Eat-Man (Japanese: イートマン, Hepburn: Īto Man) is a Japanese manga series created by Akihito Yoshitomi in 1996 which was serialized by MediaWorks monthly in 19 volumes until 2003 in Dengeki Comic Gao! magazine. Eat-Man is a series of short, episodic stories about an "explorer" (a type of mercenary job) named Bolt Crank, who has the ability to eat virtually anything, and then reproduce the objects he's consumed from his body at will. Eat-Man's world is a mix of high-tech futurist cyberpunk and fairy tale. The episodes take place in various worlds and in undefined times.