Next Season of One Punch Man Won’t Be Animated by the Same Studio
BY
BRITTANY VINCENT 09.27.2017 :: 7:00AM EDT
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Are you looking forward to the second season of
One Punch Man? You and the rest of the world. The ridiculously popular anime’s second half is still coming, but it’s going to be quite a while. And when the show does come back, it’s going to look a little differently than it did before. That’s because the studio Madhouse was originally responsible for the show, and this time around it
won’t be doing the animation again.
Madhouse has some seriously awesome credentials, having worked on the superior
Death Note anime (if you’re still trying to wash the taste of the movie out of your mouth) and films like
Perfect Blue. It’s got a fantastic pedigree, and you’ve probably seen several shows featuring the studio’s work. But that’s all gone now, and original director Shingo Natsume is flying the coop as well.
Instead, studio J.C. Staff is taking over animation duties, helmed by director Chikara Sakurai. It’s no slouch, responsible for classics like
Slayers,
Revolutionary Girl Utena, and
Excel Saga. The studio has handled several very important milestone series that you’ve either seen or have been meaning to get around to watching, and it’s probably going to totally knock it out of the park with
One Punch Man.
As far as the reasoning behind this change, it doesn’t appear to be quite clear at this point. Perhaps a change in direction was necessary. Either way, let’s hope this doesn’t signal any kind of trouble when it comes to one of the most popular shonen series going right now. It’s got action, intrigue, humor, and a pretty awesome lead character, even if he does look better with hair.
Are you looking forward to checking out the second season of
One Punch Man and seeing where things go from there? What have your favorite moments been so far?
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Not sure how I feel about this
wanted that amazing animation for the hero hunt
