One Punch Man - S2 VS S1 Animation Comparison

So I was getting annoyed by people not being able of differentiating ANIMATION and ART STYLE.
Also don't claim that "MaDhOuse WoUldA GivEN uS jUstIcE".
While the studio was Madhouse, most of the staff that made the magic aren't primarily Madhouse core members.

[@Zombone476]

Imo this is a poor comparison. This scene you choose from s1 was ment to look super pretty. Also, power scaling continues for genos that's why they're so quick in s2. There were tons of scenes that looked great in s2 just as s1 had. Blizzard 1st esp scene, garou vs tank top, garou vs hero gank, garou vs bang, tournament vs monsters, genos vs g4, etc. Everyone is hating big time for no reason, that at this point, it feel like it's just a wave that people are following just so they feel as they have the same opinion as others.

[@isreallearsi6349]

Pretty much every scene from S1 is meant to look pretty. S2 animation looks like toei animes

[@kyngtruccie8817]

What's the point in making an anime that doesn't look pretty. S1 animation never dipped below the scene he showed even in regular shots with no fighting. Watching a S2 fight isn't horrible how people make it out to be. But the flashing screen and blurred out effects aren't appealing to watch. Like at all. Especially if S1 had animation like what was shown. So yeah alot of people over exaggerate S2 as if it sucks and it doesn't but the animation took a backstep (just my opinion tho)

[@Zombone476]

@@kyngtruccie8817 you see, I wasn't going to bother replying at all, since I didn't want to bother trying to explain something that you can put together with a little thought. But, as more reply with the same response, I can only expect more to come so I'll just try and help settle this right now. As for as to what you said, no not every scene looked nearly as great at this scene's cinematography and choreography. This scene was to be exceptionally beautiful to show off the 2 main protagonist. Its between student and teacher, the vast power difference between them. The only scene that come comes is saitama vs boros in s1. Now, If you search up that fight in youtube the first 15 or so seconds you can see how 'poorly animated' saitama is while dodging boros attacks. I said poorly animated in quotes because it's not actually half-assed it's just they're too op and above what was displayed earlier (moving super fast). Similar to how genos was super fast in the s2 scene displayed in this video comparison. If you look at genos vs g4 (s2), where g4 is a more normal opponent, you can see how well it got animated. Like how genos effortlessly flips through the air and strikes the final blow. Like I said, each season has it's up and downs. S2 might have a little more in matters of opinions, but it is not as bad as yall are making it to be.

[@valazor2668]

@@Zombone476 I don't think you understand anything about animation if you unironically believe what you just said.

[@Zombone476]

@@valazor2668 I dont, and in the end this was all started on my opinion. Also, you saying something that bluntly without with no explanation to your reasoning is kind of off putting. You don't even bother trying to explain what you're stating.

[@saaaaaaaaalt838]

The main thing I don't like anymore is that characters no longer move fast. They teleport instead which just looks lazy in comparison to S1. And genos is FAR too shiny.

[@lookherelooklisten7850]

Jake Baxter 0:56 they don’t move too fast ? It looks like teleportation because they are going way faster than before and Genos doesn’t look shiny lol he looks normal

[@Medachod]

@@lookherelooklisten7850 He does look a bit shiny. I noticed it the very moment he first appeared in that season.

[@chuckdude514]

@@lookherelooklisten7850 stop being a fanboy. There are many form to represent fast movement and we both know the chose this one (teleport) because it's easier to draw. If this "teleporting speed" you told us about really exists, then Genos is faster than Boros at this point.

[@lookherelooklisten7850]

Chuck Morris who said “ teleporting speed” ? I just said that he moves at a speed that for us a normal person it looks like teleportation when is just him moving fast, we even see this with sonic, how can you not understand that he is just moving faster than last season which makes it look like teleportation? And how am I a fanboy if I’m just talking about common sense in speed ?

[@chuckdude514]

@@lookherelooklisten7850 like I said, this is a lazy way to represent high speed if used constantly.

[@rosetheauthor8864]

The biggest difference between s1 and s2 is that you can actually see fights in s1

[@KhyroOfficial]

Yup They say they can't see them fighting because they're too fast We can't too we all see blur

[@EveKida]

Some of the fight just Been taken by some "image" if you know what am o saying.

[@hongcao0111]

Ss2 animation is suck

[@meifungliew1637]

Season 2 is just still image with shaking camera

[@blockblum6632]

@@hongcao0111 season 2 was made by jc staff. Season 1 was made by madhouse. That why it sucks

[@andryx46ify]

Genos S1 Is actually One of the best looking things to watch. So satisfying

[@IrwanSyah-yg1do]

Agree.. and Everytime i watch Genos in season 2 it makes me uncomfortable.

[@metawarp7446]

...Atleast the bad stuff, and criticising the bad stuff, makes us see the value in good things better.

[@infernate4067]

Metawarp i always thought one punch had a perfect animation style for the type of characters that they were. I rewatched all of one punch about 3-4 days ago and even how tell the story is different in s2. It’s just crazy how much it changed

[@LoneBeastYT]

I agree...I got chills seeing genos but now it's like he won't be a main character anymore

[@DEVON83]

No homo

[@neox4297]

Season 1 - animation Season 2 - story Season 3 - hopefully both.

[@TehLemonsRUs]

The story was better in Season 1 by far. It had more Saitama in it, and was just funny.

[@neox4297]

@@TehLemonsRUs most people preferred season 2 story. But season 1 animation was far better for me. Hopefully, season 3 focuses on both animation and story aspect. I dont want then to sacrifice one aspect for the other.

[@garderian4170]

@@neox4297ets just hope madhouse would take it again and actually MAKE ANOTHER SEASON?

[@l0kumidit641]

Not gonna lie the director kinda butchered the story for me in s2

[@gelmir7322]

OPM started out primarily as a gag so the initial storyline is barebone simple and straight forward. Season 1 follows the episodic "monster-of-week" format. Every episode (or tw) is their own contained independent storyline. They try to squeeze as much over the top moment and humor as possible in every episodes. Season 2 is like your average run-of-the-mill shounen anime with long story-arcs that they drag for as long as they can (thus creating a lot of dull and boring moments) and then finished it off with short, unsatisfying, and anti-climatic finisher. Yes season 2 has a more structured storyline and probably a more involved plot (which for some people count as a "better story"), but it is presented in a very dull, drag out manner.

[@savagekid94]

S1 fuckn awesome crazy movement and choreography S2 screen shakin' motion blurathon with a lot of genos teleportin behind u.

[@HalvoDraws]

Honestly the only thing that rubs me the wrong way in season 2 is the CGI they put on metal It looks super jarring and gross

[@GolemkingTK]

@@HalvoDraws i agree i feel season 2 gives me whip-lash for every terrible scene it follows up with a good one.

[@HalvoDraws]

@@GolemkingTK yes the scenes that they put effort in are very good and its like "whoa!" Every time, like when saitama was about to punch suiryu

[@andreapettinato8275]

"nothinn personnel, kid"

[@doctorqbert7643]

Facts

[@CoolioMaister]

Worst of all: They got rid of those sick mid-episode eyecatchers.

[@tugayozturk9203]

What do You mean

[@541megaboy5]

@@tugayozturk9203 he's refering to 00:00

[@crozraven]

@@tugayozturk9203 it's mid scenes before & after commercial break when on tv broadcasting.

