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| No movement at all 😭💔💔 |
Reply to Leon888
Only power point, lmao
| @Leon888 next in the line of Blue Lock season 2 |
Reply to UnknownGhost5
Lmao this was ass. I don't remember what the animation was like in season 2, but I don't think I was ever this bored with an episode.
| @UnknownGhost5 felt the same |
| Neat build-up episode for the invasion on monster association HQ. Very strong drawings throughout the episode. Waiting on the story to get to the meat and potatoes of the arc to see the core vision of the new series director. Color palettes remind me of BLEACH TYBW here and there. |
k11chiOct 12, 2025 10:24 AM
Reply to 0451
Can't believe it's been over 6 fucking years since Season 2 came out. What took 'em so long? Oh well. I already accepted that Season 1 was a one-of-a-kind event that won't be replicated again. But surely, after all this time, Season 3 is going to be better than Season 2 at least, right?
*Watches first episode of Season 3*
Oh... It's bad. They didn't even put any effort in the first episode which is usually one of the better animated episodes of any anime. Sure, it's just people talking. But somehow the studio made even that look so boring and flat. I'd say that maybe they're saving the budget for the fight scenes. But even the fucking scenes of Garou walking looked so cheap... Yeah, this doesn't bode well. This shit makes Sakamoto Days look like a masterpiece. There's a slight chance Season 3 might be even worse than Season 2. Now that'd be a fun dumpsterfire to watch burn lol.
Anyway, I guess the OP is decent. Better than Season 2 OP at least. It's sad to see OPM, a series that could easily become really popular if done right be done dirty like this. Reminds me of the upcoming CGI remake of Fist of the North Star. I just don't understand wtf they're thinking. I'm just glad Mob Psycho 100 didn't suffer the same fate.
*Watches first episode of Season 3*
Oh... It's bad. They didn't even put any effort in the first episode which is usually one of the better animated episodes of any anime. Sure, it's just people talking. But somehow the studio made even that look so boring and flat. I'd say that maybe they're saving the budget for the fight scenes. But even the fucking scenes of Garou walking looked so cheap... Yeah, this doesn't bode well. This shit makes Sakamoto Days look like a masterpiece. There's a slight chance Season 3 might be even worse than Season 2. Now that'd be a fun dumpsterfire to watch burn lol.
Anyway, I guess the OP is decent. Better than Season 2 OP at least. It's sad to see OPM, a series that could easily become really popular if done right be done dirty like this. Reminds me of the upcoming CGI remake of Fist of the North Star. I just don't understand wtf they're thinking. I'm just glad Mob Psycho 100 didn't suffer the same fate.
0451 said: But even the fucking scenes of Garou walking looked so cheap... Yeah, this doesn't bode well. This shit makes Sakamoto Days look like a masterpiece. There's a slight chance Season 3 might be even worse than Season 2. Now that'd be a fun dumpsterfire to watch burn lol. You're spitting facts. Is this what I have been waiting for all these years !? 💔💔 |
| OOOH OOH AAH AAH HUU HUU HAA!! EH EH EEEEHH AHHH OOOOHHH!! hoo hoo hoo HAAHHH HAAHH OOOHH HOO HOO HOO—Fubuki?? 👀 HOO HOO OOOOH OOOH—throws coconut at J.C. Staff Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags. |
prozyneOct 12, 2025 8:40 PM
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| I love how Saitama's apartment just keeps getting more crowded as a hangout spot for heroes. Poor Fubuki though. |
| hype lets go. I think it will be like season 2. |
