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[Totakeke]

First two episodes were great, third episode's comedic moments felt off. Maybe it was already because I read the manga, but I felt the comedic timing and delivery was poor in most cases. Absolutely no complaints about the animation however.

 

[BeatnikGunsoo]

This show has some of my favorite animated fights of all time, and it's only been 3 episodes

Holy Shit!

 

[Moaradin]

Oh man that episode was so good. The animation :bow

 

[Kickz]

This show is so damn good and hilarious at the same time.

Love the background guitar riff for the fights

 

[duckroll]

Episode 3

Goddamn, Kameda brought the goods. When he decides to fully employ it, his brushwork animation style is really distinctive. Glad to see him put it to good use as the action animation director this week. This show is fucking entertaining.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

"My master is very interested in your body."
"....I'm not into dudes."

Saitama lies.

 

[ColossalLazy]

Saitama lies.

I know it is harsh but you need to accept the truth DTL.

 

[nelsonroyale]

I got a feeling we're gonna have an episode where Genos starts losing his hair and he gets all excited. Then when Saitama finally loses a battle he goes super saiyan.. full bald.

Saitama will never lose a battle in this series.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I know it is harsh but you need to accept the truth DTL.

search your feelings you know it to be true

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

"Consecutive normal punches" almost had me in tears.

 

[Qvoth]

man the animation is so good
i'm gonna assume boros arc will be the final arc of season 1, i'm already salivating at that fight

 

[TheOGB]

This show is a treat. This series is a treasure.

Wait, wasn't Joseph Joestar Unsho Ishizuka also the voice of the lion from ep2?

 

[Nightbird]

 

[Finalow]

the OP is just so good. didn't even catch the reference to threat levels at first

 

[Tizoc]

Oddly enough I kept thinking Saitama's hero suit is based on Anpanman's, except that Anpanman's suit is RED, and Saitama's is Yellow. The simplicity of its design though really made me think of Anpanman however

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Oddly enough I kept thinking Saitama's hero suit is based on Anpanman's, except that Anpanman's suit is RED, and Saitama's is Yellow. The simplicity of its design though really made me think of Anpanman however

You aren't wrong, One Punch Man (Wan Pan Man) is a joke on Anpanman.

 

[Puruzi]

I saw someone say that Saitama was based off of Caillou.

Had me crying

 

[Dugna]

Oddly enough I kept thinking Saitama's hero suit is based on Anpanman's, except that Anpanman's suit is RED, and Saitama's is Yellow. The simplicity of its design though really made me think of Anpanman however

Because Saitama is based off anpanman http://www.wikiwand.com/en/One-Punch_Man

 

[Speedydonut]

I saw someone say that Saitama was based off of Caillou.

Had me crying

 

[Puruzi]

lmfao

 

[Dugna]

hahahahahaha

 

[Admiral Woofington]

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

the cover art for the OP single is really great

 

[suzu]

I laughed too hard at this. D:

 

[Daingurse]

 

[Maedhros]

It's great that this show will have only 12 episodes. Maybe the animation will stay consistent this way.

So far, it looks amazing! One of the best shows I've watched this year.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Only hulu and dai are streaming? =(

 

[Not]

Oh god I forgot all about the supermarket sale fakeout and his face when he's punching Asura Kabuto to smithereens

Spoiler

so so so so goddamn good

 

[Kaako]

Now I'm fairly convinced this manga/anime is about my life. Down to some of the craziest details it's almost freakish. Still top notch quality and loving the animation. Every episode is dope, especially the latest one lol.

 

[bobbytkc]

Episode 3 was hilarious from beginning to end. Anime of the year indeed.

 

[Qvoth]

the cover art for the OP single is really great

heeeerooooooooooow!!!!

 

[papertoonz]

holy fuck this show

this might be the best thing year cause holy fuck

 

[Maximo]

Man the talking about his training had me in stitches.

 

[LucidMomentum]

heeeerooooooooooow!!!!

My favorite part of the OP:

 

[stump sock]

hahaha goddamn

 

[ChryZ]

Knowing the key moments from the manga and seeing them nail every fucking one of them is like a rolling nerdgasm in my head. I have the biggest, stupidest grin on my face while watching the anime.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Oh god I forgot all about the supermarket sale fakeout and his face when he's punching Asura Kabuto to smithereens

Spoiler

so so so so goddamn good

Ha, I just noticed Kabuto's shocked face here.

 

[#1 defender]

I saw someone say that Saitama was based off of Caillou.

Had me crying

Damn it, i was scrolling from bottom to top and only chuckled at the Caillou/Saitama picture, but your post just had the same effect on me, just imagining it had me crying and gasping for air out of laughter for a couple of minutes. XD

Great show so far, haven't laughed this much watching an animation in quite some time.

 

[Tsunamo]

Finally caught up the manga after getting tired of waiting weekly after episode 3. (still got plenty of the webcomic to go even having read that!) Man I can not wait to see Madhouse adapt those arcs artwork into animation, it's gonna be amazing. Manga spoilers: (hope that's fairgame even though it's from the manga in the TV thread)

Spoiler

The seaking arc in particular was my favorite in terms of artwork, so many fantastic drawings in it

First two episodes were great, third episode's comedic moments felt off. Maybe it was already because I read the manga, but I felt the comedic timing and delivery was poor in most cases. Absolutely no complaints about the animation however.

Nah I felt the same, and I hadn't read the manga up to that point when I saw the episode. Glad it wasn't just me that felt that way, the jokes themselves were funny to me, the timing just felt a little off/weird to me.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Knowing the key moments from the manga and seeing them nail every fucking one of them is like a rolling nerdgasm in my head. I have the biggest, stupidest grin on my face while watching the anime.

No fucking kidding. It's blowing my expectations out of the water.

 

[Nocebo]

I shocked at how well animated the fight with carnage kabuto was, I thought for sure they would just have saitama insta - kill him immediately and be done with it.

I'm glad the show doesn't take itself ultra seriously like 90% of anime because it makes it easy to recommend to friends.

They're using their budget well I think. I feel they do cut corners here and there, like with the backgrounds, but it's not too bad.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

The comedic moments and anything else can take a back seat, it's the fighting they need to animate well and they've done so amazingly so far.

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Just watched the first 3 episodes and man, they really nailed this adaptation. I love the Murata's manga version so I can't wait to see the rest.

 

[Crash Station]

Full OP is good.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

The comedic moments and anything else can take a back seat, it's the fighting they need to animate well and they've done so amazingly so far.

I disagree, considering how tied into comedy the whole thing is

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I disagree, considering how tied into comedy the whole thing is

Why do they need to put a lot of budget into animation during anything BUT fight scenes? The comedy is largely based on delivery.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Why do they need to put a lot of budget into animation during anything BUT fight scenes? The comedy is largely based on delivery.

In that sense, yeah animate the fights well but the fights are comedic. When Saitama one punches the guys in the first episode it's made funnier because it looks good, instead of being a still framed TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN type moment.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

100% for putting all the work into fight scenes if they look that good.

 

[Moaradin]

They should put everything into the fight scenes, because that's how the manga is. It's funny when Saitama goes from his shitty looking bored face to this super detailed badass drawings in the next page.

 

[Puruzi]

tbh I still wish they did ONE for everything except --------> Murata for fight scenes