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Oct 17, 9:04 PM
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Lazy drawing, 95% still pictures
Oct 17, 9:27 PM

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Tatsumaki and Fubuki's re-introduction to the series after six years being featured with a shot of their ass and boobs respectively sure was a decision. Sasuga, hentai director!

3/5 start. Practically a conversation-heavy setup episode with barely anything remarkable to point out.
As for animation, I have had the lowest of expectations since the moment J.C.Staff was re-confirmed for this new season but seriously, seeing so many people whining about animation in an episode that was purely talk is... embarrassing, to say the least.
Oct 17, 9:35 PM
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Our boi is back and ready to shop for napa cabbage
Oct 17, 9:38 PM
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C'mon guys.. it's just the first episode😤😤. They might have something in store for us that will catch us off guard. We haven't even witnessed any fighting scenes. Stop demotivating the animators and all the other staff😡😡. Just be a lil more patient😊😇. We've waited 6 years already, a few more weeks is nothing.. Just wait for it. They will surely hit us with something unexpected. 👍🏻👍🏻
Oct 18, 2:08 AM

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Just seeing animated Garuo made my day ten times better. I love how the animators specifically animated a manga cover of Garou.
Oct 18, 2:09 AM

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Six years have passed, and the sequel is finally here! Last watched it when I was in my second year of middle school, and now I'm in my freshman year in college. Time flies fast, huh?

Judging from the intro, it actually seems pretty ordinary—like most anime. However, why is the rest full of static images that are just shifted around? Sure, there's no fighting, but this isn't how it's supposed to be, is it? The details in the images are also nonexistent. Honestly speaking, this is only the first episode, and I'm already disappointed. Kinda ironic, the fact that they had at least six years to give their best, but turns out?
Oct 18, 2:56 AM
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The shows deserves Demon slayer level animation but sadly it's not possible
Sometimes it's all about luck
Oct 18, 3:15 AM
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I was bored and watched some reactions on Youtube on this episode, and boy, a lot of the reactors aren't happy either; they are also ripping this episode a new arsehole like most of us did here.

So yeah, something is clearly off with episode 1, and I wasn't happy either.
Oct 18, 9:48 AM
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Reply to IzanaSolos
Been a while hasn’t it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, no need to beat a dead horse. Something something J.C. Staff’s biggest disappointment has been said ever since season two aired all those years ago, and here we still are. I know they did a recap thing not too long ago, like a week or so, but man even something would’ve been nice because I’m ngl I was a bit lost at first. The first part of the episode is basically just a bunch of heroes being called to finally deal with the Monster guys from last season, so yeah, that’s the gist.

It wasn’t until the second half that we finally see our main gang again, and god it’s been far too long. And hey, we actually got our first proper bit of animation this season, with some nice bouncy character acting from Fubuki. The rest of the episode animation-wise... yeah, there were at least some strong drawings. But really, why even try this hard on the drawings when you’re attempting to replicate the art style of Yusuke Murata himself xD

I mean, a return this was for sure. Too early to judge animation wise since this was a setup episode to the whole rescue arc with the kid and all, but we'll just have to hold on hope from here... some MAJOR hope that is.
IzanaSolos said:
I was a bit lost at first


Same here - had to go back to S2 to realize that the interesting stuff I remembered was actually S1. Not even sure if I like the direction this goes, MHA would like their villain league back ?
Oct 18, 10:05 AM
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Apr 2020
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TERRIBLE ANIMATION
Oct 18, 12:24 PM
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Nov 2021
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No animation, only still frames, OPM season 3 is shame in name of Anime, JC staff should've shut down
akas88342Oct 19, 8:18 AM
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I have just seen the episode and....I don't understand why some people are disappointed of this episode.

This episode is just typical non-combat OPM episode, not to mention this is post Garou / Elder Centipede fight episode actually, of course things would get calmer.

Too soon to judge about animation when there is no combat scenes at all.



(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥
Oct 18, 9:56 PM
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I have just seen the episode and....I don't understand why some people are disappointed of this episode.

This episode is just typical non-combat OPM episode, not to mention this is post Garou / Elder Centipede fight episode actually, of course things would get calmer.

Too soon to judge about animation when there is no combat scenes at all.

@Rinrinka That's not the issue, I have seen way better non-combat 1st episodes on other anime. I can tell when the studio provides quality or when they are at least trying, even in non-combat scenes, and what OPM S3 provided in the 1st episode is not remotely close to what I consider quality. This was a poor, sloppy 1st episode, full of still frames, with only the lips moving and the camera zooming in and out, that's it.

