Which is ultimately why I watched them all despite their poor quality, I love One Punch Man, I think ONE is a great writer and Yusuke Murata is a fantastic artist. I anguish for the animators that were murdered in the making of these works that were definitely not worth their blood sweat and tears as well as the anime only viewer who will miss out on one of the best looking action manga of all time. I can't normally watch pretty things that are poorly written anyways so how am I supposed to feel about this? You would think with the months in between the season and the releases of the Blu Rays that the team would have the time to make these specials look the best they can, but very clearly their schedules were just as garbage as the McDonalds that destroyed my intestines a few days ago.
All characteristics of things that the laymen would define as "bad." And I would wholeheartedly agree. It never gets to the level that certain episodes of the show do, which feel like they were largely drawn on four's and fives, but it doesn't mean they look good: Inconsistent and ugly character art, blah colors, low visual fidelity, no real directorial or cinematic flair. I'm not going to talk about the art too much because it's already done to death but wow the specials look bad. Which is a great hint to go read the manga, something everyone should do it's fantastic. In fact, I believe the specials even mention content that isn't even covered in the anime. But these specials don't really provide much of that in any substantive way that you couldn't get elsewhere.
OPM is not merely known for having fantastic visuals (at least in manga form) but also having strong characters that are fun to watch, easy to relate to and root for, and have interesting interactions with our titular main character. The scenarios for all of the specials were either predictable or unmemorable to the point of annoyance. It was funny, all of the jokes that were clearly meant to be jokes fell flat, especially the last episode.
Not only do they look as bad as OPM2 did on a bad day, but they also fail to evoke the emotions from the viewer that ONE's writing normally does. I will say, that despite the issues with animation season 2 faced, there was a definite improvement over time with the Garo fight single handedly saving the seasons' MyAnimeList score. This will not be a long review detailing the failings of Season 2 of One Punch, there are plenty already and it would just be a waste of time-yours and mine. Oh One Punch Man, how the mighty have fallen.
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