes | 7 |
Anime film | |
Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning | |
Directed by | Yoshitomo Yonetani |
Written by | Masafumi Nishida |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Released | September 22, 2012 |
Runtime | 90 minutes |
Anime film | |
Tiger & Bunny: The Rising | |
Directed by | Yoshitomo Yonetani |
Produced by | Kazuhiko Tamura |
Written by | Masafumi Nishida |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
Studio | Sunrise |
Released | February 8, 2014 |
Runtime | 108 minutes |
Original net animation | |
Tiger & Bunny 2 | |
Directed by | Mitsuko Kase |
Written by | Masafumi Nishida |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
Studio | Bandai Namco Pictures |
Licensed by | Netflix |
Released | April 8, 2022 – October 7, 2022 |
Episodes | 25 (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Tiger & Bunny 2 The Comic | |
Written by | Erika Yoshida |
Illustrated by | Hiroshi Ueda |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Tonari no Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 15, 2022 – present |
Manga | |
Written by | Mizuki Sakakibara |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Comic Newtype |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 2022 – present |
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The series was mainly created by producer Masayuki Ozaki, who wanted to create a drama to appeal to several demographics by using several kinds of superheroes and balance the bond between the contrasting Kotetsu and Barnaby. Critical response to the anime praised its production values and portrayal of superheroes.
A one-shot manga drawn by Masakazu Katsura was published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on August 4, 2011[5] and the production of two films based on the series were announced during a special event on November, 2011. The first film, entitled Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning was released on September 22, 2012. The second film, Tiger & Bunny: The Rising, was released on February 8, 2014.[6]
A second season by Bandai Namco Pictures was released on Netflix on April 8, 2022 as an original net animation.