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Holy Bananas! That was good. That was a pretty good episode. Wow, that part was well adapted. Which part do I mean? Boros vs Saitama. The main highlight of the episode would be the fight between the two as the two are actively engaging in the fight (one of them to be precise). The animation, sound design and background soundtrack were spot on in execution, making the scenes with the fight look and feel amazing even to someone who has already seen the manga version by Murata. Each blow and energy-based attack feels like there is impact behind them and since Saitama does not one-shot his opponent here, the fight does have some of the intensity of a normal fight. While I will say that the fight does not look as good as the Murata version, it does not mean it looks bad. On the contrary, it looks good for an anime and does a better job in portraying intensity in a fight than most of the 'visual' spectacle that ufotable dumped on the table with lackluster substance for most of its own fights.
Meanwhile, the S-Class heroes attempts at fighting off Melzalgald has intensity and good visuals going for it. I do like Atomic Samurai's attack styles, especially at one point when he slices up the alien into ribbons since it reminded me a lot of Vergil's Judgement Cut from Devil May Cry (the original games, and not the reboot). Tatsumaki maintains her position as the most powerful Esper of the series with a display of power that justifies her arrogance while having a comedic moment reminiscent of a previous episode (complete with her art style changing) to remind us that Tatsumaki is still, at her core, a brat with credentials to back it up. Genos will still balance out his extremely detailed appearance with comedic antics though that bit in the end does showcase how being Saitama's disciple has helped with his personality and priorities. The parts after the Boros showdown are not as good but are good as the gradual lowering of intensity as the episode and anime draws to a close. They did have a new ending theme for this last episode which is nice as a commemoration of a series' end; though like the original ending theme for me, it was nothing too spectacular for me.
The show does leave a couple of threads hanging that will be covered by a season 2 involving Metal Knight and Handsomely Masked Sweet Mask being potential problems in the future for the protagonists along with other plot threads involving King, the Blizzard Group, Bang's former star pupil (Garou, the Human Monster) and the presence of an association of monsters; the latter four only appearing as cameos in the show's run. Since Murata is still attempting to finish the current arc, season 2 may be a long while off. In the meantime, I will leave a picture of Garou from the manga below as a sign of things to come.
As a whole, the anime adaptation of Murata's redrawn manga of the One-Punch Man series (made originally by ONE) by Madhouse was pretty good, not great but earning a solid grade if I was being asked to grade it. While having the occasional hit-and-miss moments and pacing issues along with moments that were not well adapted along with some peculiar production choices, the anime was able to adapt a good majority of moments from the manga while making the sequences flow from moment to moment. The fights, while not as detailed as the manga's versions, are well animated and detailed enough to raise eyebrows especially with Saitama vs Genos and Saitama vs Boros. The addition of extra bits from the extra chapters and original filler does help the show avoid being a complete copy-paste of an adaptation that does help the episodes flow while ensuring that season 1 can end with a punch. The soundtrack and sound design is quite good as well with the opening song itself being amazing at raising spirits.
I would certainly recommend the show to others but I will add that the show should be regarded as fun satire of the shounen genre rather than an actual action-packed anime with a complex and deep overall storyline (with occasional moments of good writing appearing frequently) since Saitama's entire shtick will go against the norm of the genre. The recommendation will be a slightly cautioned one at best and at it's worst, it would have a tentative caution attached to it.
Still, even as I give this opinion, I am hopeful that a season 2 will come along and that Madhouse makes it (even though they are known for not making multiple seasons for a single show). What Madhouse made here was good and can be improved further. The next parts of Murata's manga are rather interesting while ONE has made a lot of progress so season 2 could avoid the pacing problems of this season.
My Mondays will be a lot less entertaining with One-Punch Man gone. Time to binge-read the manga again...
The show does leave a couple of threads hanging that will be covered by a season 2 involving Metal Knight and Handsomely Masked Sweet Mask being potential problems in the future for the protagonists along with other plot threads involving King, the Blizzard Group, Bang's former star pupil (Garou, the Human Monster) and the presence of an association of monsters; the latter four only appearing as cameos in the show's run. Since Murata is still attempting to finish the current arc, season 2 may be a long while off. In the meantime, I will leave a picture of Garou from the manga below as a sign of things to come.
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As a whole, the anime adaptation of Murata's redrawn manga of the One-Punch Man series (made originally by ONE) by Madhouse was pretty good, not great but earning a solid grade if I was being asked to grade it. While having the occasional hit-and-miss moments and pacing issues along with moments that were not well adapted along with some peculiar production choices, the anime was able to adapt a good majority of moments from the manga while making the sequences flow from moment to moment. The fights, while not as detailed as the manga's versions, are well animated and detailed enough to raise eyebrows especially with Saitama vs Genos and Saitama vs Boros. The addition of extra bits from the extra chapters and original filler does help the show avoid being a complete copy-paste of an adaptation that does help the episodes flow while ensuring that season 1 can end with a punch. The soundtrack and sound design is quite good as well with the opening song itself being amazing at raising spirits.
I would certainly recommend the show to others but I will add that the show should be regarded as fun satire of the shounen genre rather than an actual action-packed anime with a complex and deep overall storyline (with occasional moments of good writing appearing frequently) since Saitama's entire shtick will go against the norm of the genre. The recommendation will be a slightly cautioned one at best and at it's worst, it would have a tentative caution attached to it.
Still, even as I give this opinion, I am hopeful that a season 2 will come along and that Madhouse makes it (even though they are known for not making multiple seasons for a single show). What Madhouse made here was good and can be improved further. The next parts of Murata's manga are rather interesting while ONE has made a lot of progress so season 2 could avoid the pacing problems of this season.
My Mondays will be a lot less entertaining with One-Punch Man gone. Time to binge-read the manga again...
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