[@tugayozturk9203]

@@541megaboy5 Ahhh yeah that was mega cool

[@fullgrown31]

i wanna watch a compilation of those

[@zivbartal4160]

Animation in S1: Actual Motion Animation in S2: Still images and camera moving around

[@wicq2586]

So true, season 1 ain’t anything outstanding but it moves, it’s not still. Season 2 uses too many static frames that fail to connect into a scene in the head which leaved me confused cow if I want to see some slideshows I’ll just go read gorgeous manga.

[@arieframadhan8812]

Ofc it has been made by Madhouse. It was perfect buddy

[@GIGI-bb3yo]

Y’all complain for everything smh

[@wicq2586]

@★ Froggie Animation ★ aint yo momma to do it. If you want to be a fanboy be a fanboy season 1 had flaws like poor detailization and overusing of same frames due to budget limits regardless of your opinion. However those flaws were not critical and they didnt stop me from enjoying S1.

[@Scyon13]

Season 1 was godlike yes it's still has the stupid still frames etc... but when it came to fights I haven't seen anything rival it in terms of the fluidity of the characters movements down to the tiny detail, the way they contort and move their entire bodies when attacking, like you would in real life I haven't seen anything close to it.

[@chalidaulia9933]

Season 1's sound effects are like "BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM" but Season 2's are more like "BRRRFFFRTTTSZZZZGHHRRRRRR"

[@kaizocaster]

Ar D Eloquent

[@lokyZD]

@@baconaoa_yt Not even close to S1. Genos vs. Saitama battle had more different epic sounds then whole S2. Episode 7, all Suriyu kicks and punches are almoast same booming, Saitama's punch felt very weak with the sound they put and animated.

[@k-rimasempai9567]

Exactly

[@mortalunknown8304]

Chalid Aulia that is why season 1 is much better than season 2

[@TheGreenHon]

S1 sound effects aren't even close to S2, they are so fking good. I don't care what anyone says. Also the animation isn't that drastically different/worse, I enjoy watching S2 as much as I did watching S1. And I like everything about both.

[@thegarboarto]

All the good animations of s2 are ruined by the blur effect

[@Trxpamvs]

That’s so true

[@NesmiUnlimited]

Facts

[@heinewittgenstein3957]

@Matthew Lee Also because of the Polygon Incident. So "Ghosting" (Blur) was added to anime to prevent seizures. However, they will be removed with the Blu-rays.

[@migyymobile9794]

@Matthew Lee why not hire better animator?

[@lucalamanna-vg2bz]

Migs Samaaa now that’s a retarded question lmao

[@gulorful8488]

“It doesn’t look that bad” *sees Geno’s cgi arm” okay

[@NaderZico]

that's not cgi

[@2slowpoke929]

@@NaderZico Pretty sure some (if not all) of the scenes with Genos use CGI for his arms.

[@NaderZico]

it just looks like bad drawing to me@@2slowpoke929

[@Ricardo_V]

It's a texture ._.

[@Kali-8]

@@Ricardo_V its trash lol

[@ShofarOlaguez]

Season one is smooth with strong and elegant poses, season two is fast, messy and flashy.

[@hanchockelias5123]

U describe it perfectly

[@craigmabbith3331]

Or slideshows

[@FallBackSquadUp]

I think its crisp my guy

[@hanchockelias5123]

@@FallBackSquadUp good for u mah boi, everyone have different tastes, and if u like it feel free to watching it without remorse of what people may say, trust me, its better that way

[@lebleu6022]

is not fast, season 2 don't have animation , look like a flip book with 2 images LUL

[@mrgabest]

Just that moment in Season One when Genos closes his fist finger by finger and assumes a stance before his fight with Saitama...fucking beautiful, and it's not even a critical movement.

[@ahdasick]

That's what you get with a good director 🙌 the new director for season 2 isn't as good...or the animation team, but I'm still glad it's being animated at least. Plus people act like it's a abomination, but it's way better animation than Boruto or Fairy Tail. even Bleach Lol

[@rambutan_lychee9255]

Hey! You copied my comment you plagiarist

[@mohamedmaher5511]

The Lion you can’t really judge the director’s performance on a tight schedule though he wasn’t have the time the director of S1 was having so you can’t compare between them and you can’t tell the director of S2 is bad but it’s good for the circumstances he was having at least

[@ahdasick]

@@mohamedmaher5511 yeah hes doing an okay job lol i still watch it just for the fact im glad its being animated. and the animation team might not have the wow factor as much as Madhouse but they still do a good job. i havent had any complaints in terms of wonky character models like DBS...we all know DBS was bad..

[@mohamedmaher5511]

The Lion well oh i mean they did at least did the characters designs good in details to a passable level and even if some characters were drawn off the model sheets they can fix the errors in BD i think they might fix the garou that scenes that he looked like Dio from Jojo too :3

[@rambutan_lychee9255]

0:35 Genos' fingers look better animated than the whole s2 Edit: seems like y'all agreeing with this ha?

[@shirdiy1665]

No shit

[@lRlSHBLADE]

Facts

[@clutz7941]

Oh my god it's true lmao

[@underak7045]

And the dust looks nice too.

[@carminy8444]

Ahh that fluid animation moist me real hard

[@kuaikukia]

What baffles me in S2 is everytime I saw Geno's body, I feel so uncomfortable

[@ohyo1386]

probably because they colored his arms like they were 12 year olds exploring gradient colors on deviantart

[@popcornlieutenant]

@@ohyo1386 brooo they whoooole show like that, and it bothers me...

[@ohyo1386]

idk but they make me feel like i have a chance as an animator or some shit

[@metawarp7446]

In S1 the arms made me to touch myself. In S2...

[@infernate4067]

Metawarp big facts. S1 his arms were black and sleek like he was about to beat somebody ass. Now he looks like he’s made of the same shit the goku and vegeta walkie talkies were made out of.

[@Francois_Dupont]

the new series isnt even Animation, its just still frames with blur effects.

[@tippymang0808]

He is half right though, the use of blur is fucking egregious throughout s2, it's like they don't want you see what's happening on screen.

[@knowcomment4525]

Episode 3 has proven though that they can deliver if they need to. Garou vs Tanktop master was pretty on point, S1 Staff and it's phenomenal free lancers couldn't have done a much better job than that. Aside from some hiccups in the Garou vs Metal bat fight such as changing the FWRC parry&backhand to a lousy dodge and flimsy cross and that absolutely horrendous snapshot of Garou repelling/redirecting MB's final Tornado move with the Hadouken/kamehameha dual palm strike motion, it was fine as well. That being said part of me really would have liked to see what the Flowing Water Rock Smashing/Crushing Fist would have looked like in Season 1, what pissed me off more than anything was that they had Bang take Genos and escape after Saitama destroyed that Meteor, instead of using his phenomenal skills to fricking redirect the resulting debris coming for them, so if you want your one instance where Madhouse decided to cut corners and take the easy route, this was it, and even in the Dark Matter Alien Pirates confrontation, there was no instance of Bang showing off his Martial arts skills proper, which they rectified and will hopefully keep doing in Season 2. All in all, S1 is a lot more fluid, creative, lively and ofc thanks to more frames, easier to follow and digest. S2 does unfortunately cut corners here and there and not go beyond much of what the phenomenal manga version, by the genius artist himself Murata, provides, but the snappy and very abrupt and flashy pacing is ironically enough more realistic, if you can believe it or not, for me it's an refreshing change of pace compared to most animation standarts. Like it feels to me more like watching a real fight, be that boxing, mma matches etc, often times you will not see or notice most attacks until their follow through or like you said as a blur, or if you rewatch them and keep your eyes out for them and focussed on those. For example, I urge you to rewatch some of the more popular fight scenes in Dragon ball (excluding movies ofc) and compare them to any fight in both Seasons of Opm, the grand majority looks like absolute shite and an insult to the timing, technique, pacing and rhythm of any martial arts. It's really funny and scary what nostalgia goggles, preconceptions and bias can do to the perception and the ability of people to judge art and media fairly.

