One Punch Man 3 Episode 1 Discussion

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Oct 13, 6:59 AM

#251

Yuu_Kanzaki

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Hero Association blah blah blah how about cut out the boring strategy meeting bullshit?

Close to no animation, but I guess it's fair to say they're not doing anything other than literally yapping for 15 minutes, so I'll let it slide for now. The only saving grace of this episode is is Fubuki and Tatsumaki. Make them major supporting characters already.

"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio-

Oct 13, 7:46 AM

#252

Sanitizer_trio

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@Sanitizer_trio quality? They deliberately held back this episode probably to go all out in future ones.. if that's the case I'm fine with it.

@Sexyjutsu This makes no sense. You don't make your opening episode shit on purpose. If anything, your first and final episodes should be the best one in terms of quality.

However, what I meant by "animation" in my awkward way is not animation per se, which seems much worse than that of season 1 and 2, but rather all the production as the whole. The direction, if such a term can be used for animation, a sound design, and the whole feel of it. The art is visibly different, and seems cheaper. The movements seem wooden and unnatural. I wasn't immersed at all in the episode.

Many people here talked about how bad the second season animation was. I'm not an anime specialist, but I didn't noticed much difference then. And my enjoyment from the season 2 wasn't lessened in any way. But this first episode has actually made me angry. I don't know what is it: is it really so bad, or maybe the fashion of animation has changed, or maybe is the overall decline of the quality in Japanese animation -- all I know it looks, sounds and feels terrible in comparison for previous seasons. And it's a shame, because we are talking about one of the best action manga there are. At least for me it is probably the top one.

Oct 13, 8:18 AM

#253

Kaiser_Ryo

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Oct 2019

6 years to this piece of crap.

Oct 13, 8:23 AM

#254

Fey9000

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Mar 2024

Ngl it's hurt to waiting so long just feel more disappointed

Oct 13, 8:44 AM

#255

sadflkerawenxcvx

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Aug 2025

Slice of life animes have more animation than this...

The most animated part was Garou walking and even that was an abomination (why do his traps move like that???). Also this episode should have had an action scene with Royal Ripper but they completely removed that part from the story.

Oct 13, 8:47 AM

#256

Zodiac

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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 You gave Nukitashi a 9, I don't think your opinion holds water.

One at a time!

Oct 13, 8:54 AM

#257

DeRickz

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May 2018

I'm hyped for the story and battles this season because it'll be lit but man, the overall visuals feels like fan animation

Oct 13, 9:02 AM

#258

Arvitexia

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Jul 2020

Where tf are the movements? This is an "anime" where is the animation??

Oct 13, 9:21 AM

#259

Andrekrep

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Dec 2020

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They're saving the budget for the season finale trust

Oct 13, 9:23 AM

#260

LorenGill

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Feb 2020

The animation very mid, its like shlideshow, cam left, right, zoom in, zoom out, wth is that Garou walking animation, the pacing was tooo fast, i feel like it was rushed (very rushed)

Oct 13, 9:52 AM

#261

ZenoxAlive

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Apr 2024

I'm really disappointed with the fandom more than the anime it was only the first ep where there was no fights at all
Even I myself have not set up the expectation bar high but honestly I feel pretty awful because of some people and there no brainer hate

Oct 13, 9:55 AM

#262

Lolipops

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May 2015

On par with season two's animation, which itself was terrible. I don't have any hopes for this at all.

Oct 13, 10:22 AM

#263

Isaiahthefallen

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Dec 2023

I don’t even mind the animation because im just here for the story, the real problem for me is this terrible pacing, it feels really rushed and i had zero time to take anyting in really disaponting at best

Oct 13, 10:23 AM

#264

Isaiahthefallen

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Dec 2023

Andrekrep said:
They're saving the budget for the season finale trust

Holy cope bro, were cooked

Oct 13, 10:25 AM

#265

PrOxAnto

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Jan 2013

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I mean, not much to say for a first episode.
A lot of talking setting up things to come.

Season 2 was honestly not the worst even with some glaring issues and I know we'll never get anything close to Season 1 but still not expecting too much.

Oct 13, 10:32 AM

#266

StyxParadise

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Feb 2023

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The first episode was a letdown in the animation department. Giving this series to J. C. Staff again was a mistake.

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Oct 13, 10:39 AM

#267

ZealousElit3

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Sep 2024

The art direction was pretty solid, and an improvement over season 2. However, the whole episode felt a little off to me. I think it was the lack of animation. The characters actually moved around and did stuff when they talked in season 2, whereas we've barely seen any of that so far. Despite this, I'm still very excited and hopeful for what's to come. That teaser we got a while ago with Garou fighting those two monsters looked really polished, and the opening had some nice scenes of animation too.