We waited 6 years, OPM is one of the most popular franchises out there, this deserved better for a 1st episode. I'm not even thrilled to watch the 2nd episode because the 1st episode left me with a bad impression. If I'm not thrilled to watch another episode, then to me, the studio fucked up. And it's not only us complaining about this, even the reactors on YouTube are complaining too, at least a good chunk of them are complaining. If so many people are complaining about this, then something went wrong with the 1st episode.

Maybe the second episode will be better, who knows? But honestly, it felt like they didn’t even try with the first one. Waiting 6 years for such a sloppy start didn’t sit well with me.
Oct 19, 6:10 AM

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It's really incompetent to have first episode of new season of action comedy show with zero action and boring talks.
Oct 19, 9:37 AM
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why is the animation worse than isekai anime even though this is a great title, very disappointing
Oct 19, 10:29 AM
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A lot of pointless chaotic cuts between 10 different dialogues. Animation looks awful compared to previous seasons.
Oct 19, 4:15 PM
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One frame man, spent all the budget on fubuki's hair
Oct 20, 1:01 AM

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After Season 2 i knew things wont get any better, but i mean it was the Hype Episode. The Episode to get people invested into Season 3.

And i honestly didnt expect it to be worse than Fan Animations. At this point i am wondering why they are even getting paid for. Is this season being animated by 2 guys?
Oct 20, 8:48 AM

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After 6 years of waiting, this is what we get I suppose...
They didn't even bother making a small recap, and jumped right into the plot. Had a hard time following this episode due to that, but that is not particularly a problem of the anime, maybe I should have just rewatched the 2nd season.

Besides that, I felt like the episode was really fast paced, they were just adding characters and characters, each of them saying stuff that made me stop the episode to read the subtitles since it was so fast. And the fact that the animation was non-existent, the episode felt choppy, and just not overall great to watch.

At the end of the episode, it just seems a whole bunch of stuff happened, but nothing really important happened at the same time. I don't know, I feel like this episode was an overall mess.

One Punch Man was the 3rd anime I have ever watched, so i will always have a special place for it, but this episode was hard to enjoy. I am not surprised this season is starting in this messy way, considering all the red flags shown throughout these 6 years, but wow, they really didn't get a single thing right this time.

Just like the usual, the new opening and ending themes for the anime aren't my cup of tea either... And they always make the endings show an empty world, always so sinister, when the anime never really gets remotely dark in that matter.
Oct 20, 12:03 PM
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Apr 2015
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Almost no animation. But dawn, it looks gorgeous
Oct 20, 10:15 PM
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Apr 2021
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nothing happened
Oct 21, 7:18 AM
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Jan 2015
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Horrible animation and pacing
Oct 21, 12:47 PM
Aries Saint

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Oct 2024
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Well, even though the art and animation isn't Madhouse-quality, I might as well not gripe about it if I'm going to continue watching this series. Overall, I thought this episode was a good setup for what to expect story-wise from this season.
Oct 21, 12:51 PM
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Sorry to see that old taste has gone.. Totally feel disappointed..
Oct 21, 3:32 PM
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Feb 2021
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sad, why does my message have to contain 15 words ? the episode was sad, there is nothing else to add to it
Oct 21, 10:04 PM
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Jan 2018
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Glad to see OPM back! Seems like we’ll be seeing more Fubuki this season~
Oct 22, 4:16 AM
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poor animation, not much to cover
Oct 24, 11:09 AM
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What a disappointment. The animation has fallen off a cliff and for a show like this where a lot of the humour comes from the animation style it really spoils things. They clearly are doing the bare minimum to just adapt this manga and get it over with, which is even more upsetting considering this arc is probably one of the ones I was most looking forward to seeing animated.
Oct 24, 3:45 PM
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bad animation for very hyped and one of the best comedy-action series
Oct 26, 1:25 PM
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My favourite part was the toilet incident. I haven't laughed that much in a while xD
When people tell me to stream anime on CR instead of downloading from fansub sites.