[@wisoo4078]

2:07 This actually looks like a really good frame in general but I CAN'T EVEN SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE VIGOROUS SHAKEY CAMERA In general, s2's animation is average with some duwang moments and some occasional good looking moments

[@brixnats5154]

Donald Trumpet irony

[@elterrible3384]

knowcomment tldr?

[@razanomitsurugi4619]

S1 : Murata S2 : ONE

[@vortex5551]

Alot of people won’t understand this 😂

[@AnkitSingh-wq2rk]

this really has a top comment potential but will bounce over casual people lel

[@loomy5121]

I understand it Murata (Manga) and ONE (Webcomic) only real fans will know this 😁😁

[@cloroxbleach3936]

Lol😂

[@ayubmaruf3074]

One's art is different, mob psycho is one's anime. But yeah, s2 is pretty bad

[@TalhaMansoor]

The Manga had better animation than season 2!

[@MonkeyDDeku-lk5ox]

No cap

[@xpandahangoverx]

It's pretty funny considering there are people who actually animated the manga and looks 100% better then season 2

[@Potatoman1578]

@@xpandahangoverx yes especially Durzo and riseofstefano!!!

[@lRlSHBLADE]

I read the manga and I can this is true

[@theKaibaMan0201116]

Ok that’s harsh. It’s not like it’s Black Clover levels of bad art and animation, this really isn’t THAT bad, it’s just nowhere near Season 1. It’s rushed and it shows, but it could be WAY worse...

[@Skulltroxx]

Only problem is S2 is, Saitama doesn't have a perfectly oval face!!!!

[@rex9780]

Or eyes

[@justflavio3260]

Yes!!!Someone got it right!!!You're worthy for the job!!!

[@sidharthshrivastav1348]

Hey sahil notice me senpai

[@abrahmhatcher2385]

That ain't the only problem

[@xx_6h05t_xx]

And his nose...

[@Alassandros]

Season one was anime. Season two is illustrated radio.

[@ikmaldaniel9408]

Very true... His serious face is gone now...hmmm

[@Sol-rk1zg]

Illustrated radio hahahahahaha classic!

[@karysma7386]

Cant really blame the company for not being able to hire the same freelance team used for the first season

[@chinmuandingguite1738]

@@ikmaldaniel9408 with a tint of shade of brown on his forehead god knows WHY

[@srikanthganti9449]

Aaahhh that reference to my mother's basement

[@Axelazo]

0:36 Even the reflections are animated, S2 Genos arms looks like coal or something

[@manansvoicenstrings2962]

At 0:36 is S1 not S2

[@Axelazo]

​@@manansvoicenstrings2962 I think you didn't understand me, Season 1 Genos reflections are animated, Season 2 Genos arm's just look like a blurry stain

[@manansvoicenstrings2962]

@@Axelazo Oh! Sorry, my bad. You are right btw...

[@xxisoyvnginxx-7427]

Yeah right after that at 0:54his shoulders are made of what looks like metal strainers

[@leonardo9259]

Lmao try to draw that in 2 months while underpaid

[@kkfine5631]

I've seen PowerPoint presentations with more frames

[@georgewestfall7251]

Bruh, they’re tryin’

[@shirdiy1665]

I swear dude

[@naveen.119]

They are investing money on more important stuff like boob jiggle on hellish blizzard that damn thing has to be smooth

[@colin-kun3611]

Naveen Chandra lol

[@pen5666]

@@naveen.119 lmao

[@samatot3439]

Season 1s animation was so good because it had a lot of different top tier animation directors involved, and every episode was worked on, hard and long by them and their teams, S2 is just like any normal anime.

[@Medachod]

Yeah, they didn't want the second season to air in 2021, so they had to cut corners. If it were the same team, it would've taken much longer. We don't even know how many years the original took.

[@EverlastGX]

@@Medachod I rather wait for great season. We waited years for this

[@Medachod]

@@EverlastGX I believe it's cause they couldn't get the same director back. The waiting was because he was busy with other projects, so they gave up and hired someone else. Had he returned immediately, it's quite possible the next season would've been much earlier.

[@kennethhernandez6707]

EverlastGX I would wait decades for season 2.

[@atlas6538]

@@Medachod most fan wouldn't mind waiting another year or two

[@Dirkage]

S2 has scenes where they literally just trace the manga panel

[@2slowpoke929]

They usually do this for key panels which is fine since some people would like to see a certain manga panel redone in an anime format. Not in this case though so yea.

[@bksun8906]

for S2, i felt like watching anime from the 90s-00s , full of copypaste + static picture moving around + Fashlight .... o0o

[@Zetsuke4]

trace??? NO. have you seen the manga? the art is sooo detailed. this is not a trace, it is an uttershit redraw. if they actually traced it, the character design would actually look good and proportionate.

[@matthewstanley8295]

Yeah the whole fight with metal bat I was like wow dam this just looks like the manga ppl were overhyping that fight lmao i thought it was good in the anime and manga but no need to overhype it

[@Thefunkymunky619]

Dirkage true like the sidestep part and Generals one-handed consecutive punches

[@ayushFos]

Genos in S1: I am not even in my final form yet! Genos S2: Changes arm's material from Carbon Fibre/Titanium to Steel and Coal

[@killert41]

Lmao

[@avgjoegaming8271]

Season 1 looks more entertaining. They actually show stuff instead of just a blur of beginning middle and end

[@metawarp7446]

@@baconaoa_yt I wonder why there's no blurry shit in season 1. Will S2 be on Netflix? If yes I hope they remove blurryness.

[@bogsbinny6335]

Metawarp sad to say, that blurryness is apart of s2

[@LoneBeastYT]

@@baconaoa_yt seizures...I really hope they didn't use it as an excuse to the animation...normally blurring out is used to hide the bad animation...compare 1:53 to 2:08 and stop when he charges up (2:08) that scene is utter s***

[@dahveed1991]

DUDE I HATE THE BLURRS TOO Its like the quality youre looking forward to is nor even digestible by the eye

[@LoneBeastYT]

@@baconaoa_yt like I told...it tries to make it look cool while the animation is actually sh**

[@sirclownsalot5800]

Bruh season two feels so claustrophobic. There’s too damn many close ups.

[@jabbpapi]

Jamón YES. i couldn’t find out how to express this feeling. I hated being so fucking close to their faces.

[@lucasfigueroa6678]

It makes it easier for animators to animate less work

[@kevincaravello7960]

Jamón I. Totaly. Agree.

[@rickenbacker40011]

Jamón there are a lot of close ups!!

[@albertuy4551]

too close that i cant understand whats going on

[@RickTheSmugLord]

S1: WHOA, THAT ACTION SCENE IS AMAZING! S2: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!?!?!?!

