Before I watched it, I saw several posts and comments about the lack of movement/animation, so I didn't get my hopes up. However, it was not bad at all. Most "static" shots used repeating animation, which you can only notice if you look for it. Also, many scenes had normal character animations, like turning around, tilting their head etc. Everyone who read the manga or the webcomic knows that there wasn't going to be any fighting in the first episode, so of course it wasn't as interesting.

HOWEVER!

The opening ROCKS! Not just the music (which is insanely good, as always), but you could see what JC Staff is capable off. The OP had several really good animations, so PLEASE, be open minded. Especially for what is coming next.

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All animators are giving up and losing hope right now thanks to JC cocksucker Staff, what a terrible studio I really hope the studio goes bankrupt and closes if the end result of season 3 turns out to be worse than season 2 we should try to destroy that studio's reputation to the point where ppl won't give a fuck about watching any new anime they pull out.

They could've easily delayed season 3 or dropped it, but no. They decided to just milk it's name and put the least amount of time and budget into it treating it as a cash grab.

First off, let's be clear. Obviously SSn2 is a huge downgrade in quality from SSn1. OBVIOUSLY. Even worse than the animation to me is alot of the art choices (those GODDAMN TEXTURES on ALL THE METAL). It's a 4/10 season with some 6/10, MAYBE 7/10 moments.

JC Staff is not Madhouse. They're not Bones. They're not Ghibli. They're grunts as a company, they pump out anime that's "good enough" and sometimes their most talented people get a window to do some good work. We should all be able to recognize this.

So, to be clear, this is not a post about JC Staff being great or having done a good job with SSn2.

THAT SAID. I think if we're going to have all this talk about animation studios we need to understand the market and what it's like.

There are more animes than there are animators. And that ratio is getting *worse* on the animation side. When I started watching anime 30 years ago, studio's weren't reserved for 5-10 years. But there also weren't dozens of trash copy-paste stories churned out as slop for masses of children. Because no matter how well, or how badly, it's written, it's all the same animators.

And guess what? Studios who consistently do top notch work (MAPPA, Bones, Madhouse) are *very expensive* and *in super high demand*. You can't just call them and be like "hey can you do a season for us and start working on it right away". You get put in a queue that's like 3-5 years on average *before they start full production*.

UNLESS you pay a FORTUNE, or, I assume, some kind of close connection to the studio.

Which, guess what? OPM *cannot do*. Because, as much as I love it, and I think it's one of the best manga ever written, it doesn't make that much money.

So, as a manga that makes pretty okay money but not crazy money, they have to hire a mid-rate studio, and just hope.

Not because JC Staff don't care. Not because the people deciding which studio does the work don't care.

But because there are not enough animators, and OPM just doesn't make the kind of money to hire the handful of studios you can count on for sakuga consistently.

We only got SSN1 because of luck and good timing. It's unrealistic to expect a return to that quality unless OPM suddenly explodes in popularity. Set your expectations in reality; SSN2 is closer to what you'd typically expect from an anime adaptation of something with moderate success like OPM.

That said, I don't actually think sakuga is integral to the story or why OPM is so good; if clean art and amazing drawings were the appeal, the webcomic wouldn't have taken off and Murata never would have been interested in the first place.

Anyway, I think our real best hope should be that Murata's new studio will take over from SSN4 onward. We *know* he loves the story and IP. And we *know* he's willing to do the work and stick with it until he's happy with it.

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Since the last chapter, it seems that Axel became for some weird reason an object of mockery, some just for laugh (his rollers), no trouble with that i find that funny too, but some unironic and fully serious.

The common critics and why those critics are dumb :

He is arrogant.

-About what ? He never brags about his strength a single time during his discussion, neither he downplay the strength of the others heroes. Actually he shows that he is humble by correcting the scout about his victory on the demon threat, he doesn't try to make him and his hunters look better than they are, he is the first one to admitt their limits. That's the scout who sucks his dick by praising him without any nuance, to the point that it's Axel who has to correct her.

How dares he to critisize the heroes ?

-He doesn't critisize the heroes. Literally there isn't a single moment where he blames the heroes themselves. All his remarks are turned toward the association itself and its managers, not the heroes who work for them. Heroes are placed in the HA to serve as bodyguards for some rich dudes ? He doesn't accuse the heroes to be greedy, he accuses the HA to divert them from their original purpose and to use them as expendable goods. The HA was put in trouble by Garou ? He doesn't accuse the heroes to be weak, but he blames how the HA invests its money and organize itself (alright, i admitt it's harsh to blame the HA for this... but from outside it sure looks quite shamefull that the HA was put in trouble by a single man).

Axel actually admires the heroes, just not the managers of the HA. We can even see in the webcomic that he is super gratefull toward Mumen Rider and considers that he is the man he is today because of him.

Lol, his group of looser lost 5 men against a demon threat. How he thinks he can talk ?