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| I still remember just how heated the discussion threads were back when season2 aired and, in all honestly, I'm not too surprised to see this discussion thread for the 1st episode of season 3 of be a reminder of those days back in 2019. Half of my praise is solely on Tatsumaki, because she's awesome (I'm biased, sue me!), but other things that I like were the OP song being pretty good and the main visuals do look better than how season 2 went. Unlike a lot of other people, I won't be concluding my thoughts on the production quality based only on a build-up episode alone, as that would be a pretty stupid thing to do. It'll all come down to how well animated the fights are in later episodes that'll be the main make-or-break part of this season. As for me, I highly doubt we'll get the quality of the first season and anyone should do well to keep their expectations more realistically instead of letting it go out of control, which happens more often than not, but if the staff do their job well, then they'll get some well deserved praise come the end of the season. Either way, each Sunday is going to bring out the best and worst of this website, so I'll grab some imaginary popcorn and pretend to eat away. For better and for worse, I look forward to seeing how people will react with each new episode. XD |
| Well that went about as expected. It's another slide show powerpoint season. Unfortunate, people can stop sniffing the copium now. |
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| It feels good to finally watch this :) Love the new OP and the ED! I think the first is still my favorite of the bunch but the new one isn't bad. Really like the ED song though. Did Child Emperor get a new VA? I swear they sound older lol I rewatched season one and two a couple weeks ago so maybe I'm just not remembering it right. Looking forward to watching this every Sunday! Not much has really caught my eye this season apart from this and like maybe two other shows. Edit: Damn, looks like a lot of people really don't like the animation this season, and yeah tbh I agree. It looks pretty off, but I do think it looks a bit better than the second season. Either way I don't really care, and I've seen way worse. I think I'm still going to really enjoy this. |
AlkimiaOct 12, 2025 10:37 AM
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| waiting for the episode with actual fights... and... animation :P |
| oookaaay... that long of a wait for that Episode 1? whew, JC shoulda made it a double-length Ep instead of a standard one. because we had lotsa talking, yet little going on. i guess some info-dump is required but ohmahgawd... a whole Episode's worth of expositional dialogue? plus, we gotta wait yet another week for something to happen? definitely needed a 48minute episode. |
just an ol school American otaku enjoyin the life. don't sass me kiddies, i've been otaku probably since before you were born. leave me in peace and i won't bother you either.  |
| My 17th Summer 2025 anime! We are SO back after 6 years since Spring 2019 when season 2 came out! I have been WAITING! Fun fact, season 2 was the only anime I ever watched ongoing back then before I started watching anime ongoing in Winter 2021. I remember this was a Wednesday anime at the time 🤣 never forget. Whenever people ask me what my favorite anime is, I always say One Punch Man. I rewatched seasons 1 and 2 last year in Summer 2024 just for the hell of it and it was amazing. Season 2 was actually not as bad as I remember it being 🤣 like obviously it’s not as good as season 1, but it was still better than I thought. I remember Season 3 was supposed to come out a lot sooner but just kept getting delayed to the following Fall season. My most anticipated Fall 2025 anime. Finally here we are! 🙌🏻🥊 I miss season 1’s OP and ED 🥲🔥 the best I better hear a lot of that one main OST “Seigi Shikkou” this season. We only heard it ONCE last season at the end when Saitama punched the centipede 🤯 for only like 10 seconds. This season is supposedly being directed by a hentai director ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) you know what that means Seiyuus: - Tatsumaki Tornado - Aoi Yuuki. She is also voicing Tanya from Isekai Quartet Season 3 this season too! 🤣🙌🏻 literally the exact same character. Little runt girls. - Atomic Samurai - Kenjiro Tsuda. No mistaking that deep villainous voice man 🤣 he’s him. - Zombie Man - Takahiro Sakurai. My FAVORITE Seiyuu of all time. He also voiced Tomioka Giyuu from the Demon Slayer Infinity Castle move that just dropped last month. Such a badass cool voice 🔥 - Fubuki Blizzard - Hayami Saori. She voiced Shinobu from the Demon Slayer movie as well, but she’s also voicing Reiner from A Hero Without A Class this season too! Hottest girl in here 👌🏻 - Genos - Kaito Ishikawa. Lucky dude just got married to the hottest Seiyuu ever, Maaya Uchida. Their marriage is all over the internet more than any other Seiyuu couple I’ve seen. He voiced a lot of main roles last season. - Saitama - Furukawa Makoto. He has so many signature voices, but the funny one he uses when he’s yelling is the best 🤣 - Gyoro Gyoro - Takehito Koyasu. The one eyed pink monster. I just finally learned his voice recently 🤣 he’s also voicing that one villain leader dude from Dusk Beyond the End of the World and that one teacher from Isekai Quartet Season 3 this season too from Re:Zero 🤣 such a fruity voice he has - 20:00 BRUH WHO IS THIS TELETUBBY LOOKING MONSTER?! He’s so voiced by Umehara Yuuichiro! 