[@ralphr2711]

Still frames and intense blurring to hide the lack of animation frames...

[@jyotishroy247]

@@ralphr2711 nah that ain't the reason tv Tokyo adds blur

[@jyotishroy247]

@@ralphr2711 Here these are the fight scenes without blur they are hella awesome now www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=one-punch_man_2

[@kobejahbridgewater6588]

@@jyotishroy247 thank you

[@jxbuyo]

@@ralphr2711 wrong they used gosting for the sake if epilepsy the bluray version doesn't have it

[@massojupiter3436]

Season 2 looks good but season 1 would put 99.99% of all anime to shame.

[@mikey420ful]

Lekok season 2 looks like dog shit

[@michwan6732]

@@mikey420ful it looks ok. it's just that Season 1 looks so good that season 2 looks awful by comparison

[@swordoftheoccult4427]

What you said about season one is correct HOWEVER season two really doesn't look any type of good

[@TheRagnus]

At least it isn't Berserk 2016 animation...

[@blatantdeception]

Season 1 puts the benchmark too high for its sequel

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

There's way too many moments in the manga where it deserves amazing animation for season 3

[@beast55yearsago56]

You're everywhere Jesus Christ

[@tyhandsom8963]

JC Staff better stay the hell away from season 3

[@C5starm]

Mustache man :0

[@01Nexus]

ye

[@mywifeisabugatti.2513]

@@beast55yearsago56 He's not everywhere! you're everywhere too

[@societyofinfamy235]

They should have had Bones do One Punch Man, they did incredible with Mob Psycho 100

[@mohamedmaher5511]

Pineapple MHA though they’re having a second movie too

[@blockblum6632]

Why did they let jc staff do the animation for season 2. Of all the people, why jc staff?

[@mohamedmaher5511]

block blum i think because they can do art near to the manga i mean look at food wars , Bakuman , Prison School and children of whales the art errors on this season is because of the tight schedule they were having they can better than this but this is their in production near to Aot’s one which also have a bad schedule but the professional animators is what’s keeping the anime afloat

[@paradiselost9293]

Agreed, Mob psycho 100 animation art style is almost the same with one punch man. It would be great if Madhouse ask Bones studio to continue opm series

[@jyotishroy247]

@@baconaoa_yt nah OPM isn't ufotable type anime

[@themoonlight977]

0:36 Look at how Genos’ hand outstretches then closes into a fist. It adds more character and like.. badassery and it’s great. Idk the little details really made S1 amazing.

[@Shivam-vr6eh]

Thats called Director magic

[@ChuggieBoon]

With JC, you can barely see what's going on. Everything blurry and blinding, and when it comes to movement they just erase Genos and draws him again. With Madhouse, you can actually see movement. All the way down to Genos wriggle his fingers to clutch his fist. Madhouse doesn't rely on CG (and if they I can hardly tell). They don't use cheap techniques make thing blinding to trick you to think something epic happening. This video needs to be seen by everybody. JC is definitely worst.

[@sujalakasl2135]

I wouldn't say JC is worse I'd say the TEAM......the TEAM not MADHOUSE.....the TEAM behind one punch man season 1 were gods in disguise. Season 1 was more of a passion project the director had connections with some of the best in this industry and that's how we got that 12 episodes of pure greatness. JC staff are just not good enough but they did an amazing work with episode 3 and we've yet to reach the seasons climax!

[@Blitz1Blacktail1]

@@rustcohle1113 I know the difference pretty damn well. The thing is that I don't care. I wasn't expecting god-level animation anyway.

[@MegaMoneyMaker711]

Madhouse barely did shit. They got top tier freelancers to do most of the slick animation

[@bksun8906]

for S2, i felt like watching anime from the 90s-00s , full of copypaste + static picture moving around + Fashlight .... o0o

[@filipbabovic8474]

@@rustcohle1113 Okay? Lmao spoiled boi

[@peasantb100d]

Well you can't deny that genos has been learning from saitama From dashing behind his target to sending out a flurry of consecutive punches

[@horheisbae4345]

William Bloomfield he must follow his sensei’s ways

[@chuckdude514]

He literally learned how to teleport to the manga frames

[@jasondads9509]

Saitama very rarely does the flurry of blows

[@Dragonk116]

Your right, that's the only thing that was actually animated instead of still frames.

[@Luhgoon]

Genos doing machine gun blow is not new. Saitama only did it vs the beast king and vs boros, neither of which genos was around to see

[@kraklovich]

Sound editor: how do we make this season better!? Director: bass Sound editor: how mu- Director: all of it.

[@keeperofthef8]

this is what happened with jojo stands.

[@just_golden1085]

Every stand sound effect from jojo is a dubsteb fart

[@FrizzleLamb]

Oh man, I really miss Mad House's animations 😭😭

[@J-DUDE-]

Same

[@anarsistdevletci]

F same

[@rektmoon538]

Will they come back with s3?

[@doodhwala4203]

@@rektmoon538 I don't think so

[@manavawasthi6013]

Watch ufotable animes & you won't

[@WDCrazyTruth]

The only one fight scene in season 2 that can compare to season 1 is the garou vs tank top master fight scene

[@Medachod]

Hopefully, the final fight as well.

[@felicedonatiello3779]

Yea

[@CultivateAwareness]

Actually, I have high hopes for Goketsu V saitama... that's some straight shin Akuman stuff... satsui no hado.

[@clutz7941]

Ikr? The first time i saw that shit I thought it was good, and it gave me hope, but when I saw Metal Bat vs Garou all that hope was gone.

[@clutz7941]

@@CultivateAwareness Goketsu doesn't fight Saitama, Saitama just kills him off screen. What are you talking about?

[@2slowpoke929]

So apparently some people can't differentiate between S1 and S2. So my bad. The best way would be to see that S2 has a darker tint to it and overall less animation. The order should also be S1, S2, S1, S2 from the beginning and the end. Edit 2: Bottom right of S2 footage has a watermark.

[@mtrtrm]

no way! There are really people that can't tell the difference?! The only decent animation from S2E2 was that one rainbow colored punch from Genos

[@2slowpoke929]

@@mtrtrm even then the transition slides in S1 have more animation

[@soarel325]

S2’s darker tint is mostly the result of TV censorship for epilepsy

[@gentlelight8758]

After watching the comparisons, I can now see the difference but both are good. The thing is, both are epic and get you off your seat. I will admit that S1 is better but not by such a large degree to notice anything unless you put them together. There are just people who get distracted to the story and subs and don't pay attention to detail like my self. If I didn't watch this video, I would of never noticed. It just can't be helped. Look at Kenichi. Very epic but the animation isn't so great. Even I noticed that but Its still one of my fav shows. People are calling One punch man crap just cause of the animation. Its ridiculous. Its satisfactory.