-You mock him because his group of vigilante lost 5 men against a demon threat... really ? Those guys, who are quite clearly not especially strong if they suffer such casualties and appart from him are C or B class level, those guys put their lives on the line, protect people at the cost of their own blood, and you find that laughable ? You know, you remember me someone i think, hum... who could it be ? But well, at least the pro heroes are actually paid, it's a job for them, even if it's ungrateful, there is at least some legitimacy to criticize the result for those who actually pay them... Axel and his boys on the other hand do it for free, there is even less room to critisize them. So i guess... it makes you actually worse than that guy from the Deep Sea King arc ?

He is weak as fuck, him being a S class is a joke.

-Well, first we don't know ? The hunters are vigilante who aren't suppervised by a big organisation (until recently at least), just a bunch of civilians who decided to work together to protect people. The 53 of them don't suddenly teleport on a monster to fight him together at the second where it is spotted. They likely patrol and when they spot a monster they call for help and try to stop or hinder it by themselves... just like the HA does ? Do you claim that the S class are weak because some heroes are beaten before they arrive on the battlefield ? Axel possibly didn't even arrive on the fight in time before the monster was already beaten. Secondely... it doesn't matter ? He doesn't brag about his strength or lies about his abilities, he just does what he can, nothing more, it's not him who claims that he should be a S class.

He is ridiculous with his roller.

Alright i know, that critic is clearly just for laugh and not a serious one and i find this design quite funny too... but it's actually also the design of quite an awesome guy ? Sure he clearly doesn't wear some expensive profesionnal stuff, just some cheap gear he took to creat his outfit and he looks like a random dude who picked up his pan and a trash lid to fight evil...yeah, exactely, that's the point. Him and the hunters are civilians, they don't have money to buy super weapons, he is basically like Mumen Rider who picked up his bike and went to fight monster with it, because he has nothing better to use and that's still better than to be on foot. Same thing for Axel, he probably picked up an axe in his shed because it's better than to fight bare handed, put his roller from his high school's years because he will still join the battle quicker than on foot, and took the protection he wears when he does roller because it's still better than no protection at all ? Him and his boys aren't exceptionnal guys with tons of money or superpower, just some random dudes who follow the idea that anyone can be a hero.

Seriously, the animators are working hard. Please stop making them lose motivation.

In recent times, we’ve gotten great news and content from the people in works for OPM. Mainly the teaser trailer from last year, that was great! But ever since the PV, everyone has suddenly flipped as if the entire season is screwed. Don’t be so quick to put down the season all because of a 1 minute promotion video. When the season comes, THEN the criticism will be justified. But until then, let the process go on. We’ve got a long 7-8 months before the season, when the season releases, It’ll have over 2 years of production behind it. That’s quadruple the season 2 production time!

Really what I want is for the community to not put everything off so quickly. Sure, you can give feedback, but don’t act as if everything is over!

What happened? This is supposed to be a garou arc, not a god arc, that was for later and that's why homeless emperor and probably vaccine man were there for. All of a sudden all these random monsters are forced into the story out of nowhere. Where do i start?

Design

The monster garou design is not bad, but objectively speaking it's not as good and unique as it was meant to be. Some people refer to it as a "not boros" design, i actually disagree with this, but having garou just have neon stripes doesn't really add much to the design too. He could've looked more like whatever the hell he was turning into when he was being crushed by the monster association debris.

Then after this, you get the cosmic design, which isn't bad neither, but it just looks like galaxy png's pasted to his body. On a side note, it's a "god" thing, so now it's a god arc instead of a garou arc.

Meaning

The design is caused because of god, so the manga forgets totally about the oni resemblance garou has in the webcomic, which actually makes sense according to monsterization in one punch man. In opm, monsters usually become what they most want, or something related to an excess in their life, an agressive impulse to become that they long the most. You have crab man who turns into a crab because he ate too much crab, you have box man who turned into a monster because he wanted to be the best at boxi- blah blah.

So this guy, out of all things, wants to become "absolute evil", so he ends up resembling a demon, which is supposed to be the absolute opposite of everything that is right, but in the end, this resemblance works only as a "costume" since garou's real purpose is to be the hero by playing monster and yada yada, and you could go on about all the things the original story got into play, and in the manga it's just like, cosmic god man GO.

Saitama fart

I don't like the setting and i don't like the moves. All of a sudden martial arts man is doing "gamma ray bursts" and whatnot. Original garou's distinctive feature was that you couldn't get a hit on him, no matter how hard you tried, which in return makes sense with the whole "crushing absolute justice, the way it crushes absolute evil", that is until saitama arrives, who is supposed to be the incarnation of actual "true justice" without the hypocrisy that garou beforehand mentioned.