🤣 yet another deep cool badass voice. Goblin Slayer. - Sonic is voiced by Kaji Yuki! Eren Yeager! 🤣🙌🏻 I think I got everyone in this first episode. - As you can see, One Punch Man has one HELL of a top tier Seiyuu cast 🙌🏻 unique and distinct voices everywhere! 9:50 that’s not how I was expecting Blast Knight’s true appearance to look like 😮🐀 14:10 Fucking King is so full of shit 🤣 15:20 OMG THE BEST OST IS HERE ALREADY!!!! 🤣🙌🏻 only played for a few seconds tho 🥲  |
Reply to Niwaka-Samurai
0451 said:
But even the fucking scenes of Garou walking looked so cheap... Yeah, this doesn't bode well. This shit makes Sakamoto Days look like a masterpiece. There's a slight chance Season 3 might be even worse than Season 2. Now that'd be a fun dumpsterfire to watch burn lol.
But even the fucking scenes of Garou walking looked so cheap... Yeah, this doesn't bode well. This shit makes Sakamoto Days look like a masterpiece. There's a slight chance Season 3 might be even worse than Season 2. Now that'd be a fun dumpsterfire to watch burn lol.
You're spitting facts. Is this what I have been waiting for all these years !? 💔💔
| @Niwaka-Samurai Glad I didn't wait. I just stopped caring after Season 2. I'm still surprised it took 6 years to make this slop. It looks like the type of shit they'd pump out just 6 months after Season 2 finished. But somehow they took 6 years and learned nothing lmao. |
| Its so cooked...... |
| It's a bit hard to believe that it has taken us this long but we're back and with everyone acting up on another emergency. Blizzard is notifying Saitama about it only to be met by incapacitated heroes, King playing games and him hilariously only acting up after being ignored. Tornado is back as well with her antics and Garou will be one of the focus points not only from the poster but for the monster association as well. Everything looks to be better animated at least in color than last season. If the pacing is good this is bound to be a good run. |
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Mostly still frames, but at least we got some animated scenes like:  |
ZackoOct 12, 2025 11:47 AM
| How does JC Staff still get so much work? How can they manage to adapt such a beautifully drawn manga into such a pos slideshow? Sigh |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
Reply to Zacko
Mostly still frames, but at least we got some animated scenes like:
| @Zacko remove the [img] tags https://imgur.com/fTXolGA and i agree 10/10 sakuga for garo there /s |
| feel disappointed, powerpoint presentation? ngl, it worse than S2, waiting for so long, is actually very disappointing |
Reply to deg
| @deg Thanks, had some issues with getting the gif to play properly, but seems to work now? Sakuga indeed. Almost as good as Seven Deadly Sins Season 3. |
Reply to Marutiraya
@0451 buddy here really things they were animating this for 6 yrs lmao, like ... there's a limit to be dumb
| @Marutiraya I never said they were animating this for 6 years. I'll be surprised if they animated the whole season for more than 6 months despite announcing it 3 years ago in fucking 2022. But they had 6-ish years to plan and properly schedule this shit and they still wasted it. Yeah, there is a limit to being dumb and unfortunately there's no hope for the production committee and the people who defend this sad piece of garbage. |
| eventho this looked like a colorised manga panels with bare minimum animations. it soo nice to have onepunch man back. fubuki seeing more and more S rank hero's packed into saitama's apartment is always hilarious. lmao wonder what organization that armored robot thing from. hm im reaaally hoping for some justice for upcoming fight scenes. |
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