[@VMontemezzo]

@@gentlelight8758 Think about this: - you bought a smartphone named "MiU" that have a fucking badass camera with an superb AI, an amazing model that can flip your screen and a lot of detais that improve your experience with photos, contacts etc etc. You pay a "X" price for it right? Fine. - Now in the next year you got tired of this model and want to buy a new one. The same "MiU" but with new tecnologies. Right now, there is another industry working on this model. They create this new MiU and you go there and buy it for the same amount: "X". But something is wrong. The quality of the camera is worse and now the whole smartphone is somewhat "worse" than what is used to be. But no, is not a trash one, just worse. What are your thoughts on it? Are you satisfied? Will you buy the next year from the same industry? My point is: The season 1 was so good that our quality sttandards is damn high! Why would we like a "worse" version of it? And yes, I pay for it since I keep buying the manga and also watching the anime via streaming (like netflix and authorized sites)

[@2slowpoke929]

Well this is blowing up for some reason. Keep in mind that. 1. This video was made when S2 only had two episodes in. 2. I might try making another comparison if I see/remember anything worth paralleling in. But I haven't properly caught up to the new episodes recently cause of school. Edit: Lot of people are asking me to do a follow up which I might if 1. There's enough similarities between one fight in this season and the previous season.

[@zoom-zip3473]

2SlowPoke make another when the final battle with garou happens and compare it to boros fight

[@2slowpoke929]

@@zoom-zip3473 If there's really anything similar. Also why's this blowing up more???

[@zoom-zip3473]

2SlowPoke well honestly it became a trend to hate on the opm season 2 animation and people want to justify the hate they have for it by talking to other people who also hate it and the trend just grows bigger even tho its really not thaaat bad yea s01 was godly but s02 is not that out of the box either

[@cooldudeachyut]

@@zoom-zip3473 There won't be a final battle against Garou in season 2. Hopefully, a non-potato quality season 3 comes out and concludes the arc.

[@zoom-zip3473]

Achyut Dwivedi even better save the battle for when they have good animation again hopefully it turns out that way

[@EC___]

S2 they changed the HUE and Saturation I think... And they also used Lazy Camera tricks in S1 they used a lot more movement and complete full circle animations

[@minecrawl913]

Yeah yeah they zommed in a lot right in s2

[@Killer36661]

I think it's very bold choice that J.C.STAFF made to animate the entire season 2 with PowerPoint and Gifs.

[@Expanses02]

They probably did too.

[@lonelylama5222]

@@Expanses02 nope. they just had a lack of time

[@Aljannnn]

0:52 this right here, this scene, if you compare this to season 2's animation it will really look like trash.

[@hisokaorochimaru1929]

Jin-woo wohoho. Solo

[@Medachod]

Oh yeah, for sure.

[@Aljannnn]

@@hisokaorochimaru1929 I see a solo leveling fan, i like. lol

[@jonahmudlaff6576]

Why do I keep watching these kind of videos? I just feel betrayed and depressed. Also even though Genos got an upgrade he seems slower and weaker because of the large difference in visuals.

[@NoneRain_]

Right? I was so hyped and they just throwed this lazy animation and coloring in my face

[@quevee3027]

Curiousity killed the cat... sadly it’s killing me too so don’t feel alone brother

[@amitbiswas710]

u do have to consider one thing a LOT of fans complaining on bad quality when most pf the people just pirate the anime which results in bad revinew for the studio which makes quality bad

[@taren5245]

@@amitbiswas710 Anime streaming is barely accessible. Most people legit have no option other than pirating anime

[@aor7442]

When i first watch season 2 i was like "its fan made?? Comic edit??" etc

[@montajedelespectador]

Fan if have time make better, in one animators are freelance want like animate in sakuga

[@OceanWarzGTFO]

C'mon it ain't like that until you watch season 3 of 7DS

[@Drendronix]

1:26 Genos throwing 50 punches under floating Sonic, this is just dumb

[@khairulusacc3550]

In manga, he dodge them all at first then jumping over them, but in anime he just jump cuae budget cut

[@timothybigshak1594]

And Sonic landing is literally just them rotating the frame around 😂

[@Pedro_eqw]

The sound effects are garbage

[@shadoka9409]

didn't that happen in the manga though

[@eem2wavy133]

Lol never noticed that

[@retard3448]

S2 tried to mask it's shit animation by dumping blur all over the screen. It honestly just makes it look worse than it actually is. Sad that such a great anime is getting such horrible treatment.

[@bksun8906]

horrible treatment 😂 just like "Terra Formars" s2 so trash compare to s1 😂

[@SteelGlassKenny]

You had to fucking talk shit

[@poisonousingot222]

Still love the show for what it is

[@AniDeMax]

If you think this is already a "horrible treatment". Look at One Piece.

[@Voldrim359]

@@AniDeMax I stop watching One Piece for that reason, his animation was awful and painful to watch, so i decide to keep following the manga

[@Piloes999]

S1 animation : Detailed in shadow, color, movements and particles. Make it comfortable to watch. S2 animation : Flat colors (the characters looks like a stickers), lack of details, worse at surrounding/background, short animation for battle scenes with a lot of blur and shaking.

[@Tarsisproducer]

It just feels like s2 is being produced by netflix

[@montajedelespectador]

Netflix only made bad liveactions, animetflix are good, except porygon collabs

[@pira707]

castlevania has pretty good aniamtion sooo.

[@kakkadasekazvam3968]

Am I the one to mention Devilman Crybaby (also dorohedoro which mappa does but still on netflix)

[@neonxnational]

netflix is more decent animation-wise, but not plot-wise

[@priyotomo203]

1:47-1:50 i think that's the only good animation in s2

[@Nulmorr]

I hate you for being right. It always cuts off just before something is going to get hit.

[@lilcrust3063]

Ikr,those three seconds are the only good animation in the entirety of season 2.

[@smartsyissmart9547]

Lil crust boi people argue that episode 3's Garou vs Tank Top Master was also good

[@smartsyissmart9547]

malicious patrick the sound tho, it sounds like someone just pushed a rubber button

[@lkdhno.1647]

Brenden Bond yeah, sfx in S2 are cancer

[@steep._5888]

Me: Season 2 is finally out :D Season 2: *animation sucks* Me: **SWEATS BACKWARDS**

[@alameenhafiz]

garou lmao

[@samirmomand9525]

@@baconaoa_yt r/wooosh

[@aquired_7655]

@@samirmomand9525 how tf is that a woosh

[@RayBayne]

@@aquired_7655 r/wooosh

[@muatra3651]

Suck that perspiration back in, we can't afford to animate that!

[@fdlarts7676]

The tank top master fight was pretty lit though

[@qaisra5686]

That was the only part of the series that made me say WOAH!! so far

[@atlas9344]

Yeah they probably put their entire budget in that one fight

[@gilgamesh0233]

@@atlas9344 hope they save a bit for the last fight

[@lunacysstraightjacket2121]

@@gilgamesh0233 oh shit.....I forgot about that.....they better put respect on Monster boys name

[@darksideage]

Yo,no one gonna talk about the 5 seconds battle where Snek tried to attack Suiryu but he dodged? That 5 seconds still amazed me,considering the most fights in this season.

[@bradleynabong8726]

Season 1 genos: badass looking cyborg Season 2 genos: a normal guy with limbs made of tin can

[@Kali-8]

Its true that JC's animation you cant really see what is going on.. The reason why i liked OPM was most cuz of the animation, everything was clear and stuff. They really fucked up but still gonna watch and wont hate lul

[@Francois_Dupont]

OPM animation made every scene epic. the show got a nice story, but the animation is what made it AOTY. now its just garbage, just like One Piece or any other garbage cheap ass show.

