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Oct 12, 12:27 PM

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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.
Oct 12, 12:29 PM

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Just finished watching it with my friend we really enjoyed it , the art is amazing and its way waaay better than S2 , I'm happy to see my favorite character Saitama after 6 years👊👨‍🦲

I can't wait for episode 2 , Garou is on the hunt again
Oct 12, 12:33 PM

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After 6 years of waiting, I am satisfied with the episode, especially in terms of the visuals and the collaboration with Babymetal in the opening!!
Oct 12, 12:37 PM

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Fubuki's boobs!! 😍



Do-S's boobs!! 😍





Oct 12, 12:38 PM
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Yall complain too much, just be happy we finally get a new season :D we didn’t know how spoiled we were from S1 so we’re expecting too much ig
Oct 12, 12:42 PM
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It looks good, but cant say for sure before I see the animation of a fight, because this one was all dialogue
Oct 12, 12:52 PM
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ngl i wish i watched a recap of s1 and s2 because i ain't got any idea what has happened since then
Oct 12, 12:54 PM

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Reply to Sparkrich
each season the animation gets worse and worse; I might just start reading it... it feels like even one could have drawn better, and I feel that anime in general should be at least a bit cinematic... I do not like the path of this quantity-over-quality that the industry is taking.
@Sparkrich That's exactly what i decided to do after season 2 ! I resigned and digested the fact we'll never have Madhouse as the studio again. I mostly watch animes and very rarely read mangas but i'm happy with my choices to read OPM and having read it i promise you will enjoy the stuff so much more! I'm not the most exigent when it comes to animation but what they did with last seasons is outrageous!
Oct 12, 1:00 PM

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Powerpoint 24 min exposition, that was awful.

@deg Holy shit what a downgrade
Oct 12, 1:04 PM
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good start off to start the season get the scene ready and context of what's about to happen make sense for the fights and battles to come
Oct 12, 1:16 PM

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Reply to Zacko
Mostly still frames, but at least we got some animated scenes like:

@Zacko That front shot of walking, what were they thinking.

In all honesty I don't care about so and so animation, it's ok for the most part, the thing that I really disliked is that the OP song isn't nowhere near as catchy as Season 1&2 OP were.
Oct 12, 1:22 PM

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Man, Blackluster was looking kinda lacking in luster here. Which is odd since he looks good in the OP that we just saw not 5 minutes earlier >__>
Oct 12, 1:23 PM

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They spent all the animation budget on the ED 😂😂😂
If an otaku in Springfield sees the "Moe's Bar" sign, wouldn't he mistake it for a Maid Café?
Oct 12, 1:26 PM
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the animation was better than I expected but thats cus i had none
Oct 12, 1:34 PM
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I haven't even watched the episode yet, but I will most likely have more fun reading the comments than watching the actual episode.
Oct 12, 1:37 PM

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Wow, this was bad. Not just the (lack of) animation, but also story wise. Just talking, talking, talking. And should we even care about most of these characters? Meanwhile Saitama once again got sidelined for most of the episode. The second season already was hugely dissappointing, but overall wasn't truly terrible. This one.......are we going into TPN2 territory?
Oct 12, 1:39 PM

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Dec 2020
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6 years for this trash btw
Oct 12, 1:40 PM

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Reply to WizardOfOss
Wow, this was bad. Not just the (lack of) animation, but also story wise. Just talking, talking, talking. And should we even care about most of these characters? Meanwhile Saitama once again got sidelined for most of the episode. The second season already was hugely dissappointing, but overall wasn't truly terrible. This one.......are we going into TPN2 territory?
@WizardOfOss there's no way they can fuck up that bad
Oct 12, 1:42 PM

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@WizardOfOss there's no way they can fuck up that bad
@CJustawaye I sure hope not, but seems like they are trying really hard....
Oct 12, 1:51 PM
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wtf was that dogshit animation LMAO
Oct 12, 1:54 PM
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this episode was MID
Oct 12, 1:54 PM
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I'm so disappointed and after the six years wait...Hopefully the next episodes will be better
Oct 12, 2:04 PM

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Whenever I see what happened to OPM, I'm wondering why something as run of the mill as Mob Psycho got 3 seasons of high quality animation when it didn't even need it, while OPM got turned into pile of trash after only one stellar season.
Ii tenki desu ne...
Oct 12, 2:05 PM

