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Quantino said: yeah someone mentioned how the camera kept moving, and changing the perspective across a still seems to be how this studio is trying to get away with limited animation keragamming said: I don't think that is what most people are complaining about here, they are complaining about the animation. Even the animation was fi...….. no it was pretty shit. |
| "I like young-girl sexual creations, Lolicon is just one hobby of my many hobbies," he says. I ask what his wife, standing nearby, thinks of his "hobby". "She probably thinks no problem," he replies. "Because she loves young boys sexually interacting with each other." |
| I can stand the art style being what it is. What is really getring to me is the terrible direction. The conedic timing is terrible, and all the jump cuts makes it so hard to understand the fight scenes. And what the hell was with the panels on the screen after saitama killed the bird? They don't fit the style of the anime at all. |
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| well, it's not so bad. but considering this is one punchman it's a shame they changed studios. other than that, it was a good start. I love king!!! |
| EL PSY KONGROO!!! |
| Oh man Tuesdays are gonna be great. To keep coming on these Episode Threads and reading the comments from salty OP fans and haters. |
| "You can't spell slaughter without laughter". |
| lol sasuga MAL forum posts 🤣🤣🤣 |
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| As expected, a downgrade on more ways than one. Good to see the score dropping like a rock. |
| Oh yes, still better than average anime. |
| If you guys think this was bad, know that DEEN will be animating newest Nanatsu no Taizai series this fall. |
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| Honestly the animations aren't even the problem. What really bothered me is the poor direction. There is literally no flow from scene to scene. |
NycroApr 9, 2019 5:27 PM
| Second sexist esper sister finally getting some screentime, and the (basically) 2nd protagonist of the series managed to make an appearance at the end. The episode was much better than I thought after having my expectations set so low from the trailer and studio, but it's still obviously nowhere near S1's quality, as expected. Seems like it'll be fun for what it is though, and maybe the much better manga content it's adapting will help carry it. |
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| While season 1 elevated the manga, the manga is keeping this new season afloat. Thankfully, One's story doesn't need spectacular art (see the webcomic), but it still is disappointing. That being said, even though the animation is bad, and the art is now worse than the manga, it's still good. I remain grief-strickenly optimistic. |
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| Haha, I'm glad my wishes came true. Episode 1 was definitely not as bad as trailer. Sure, you could see the downgrade of animation compared to Season 1, but it is really hard to create something do OPM that would be better than Season 1. Of course I was worried that maybe trailer actually presented true form of Season 2, but as for the first episode it ended up on worries only. I enjoyed the art. It's different , but pleasant to watch. Animation was alright, especially in Genos vs. robot scene and when Saitama talked with King (I like King's new design, by the way). Opening and its music were awesome. Not as good as Season 1, but they were very good anyway. Whole episode was pretty dynamic and was very enjoyable to watch. Can't wait to see the next episode. |
| This is garbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage!!! |
| I liked it, it wasn't amazing and Genos' overly glossy armor looked weird but definitely watchable and no where as bad compared to previous JC Staff shows. Hoping the quality doesn't start plummeting after this. |
| barring the animation this season's first ep isn't really a disappointment |
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| It's really not that bad, it's decent. I can understand that it doesn't live upto how incredibly well made S1 was though. I guess the problem is S1 set such huge expectations and none of that is gonna get met here. I suppose it wouldn't be a problem if it was some other show but OPM had such widespread recognition, a lot of people are gonna be disappointed. Also, I don't think Genos's arms are CG as people were saying, it's probably a post effect of sorts. It was a decent reintroduction to the series I guess and the Genos fight scene probably deserved some more flair since it's the opening episode but it's fine I guess. Fubuki. <3 |
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| Yeah, definitly the animation was average af (and Genos looked specially bad in this episode) but... yeah, it was fun. I guess i did miss One Punch Man after all. 7/10 for the first episode |
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| It ended up being better than I expected, but it's still a definite downgrade. |
| Mankind knew that they cannot change society. So instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the beasts. |
