HEROMAN
2010 • bones
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2010
- Episodes
- 26
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- bones · TV Tokyo · Dentsu
- Genres
- Action · Mecha · Science fiction
Joey is an orphan living with his grandmother in Center City on the West Coast of the United States of America. Joey, like any other boy his age, is interested in robots and gadgets and dreams about owning a particular toy robot called a Heybo. Heybos have very advanced mechanisms and controls but with great mechanisms comes great price; the robot is too expensive for Joey, whose only source of income is a part-time job at a restaurant and he needs that money to help support himself and his grandmother.
One day, when Joey is on his way home from school, he happens upon a couple of bullies who are playing around with a Heybo. Long story short, the bullies manage to get the robot run over by a car and Joey retrieves the wreckage from a trash can. Once home, Joey fixes the robot and names it Heroman. Later that night, a thunderstorm results in Heroman getting wet and, improbably, struck by lightning. The result is amazing, Heroman grows massive in size, gets emblazoned with the colors of the American flag and responds to Joey's commands!
At the same time in space, an alien race called the Skrugg is preparing an invasion of Earth. Now it's up to Joey and Heroman to save Earth!
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Where it came from
Heroman was conceived through a unique collaboration between Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee and the Japanese animation studio Bones. Premiering in 2010, the series emerged from a desire to blend American superhero sensibilities with the traditional narrative structures of the shonen anime genre. The story follows Joey Jones, a boy living in Center City, who discovers a discarded robot that he subsequently repairs and powers with a lightning strike, turning it into the titular protector.
The character design for Heroman was crafted to be distinctively heroic yet accessible, reflecting the classic aesthetic of silver-age comics reimagined through the sharp, fluid animation style for which Bones is known. Upon its release, the series was received as a respectful homage to Stan Lee’s storytelling roots, noted specifically for its visual consistency and the intriguing cross-cultural synergy between East and West. While it occupies a niche space in the studio's portfolio, it remains a notable example of collaborative trans-Pacific creativity.
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