Answer, they went to work on other projects, as one punches animators aren't actually animators religated to a specific studio, they're freelancers, season 1 of one punch man was simply their passion project akin to a space dandy.
partially true, but not exactly, as there was at least 60+ key animators from other studios from names like Studio Khara, Trigger, Mu, and DR Movie for example. and even though some of these animators may have been freelancers at the time, a fair few big ones would join other studios or even make them in some cases. Such as Ryu Nakayama creating Andraft Inc. or Yoshimichi Kameda joining Studio Wit.
DR Movie... it's always DR Movie. I swear they're a shadow organization, silently controlling the industry from their innocuous little corner in the credits of EVERY show.
@@forgottenrelics1197 I'm not sure but I think that basically nowadays animators can be at same time working for a studio and free-lance on external projects? It's a bit like in the past was called a collaboration (although it actually still happens) but limited to one or a few numbers of artists. Probably I'm getting it all wrong, I dunno, it was a wild guess xD
It will always be impressive that One Punch Man managed to get an array of talented animators from a variety of studios to work on this show in its first season and have it look consistently great.
a lot did, but there were many other productions they were working on around that time as well as after mob - Boogiepop, Acca:13, JJk, CSM etc. and the scope of there involvement varies pre heavy. for example Shingo Natsume only did 2nd ka on like one episode and never returned to mob :(
@@lenOwOoYou have no clue whether he commented before or after the video and nothing signifies this. He simply assumed, as did I, majority of OPM S1 went to Mob S1 since there was only a year difference and had the same author.
@@AccelSternritter Sure, not everything has to be insane, but let's be real : When a first season delivers in such a stellar way that you feel like you just got offered a Lamborghini... then by season 2, SURPRISE MUDDAFUKKAZ ! It was a Volvo all along... You're kinda legitimately allowed to have some buyers remorse (the "buying" being the time of your life that you invested on the show, not just watching, but also raving about it... Think Game of Thrones, for example. From being touted as the best show in the history of television, raking in Emmys for the entire first 4 seasons... to a show NOBODY talks about nowadays after it ended, even by its stars, all of them, btw, having been catapulted by the show to superstardom, branching out to other pop culture classics like How to Train your Dragon, Star Wars, the MCU... only to all return to the void of darkness they all came from after season 8 ended... I mean, do you still remember the name of the actor who was Jon Snow for about 10 years ? Or Daenewhat's-her-name-again ?). Same goes for OPM. I remember the FEVER about it, with all of Twitter and Facebook (when it was still a thing) buzzing about it all around the planet. It was THE series that broke the bamboo ceiling and made anime cool for mainstream audiences, finally making them discover all the gems the industry had to offer. Fast forward 9 years later, after a lackluster s2 that was waited for 4 years, and a s3 that has been in limbo for yet another 4 years, and how many people are still talking about the show ? S1 was truly lightning in a bottle and it deserves to be remembered and celebrated as what it is : a milestone in the history of anime, assembling the dream team, the Avengers of the industry all together the time of one single season.
Its crazy when you look at this goated list and then see that most of them pretty much dipped in the other regarded really good stuff like; Mob Psycho, Frieren, JJK and CSM to name a couple. Basically speaks for themselves how good they were and how lucky we were to have them all together - regardless if they were fl or subcontracted from another studio.
hilarious that keiichiro saito would come through with natsume on boogiepop, acca-13 and sonny boy and then go on to make a separate highly popular and acclaimed manga adaptation at madhouse with a huge concentration of supremely confident talent
I dunno I've seen it bouncing --- relatively --- (lol xD) around on the social media. If you want to find a really underrated anime that was buried under the ground without deserving it, look after Heike Monogatari
The ending of that show to me was pretty ass...I get why they went with it but bro went through all that just to return to being a background character 🥲
The breadcrumb trail of animators over time across different projects in the industry is such a complex and fascinating web of histories. Kudos for all your hard research! I really have been needing a reminder/compilation of all of this information to appreciate what at times feels like several missing pieces in the puzzle of "where did the animators of the best tv anime in history go"? These days with Bocchi the Rock, Chainsaw Man, Freiren, JJK and Ranking of Kings it feels like have far and away many new candidates for that "best tv animation" title question. But in the immediate aftermath of One Punch Man with shows like ACCA13 and Boogie pop (and with me being more ignorant) I really felt like what seemed like a black hole in the then-modern competition. It sucks how the industry has been squeezing talented animators ragged over the years. It does feel like (particularly recently) there have been much stronger/consistent animated works (Heavenly Delusion and Delicious in Dungeon being more stand outs for me). I don't know whether to applaud the work coming out of these conditions in spite of everything or continue to worry that this current bubble will burst. Has the industry showed signs of "figuring things out" or have animators just... adapted?
Also would not be surprised that a few of these names may be connected to Cloverworks current adaptation of "The Illusive Samurai" considering its first 2 episodes is a wellspring of hyper-polished and imaginative cuts of sakuga.
