the hentai director is gonna be the scapegoat of the production committee

A hentai director could make some lit OPM content so I am game.

@feyyazu35 is jc staff even part of the production committee?

@Old_Greggu did you check the directors track record? is he a genius director like shingo natsume that made season 1 so popular? we are not psychics but we can do educated guess

@deg Dude, that's not important. J.C. Staff shouldn't have agreed to make Opm when they make 20 anime a year.

@deg I don't know how educated any of you are, and my point still stands, better to be surprised, than dismissive.

@feyyazu35 what kind of business or capitalist that denies more profit though? most anime studios are just hired contractors except maybe kyoto animation so the blame lies more on their customers the production committee in this case that knows well the studio jc staff is overwork or overloaded already

@deg Are you seriously defending JC Staff :D?
Dude, JC Staff needing money doesn't mean they have to make 20 anime at once :D. There are plenty of indie studios like JC Staff, but none of them can survive without making 20 anime a year.

@feyyazu35 im saying how a capitalist or business work, its no secret that jc staff does a lot of anime projects per year more than mappa that people meme about so the production committee knowing that still choose them so again the production committee of one punch man does not care about quality

holy no life, 100 thousand posts?!

At this point, I do not know what to say. Even if shingo natsume would return as a director and madhouse being production studio, opm 2 would still have noticable dip in quality because most of the veterans animators that were working on opm 1 (they are the ones made insane quality as it was) were busy working on other projects, and considering how demanding opm is to make, they did very good job at opm 2 being very well animated series as a high profile series.

Okay, maybe I shouldn't be speaking about this since I'm not a big fan of One Punch Man. But I'll say it anyway. Quiet a few anime directors have done hentai in some shape or form. A lot of animators have worked in hentai.

But that doesn't stop them from making some good non-hentai related projects.

I think people should give this project. Some faith. Hell, directors of live action cult classic movies have done porn before as well. Hell, if I remember right Wes Craven directed a porn under some fake name to get more funding for The Hills Have Eyes.

They hired a fucking pornographer for their biggest anime?!?!

Hahahahaha no way

What a trainwreck

@giantpudding If virtual sex scares you so much imagine the reaction you have for irl

No the majority of it is still made for Japanese people and they ship it out to the west to make money. They don’t care about you or your feelings or what you want. The only ones that do are the studios owned by western companies like Netflix.

He was probably forced to tweet to calm down the crybabies in the west. Just because it’s made for Japanese people doesn’t mean they don’t want to sell it in other places.

@Hemiolia dude look at the track record of the hentai director he did not made any great works so far so its a big red flag

@Haigen https://x.com/ShinNagai_Anime/status/1963081632606519329

Hello everyone, nice to meet you.
I'm Shimpei Nagai, the director of One Punch Man Season 3.
I completely understand everyone's reactions.
Please calm down and hear me out, if you would.
I'll explain why I was chosen, and it might be a bit long, but please listen.
I've been a freelancer from the beginning, and that hasn't changed.
At 37, I wrapped up my apprenticeship and stepped into the anime world with a work called "Hiiro no Kakera."
I learned how to create hybrid animation with 3D in a project called "Aquarion Logos,"
and after that, I switched to a 3D company for just one year, contributing to image boards for "Altered Carbon" and such.
My goal was always Manglobe.
I honed my skills on Episode 6 of "GANGSTA." and "Samurai Flamenco," among others.
I was aiming for a hybrid of 3DCG and hand-drawn animation, but as everyone knows, Manglobe ended up closing down.
In the midst of that, J.C.Staff became a long-term partner, commissioning me for storyboards and direction throughout the year.
However, since I'm relatively unknown and don't have standout achievements as an animator, I thought it might give a bad impression, so I asked to keep it under wraps.
Then, when the consultation for One Punch Man Season 3 came up, I focused on incorporating a new workflow—something I discussed in CGWORLD, bridging 3D and 2D workflows—to squeeze out even one more second of production time.
I sincerely apologize for keeping quiet about this.
The team is giving it our all on site.
I can't discuss details about the production, but I'm open to answering what I can within limits.

@deg he worked on big shows what are you on about

@deg I guess season 3 of opm is done for.

Atleast he will do Fubuki and Tatsumaki more justice.

Atleast he will do Fubuki and Tatsumaki more justice.

I believe the issue since the start of season 2, is lack of time to make the anime and the poor money investment in the OPM franchise. going for j.c. staff instead of a top of tehe line anime studio, and not callling the best best directors and animators the anime industry. It's the producer's fault for mistreating one if the most popular anime/manga OF ALL TIME.