Tiger & Bunny

Tiger & Bunny
Cover of the first Blu-ray volume featuring Kotetsu Kaburagi (left) and Barnaby Brooks (right).
GenreAdventure, comedy, superhero
Created bySunrise, Masayuki Ozaki, Keiichi Sato
Anime television series
Directed byKeiichi Sato
Kunihiro Mori (Chief, #14-25)
Produced byHiroo Maruyama
Chinatsu Matsui
Kazuhiko Tamura
Written byMasafumi Nishida
Music byYoshihiro Ike
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkBS11, MBS, Tokyo MX
English network
Original run April 3, 2011 September 18, 2011
Episodes25
Manga
Written bySunrise
Illustrated byMizuki Sakakibara
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisherViz Media
MagazineNewtype Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 10, 2011December 16, 2014
Volumes9
Manga
Tiger & Bunny: The Comic
Written byErika Yoshida
Illustrated byHiroshi Ueda
Published byShueisha
MagazineMiracle Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 11, 2011September 23, 2016
Volumes7
Anime film
Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning
Directed byYoshitomo Yonetani
Written byMasafumi Nishida
Music byYoshihiro Ike
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2012 (2012-09-22)
Runtime90 minutes
Anime film
Tiger & Bunny: The Rising
Directed byYoshitomo Yonetani
Produced byKazuhiko Tamura
Written byMasafumi Nishida
Music byYoshihiro Ike
StudioSunrise
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2014 (2014-02-08)
Runtime108 minutes
Original net animation
Tiger & Bunny 2
Directed byMitsuko Kase
Written byMasafumi Nishida
Music byYoshihiro Ike
StudioBandai Namco Pictures
Licensed byNetflix
Released April 8, 2022 October 7, 2022
Episodes25
Manga
Tiger & Bunny 2 The Comic
Written byErika Yoshida
Illustrated byHiroshi Ueda
Published byShueisha
MagazineTonari no Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 15, 2022 – present
Volumes2
Manga
Written byMizuki Sakakibara
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComic Newtype
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 2022 – present
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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. Viz Media simulcast the series on Hulu and Anime News Network. 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.

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 and the production of two films based on the series were announced during a special event in 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.

A second season by Bandai Namco Pictures was released on Netflix on April 8, 2022 as an original net animation.