Heroman

Heroman
The cover of Heroman, Vol. 1
HEROMAN
Genre	Mecha
Manga
Written by	Stan Lee
Illustrated by	Tamon Ohta
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA Vertical, Inc.
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Gangan Comics
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Original run	September, 2009 – January, 2012
Volumes	5
Anime television series
Directed by	Hitoshi Nanba
Produced by	Masahiko Minami
Written by	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Music by	Metalchicks
Studio	Bones
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run	April 1, 2010 (2010-04-01) – September 23, 2010 (2010-09-23)
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)

Heroman (Japanese: ヒーローマン, Hepburn: Hīrōman^?, stylized as HEROMAN) is a manga/anime series created by Marvel's Stan Lee (story), Tamon Ohta (characters), and Bones (animation). The manga is published in Square Enix's magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan and began serialization in September 2009, while the anime series premiered on April 1, 2010, on TV Tokyo and related stations. Stan Lee came up with the series' basic plot, referring to the series and character as "a new hero for the 21st century".

Orphaned American boy Joey lives with his grandmother, working at a restaurant in the West Coast city of Center City (センターシティ, Sentā Shiti^?, based on Los Angeles), while going to school. Upon hearing of a new toy robot called the Heybo, Joey believes that getting one will make his life better, turning him into a hero to protect his friends and family. However, he cannot afford to buy it on his meager salary. His luck changes when he picks up a broken down Heybo abandoned by a school bully. He tries to fix it, naming it Heroman, but does not have any luck in getting it to work. However, when it gets struck by a bolt of strange lightning, it transforms into a giant robot, just in time to save his friend Lina from impending danger. Now, Joey and Heroman are Earth's only defense against the evil insectoid Skrugg (スクラッグ, Sukuraggu^?) aliens, unknowingly summoned to Earth by Joey's science teacher.