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Small refresher of how things were 10 years ago:




Also, this is how amazing the manga looks:

Oct 12, 2:05 PM

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One punch man deserved a better studio but I guess no one Is interested In the project. I already lowered my expectations since I saw It was the same studio from season 2 , I have to say the models and art style look better then season 2 and animation have to wait till fights to see. Its really sad that this big manga Is being adapted whit this medium to bad quality , I hope season 4 changes studio to something like studio bones or some good studio.
Oct 12, 2:06 PM
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Mim surpreendeu positivamente esse primeiro episódio. Animação para os meus padrões tá ok 👍 e os designer para mim pessoalmente estão melhores que da 2 temporada. Não teve luta , mas se pelos eles conseguirem entregar algo próximo da abertura vai estar ótimo para meus padrões pessoais pelo menos. Já percebi a direção caliente do diretor kkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkk. Alguém sabe se vai ter dublagem?
Oct 12, 2:08 PM
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Mim surpreendeu positivamente esse primeiro episódio.

Animação para os meus padrões tá ok 👍 e os designer para mim pessoalmente estão melhores que da 2 temporada.


Não teve luta , mas se pelo menos eles conseguirem entregar algo próximo da abertura vai estar ótimo para meus padrões pessoais pelo menos.

Já percebi a direção caliente do diretor kkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkk.


Alguém sabe se vai ter dublagem?
Oct 12, 2:10 PM
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This first episode pleasantly surprised me.

The animation is okay by my standards 👍, and the designers, in my opinion, are better than in season 2.

There wasn't a fight, but if they can at least deliver something close to the opening, it will be great by my standards, at least.

I've already noticed the director's excellent direction, lol.

Does anyone know if there will be dubbing?
Oct 12, 2:10 PM
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Este primeiro episódio me surpreendeu positivamente.

A animação está ok para os meus padrões 👍, e os designers, na minha opinião, estão melhores do que na segunda temporada.

Não houve briga, mas se eles conseguirem pelo menos entregar algo próximo da abertura, será ótimo para os meus padrões, pelo menos.

Já notei a excelente direção do diretor, rs.

Alguém sabe se vai ter dublagem?
Oct 12, 2:16 PM
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i'm disappointed. there's no animation movement, or if there is, only a little bit. 😒 i hope the fight scenes aren't a disaster.
Oct 12, 2:18 PM

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goddamn i wish this show would stop trying to take itself seriously and be funny again
Oct 12, 2:21 PM

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It’s back, but the first episode isn’t strong it feels short. It should’ve been 48 minutes.

Oct 12, 2:28 PM
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Oct 2017
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Well the visuals looked pretty decent and the directing is putting in the effort but the Animation at points can feel nonexistent especially in the talking scenes and that won't translate to good action scenes
It does capture the Comedic moments really well tho
But hey Nagai tried but this will be a failure of an Adaptation since we got everything that was from the trailers
Oct 12, 2:28 PM
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It's fine so far. We haven't seen any action yet so too early to judge I guess.

I like the art style better at least now we just need to see stuff actual move. At least the gags were good right?
Oct 12, 2:29 PM

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Absolute horse shit.
I lost count of how many cuts with characters talking/reacting with no face expression whatsoever, how many shots with no/white background, how many cuts with just speed lines + panning.
It's not even funny.

It's starting worse than S2. I won't be surprised if it ends up being worse in its entirety.

I rarely comment to say negative things but I can't believe this is how we welcome back OPM after all these years.
Seing this rated above 7 (at the time I'm writing this) when other shows of this Fall season aren't, makes no sense to me. Having said that, between the time I hit play and the ep finished, it went from 7.12 to 7.08 already so there's hope at least lmao
My candies :
Oct 12, 2:31 PM
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Oct 2017
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Yes its back and they jumped right in.
The humor is still on point, the animation is mid but that is true for most of the shows out this season.

