One Punch Man 2nd Season Episode 12 Discussion

Zaugr said:

Click for a manga comparison of the Blast reveal and the Saitama vs Elder Centipede "fight"
(and please do click)

Zyukichan said:
Gosh I didnt think bad animation could damage an anime so much for me.
Also some parts of the anime were such a shame (especially how they did the Martial Arts Tournament).
Garo did save it for me (until he was dragged away by a gigantic bird).

5/10 for me.
I really hope for a next season done by the old animators.

Animekid3 said:
Like the anime... now season 3 🤔 I wonder?

Franck_Nicolas said:


To me the main issue wasn t the animation. It was the fact that we never get to see saitama T.T Also there is no comedy contrary to the first season, so it felt really cheap

Franck_Nicolas said:


I don t think so... It feels like this season was only made to make easy money with a great license

daftomaru said:
For those waiting for S3:
Thanks to JC Staff you will wait even longer to the next season than when compared to the 4 years between s1 and S2. Now, WHY?
THATS BECAUSE THEY JUST RUSHED EVERYTHING TO END WITH THIS GAROU PART, so, manga's vol 20 is launching this month in jp, the anime adapted the content until volume 19.
To see how bad this is, s1 adapted the first 7 volumes only, while S2 adapted almost the double, 12 volumes. THANK YOU JC STAFF SO MUCH, i hope we can see in the next 4 years this series coming back to the hands that brought us S1. <3

AnimeVaiMorrer said:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecgdwhc8gkw basically your entire comment

It doesn't matter if the people who are criticizing the animation don't know how to make it better. You don't need to be a good cook to recognize bad food, you don't need to be a film maker to recognize a bad film and you don't need to be an animator to recognize bad animation.

You talk as if people are just complaining because they want to mindlessly hate the second season. While there are haters, I'd guess that the vast majority of people criticizing this season are legit S1 fans who waited four years for this sequel to happen and want who genuinely want the best for this series.

Grantnarg said:
I bet you don't even know how to animate a stick figure, so stop talking about things you don't know.
So you want to give those cheap examples as cooking or films, ok, actually the real judges of food and films are PROFESSIONALS, that's why they don't hire any random guy who can just recognize basic stuff to judge their stuff, people here in this forum complaining about the animation giving random 5/10, 7/10 ratings to the season, as if they were the judges with great knowledge and experience, as if that would change anything, why don't you just send a letter to the animators saying how to make the show better, or send them money so they can work extra hard on this, or just not watch the show at all, and wait until it gets released with better quality?
I know why, cause you just know how to complain like babies, your criticism on this is like a baby crying because he wanted vanilla ice cream with chips, but they only gave him the ice cream without the chips, it is still delicious but you fail to comprehend the hard work put into this season.

I'm not saying they are haters, I'm saying there's a lot of people they think they're intellectuals and have such "fine perfect taste".

Grantnarg said:


I bet you don't even know how to animate a stick figure, so stop talking about things you don't know.
So you want to give those cheap examples as cooking or films, ok, actually the real judges of food and films are PROFESSIONALS, that's why they don't hire any random guy who can just recognize basic stuff to judge their stuff, people here in this forum complaining about the animation giving random 5/10, 7/10 ratings to the season, as if they were the judges with great knowledge and experience, as if that would change anything, why don't you just send a letter to the animators saying how to make the show better, or send them money so they can work extra hard on this, or just not watch the show at all, and wait until it gets released with better quality?

Grantnarg said:
I know why, cause you just know how to complain like babies, your criticism on this is like a baby crying because he wanted vanilla ice cream with chips, but they only gave him the ice cream without the chips, it is still delicious but you fail to comprehend the hard work put into this season.

Nainu_ said:
> Damn, Silver Fang and his brother really kicking ass.
> Garou still being an anti-hero monster as ever.
> Genos still trying out his best.
> King. rofl
> Of course, Saitama saves the day. Rip Elder Centipede.

What a rollercoaster of an anime. I didn't expected this after three and a half years, OPM Season 2 would turn out to be like this. From its director, the team (with the exception of Kenichiro Aoki-san) and to that bloody sound director, this anime became underwhelming. But, some of its episodes are quite decent but does not save the anime in its entirety.

I hope for the third season, they should try to look for a decent team who will be so damn passionate about this project.

JC Staff, please give up OPM to someone else.

6/10

xZabuzax said:


That's actually good news, that means we won't see this anime getting the shit treatment it received from J.C Staff anytime soon, I rather have nothing than having a franchise I love like OPM getting shitted over by an incompetent anime studio for the same reason I don't like seeing Berserk getting shitted over by that other incompetent studio as well.

These fucking anime studios are just ruining the franchise.

Dredd said:
And with that, One Punch Man Season 2 comes to a merciful end. The last couple of episodes got better but way too many problems occurred this season. JC Staff just couldn't get it done properly enough for me.

todd2580 said:
Production Committee are who ruin them not anime studios they're just working for hire so don't blame that much

also things might wasn't in favor with J.C Staff i mean yeah it's their fault they picked up than they handle but blame the production committee here they don't care about the quality and wanted a fast product i hate them even more than J.C Staff because they tried their best at least and the director seemed want to do more but time isn't in his favor

Also OPM S2 is in the level of Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 5 so that's not bad lmao

and wait for the BD Version that'll be the complete product while the tv version isn't

Grantnarg said:
People complaining the whole season about the quality of the animation is so ridiculous...

