| I just realized that One Punch Man is so popular in my university that it became the talk of the town. I did not expect for the show to become so popular like this that even non-japanimation fans knew about it. I knew that its japanese webcomic was already popular but I dunno if it contributed for OPM to be that popular since I ask some peeps if they read aboot its Japanese comic but they dont know about it as well. Why did One Punch Man become so popular with the normies? What are factors that made this show so mainstream? Can a new Japanimation show be popular to the normies in the upcoming years? Discuss PS: I dont care if yuo hipsters are salty with the OPM threads or the show itself I jsut want to know how this show went mainstream af |
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| Wasn't the same case with Attack on Titan? |
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| Saitama is moe |
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| Because shounen is the most popular gender so it's easy to attract people with its parody. |
Nagirah said: Kotaku?I read somewhere that the people making OPM were trying to appeal for a western audience. I don't remember the source. and their shitty journalism bcoz they are a branch of Gawker? |
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Dorian-201 said: anyways,perhaps it's due to OPM flashy fighting scenes?Wasn't the same case with Attack on Titan? |
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Nagirah said: I read somewhere that the people making OPM were trying to appeal for a western audience. I don't remember the source. I bet the influence of superheroes is a major factor,if not the main one. |
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Dorian-201 said: no it's not. it's originaly a webtoon manga that normal people draw for fun, then get enough fanbase.Nagirah said: I bet the influence of superheroes is a major factor,if not the main one.I read somewhere that the people making OPM were trying to appeal for a western audience. I don't remember the source. OT: TBH, it's mainly because visuality wise, both manga and anime. nothing more. |
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| My friend who works as a teacher in school in england said that kids are watching OPM on their phones in classes (something that never happened before or was very rare) |
| For the anime: omg this animation quality is amazing,so awesome,best anime ever...plus great comedy too,best anime ever. For the manga: omg this art is godlike,best manga ever...plus great comedy too,best manga ever. For the webcomic: the artstyle sucks,but hey it's funny |
| Its mindless fun that anyone can enjoy. The animation just make it even better. |
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| It's something anyone can enjoy. Action and non complex story makes it entertaining for casual watching I guess. |
starlabbu said: It's something anyone can enjoy. Action and non complex story makes it entertaining for casual watching I guess. ^pretty much. |
| Because it's fun and pretty relaxing. Also the animation is really good which is an important factor. |
| It's not that popular over here. Then again, the only supposed 'anime fans' near me are all Attack on Titan noobs. |
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| Cause it's good. Even the web comic with it's mediocre art still keeps you reading. And the fights are GOOD :O Mod Edit: Removed quote of deleted post. Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags; please hide plot details. |
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| Simple answer is because it is good, same thing happened with Death Note and Attack on Titan. |
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| Because westerners have shit tastes. |
| They see this weird egg head loser doing funny things with a sidekick who looks cool. And he wore an "oppai" hoodie so he's cool funny and edgy. |
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noobsoldier said: Dorian-201 said: anyways,perhaps it's due to OPM flashy fighting scenes?Wasn't the same case with Attack on Titan? Agreed, SnK was really flashy and differed from the norm, so can it be safe to assume that the more abnormal an anime is in the west, the more people will watch it? That would explain a lot. I even had one of my friends change his profile pic on Skype to Saitama and I never even realized he liked anime. |
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| Because its like DBZ, fighting with explosions an op MC and not too deep story. |
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Paella_ said: I literally haven't heard anyone around me speaking about anime in like forever. I pity you, having to deal with such cancer even IRLI just realized that One Punch Man is so popular in my university that it became the talk of the town. I did not expect for the show to become so popular like this that even non-japanimation fans knew about it. I knew that its japanese webcomic was already popular but I dunno if it contributed for OPM to be that popular since I ask some peeps if they read aboot its Japanese comic but they dont know about it as well. Why did One Punch Man become so popular with the normies? What are factors that made this show so mainstream? Can a new Japanimation show be popular to the normies in the upcoming years? Discuss PS: I dont care if yuo hipsters are salty with the OPM threads or the show itself I jsut want to know how this show went mainstream af |