[@cromer6249]

well you better understand about a series like one piece since they have to release a new episode every week

[@bksun8906]

for S2, i felt like watching anime from the 90s-00s , full of copypaste + static picture moving around + Fashlight .... o0o

[@Kali-8]

@@cromer6249 lmao fax

[@Miyakolover]

@@Francois_Dupont I think you all are remembering season 1 with rose colored lenses, even season 1 cut alot of corners in animation and had still frames, a few examples: Saitama vs Beast King (Lots of repeated shots and the punch was just a still frame). Saitama vs Snek (No animation, they just skipped over it by a fadeout) All three battles with Kenbu were cut short by a cutaways. Saitama vs Sonic (Most of it are still frames and sliding pictures). Tatsumaki vs Ancient King (We don't see the meteor landing on him, they cut away from a meteor to a still frame of the Ancient King already dead). Saitama vs that Octapus monster thing at the start of the Deep Sea King arc (The screen goes to black and we see him already defeated). The fitness test scene has ALOT of still frames in it. I could go on...and again I am not dissing season 1...the point I am trying to make is that every anime allocates budget to the most important episodes and the least important ones don't get the same treatment as other.

[@von.3d]

fight scenes season 1: rough drawing, smooth and emphasized action season 2: rough drawing, rough and not emphasized action

[@Mashiris]

I wanted to see Garou fighting with madhouse animation 😭😭💔💔

[@justcallmehaza]

Gary! I Had that dream again! 😭😭

[@Samantha-gp3oc]

Me tooooo, he has some good as action scenes in the manga and JC won’t be able to capture the fighting well at all :((

[@Vonmoonlight]

More like all the other side heroes. Since manga readers said, this season has extremely little portions of Saitama since it follows the source material quite strictly. Metal Bat fight was good tho, just the sfx bugs me for the whip part

[@taiwantalent4287]

I want to see Drive Knight's Transformation in Madhouse too. That scene in the manga was badass.

[@frogite135]

HOLY SHOT IT WOULD BE A *MADHOUSE*

[@Gojo紫]

S2 fight scenes looks like animators forgot to put their glasses on and animate 💀 they made it so blur that people with less vision can see it instead of normal people 💀☠️

[@iamascumfuckbastard9269]

Madhouse: let's make animes so much better than most studios. *Months Later* Employee: sir they love the show!!! Madhouse: all right we're done here Employee: sir they want another seaso- Madhouse: hold that thought. Employee: but sir... Madhouse: *on the phone* I know right they think we're gonna make another season eksdeeee

[@theoriginalmew2889]

The truth behind this statement is concerning

[@DerSchedula]

Madhouse: Let's make another season of this Isekai nobody cares about. Employee: But they'll do nothing except talking in season 2! it will be very boring to watch Madhouse: Season 3, here we go!

[@navytusk3998]

1:29 this is literally Buccellati's Ari Ari Ari. I mean it even has the same sound effect. Like come on

[@ardactls]

ikr

[@lucas_3969]

thanks, now i remember where this sound come from!

[@fitzhugh7463]

An English Weeb such a great sound effect

[@danolix]

1:20 That is literally the same position of the ari ari ari almost like they took the tracing from sticky fingers smh

[@navytusk3998]

@@danolix originality? More like ARRIVEDERCI

[@cdub5665]

Melee fox players: 0:14

[@mythicmusic7985]

Bruh I'm crying

[@TaktFF]

Great footsies from Saitama

[@pcdave5605]

ATTA ATTA ATTA TORYAH

[@10thousand74]

What I don’t like about S2 is they made speed o sound sonic less thic😂

[@Sorrelhas]

Me was mad thicc in S1

[@jocosesonata]

Would you say it struck a balance once we saw Fubuki in 'motion'?

[@imsmokey4331]

From 1:25 to 1:30 it just sounds like the wind blowing. Then from 1:30 to 1:34 it sounds like metal falling on the floor😤😤. The sound director is the same sound director from 2016-2017 Berserk😭😭😭

[@JonborgVA]

Im Smokey yeah it's really off putting

[@puggzwithtwogees]

HARD. tbh the worse sound direction of S2 has been bothering more than any drop in animation quality

[@TheTriforceDragon]

@@puggzwithtwogees Yeah, there is just no, sorry for the pun, punch to the sound design in season 2 compared to season 1...it just sounds so flat instead of the explosive power in everything in s1.

[@Teebsguy]

Bruh they stole Bucciarati's Rush Attack sounds

[@imsmokey4331]

Tebotimex14 Yh, at least it suits Bucciarati coz sticky fingers makes zippers and his punches have zipper sounds

[@Maru96]

It looks mediocre but the biggest offender in S2 is the sound design, terrible.

[@CodaRyan]

Marcel Weber THANK YOU! I thought no one else noticed that either 😭😭😭 It’s fucking horrendous; blown-out speaker sound effects, horribly executed transitions into new ost’s in the background, it’s a nightmare...

[@retard3448]

Exactly. You would find better sound design on old newgrounds animations.

[@BloopSuperJuice]

The sound director worked in the new berserk....

[@Medachod]

I could've sworn that was because I was watching a low quality feed. The sound design is actually that bad?!

[@bartholomew5101]

The stupid whipping sound effects they use is unbearable..

[@jellyzelle8334]

The problem of S2 is that there's no passion or soul in it's artwork, not like S1

[@waldiarrahman5833]

Jelly Zelle different studio

[@UMIunited]

@@waldiarrahman5833 Anyone who is familiar with the studios kinda expected this, but we also hoped it would be better than this. Damn JC Staff has to really step it up

[@yt-whoisiffnn]

Sanga Ralte apparently Mad House artists were actually volunteers to animate One Punch Man s1, so it’s pretty crazy how much rien they put even tho they didn’t get paid or barely did get paid

[@Dev_712]

While I agree that s2 has bad animation compared to s1, saying that the animators did not put their heart and passion into it is a really offensive thing to say to those people. Criticism of their artwork is fine, criticising their motivation and passion isn't. They dreamt to become animators, worked their ass off in a industry which treats them like shit and they finally became one. Jc stuff does decent anime but they're mostly slice of life or romcoms, expecting them to maintain the godly standards set by madhouse is plain foolish

[@jellyzelle8334]

Pratik Dev we are looking something that's passionate in it's artwork. Something that can withstand the original manga like Madhouse made and not some rush artwork that's JC Staff made (copying the original manga or make it worst). Try this animator doing solo making the fight scene of Saitama and Suiryu, kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJy8Z5V8qZqIobs, and for me he's more passionate than the JC Staff Team's artwork.

[@randomshittutorials]

I cannot make this more simple than it is.. In S2 everything looks like they cheated as many frames as possible & everything feels very static. While in S1 everything looks like it received *tons* of love and work. With a director that had eye for impact and movement in 3D space.

[@Pilot8091]

1:47 has the only good animation in season 2 so far. The rest looks like the hunger games. Way too many unnecessary cuts.

[@ninjtim1133]

Pilot8091 have you seen episode 3? Episode 3 had great animation

[@alexlee2581]

Timothy Howard have you seen episode fucking 5

[@horheisbae4345]

Alex Lee metal bat is lit

[@allychek]

0:56 is also pretty good :)

[@isfirims171]

CGI arms

[@grayzer8777]

idk if its just me but with season 2 sometimes the sound just feels like base boost x100, even when its not really that necessary. And the punch sound effects are also not there at times.