Oct 13, 10:41 AM

#268

Niloy_Zaman10

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Sep 2021

what a slideshow,, another manga got wasted,, even fan animation are far better than this trash,, 6 years for this shit

Oct 13, 10:43 AM

#269

Adverrito

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Apr 2022

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my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

Oct 13, 10:55 AM

#270

Shubham648

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Jan 2020

It was just pure garbage

Barely any character movement, transitioning from one scene to another was awkward, lots of still images, stiff 2d animation and avarage 3d animation

Every one say s2 was bad but i would say atleast s2 had consistent animation even if it is some time bad but it had consistent animation every episode

But this garbage had none
They could've atleast added bare minimum animation or character movement here and there or else could've made transitioning scenes a little bit smoother but they didn't

I think it is by far the worst episode so far of one punch man series (previous 2 seasons combined)

Shubham648Oct 13, 11:03 AM

Oct 13, 11:04 AM

#271

RioFS

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May 2021

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Let the "they're surely saving for Cosmic Garou" cope begin.

Oct 13, 11:07 AM

#272

MightyJou

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Aug 2022

What the heck is going on? People behind One-Punch Man -production should know how much of a big deal we are talking about here.

Yet:
-Animation was stiff
-Editing felt weird
-Pacing was quite rushed
-Opening lacked in hype
-This seriously felt like a one person project

I sincerely hope things will pick up. Big fights are yet to come (manga readers know) but this certainly left me quite worried for the future. Can´t do much now but to wait for those future episodes.

Oct 13, 11:37 AM

#273

DrkSeid69

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Nov 2020

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Reply to Zodiac

@DrkSeid69 You gave Nukitashi a 9, I don't think your opinion holds water.

@Zodiac For a borderline H anime, it was developed with so much passion. Does OPM Season 3 have that too? Your reply is embarrassing

DrkSeid69Oct 13, 1:08 PM

Oct 13, 11:55 AM

#274

NuancedNomad

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Jan 2022

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The hate is so unnecessary. This episode was not bad at all as an introductory episode.

Oct 13, 12:00 PM

#275

Gator

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Apr 2013

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Slow start for the new season, no action to see here. Some funny scenes though, especially involving Saitama of course.

Oct 13, 12:02 PM

#276

Holden7279

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Feb 2021

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Yeah no, I just don't see what there is to complain about. Even when I watched season 2, I didn't even notice a studio change while watching it until I saw it here on MAL, and again, this episode looked just fine to me. To me it just seems like people are just blowing it out of proportion at this point.

Oct 13, 12:16 PM

#277

Cosmicon

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Dec 2022

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I ignored the animation part but what's with this direction?! opm has a comedic tone but they not only didn’t do it properly also jumping to the scene like why??

Oct 13, 12:30 PM

#278

the_yasosss

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Mar 2021

I hated it. Yes, i really hated it.

Oct 13, 12:36 PM

#279

DRAKARRRRR

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Feb 2020

it looked like a fanmade anime

6 years to this powerpoint material

Oct 13, 12:54 PM

#280

anand398

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Mar 2024

Season 3 first episode was not upto the expectation and that too after such a long break

Oct 13, 12:58 PM

#281

singit00

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Jul 2022

such a downgrade quality compared to last 2 season, i hope next episode are good

Oct 13, 1:02 PM

#282

zeyster

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Nov 2016

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They didn't include Royal Ripper scene from the manga!.. Ig they still don't have enough budget for the animation -_-

Oct 13, 1:02 PM

#283

Yaggamy

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Aug 2019

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S3 is so bad even the OPM subreddit is meming the hell out of it. XD XD

Oct 13, 1:29 PM

#284

tywhoppity

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May 2016

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Watching this reminds me of the later seasons of Food Wars, and not in a good way.......

"Genki is Life, Genki is Love"

Oct 13, 2:09 PM

#285

JSHIV

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Feb 2025

Poor Sonic lol. Overall this one was okay, just a lot of setup. Hoping they're saving the good animation for later because it didn't impress me visually at all. Still too early to tell how this season will turn out, I'm cautiously optimistic though

Oct 13, 2:22 PM

#286

Makard

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May 2019

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At least they upgraded from google slides to powerpoint, animation deffa better than season 2 tho

@KingShisui Jesus fucking christ no NO it's not GO GO skip through episode one i have no idea why people talk like that THEY ARE MOVING IN SEASON 2.