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| So edgy I could cut myself with it. OT: The popularity of OPM is the typical popularity of the hyped shows of the year. Nothing more, nothing less. Mod Edit: Removed quote of deleted post. |
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keragamming said: starlabbu said: It's something anyone can enjoy. Action and non complex story makes it entertaining for casual watching I guess. ^pretty much. yeah... that is pretty much the answer... |
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ichii_1 said: VHAT??? That boros and garou fight "dead" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) IST ALRDY OUT??? Maaaaan I need to catch up with OPM |
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Kuma said: Hrybami said: too bad, it's also popular in japan as well.Because westerners have shit tastes. The manga is way more popular than the anime in Japan. That's because Madhouse is shit and so is westerners' taste. |
| I do think that One Punch Man is in some ways appealing because it is a parody of both anime and the Western superhero genre at the same time, whether that was intentional or not. I mean, look at Saitama. Cape and all, he looks more like a superhero than your average modern anime character. |
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Paella_ said: ichii_1 said: VHAT??? That boros and garou fight "dead" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) IST ALRDY OUT??? Maaaaan I need to catch up with OPM I was talking about the webcomic version of the garou fights :'( The manga version will take years to get there :( |
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| The super hero genre is the greatest , most popular and universal genre in existence. Literally everyone in the world knows Superman, Batman, Spiderman. OPM being mainly a superhero parody (it also paraodies battle shonen (mainly DBZ) and mahou shoujo on one occasion) makes it easily watchable for non anime fans. The great animation, Saitama being op would also contribute to the appeal . |
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DrGeroCreation said: +1 was in the middle of typing something similarThe super hero genre is the greatest , most popular and universal genre in existence. Literally everyone in the world knows Superman, Batman, Spiderman. OPM being mainly a superhero parody (it also paraodies battle shonen (mainly DBZ) and mahou shoujo on one occasion) makes it easily watchable for non anime fans. The great animation, Saitama being op would also contribute to the appeal . |
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| No cute girls, westerns dislikes cute girls in anime. |
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| I'm being serious. It's the fact they don't watch anime that probably helps. |
| I envy you man, all what my classmates had watched is DBZ when it was airing on TV, that's because they are just filthy casuals who use the internet for nothing but chatting on facebook..:/ |
DrGeroCreation said: Praland said: No cute girls, westerns dislikes cute girls in anime.  mysteriously, i kinda like her body style too, even though she is an insect.  OPM have some little girls and one sexy girl :D |
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| I don't know why it so popular, but to me it didn't suit at all, quit mid way through the first episode |
| Haven't started watching it yet but I think I might enjoy it. |
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| Obviously because of all the memes that get spammed in the internet all the time lately, perhaps also the fanarts where they show Saitama beating Superman or Goku were able to catch some peoples' attention. |
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Hrybami said: Kuma said: too bad, it's also popular in japan as well. The manga is way more popular than the anime in Japan. That's because Madhouse is shit and so is westerners' taste. that shows how much the japanese audience sucks they love shit like kyoani but deslike madhouse the one who is by far the best anime studio |
gabrielrroiz said: Hrybami said: The manga is way more popular than the anime in Japan. That's because Madhouse is shit and so is westerners' taste. that shows how much the japanese audience sucks they love shit like kyoani but deslike madhouse the one who is by far the best anime studio I find it funny when people bash the Japanese audience as if the western audience is any better. |
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gabrielrroiz said: Hrybami said: The manga is way more popular than the anime in Japan. That's because Madhouse is shit and so is westerners' taste. that shows how much the japanese audience sucks they love shit like kyoani but deslike madhouse the one who is by far the best anime studio What? KyoAni is as much loved in the West than in Japan. It's a fan-service studio. Madhouse is still shit tho. Crappy animation, soulless adaptation, ugly chara-design, recycled themes and backgroud. Watching Madhouse anime is as exciting as slicing bread. Just to discover that each slice of bread are exactly the same plain piece of cafeteria's crappiest meal one after one. At least KyoAni has actually good animation and some variety as well. |
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