[@aguzzic]

get used to it, it's the new anime fashion, even football anime uses it (Captain Tsubasa 2018).

[@chrollo5648]

@@aguzzic its fukin annoying hearing the same disturbing sound in every motion

[@Karlthuluu]

Uh, the sound overall seems strange in S2, some times the voices don't seem to "fit" in a scene, like you hear that its a recorded voice in a studio. Its like the audio mixer didn't do his job at all

[@fissurehezzer1897]

yeah i thought the same. overused sound like in any motion they made

[@Baldmight]

I like that, makes the explosive sounds Abit more realistic imo

[@otakusegamersforeverogf2520]

Why the sound effects of S2 are so bad??

[@JisooKristo]

ikr

[@Vonmoonlight]

Haha, the whip against Metal Bat lol Cut end audio, sounds like some 90s whip sound

[@cosma_one]

I wouldn't call them bad, just .. different. But the reason for that is that the Sound FX Director is the same one that did the FX on Berseker.

[@Vonmoonlight]

acktually aintaddingup if sarcasm, yea, if you actually mean it, hell no, explosives, yea solid 10/10, anything else apart from explosions, ehhh, 4/10. Sounds like a 90s anime sfx, yet there are modern sfx along the way. Even 90s anime had better sounding sfx despite lower quality in audio

[@garrytalaroc]

Yeahh. That scene where Metal Bat hit his head with his metal bat, there was no fucking metal sound!

[@remuvs]

Madhouse have the in between of a character going from pose A to pose B, audiences can see every action in the transition. JC Staff kinda go from pose A to B without anything between. Theres a big difference in how much animation is used to convey movement.

[@EverlastGX]

Im watching the Boros 10 times in a row. The animation and the intensity were fantastic. S2 is so cheap, nothing epic

[@pinkguy5537]

Yeah because it just begun...

[@EverlastGX]

@@pinkguy5537 we already half season and season 1 was epic from the start

[@mohitnegi7948]

The fcking punches are skipped . Whyyyyyyy 🙀 JC. Staff

[@creeperhehehe1306]

@PANTELIS KARTALIS ye xD I remember those episodes but season 2 is ...a bit serious

[@Deimos620]

the Boros fight has to be the coolest animated scene ive ever seen to date. I tried drawing a frame or two from it but then i realized i couldnt pick which to draw they were all so good

[@alexsiswanto]

S2 to much effects... darker draw quality : average

[@danielzaldivar4419]

Its imposible to reach the quality of Season 1 and no, Mad House ins not the reason S1 is gorgeus, it Was thanks to Shingo natsume, the director of the Season 1 of OPM, he has like a ton of contacts in the industry so What he do Was gathered the Best freelancer animators and the Best Animators From differents studios and were this animators that did the wonderful S1, so it doesnt matter if Mad House continues the anime, If shingo natsume is not envolved in this no studio Will be capable of the Same quality of season 1, maybe Bones could do it but they had already a lot of project going on

[@emreozerdem8509]

Daniel Zaldivar I think Bones can reach that quality, I think Mob Pyscho was just as good as OPM in the animation department

[@danielzaldivar4419]

@@emreozerdem8509 yes they can indeed a lot of the animators From season 1 of opm were From Bones, but i seet quite dificult, right now Bones had big animes like BNH but if someday happen it would be beautiful

[@Lord_Great_Popo]

This thing of not reaching the quality of season 1 is quite a bullshit. It's not that C.J. staff are not reaching the quality of season 1, it's more that they are not reaching the quality of dragonball super in animation, and this, this is a 12 episode serie's. The drawn are not that bad, but still they need to use cgi in some parts, in some fight you don't really understand what is going on, static animation plus cgi plus literally lack of frames.

[@danielzaldivar4419]

@@Lord_Great_Popo this, thats the thing, we are no talking about something like DB super that didnt have source material and everything Was written and produce on the go, JC staff had a year of planning and organization, pre production and a very detailed Source material thanks to murata and his increíble drawings.

[@Lord_Great_Popo]

@@danielzaldivar4419 even one piece, has more frames for scene than opm2, and one piece has 1000+ episodes, this animation is like was made in 90s-00s.

[@gerald7193]

Just look at how smooth the animation of s1 is. Damn, we need that back at s3.

[@xkaushik_1745]

We need madhouse back 😩

[@user-mi3iy3yx2r]

Fr

[@jaydenzhang786]

@@user-mi3iy3yx2rnope season 1 had help from bones and wit. Madhouse did like 1% of the work

[@carloscauan7967]

​@@jaydenzhang786Completely false. It had some guest animators like Yutaka Nakamura and Arifumi Imai, but it was still a Madhouse-produced show.

[@jaydenzhang786]

@@carloscauan7967go look at the list of freelancers madhouse had.

[@KnightK51]

Yall crying over this level of animation meanwhile us seven deadly sins fans crying in the corner u guys still lucky this has fps higher than a panda's iq number

[@thecommenter578]

I don't care about the animation in season 2. It looks pretty good to me. It's not like I could do it better anyway

[@MegaMineguys]

the commenter someone with some common sense

[@w.o.jackson8432]

"It's not like I could do it better anyway" What a retarded idea.

[@rarewaifu]

The people saying you barely can tell the difference are the ones who believe the human eye cannot see beyond 60 FPS

[@comsat2334]

Haha that's true.

[@harshgautam7746]

1:39 idk why but this is my favourite scene in the whole anime in both season till now

[@PPedroFernandes]

Like, S2 is still really good. Problem is... S1 was fucking godlike

[@julinpro9525]

That saitama vs genos fight is honestly one of the flashiest and best animated scenes I’ve watched, it’s difficult to compare it to season 2 with anything

[@theholyduck7329]

Mappa is going to murder S3 with all the CGI that they will use.

[@shduduwuhsdhi1951]

I prefer S1 but S2 didn't fail to impress and I just hope that they have some excellent animation planned for the last episode

[@shitbhoper1161]

Spoiler alert : *they dont*

[@shduduwuhsdhi1951]

@@shitbhoper1161 how do you know

[@maddyx3711]

@@shduduwuhsdhi1951 *he don't*

[@shitbhoper1161]

@@shduduwuhsdhi1951 trust me

[@NOU-iw3gb]

Lmao they didn't. Cgi centipede was so bad holy shit.

[@bassickcris9344]

THE WORST OF SEASON 2: Its wayyyy to short, and skip a lot of good parts, S1 had everything in the manga

[@ImSoSja]

Cristian Morales thissss 👆 i hoped for this in s2 but everything is so much more disappointing now.... suiryu’s fight for example was just.... lackluster

[@fortythree4135]

@@ImSoSja tbh yeah I wish the tournament lasted longer than it did especially suiryu's battle with caped baldy if they had added more movement instead of suiryu just punching caped baldy while not moving just kinda lackluster like you said

[@collonar]

I'm also thinking that there are too many side effects in s2 so you can't really see the "real" animation quality. As an example: when genos charges his incineration cannon. Edit: But tbh I still like the new artstyle, even if it won't come close to s1 at least at the moment.