As if they knew how to make it better, as if they knew how hard and expensive is to do that top tier god animation they want.

They're just copying the opinion of what others say, not because they're experts or something like that in the area

Does complaining about the animation make you feel good? or something? if that's so go complain about Persona 5 The Animation, that is truly "bad" animation, or go teach those japanese guys how it has to be done!

They DONT have the same budget as the people who make Shingeki no Kyojin! is it that bad?

Be THANKFUL we got another season of this anime, which looks really good actually.

GoldenDevilGamer said:
So this Frankenstein's monster of an anime is finally over. I say Frankenstein's monster cause the quality is just so inconsistent and the anime just feels so forcefully stiched up and composed, all thanks to J.C. Staff's horrible scheduling and state.

The content this season adapted is my favorite chunk of OPM. Had it been well-adapted, it would've been 10/10 material for me. And there are times when the anime is able to capture the impact and spirit of the manga. But it's just too far and in-between for me to truly appreciate it. Honestly, I find the animation to be quite okay. There's definitely some bad cuts and literally no cuts, but there's times when it's really damn good. And honestly, from an animation standpoint, I can't say I was too disappointed, It's no S1, but it's not bad either. It's pretty much average for most parts, and above average, or even very good for the moments that matters. Shoutout to Aoki for doing a fantastic cut in almost every episode. Despite denying it, he must've been overworked. Imagine if he had a better schedule to work with and less cuts to be depended on for. He's being wasted by being at J.C. Staff. Same for those webgen animators; they're work in episode 8 was good, but it clearly looks unfinished. J.C. Staff's work has been quite good considering their schedule.

But my real issue is the directing. Not that it's always bad, but when it is, it's really, really bad. The flow from scene-to-scene is lacking and overall makes it seem like as if this series is rushing when it really isn't. It's just not put well together. Some shot angles are pretty lacking, and it's not even to hide the lack of animation or anything. Sometimes it doesn't even do justice to the animation effort in. Speaking of not giving justice to its animation, that blur effect used to bypass the TV seizure regulation really kills their effort. They should've just dimmed the brightness like S1. Watching the blu-ray release of this season seems like a mandatory thing now. And some directorial choices with the coloring, like the tanned look of some characters and that metal gradient... really? It's not even a effort saving decision. The director actually thought that it would look good. Like, wow. Also, dem sound effects are meme-worthy at times. At times, it's hype like JoJo. At times, it's laughable like Berserk 2016. As expected from the sound director.

The content in this season is OPM at its best. Saitama can only serve as a punchline for so long until it gets boring, so this season dedicates itself to develop and expand on the Hero Association and the differences between heroes and monsters. And it's most critical choice as to literally chance it's main character from an OP hero (parody of a shounen MC) to a in-training villain (shounen MC characteristics given to a villain). In a way, OPM still manages to parody the tropes by giving them to the villain instead. OPM's whole goal is to be fun. In S1, it does it be using the OP gag and S2 creates fun out of the absurtity of the heroes' design and abilities and Garou's antics. And Garou's just super endearing. He's blood-thirsty against heroes, but kind to anyone else. And he's represents a grey part in-between this whole hero and monsters thing. And his seiyuu is perfection. He was my second choice for Garou, and he nailed the character.

Overall, I guess this season is still a 7/10 for me, which is good, but considering its content, it should've been much higher. Prior to this season starting, I was expecting much, much worse. If you've seen J.C. Staff's projects after Taboo Tattoo, you'd confuse their works for a powerpoint presentation. It would've been a 6, but these last two episodes really pushed it up. Wasn't expecting that at all since most anime productions get worse as it goes on. As haphazardly put together their schedule was, at least they times it right, knowing which episodes to prioritize and whatnot. I was totally expecting episode 3 being their all-out episode, then them losing steam for the rest of the run, but they did great with episode 11 and even this episode was quite good. And they even called in a lot of talented webgen animators for episode 8 and 11. Now, if only they had more time..

fitemeillreku said:


Like I said, not completely. I do agree with you in saying that it got better in the last few episodes, but I prefer the first half. The one thing that I personally thought that made it crash is the Martial Arts Tournament.

I feel like that's the biggest problem in the story, as I think that it went on longer than it should have, especially for a 1 cour series, and it left no room for the remaining episodes.

I posted a review if you want my full thoughts on this.

xZabuzax said:


Unfortunately I will blame the people responsible for the mediocre product and that includes the anime studio for biting more than they could chew and the production committee as well for giving them more work than they could handle. I know J.C Staff tried their best in that short amount of time but like I said before, now that the mediocre product is out I have no choice but to blame the people responsible for it, if I just accept mediocrity this easily then I'm just being a fanboy. This acceptance of mediocrity is one of the things that is hurting the anime industry in my opinion, we should be demanding quality.

I know the BD version will be better dude but my beef at this moment is with the tv version because that's the only version I've seen so far. Once I see the BD version then I will rate that one separately.