Tiger & Bunny

is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise under the direction of Keiichi Satou. 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 and ran for 25 episodes through September 18, 2011 followed by rebroadcasts on BS11 Digital and MBS. Viz Media are also simulcasting the series, streaming on Hulu and Anime News Network. A one-shot manga drawn by Masakazu Katsura will be published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on August 4, 2011. Two anime movies were produced Tiger &amp; Bunny: The Beginning and Tiger &amp; Bunny 2: The Rising which were released September 22, 2012 and February 8, 2014 respectively.

A related piece of media entitled was announced as the second installment to the Buddy Series following Tiger &amp; Bunny. The anime premiered on Tokyo MX from September to December 2018, animated by the same T&B staff. Despite initial confusion, there is nothing directly connecting Tiger & Bunny with Double Decker! Doug & Kirill in-universe, and the two properties are currently considered separate pieces of media.

A second anime season Tiger &amp; Bunny 2 was announced on April 2, 2020 with an expected premiere in 2022, but with Bandai Namco Pictures taking over animation and released as an ONA. It was released in two batches on Netflix, with the first batch of episodes (1-13) releasing on April 8th 2022, and the second batch (14-25) releasing on October 7th 2022.

Plot
The series takes place in a fictional, re-imagined version of New York City called Sternbild City, where 45 years before, individuals with superpowers called "NEXT" started appearing and some of them became superheroes. Each of the city's most famous superheroes work for a sponsor company and their uniforms also contain advertising for real-life companies. Their heroic activity is broadcast on the popular television show "Hero TV", where they accumulate points by each feat accomplished and the best-ranked hero of the season is crowned "King of Heroes". The story mainly focuses on veteran hero Kotetsu T. Kaburagi aka Wild Tiger who is assigned with a new partner, a young man named Barnaby Brooks Jr. However, Barnaby and Kotetsu usually have trouble working together as they have conflicting opinions on how a superhero should act.