If you folks can do a better job animating go for it!
Just glad Saitama and company are back.
@alpo42ab I wish you stop saying you animated yourself to deflect critiquing
That's just stupid
Oct 12, 2:33 PM

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Feb 2016
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5 mins worth in a full episode, nothing really happened. They gonna prolong two cours of this, I have faith since the direct on twitter was literally going through pain to get this good. S2 was actually great, since season 1 was supposed to be a passion project by industry legends. So not really fair to based it off season 1, as will never get that back. Although only ep1 so hopefully we get more frames
Oct 12, 2:36 PM

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Boring episode, not worth 6+ year wait. Dropped.
Oct 12, 2:36 PM

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Everyone talks about the animation, but the biggest problems are the large gap from when the show aired (I was a teen when S1 aired, now I'm closer to my 30's than from my 20's) and the story getting convoluted. Everyone remembers S1, because that was extremely straighforward. But after Garou they tried to do more worldbuilding, get more characters, more unnecessary plot, and now S2 is just became a big blur.

As for the animation One Punch Man isn't just action, it's a comedy. But like I said, after Garou the comedy had a huge backseat and manga kinda survive purely on action. So obviously the show won't work. IMO they should've had the balls to rewrite scenes, creating more comedy and drama and making the action take the backseat. But as it is, I can only recommend watching this skipping most of the exposition dialogue (specially since I know most of them are irrelevant).
Oct 12, 2:40 PM
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So we finally got Saitama and the same year we got to see Ainz, I guess these are the signs of the times people...
Oct 12, 2:44 PM
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stop normalizing coporate slop .fk jc staff
Oct 12, 2:46 PM
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Oct 2017
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@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.
@0451 They only had less than a year
Oct 12, 2:49 PM
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Yall complain too much, just be happy we finally get a new season :D we didn’t know how spoiled we were from S1 so we’re expecting too much ig
@Chickenleg7 happy we getting rushed produced slop
Yeah no
Oct 12, 2:49 PM
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It starts and looks too much like S2 was and why I disliked it back then, not to mention that I don't remember much about the plot because it's because more than 6 years since the last season so I just found this episode quite boring... I had hopes that it could be like S1 despite Madhouse not animating it
Oct 12, 2:52 PM
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Reply to BetterTaste
Everyone talks about the animation, but the biggest problems are the large gap from when the show aired (I was a teen when S1 aired, now I'm closer to my 30's than from my 20's) and the story getting convoluted. Everyone remembers S1, because that was extremely straighforward. But after Garou they tried to do more worldbuilding, get more characters, more unnecessary plot, and now S2 is just became a big blur.

As for the animation One Punch Man isn't just action, it's a comedy. But like I said, after Garou the comedy had a huge backseat and manga kinda survive purely on action. So obviously the show won't work. IMO they should've had the balls to rewrite scenes, creating more comedy and drama and making the action take the backseat. But as it is, I can only recommend watching this skipping most of the exposition dialogue (specially since I know most of them are irrelevant).
@BetterTaste if they did that than it wouldn't be a faithful adaptation
Oct 12, 2:55 PM
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I just finished rewatching the series so that I could go into the third season with a fresh memory. But I have to say that I'm heavily disappointed by the start. Everything felt off and weird. I don't know if I'm using this term right, but the pacing was really weird. Looks like it tried to go the route of the low attention span of the new generation but got stuck somewhere in the middle. I mean, any start to a new season should be with a bang. And especially if you've taken 6 years to release a new season. Came here expecting a lot and leaving very very confused and disappointed I guess.
Oct 12, 2:57 PM
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Haritha123 said:
stop normalizing coporate slop .fk jc staff

It’s the producers fault tho not the studio right? The greedy producers who want the show to be done in less than a year
Oct 12, 3:06 PM
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If this was not OPM S3, this would be a complete Flop of a season opener. Almost nothing about this was even good besides artwork. They have had 6 years and this was the best they could come up with? I'm wondering if the execs said FU to the fans, we're raking in as much cash as we can, which means we're not spending a single cent we don't have to. It didn't even feel like it knew what it wanted to be as an episode. Was it supposed to be a recap or a filler or a setup? Kind of all over the place. Zero action, zero animation, barely a cliff hanger, just felt like a FU from the studio.
Hopefully it gets back on track real fast.
Oct 12, 3:07 PM
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One PowerPoint Man is real, and so far the animation looks even worse than Season 2. I’m curious how the fight scenes will turn out. Not only that, the direction was atrocious. I’m definitely going to drop this at some point.
@DrkSeid69 That's pretty clever. OPPM... lol
Oct 12, 3:10 PM

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This absolutely does not look worse than season 2
@Re6278 Looks good, not a lot of animation though.
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