| After watching the PV, my expectations for One Punch Man Season 2 were pretty much cut in half....then you could probably cut that half in half as well. Needless to say I was really worried about Season 2 and how big of a meme it could potentially turn into once things were all said and done. The fans don't deserve that and the creator of this story most of all should not have that type of failure being associated with his work. So, how bad did J.C. Staff mess this one up based off of the first episode? Let's start. The art-direction (while far from the worst) is pretty questionable, with jarring changes made to our heroes that look awkward at best at times. Not horrendous, but definitely not great either. Barely passable I'd say. I've seen worse in this field. While stills (which I will get to later) have plagued this first episode, at least I can say the art looks decent in these moments. Now, let's move on to easily the worst part of this episode, the animation. I noticed very early on that this wasn't going to be a fun ride. Looking at animation alone, this product looked like a complete joke (at times almost looking fan-made) and is definitely my biggest concern with the show going forward. There were so many scenes that felt like they were created simply to avoid worthwhile animation as much as possible. With so many stills and close-up shots, it defeats what this series is about in almost every way. Multiple times the way scenes were meshing with each other irritated me. Either being too close to the action or way too far away, I was left with a headache or two before the episode ended. Spontaneous fighting scenes are what made this series what it is, so to see the fight in this episode down-scaled to the point of mediocrity...it's very disheartening as a huge fan of Season 1. The team were glaringly lazy in the animation field, which is arguably the most important thing you need to consider for an anime. There were only a couple of scenes that brought a positive reaction out of me. For a show that was previously met with such a high reputation, surely you can understand my large room for disappointment when watching this first episode. Lastly I wanted to touch on the soundtrack and audio work a little bit. For the most part, the soundtrack seems pretty good. That familiar southern-sounding acoustic guitar is definitely welcome in the more calm scenes. The OP song by JAM Project (while it isn't better than Season 1) is pretty good, definitely shining best when the chorus hits. Animation-wise there is (yet again) a very noticeable dip in quality. It's still pretty good, but just not great. The audio FX and mixing felt a little weird at times, not meshing well with the VA's from what I heard. Go watch the fight scene again and maybe you will see what I mean. The effects, background music and the VA's were almost fighting for dominance over each other which sounded real messy and rushed to me. Hopefully they can get that type of stuff situated. As a side note, Hulu desperately needs to go back and fix the subs for this episode. Most of the episode was not synced with the subs. Very annoying to watch in this state. Overall I personally don't understand how things could have possibly gotten this bad with the production of the show. J.C. Staff has put out good-looking shows in the past, it's not like they aren't capable...right? The only conclusions I can reach are that either the budget held them back monumentally, or the Shonen genre is not a good much for this studio. At worst, it could be both reasons put together. The plot alone is what kept me in the episode because without it I know I wouldn't have been bothered to waste my time watching such dull, lifeless and completely uninspired execution of animating this story. With there being very few bright spots in this first episode, I'm left feeling very concerned with the next set of episodes. I hope that it cannot get much worse than this because frankly if it does, the anger from the fanbase could grow to be impossible for J.C. Staff to tame. Long-ass review over. I voted a two. Interesting enough to not drop the episode, but there's way too much wrong to give it a 3 or above. While this review is mainly negative, I hope for nothing but the best for the remainder of Season 2 because despite my criticisms Season 1 One Punch is easily one of my favorite Shonen and I can only hope for a sliver of that love to move on to Season 2. |
Rescue22Apr 9, 2019 5:45 PM
| better than expected, but it Still doesn't have the charm of S1 |
 It’s okay to look back at the past, just don’t stare too long |
Lelouch0202 said: It's really not that bad, it's decent. I can understand that it doesn't live upto how incredibly well made S1 was though. I guess the problem is S1 set such huge expectations and none of that is gonna get met here. I suppose it wouldn't be a problem if it was some other show but OPM had such widespread recognition, a lot of people are gonna be disappointed. Also, I don't think Genos's arms are CG as people were saying, it's probably a post effect of sorts. It was a decent reintroduction to the series I guess and the Genos fight scene probably deserved some more flair since it's the opening episode but it's fine I guess. Fubuki. <3 Fubuki is the only normal looking one I've seen so far. Thank god she's still thicc/MILF quality, despite not being a milf lol |
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| Just to echo what a bunch of other people have been saying in this thread, while the animation is, at least, not a complete disaster, and can still manage some impressive and detailed action cuts like the first season, the real problem I had with this episode was the direction. Everything moved way too fast, with no real sense of flow, tension, setup, payoff, or pacing. It was just a jumble of Stuff Happening(tm) with no connective tissue, and it exacerbates the worst aspects of the animation in turn- the over-reliance on static images, the ugly digital processing, the stodgy camerawork, and so on. And it just utterly kills the flow of the story; I hardly felt anything over this entire episode, it was just so mushy and dull. I could see a OPM season managing to still survive and excel even with the aesthetic downgrade, but there's no way it's going to survive such amateurish direction if this is any indication of how the rest of the reason is going to turn out. Of course, I'm still going to watch it to the end because I'm nothing if not a stubborn bastard. But man, this is going to be a miserable couple weeks until Attack on Titan hopefully picks up the Big Franchise slack. |
HueyLion said: Oh man Tuesdays are gonna be great. To keep coming on these Episode Threads and reading the comments from salty OP fans and haters. Honestly, I think that it looks pretty good, sure it isn't 10/10 like s1 but it's still solid. The salt is RIDICULOUS. |
Ericonator said: By definition, everything is retro since by the time you realize something has happened it's already in the past.  |
