One-Punch Man's New Chapter is Too Epic For Print
Warning: contains spoilers for the latest chapter of One-Punch Man
To emphasize the sheer power on display in the latest chapter of One-Punch Man, the series' artist Yusuke Murata chose to include a colored page of Saitama and Garou's massive fight. But this wasn't just a static image; the colored page is actually an animated GIF, and this isn't the first time Murata has used One-Punch's digital release platform to go beyond what a printed manga can do. That leaves a big question for fans, though: how should One-Punch Man best be experienced?
Most fans know by this point that One-Punch Man began as a webcomic, written and drawn by the series' creator ONE, before being adapted with professional, detailed artwork by Murata in 2012. The manga also began its run as a digital series under the Shonen Jump brand, and set to work bringing the webcomic's characters to life in a beautiful new form. Like many modern manga artists, Murata doesn't work alone; he has a team of assistants who help with filling in details and drawing backgrounds. Murata and his team also have significant animation experience, which they've put to work creating special animatics apparently just for fun in the past.
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Chapter 165 (by Japanese numbering) features a number of double-page splash panels, as well as the previously mentioned colored and animated panel. Other recent chapters have included a massive, color splash of One-Punch Man's mysterious evil God--the color helping to emphasize his otherworldly nature--and some oversized pages, utilizing the «infinite canvas» that digital artwork offers, but that's obviously difficult to maintain in print form. Murata seems to enjoy
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