[@Shinngin]

S2 animation is decent overall but the dimming, camera shaking and absolutely atrocious sound design makes it near unwatchable, lets hope mappa does a better job than jc staff

[@nwstxojsia]

-Same budget -Madhouse did better than J.C.Staff -People complaint madhouse team is more professional than J.C.Staff team -Madhouse had explosive action -J.C.Staff had invisible action I don't think madhouse team is better than J.C.Staff team. I think madhouse enjoyed their art work and J.C.Staff team enjoyed the equivalent of their work pay. -Madhouse is hardcore anime creating -J.C.Staff is hardcore profit creating

[@RazanaArcclaw]

Madhouse also refused to do a second season so... this is better then nothing.

[@RazanaArcclaw]

@David They were far too busy, so we would be waiting another few years for a second season, and at that point who would really care? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mafNepZjnZigeK8 here is a good video on it.

[@stubbornweeb2190]

To be fair, I wouldn't be super motivated to work if I was under the conditions of anime staff, despite how much I enjoyed it. The animators for the first season should have earned way more pay than what they were getting.

[@RazanaArcclaw]

@David except attack on titan season 2 had 1/4 the viewership season 1 did... So obviously a long wait was very very bad, even if the quality was just as good

[@danielzaldivar4419]

I dont gonna defend jc staff but you need to research more, yes the budget Was low for the 2 but the difenrence is that S1 Was directed by Shingo natsume, that dude is the god of contacts in japan, and What he do Was to get help From the Best freelancer animators From japan like Yutaka nakamura one of the Best Animators From Bones, indeed Mad House did like nothing, All Was thanks to Shingo natsume

[@cosmiclordboros1287]

Imagine if season 1 was animated by J.C Staff, and season 2 was animated by madhouse.

[@williamschlass6371]

wed all b happy rn

[@Rexthebrave]

I dont mind season 2’s animation, it was still explosively entertaining to watch in my opinion

[@countx9407]

Finally someone with not hate comment!

[@dervy1015]

Bro I swear it's ridiculous how people how slandering the season for Animation that still wasn't THAT bad. It was like a step down from season 1. AND IT WAS STILL OKAY!!! 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@imnova7822]

@@dervy1015 it was bad tf r u talking about including the sound effects

[@thisisyourdailydoseofreddit]

your opinion is wrong.

[@kathynguyen608]

S1 animation made every move feel like a freaking bomb about to explode in your face with the potential to bring about an Armageddon. S2 animation is a short flash of lightning, looking cool but passes by too quickly to make a lasting impact.

[@GameDSS]

There is so many things wrong with S2 that it's just ridiculous XD

[@alessiodeicco1741]

list them

[@GameDSS]

@@alessiodeicco1741 - bad directorial (scenes have weird pacing and feel rushed overall) - lack of animation (and don't bring 3rd episode here, because first 2 sucked with its action scenes) - a lot of ghosting and other antiepileptic shit to cover still frames - really ugly gradients on almost every object (especially Genos's arms) - lazy backgrounds - Saitama's voice is off - awful sound effects - faces of characters are off (sometimes one eye is much bigger than the other (the beginning of the first episode (look at Saitama))) - JC Staff hired little experienced people when everybody expects top quality staff after first season success - the color scheme is ugly and face skin tones look more like Donald Trump aka orange - horrible storyboard in the opening - one of the most important staff members gets fired after sabotaging works on this season because he doesn't like ONE's works - and more Of course, there are good things with about this season, but it's not what you asked me to list

[@GameDSS]

I would say that season 2 is a failure because of a lot of bad decisions, not bad intentions. We should mostly blame the rights owner who rushed anime adaptation because they couldn't find any studio for 4 years so they took the fastest options which is JC Staff. This studio is the animation machine who produces 10 anime a year, whether its good or not. Also, the choice of the main staff is weird. Very inexperienced director etc. We don't even know who animates this season except for Kenichiro Aoki who's saving this season so far from a bigger disaster. Also, there's another animator in the staff that is worth mentioning (we don't know his name tho). He animated Tanktop Tackle scene. I just hope that episode 4 will keep episode's 3 quality and in the blu-ray edition, the will get rid of technical things that I listed above (like shading etc.).

[@alessiodeicco1741]

K, thanks for responding.

[@ezraelreynolds3442]

@@GameDSS 👏👏👏

[@KiroKanashii]

I think they exchanged animation over sound design, the sounds had more impact and you tell that every move they make is powerful, but it DOESNT LOOK powerful, it just sounds powerful.

[@skywlkn7860]

I loved the S1 fights because you can actually tell whats going on and it looks fantastic but S2 they went wayyy overboard with the shaky cam and the blur

[@sERiiuS]

I don’t hate season 2… but the difference in animation is impossible to look past. I was so disappointed that it tainted my view of everything else. I get that people are going to defend it, but I think S1 made a lot of people fall in love because of how unbelievably beautiful the animations were… to say that the difference between S1 & s2 is “minor” is just not going to be the case for a lot of people.

[@williamschlass6371]

I'm really tired of people trying to gaslight me into liking season 2. Yeah, if season 1 were made by JC staff as well, I'm sure everyone would be overall happy. But season 1 happened so they're always going to be compared. They should have just waited to make a better product.

[@pamplemousse__]

Don't do comparison ! The s1 is a masterpiece and the s2 is, like we say in french : "claquée au sol"

[@stinger1333]

Nathan DLR meme mon ptit reuf dessine mieux

[@GojaGossip]

Dai juju 7 izz noked out derfor dai juju 7 mast beé əřaseđ

[@thomaskhoerniawan3628]

Seriously guys many don't know french like i am, even the comment above

[@agarciahunter]

Thomas Khoerniawan so uh what they saying?

[@shaggyrogers7986]

I don't know that means neither did I check but I did LMAO.

[@hemskywalker7924]

OPM S1 was made by pro's, the director used his favour to pull a team of very talented and experienced artists. The director and most of the talent left due to other anime projects. OPM S2 is made by a team of less expirenced artist - so enjoy what you get. At least we have OPM S2.

[@UnCh4rT3D]

I would have rather waited longer to get sth thats on the lvl of s1 rather than this shit and Im pretty sure that goes for most of us.

[@hemskywalker7924]

@@UnCh4rT3D I feel you bro..... they had their reason (financial & dead lines ). However if they had waited for the S1 OPM artist crew to get freed up & had faith on the OPM lovers like us - this would have been epic as hell..!

[@King-ij4mr]

6 episodes made so far. You can tell that they're at least TRYING... Those poor new animators probably haven't slept in years.

[@abelshevcenko]

meh the allstar group from madhouse couldve done alot more

[@King-ij4mr]

@@abelshevcenko well i never said that it's amazing animation lol

[@vigilanteadarsha4530]

Genos- those were the rules Sensei Saitama from behind-A THOUSAND YEARS OF PAIN

[@cris9242]

The style in S2 is very nice, of course it would have been cooler if they had animated it.

[@Fumbledore]

I mean yes S1 looks better, but it also came at the expense of the animators who were worked half to death. The animation in S2 is standard, just wish they would stop using the blur effect so much.

[@jamesge3813]

Can’t really tell how Genos got an “upgrade” in season 2. If anything it looks like he just go repaired with some spare parts

[@Miyakolover]

Blame the manga for that kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2rIdGd8pN-roNE

[@TheGasMan666]

It isnt just the animation, the sound effects also lack that "snap" to them. Every click, fwoosh, bang, all feel so floaty in s2. In s1 you could REALLY feel when genos tried to incinerate saitama, that super speed kick, everything. I knew it was gonna be sub par with the animation, but it like they didn't even try half the time with everything else...