AngelicTotoro said: HueyLion said: Oh man Tuesdays are gonna be great. To keep coming on these Episode Threads and reading the comments from salty OP fans and haters. Honestly, I think that it looks pretty good, sure it isn't 10/10 like s1 but it's still solid. The salt is RIDICULOUS. animation isn't good? 1/10 kinda ridiculous imo that said lots of people only watched the first season because it looked cool (including me at first) so who am I to judge |
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| I can't believe what they did to Genos LOL. my favorite character looks like a walking nightmare. |
| From the op, looks like it will be covered all garou arc? J.C even will animated 'filler' tournament arc.. it is enough for 12 eps? |
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| I am SO GLAD I decided to start reading the manga by Yusuke Murata back in December of 2017. Everything about this episode looks amateur. Everything. |
| Here I come, rougher than the rest of them The best of them, tougher than leather You can call me knuckles, unlike sonic I don't chuckle I'd rather flex my muscles I'm hard as nails, it ain't hard to tell I break'em down whether they're solid or frail Unlike the rest I'm independent It's my first breath, first test Feel the right then the worst's left |
Ponds667 said: AngelicTotoro said: Honestly, I think that it looks pretty good, sure it isn't 10/10 like s1 but it's still solid. The salt is RIDICULOUS. animation isn't good? 1/10 kinda ridiculous imo that said lots of people only watched the first season because it looked cool (including me at first) so who am I to judge True, I also watched for the animation originally. But now that OPM has an established fan base, you'd think it could get away with it. I mean what's worse, average animation or no second season ??? Priorities people. |
Ericonator said: By definition, everything is retro since by the time you realize something has happened it's already in the past. |
| it was okay i fell off OPM during this arc hard so when this got greenlight and J.C was doing it it was a hard sell to get me remotely hyped but they made it better than i was expecting. only thing is the key selling points to a lot of people was the manga/art and bones and madhouse managing to bring that art to life with a lot of "time" and love however due to hearing the scheduling at JC and seeing how many damn anime's they are doing this is what we get you were only setting yourself for disappointment if you were hoping it would look just as good. only question i'm asking myself is there much a need to watch this when we got the manga eh it's on a tuesday instead of a sunday/monday so i ant got much else to watch will say this what the hell is up with genos face looks like it got squeezed lol |
katsu044Apr 9, 2019 6:41 PM
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AngelicTotoro said: Ponds667 said: animation isn't good? 1/10 kinda ridiculous imo that said lots of people only watched the first season because it looked cool (including me at first) so who am I to judge True, I also watched for the animation originally. But now that OPM has an established fan base, you'd think it could get away with it. I mean what's worse, average animation or no second season ??? Priorities people. having read the manga I kinda know the story beats and despite the manga art being fantastic I'm still happy to see a second season. people these days have high expectations man, poor JC Staff |
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| Great start! You weebs need to quit complaining. I'm here for laughs, action, and story. Yeah the animation is different, I just couldn't care less. More one punch man is a good thing. |
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| Well. This has finally arrived. Needless to say, a downgrade is inevitable. JC's insane financial tactic of taking every famous franchise at the same time ruined everything like boats chained together catching on fire. Is it unwatchable? Not really. It's really average but totally watchable. Classic JC cut corners like classic tween dodging can be found, but not as horrible as Date a Live thanks to the original staffs still being there. |
| 「ボクは…確かに現実に絶望している。だけど、自分には絶望していない!! 今がつまらないか…楽しいのか…平凡なのか…決めているのは現実じゃない。決めるのはボクだ!!ボクが望めば不可能はない!!」-桂木桂馬 "True, I've given up on the real world. However, I haven't given up on myself!! The world doesn't get to decide whether my life is boring, fun, or ordinary because that's my decision to make!! As long as I have the will, nothing is impossible!!" -Katsuragi Keima |
| Animation quality clearly dipped, but I still think that was a great start. Really enjoyed it. |
| Wohoo! One Punch Man is Back baby. Genos looks badass this season. And Saitama hasn't lost his casual, non-chalant personality. While the animation isn't god tier but it looks pretty good imo. I have high expectations from OPM 2 this season. |
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copyrightRingo said: Well. This has finally arrived. Needless to say, a downgrade is inevitable. JC's insane financial tactic of taking every famous franchise at the same time ruined everything like boats chained together catching on fire. Is it unwatchable? Not really. It's really average but totally watchable. Classic JC cut corners like classic tween dodging can be found, but not as horrible as Date a Live thanks to the original staffs still being there. Most of the production staff isn't there, not even the director is there, or do you mean the soundtrack staff? |
| The shading is yuck. The animation is exactly what you would expect from J.C. Staff-- a clean presentation that doesnt look awful or anything, but its not unique; it has no style; beyond bland. RandomFacepalm said: Seriously what happened to saitama's voice acying and what the hell happened to the animation there is like no life in saitama's voice in this season This too. All the voice acting in this episode sounded lifeless. |
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| So many still frames... Maybe I will just read the manga after all. |
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