Apr 30, 2019
Tldr: it's bad, read the manga.
To start this off, I am a huge fan of the manga and webcomic , and as an anime only you might get at least some enjoyment out of it, but for someone like me it's just a terrible adaptation.
The animation is one of the obvious criticisms, but it's not only a downgrade compared to season 1, it's also pretty bad compared to your average action anime nowadays.
The use of still images is quite prevalent, and impossible to miss, and the few well animated bits are often lacking a real impact, which makes the punches feel hollow.
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Furthermore the awful effects, and confusing editing get in the way of what's left to enjoy. A great example for that would be the fight from episode 3, in which during the pivotal turning point, you can't even make out what's happening, due to shiny blue rays, covering everything.
The fights being so bad is quite the big problem, especially for the characters that have their introduction, and most of their development in their respective fights.
Another major issue is the awful artwork, it's inconsistent, ugly, and just looks amateurish a lot of the time. We all knew that they could never keep up with the manga, because Murata is a god, but as season 1 showcased, it's definetly possible to stay relativly close to the source material.The bad art is being worsened by the abysmal shading, which made all characters that have metal on them look ridiculous.
With them obviously not having enough time to finish this properly, it seems like they cut corners at every turn, a thing that makes this quite evident, is the abundance of close ups, in order to reduce the amount they need to draw. This is simply annoying, and it also ruins some of the great panels from the manga, which they should have simply copied, considering that they were still images. What is even more infuriating, and absolutely inexcusable is the lack of lip flaps during some conversations, most notably in episode 2.
There are many more things I could mention, like for example that Saitamas voice actor sounds like he is just phoning it in, or that the bad opening even spoils a major plot point, but I think you get my point. Overall this is just a bad adaption, and I wish it didn't exsist, because then there would at least be the possibility of a decent season 2, and the franchise I love wouldn't have such an awful anime representing it. The few good moments are all due to the source material being so good, the adaptation ads nothing to it, and actively hamstrings it most of the time. That's why can't enjoy anything about it, and it makes me actively mad, thus, I can't give it anything but a 1/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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