Stan Lee's secret anime baby: broke orphan + broken toy = world-saving mecha chaos.
25 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestAn American kid named Joey lives in Center City, USA & has always wanted to become a hero. Unfortunately, he's just an orphan working part-time to support his grandma and himself. After he watched a commercial of a new robot action figure, Joey believe he'll gain strength if he obtains one. The only robot toy he can get his hands on is a broken one that was abandoned by a rich school bully. Feeling pity for the trashed action figure, Joey took it home to repair it. Little did he know, that once he repairs the toy, it'll make his hero dream become a reality.
Production
Stan Lee literally co-created this. The Marvel god touched anime.
Writing
Translates American superhero comics into pure shounen syntax.
Practical Effects
Heroman's design screams 'what if Iron Man was a toy commercial.'
Mikako Komatsu
Joseph "Joey" Carter Jones (voice)
Ryota Takeuchi
Heroman (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
Simon Kaina (voice)
Cho
Matthew Denton (voice)
Naomi Shindo
Vera Collins (voice)
Makoto Yasumura
William Davis (voice)
Akio Suyama
Nicholas de Carlo (voice)
Eri Miyajima
Keisha Jackson (voice)
Sumie Sakai
Virginia Jones (voice)
Arisa Ogasawara
Holly Virginia Jones (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Catherine may Jones (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Brian Carter Jones (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Gogorr (voice)
Yasunori Matsumoto
Minami (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stan Lee co-created this with Bones studio, making it a fascinating collision of Marvel's optimistic heroism and Japan's mechanized power fantasy.
The show bombed in Japan but developed a cult following in the US, proving Americans will literally watch anything with Stan Lee's name on it.
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