Speaking of saitama, just having him serious fart randomly doesn't make it any more impactful or funny as a matter of fact, it just feels like adding stuff for the sake of adding it. Sometimes too much, is in fact, too much, and the main problem of the fight is that it just adds too much stuff for the sake of doing it, jupiter, saitama fart, powerscaling, sneeze, blast (character), bigger centipede, oh and the worst one yet:

TIME TRAVEL

Why? No, seriously, why? Time travel just ruins everything. There are no stakes anymore, it just makes everything pointless. Genos dying didn´t carry any weight because of the past 20 or so chapters of god slop, so you have to get him back because there's genos plotlines that are more interesting than whatever was happening these few chapters. It's not a bad story by any means, but it's just that the latter was so much better and resonated so much more with the themes opm had already stablished.

Side note. Garou's aftermath is so much better in the original story, even his hair falling off makes sense, in the manga it's just a haircut he got.

First of all , wth is this only 2k views after 20mins,one punch man really fell off.

Back to the topic, the animation is disappointing. It can't even hold up to the Season 1 animation. Why the f do no name studios end up with such big ip's, such as sakamoto days and in this case opm.

Its been 10 whole years is it really that hard to recreate that level of quality which season 1 provided.

Hello everyone, i am reposting without any name-calling anyways

The new OPM S3 trailer does have noticeable issues with motion The animation IS stiff and lacks the fluidity expected from a high-profile series This can make action scenes less impactful and reduce the sense of energy the series is known for While it’s understandable that fans want dynamic animation, pointing out these flaws should be framed as honest critique.

Attacking the staff or labeling the entire studio as terrible is unfair and counterproductive The people working on a project are doing their jobs under deadlines and constraints Critiquing the work is fine but targeting individuals spreads toxicity and creates unnecessary harassment It turns discussion into personal attacks rather than constructive feedback and encourages a culture where fans punish creators instead of engaging with the actual content

despite the issues with motion, the compositing and overall art design are solid, maintaining the series’ visual style and atmosphere Backgrounds, lighting, and framing show attention to detail, and the overall aesthetic is polished These strengths show that the team put care and effort into the trailer even if some aspects of the animation could be improved

Now coming to the Point
YouTubers like Nicholas Light and Chibi Reviews and even, the previous post take the trailer criticism to an extreme, spreading misinformation and exaggerating flaws while doom-posting their predictions as well as giving Basic arguments, They claim the studio had six years to make this or compare it unfairly to Blue Lock S2 or Berserk 2016, which is unverified and misleading as Fuck

This Nicholas Light Guy in particular is hypocritical, having said two years ago he didn’t care about animation at all and now suddenly acts like a self-proclaimed expert declaring OPM doomed Their approach isn’t critique,

it’s panic-posting that misguides viewers, in-directly attacks the studio , and fosters a toxic fan culture instead of encouraging honest discussion about the work itself

Like even a post here before, who had no clue about what or how a production is done, decided to make a post claiming that they had 6 years for this shih

At the end of the day, it’s better to wait and see how the series actually turns out rather than jumping to extreme conclusions based on a short trailer Critique should be grounded in what we can actually observe,

and the final product may address or improve on the aspects that are currently under discussion Being patient allows us to appreciate the work on its own terms and form opinions based on the full series rather than hype, rumors, or misleading commentary

Thank You

Really don't understand why people are so whiny about this one frame specifically.

1. The point of accented frames is to make you pay more attention to them by changing the color palette. Which this frame is doing well. You're complaining the image is doing what it's supposed to do.

2. To me the anime version also looks better. They got rid of the blur and the colors are striking. It is a more interesting piece of art to look at. "No, you don't get it, he's blue, which is obviously bad, because Garou isn't blue" is incredible insight though. Man, Jojo is such a terrible show, its sky is yellow in one of the seasons, which is obliviously bad, because the sky is not yellow.

3. This is a screenshot from the anime. Why are we judging a screenshot by itself like it's a separate piece of art? Nobody has seen the episode yet, where it probably makes sense logically, yet everyone is fired up on hating this one image for whatever reason like it's the main reason the show sucks.

Maybe someone can explain why this image is objectively terrible and ruins the show? Not in a "I don't like blue" or "I like it in the teaser better, so it's bad" type of way. Because I can easily explain why the fight from the episode 3 was better in the teaser than in the anime: the pacing got worse from the fight overly stretching (and repeating a gif 4 times didn't help), the added animation was mostly subpar and only detracted from the great animation by Aoki, the logic of the fight got worse (what was Bug God doing for a whole minute?). Can someone do something similar with this frame?

I don't get why people keep complaining and whining about all the little things. Is there not enough actual problems to complain about in S3? Or is it not as memeable to state actual problems and people just want to engage with something that takes as little brainpower as possible (i.e. image look bad = show bad). Looking at the "most popular" criticism it seems like if they got rid of one accented frame, added animation to Garou sliding, and the director didn't direct a hentai 20 years ago the show would suddenly be saved and become perfect.