Oct 13, 2:29 PM

#287

kulkahsxmdkfk

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Jun 2022

Where can I watch it??? They’ve deleted opm from my fav site…

Oct 13, 2:45 PM

#288

ImSaph

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Jun 2022

We're so back. As a big garou fanboy im so hyped to see him animated again ITS BEEN SO LONG

Oct 13, 3:15 PM

#289

Briangogo

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Aug 2022

nothing really happened

Oct 13, 5:40 PM

#290

maxmax003

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Dec 2023

Is a pretty bad episode, bad director, he doesn’t know what he is doing. The timing, the frame composition, the camera movement, even how the phasing the story goes, a lot of talking heads, character with a white background talking, the Garou walk is really bad as animation goes. Anyway, this is an anime for Mappa or Wit studios I think, hope they save the 4th season

Oct 13, 5:51 PM

#291

Gotjunk

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Aug 2016

So far the drawings are nice. But the animation is poor. A bit too fast past for me in the first half, but in the second I was getting more engaged.

Oct 13, 6:02 PM

#292

RawzXII

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Aug 2023

Write your thoughts...

Oct 13, 7:03 PM

#293

GabiiNova

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Mar 2025

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Anime_Phenom said:

Re6278 said:
This absolutely does not look worse than season 2

im currently watching s2 for the first time and i dont personally see why s2 is not animated as good as s1 is yet i see everyone say that season 2 dropped in quality. as i am trying to figure out why this is the case could you elaborate to me as to how s2 is worse than 1 in quality of animation?

They forget this is an action comedy. And there's just just some fights that are fast and blurry, remember? That's what people get upset about. It didn't bother me though cause some fights were meant to be done quickly and others were just really fast paced fights. Just nvm them they are a toxic bunch that couldn't comprehend animating a cut nvm a series.

Oct 13, 7:12 PM

#294

Aiz_Kag

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Feb 2024

ManoCustaff said:
Episode went as I expected: better overall aesthetic choice compared to the season 1 and the same(ish) animation level, so this season is already going to be better than the previous one mostly because of it. Animation wise, it was ok. Whenever a project has limited resources, the director must be smart to properly manage the season, so yeah, some good gag scenes here and there, most scenes are limited or even full static, making room for the fight scenes that will actually need complex animation. I'm also expecting more 3d, because it's the director's specialty, hybrid 2d+3d animation.

Your write up is top-notch
I appreciate that

Oct 13, 7:12 PM

#295

haqs555

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Feb 2015

Nothing happened, stalling after years of hiatus extremely disappointing start.

Oct 13, 7:21 PM

#296

GabiiNova

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Mar 2025

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anarion322 said:
It feels like somewhat animated manga, not anime.

Most frames are still pictures with characters that barely move the lips or something as the whole animation.

Also transitions are not organic, it's like taking the frames of the anime as a crude storyboard and make it happen. For example, the scene in which Kid Emperor contacts Metal Knight, just happens, with no transition, with no added something that indicates Kid knows he's there listening or anything, it's lifeless, it just happens. The ending of the episode is another example, in like 5 seconds 3 scenes happen with just 3 different frames like a storyboard with no transition.

This feels like Blue Lock S2, there's really no animation, it's mostly a visual novel with audio.

I know the anime industry is famous for not having too much frames, they have developed techniques to trick the audience, but this is ridiculous, it's blatantly obvious.

The drawing does not look bad, we'll see in the next episode if they are saving material for fights or something, but it's not a good start. Usually the first and last episode of a season have great production quality than the middle ones, for obvious reasons.

The scene cuts, that one cut of Garou walking and The one cut of Child Emperor after he's done talking to Metal Knight are definitely off and they are definitely saving animation time for the fights. Fubuki and Super S on pointaaaa👌

Oct 13, 7:40 PM

#297

GabiiNova

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Everybody still bitching about S2 needs to shut up. This was a dialogue heavy episode and J.C. Staff is definitely saving animation time for the action this season. People want to bitch about S2 yet couldn't even comprehend animating a cut. S1 was definitely more polished and consistent animation wise but S2 was actually better as far as story and characters go. People tend to forget that this anime is called One Punch Man...it's an action comedy...

Now, in this episode I will say the scene cuts were off along with how Child Emperor is drawn after talking with Metal Knight and that one cut of Garou walking after having just broken out of his cell. Aside from that though, this was a necessary episode. Let's wait and see how the animation turns out next episode👍 Oh and I like the colour palette of some of the cuts, really cool. Looks like the same palette used for Bleach (I only watched a trailer or two).

Oct 13, 7:59 PM

#298

Jokuc

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Aug 2015

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@GabiiNova what is this copium, even if jc gave us good animation for the action scenes (which let's be real, they probably won't) it still doesn't make up for the fact that every other scene is a powerpoint presentation lmao

It's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.

Oct 13, 8:28 PM

#299

Abrar_Faiyaz

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Sep 2017

This is so disappointing. Does the studio not care at all?

Oct 13, 8:29 PM

#300

GaibeZN

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Jul 2020

INASSISTIVEL!!!!
ODEIO COMO TÃO TRATANDO ESSE ANIME
TEM QUE TACAR PEDRA NO ESTUDIO!!!

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