Oct 27, 12:50 PM
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Filler and slideshow animation
Oct 29, 4:37 AM
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horrible animation
Oct 29, 3:26 PM

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finally opm is back after so long, but wow, that first episode was kind of rough. the art looks nice, but most of it felt like still images instead of real animation. it honestly looked more like a slideshow at times. i really hope they’re saving the budget for the big fight scenes later (a lot of hype ones i really look forward to).

the comedy and voice acting were still fun though, and i liked seeing saitama and fubuki again. it’s just weird that after all these years, the animation still feels this flat. i’ll keep watching because i enjoy the manga, but yeah, i’m really hoping episode 2 picks things up.
Oct 29, 7:14 PM
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One Punch Man season 3. I’m just here for the entertainment
Oct 30, 9:35 AM
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Nov 2024
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bruh where ur budget
Oct 30, 9:52 PM
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Aug 2017
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This is Bandai Namco's fault,
Nov 2, 4:23 AM

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Nice to see OPM back. Well, perhaps it was not the best opening episode ever released, and what it lacked the most was animation, but all the other stuff I enjoy in OPM anime in general was still there, so I can't say I wasn't entertained at all. ;p I wonder what will happen next.

Speaking about animation, I wonder where all those folks are who complained, even in a very rude way, about OPM S2's animation, while it was not half bad. Well, I guess after watching the first episode of Season 3, they might change their opinion, lol. I don't believe that the animation quality in S3 will drastically improve... Not after those official statements telling fans not to expect a lot from Season 3. Welp. It's a shame that fairly popular action series gets a sequel after all those years with underwhelming animation quality that is arguably worse than animation in, dunno, a random romcom series.

I like this blonde woman with a whip, lol. Very cool design and interesting ability.
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Nov 2, 6:33 AM
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Jul 2020
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what the hell was that animation????
You'll Never Walk Alone #YNWA
Nov 2, 8:40 AM
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Mar 2019
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Worse then season 2
Nov 2, 9:45 AM
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I was expecting worse
Nov 2, 9:49 AM

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Crazy to think that the first season came out 10 years ago. Almost feels like yesterday watching it xD

Gonna enjoy this season a lot regardless of animation. Sure absolute cinema like S1 would've been peak, but that was a one time thing that will never happen again. The content will be good enough (the best this series has been)

And I enjoy the memes about the production, even tho I also feel damn bad for the director and the staff since people got not chill at all.

One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron


Nov 2, 10:43 AM
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who let bandai cook
Nov 2, 2:14 PM
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Aug 2020
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From this point on, it's a waste to continue the adaptation if they don't invest the equivalent in the fights that are coming. I'd say the strong point of the title itself at this moment is the fights, and the stronger the enemies that are coming, the bigger they get, and that demands animation resources. In the manga, the scenes are absurdly well-made, and I never expect anything from the adaptation anyway because the quality of the manga always surpasses it in terms of detail. Now, about what I just saw, it's pretty low-quality apparently: a lot of talking and little animation; it even ended the calm and tranquil mood of recent seasons, basically turning into a shounen
Nov 2, 8:09 PM

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I'm nervous, why the score so low...... art style imo looks better than season 2, in fact if I remember correctly it now looks more like season 1 art style, for example Genos metal body in season 2 looked cg like, it definitely didn't look hand drawn while in this episode it is hand drawn.

I can't say anything about the animation since there was not any action, but based off the score something tells me that fans aren't too happy about it.
Nov 3, 9:09 PM

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this ep was great?? and visually looked fine..? Feels like people were literally just waiting to bandwagon hate on this anime. I keep seeing people memeing on how bad it is with just the same clip of Garou sliding down that grass lol. Will see how it develops but so far looks to at least be as good as S2, that while was ofc a step down from Madhouse s1, was still good and worth the watch despite all the hate it received.
JVskunkapeNov 3, 9:12 PM
I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers
Nov 4, 12:26 AM
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Feb 2018
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where is my animation bandai namco
Nov 4, 9:01 AM
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Feb 2024
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It's alright, seems promosing
Nov 4, 2:02 PM
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Mar 2025
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dar direction and bad animation
Nov 4, 3:16 PM
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Apr 2021
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Bandai, don't touch any more anime. For the love of all that is holy.
Kenichiro Aoki is the only who know something.

Horrible animation, cuts in practically everything that should move. Even worse than Shuumatsu no Valkyrie.

The production company invested a chicken leg and a 150ml can of Coca-Cola in a proposal to the studios. Falling for the least experienced in action.

The producer in charge chose the most amateurish possible action studios. The director accepted this bomb while playing the victim, knowing it's valuable as a portfolio, regardless of the final product.

May all of you at Bandai have diarrhea while this is being shown, for cutting the budget EVEN MORE thinking everyone would accept it.
Nov 7, 11:11 PM
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1 frame man 😭 it's like i am watching a slide show. The only reason I'm am still watching this is because of HOPEIUM
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