One Punch Man caused a huge storm in the industry when it released its first season back in 2015. Yes, 2015. Fans have had to patiently wait 4 years before they got massively disappointed by the comparatively horrible second season. Lucky for me I watched the first season last year so I wasn't as jaded as most anime fans but, nonetheless, shocked at the major difference in quality.

Though I watched the trailer and felt, as much as anyone else, confused I still gave it the benefit of the doubt and started watched the first episode with hope. And from the beginning, the show made itself clear that it's not going to hold a candle next to the first season.

Let's start off with one of the most enjoyable things of the first season: the animation. It's horrible this time around. The plenty close-up of characters' faces awkward and annoying, the background seems strangely dark when someone is in frame, the action scenes are put together amateurishly without the fluid movements that the characters had previously and again use put too many close-ups horrendously. The punches feel weightless and doesn't look like it has any impact on any of the characters when they hit. The shading in this show very glossy and gives off a cheap light novel adaptation vibe. Now, to be fair, if J.C Staff did season 1 too I would not be as disappointed as I am now but nevertheless it would have still have left me with a lot to feel harshly about. I've seen people saying how the studio didn't care about the anime and it didn't care enough to put effort into it. I disagree, I think they probably put a lot of hard work behind this as One Punch Man is highly renowned but they didn't have enough skill to even get close to the talent that Madhouse put behind the first season.

Now, the story has it's flaws but it's one of the better aspects of this season. I found the fact that they gave more attention to everyone except Saitama to be pretty interesting. I welcomed the introduction of Garo whom I enjoyed very much. His presented motives were understandable and easy to relate to for a lot of us people who were unjustly targeted by people trying to feed their ego and claim superiority. King was probably the funniest part of the show and him conquering his fear by the end of the show was handled decently, though not emotionally satisfying. But it's fine, I wasn't expecting much at that point. The interaction between some of the characters were funny in a lot of moments. The biggest complaint I have in this aspect, was how this show was wrapped up. It was very unintentionally anti-climactic and ended in the middle of a story line.

Overall, I think this season is enjoyable and certainly entertaining but due to the enormous shadow Madhouse cast upon it, it ends up being an amalgamation of disappointments that leaves you wondering how beautiful and wonderful it could have been if it was handled by a more skilled studio. Hope J.C Staff makes some changes and learns from the backlash by either searching for more talented people to get behind this potential mine of a project or sells off the rights to a more capable studio.