Tiger & Bunny (, Taigā Ando Banī?) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise under the direction of Keiichi Satou. The series began its broadcast run in Japan on April 3, 2011 on Tokyo MX followed by rebroadcasts on BS11 Digital and MBS. Viz Media has also confirmed that they will begin simulcasting Tiger and Bunny on Saturday, beginning on April 2nd.

It is set in a futuristic city where two superheroes, the old fashioned "Wild Tiger" and the rookie hero Barnaby Brooks Jr. are forced by their employers to work together. The series takes place in a fictional city called Sternbild City, where 45 years before, individuals with superpowers called "Next" started appearing and some of them became superheroes.

Each of city's most famous superheroes work for a sponsor company and their uniforms also contain advertising, most of them for real-life companies. Their heroic activity is broadcasted on a popular television show called Hero TV, where they accumulate points by each feat accomplished and the best ranked hero of the season earns the title of "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. While Kotetsu prefers to work alone, Barnaby shows him a different perspective on being a hero. In Anime News Network's Spring 2011 preview guide, Zac Bertschy gave the first episode a 5 out of 5.

He states that it set up a great and clever superhero premise with some twists. He also said that the show has "the potential to be the kind of smash hit we haven't seen in a long time". While Theron Martin gave it a 4.5 out of 5, he credits Sunrise for their excellent hero designs and CGI animation.

He also stated that it had the look and feel to an American animated series.

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