Anpanman (アンパンマン)(面包超人) is the main protagonist of Anpanman, and he is the superhero character the show is named after. His head is made of anpan, which is Japanese bread filled with sweet anko. His enemy and the main antagonist of the show, Baikinman, was born on the same day as him. His gender is male. He goes by the English name of "Bean Bun Man" and “面包超人” in Chinese.
Appearance
Anpanman wears a red-orange uniform and a brown cape. His gloves, boots, and belt are yellow along with a smiley face symbol on his chest. He has a large round head made of anpan, bread filled with sweet red bean paste. He has a large red nose in between his rosy cheeks, and a big smile.
Personality
Anpanman is happy and friendly, ready to help anyone who needs assistance. His cape is always flapping in the wind, as he spends all day every day flying around saving and helping anyone who needs him. He does everything from pushing carts to finding lost pets, and fighting off any trouble makers. He even pulls off parts of his own head to feed poor, hungry people.
He and Melonpanna seldom eating anything but both of them make sure that everyone else around them get enough to eat. Instead of eating, they draw the energy from the anko in their heads.
Relationships
He lives in the bakery with Uncle Jam, Butterko, and Cheese (who he saved in the first episode when he was a child. That years ago when Anpanman was 2 years old since Cheese was a little puppy). They bake Anpanman a new head whenever his head is damaged or broken.
His closest friends are Shokupanman and Currypanman, who fight alongside him in most of his battles. He's friends with almost everyone, and even tried to be friends with Baikinman.
Abilities/Powers
An-punch/An-kick: His punches and kicks have super powers, being able to shatter metal to pieces and send huge robots flying into the distance. Shokupanman and Currypanman also have similar attacks, and when performed with each other creating Double or Triple punches.
Regeneration: Whenever Anpanman's head is damaged, he can easily replace it with a new head restoring him to full strength.
Weakness
If anything happens to his head it weakens him. This includes measles, mumps, rubella, mold (Kabirunrun), getting wet or dirty and even pulling off parts of his own head himself to feed others. With each bit of damage made to his head he gets weaker, eventually losing his power to fly and move. However, all of these are fixed if he gets a new head.
When his cape gets torn, he loses the power to fly. This is the same with all capes with flying powers. His cape can be repaired by Butterko, giving it back its power.
He also save his friends when their body is being wrapped with bandages by Houtaiman.
Anpanman’s merchandise/baby product
nepia Genki! pants type diaper (Size M-XXL) 2 patterns in 1 pack, 10 patterns in total with different characters and colours.
1: Baikinman
2: Dokinchan
3: Melonpanna
4: Kokinchan
5: Akachanman
6: Anpanman
7: Cheese
8: Butterko
9: Uncle Jam
10: Creampanda 11: Rollpanna
12: Shokupannman 13: Currypanman
14: Tendonman
15: Katsudonman
16: Kamameshidon 17: Omusubiman
18: SL-Man
19: Poppo-Chan
20: Dadandan
Trivia
- His name in Korean (Hoppangman) comes from 호빵 (hoppang), which is a steamed bun filled with red bean paste that is commonly seen in South Korea.
- His English name is “Bean Bun Man”
- His Chinese name is “面包超人”
- Anpanman is the character that inspired the famous mangaka ONE to create the One-Punch Man franchise.
- Saitama’s design is based on Anpanman. Which explains why they don’t have any hair.
- When he was child, 2 years old just like Creampanda
- The bakery is Anpanman, Uncle Jam and Butterko’s home where they live together.
- He loves to play with his toy airplane when he was 2 years old.
- He doesn’t like the tears flower that makes him and everyone cry.
- He is seen crying in the episode of “Anpanman and the tears flower.”
- He also doesn’t like Baikinman’s Kabirunrun that makes his head mouldy.
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