(Unknown) One Punch Man Season 3

[Stark700]

One Punch Man is apparently getting a third season. Saw several social media posts these today and we're getting a 'big announcement' sometimes at noon today in Japan. There's also rumors that another studio is handling the project.

https://twitter.com/shonenleaks/stat...80536050753536

Official announcement (with no studio announcement yet)

https://onepunchman-anime.net/news/archives/4367

[grecefar]

Garou arc just ended in the manga so it's not a surprise but that was pretty quick.

Better not waste time it seems.

[Stark700]

Confirmed from official website

https://onepunchman-anime.net/news/archives/4367

[Guardian Enzo]

But no studio. Rarely has the choice of studio so dominated the potential hype level.

[Frontier]

I got nothing against more OPM. I hope it turns out well .

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

But no studio. Rarely has the choice of studio so dominated the potential hype level.

You know, S1 was good not because of the studio. It was good because the director had enough connections to hire good staff.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

You know, S1 was good not because of the studio. It was good because the director had enough connections to hire good staff.

Yes and no. Yes he’s incredibly connected, but a lot of those are connections with Madhouse connections. And those people would not end up working on a cut-rate adaptation at JC Staff (neither would Natsume, of course).

It doesn’t have to be Madhouse for fans to be hopeful, but it sure as hell can’t be JC Staff. It would be great to have Natsume back at the helm but that’s not absolutely necessary either.

[WingedAccelerator]

Originally Posted by grecefar

Garou arc just ended in the manga so it's not a surprise but that was pretty quick.

Better not waste time it seems.

I don't expect Season 3 to actually come for at least 1.5 years given the volume version of the arc is far from being complete and you just know that there will be redraws again.

Season 2 might have been a special case, but 2.5 years passed between announcing a second season and the first episode of it being aired.

Then again, the arc can't be completed in 12 episodes, so they could make Season 4 announcement afterwards or this will be a split-cour, but that way the waiting will be real.

[Marcus H.]

it sure as hell can’t be JC Staff

JC Staff outright refused to pick up Season 3 because of the intense harassment they received after working on the second season. This is one reason I don't even want any more One Punch Man animated. People will no longer ask anything less than Murata's art. That's how unreasonable the fanbase has become—asking for a once-in-a-decade gathering of talent to become the standard.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

JC Staff outright refused to pick up Season 3 because of the intense harassment they received after working on the second season. This is one reason I don't even want any more One Punch Man animated. People will no longer ask anything less than Murata's art. That's how unreasonable the fanbase has become—asking for a once-in-a-decade gathering of talent to become the standard.

That might be because Murata's art is the only thing the manga's got going for it anymore. It's been that way for years.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

JC Staff outright refused to pick up Season 3 because of the intense harassment they received after working on the second season. This is one reason I don't even want any more One Punch Man animated. People will no longer ask anything less than Murata's art. That's how unreasonable the fanbase has become—asking for a once-in-a-decade gathering of talent to become the standard.

Entitled fandoms are definitely a problem in anime, but to be fair JC Staff did an awful job on the 2nd season,

[Marcus H.]

Well, in terms of flashy action scenes JC Staff isn't really well-equipped for that since most of S2's action was made by Aoki who is a relatively new addition to the animators of the studio. But to call it awful is probably something I can't do, especially if the comparison is, as I said, a once-in-a-decade assembly of freelancers.

As for Murata, I feel like the guy's greatness in making panels that are almost key animation frames actually hurts the whole story coz it has taken away attention from ONE's storytelling of his own story. Casual fans would usually associate OPM nowadays with the Murata version, and so this standard is now expected by readers. I personally prefer ONE's "Saitama struggles with daily life while beating up mooks on the side" over that side of the story where he solves problems with one punch.

[Shinji103]

JC Staff couldn’t even give consistently good animation to S3 of Index, one of their top titles. (some of those S3 episodes were downright awful, especially in the later half of the season) They’re certainly not going to give great animation to a title that’s not one of their tops. Date A Live S3 suffered from this too. Pretty much the only titles they’ll go the long drive for are Danmachi and Railgun.

[Marcus H.]

But they did it to Danmachi and Railgun. JC Staff's main problem is being asked to (emphasis here and not on "picking up") do specific anime projects to the point of overworking the studio. I still believe that JC Staff can do great shows, but only if they aren't asked by so many production committees to animate this show or that show.

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by Kanon

That might be because Murata's art is the only thing the manga's got going for it anymore. It's been that way for years.

So I hear. Lots of nothing and backtracking
Doesn't help if a series has too many "normies" for fans though

Originally Posted by Shinji103

S3 of Index, one of their top titles.

Well, if JC wants to make a new season of Railgun, they should stop forcing them to also make another season of Index.
I'd like to say this is just me guessing, but it was dang obvious how little they cared about Index and how much they loved Railgun when a single scene of Saten-san playing with a ball was better animated than most of Index S3

[frubam]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

I'd like to say this is just me guessing, but it was dang obvious how little they cared about Index and how much they loved Railgun when a single scene of Saten-san playing with a ball was better animated than most of Index S3

Not to derail the topic too much, but isn't that because Railgun was more lucrative for them? Like, it better received than Index was (sales, reception, etc.).

[Shinji103]

Originally Posted by frubam

Not to derail the topic too much, but isn't that because Railgun was more lucrative for them? Like, it better received than Index was (sales, reception, etc.).

Exactly. Index is still one of JC’s tops, but my whole point was that their pickup titles won’t get great animation when Index is getting passed over by another one of their tops (Railgun) for the animation budget.

[Guardian Enzo]

Nah, it was awful. Not only were the action sequences terrible but it was a mess narratively. The pacing was off, the characters were consistently off-model, and there was no artistry to it at all.

[Marcus H.]

Some examples would be great, otherwise that post sounds like JC Staff bashing which doesn't seem either appropriate or constructive for this thread.

[Guardian Enzo]

My example would be the whole series, TBH. If you disagree that's fine.

It's also worth pointing out that JC Staff now is not the JC Staff of Waiting in the Summer, et al. Their entire raison d'etre is "low bid". It's either bad CGI like Duke of Death, or minimal to non-existent animation and no-faces like Rose King. It doesn't make me happy - it's a studio with a great if somewhat inconsistent history in anime. But now? Just a bottom-feeder, sadly.