It’s so cool knowing that the biggest animes are made by so many different people, yet coming all together as something that *feels* the same all the way through the show/movie. These people are so incredibly talented, my lord
I love your channel so much. Reminds me of AnimeAjay before he stopped making vids(?). Very excited for your videos once the new DB anime drops in fall
Great video. I remember at the beginning of the year going on a complete hunt on researching and confirming more animators for One Punch Man and had some solid success with it, even though over 8 years had passed. I hope it helped lol. I'm looking forward to the 2nd part
Opm season 1 production was like when all the characters team up to defeat the final boss. Its like it was Japan's national priority to pick best animators from every studio to make the best animation possible
Man I love your channel man. Easily my favorite on TH-cam. There's not a lot that I've seen that get in the specifics of the animation world and behind the scenes of dbz and ect.
So many amazing animators. Also for this season Bamco has an anime out with super high production quality called Wistoria. Two episodes with back to back incredible action and character acting. I wonder how the rest of the anime will shape up in animation quality
Funny enough I was gonna mention it in this video, as its directed by Tetsuya Yoshihara, who also worked on OPM! (the script for his section is written so will mention him in the future)
Talking about Madhouse at this time, 2015 for One Punch Man, this also answers the question where is S2 of No Game No Life, another Madhouse work from 2014.
Great video as always can't wait for part 2! But I've been thinking and i gotta say, i think its time for a Gurren Lagann Video. It has such an interesting production story imo, it has such an incredible art style and animation quality that holds up today and still influences and inspires the current gen of anime and animators, most recent example off the top of my head being jjk season 2 with a homage to Sushio's scene in the 2nd Gurren Lagann movie.
Yeah that was thanks to the director yooto who seems to be a big Gurren Lagann fan. He even posted some fan art - twitter.com/yooto40010/status/1509963077034610688/photo/1
Insanely good video man, you really did these guys justice. I never really took the time to look into who animated what scenes, but now that I'm shown some of it (like the Levy/Kenny fight & Levy/monkey titan fight is the same person) finally some pieces were put to place in my head
One-Punch Man will be remembered as one of the most unfortunate Animes of all time because season 1 had almost every big name of the industry but in season 2 there was literally none. I hope Season 3 will have some big names because if they screw up this time it will be all over. Also great video, keep making this type of videos and will you make a specific video about the OPM season 3 Animators?
To be honest, after rewatching side-to-side the two, S2 isn't even terrible. As legions have said before, the matter is that the comparison with S1 disintegrates it xD. Sure it's got some jarring aesthetic choices, the general animation is worse, less cinematographic etc, but I think the real problem is that most of its directing is uninspired. I've seen a lot of early 00s and especially 90s anime, and a lot of them didn't have a giant amount of exceptional sakuga nor dynamic camera moves and similar, but the good ones developed directing styles that made the most out of animation cuts that were just good per se to elevate them. I think OPM S2 simply don't have that, else it would have been way easier to appreciate it and forgive the less stellar animation or the strange digital coloring choices. Just to give two very very small scale examples (cause I feel I'm talking in cryptic mumbo jumbo, sorry xD) 3 scenes come to my mind: the reveal of the Dragon Slayer sword and its fatal hit on Baron Mc Snakinson, Berserk 1997's first episode, and (but it's a bit more peculiar cause it's a show full of sakuga and great directing) the laser blast shot from Heavenly Delusion's episode 10 (which is literally NOT animated, and looks amazing nonetheless xD)
@@gurdimeikenskjaldi5060 I completely agree with you. Season 2 was cinematically BAD but animation wise it's not that bad, Season 3 trailer looked cinematic that's why it looked fabulous because now they have time. The main problem with season 2 was time.(I also liked season 2)
they won't they will only have aoki slaving making all the key animations, and maybe 1 or 2 titan animators that wants to do charity because they love OPM, just like season 2
Man this is so well done, I love the layout too, would love to know what 2 fonts you used for the animator and their role like at 1:58 👀. That aside, acca 13, boogiepop, and tatami galaxy are now added to my watchlist thank you very much😌🙏
it really is aye! crazy looking back to see how many of them there were. reminds me a lil of Akira's production as it too had many of the industries best at the time but also a lot of young animators that would completely change the industry down the line.
@@forgottenrelics1197 I used to say, as a joke, that basically everyone in japan worked on AKIRA xD As you said, a lot of veterans and future stars (back then at least). I even found, on Sakugabooru, a animation cut from Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who I didn't even know had ever animated xD
I recall the main story being that Madhouse brought on a lot of outside talent for OPM S1, most of which being freelancers (that could've played into Bones aquiring the rights to adapt MP100 considering that they also lent some animators for OPM).
what a great informative video damn, has natsume shingo really been MIA for over 2 years? I haven't much kept up with his work in the 2020s, but I had better watch Sonny Boy before whatever he's cooking up next
How do you think s3 will turn out? S2 suffered bcoz of the tight deadlines and alot of other factors. S3 most likely won't have those issues so I'm curious what level of quality we can expect from s3? We know Aoki is most likely gonna carry the season but there is just soo much action in the next arc that I doubt Aoki alone can do it. Really hope other freelancers join the production this time around but there are just way too many high profile anime being made currently that animators have to pick and choose on what they want to work on and I doubt most of them want to work with jc staff. Animators prefer to work on the shows that their friends are working on or someone invites them. Jc staff doesn't have that kind of influence or someone on team to invite group of freelancers as far as I know. Most of the freelancers will be busy on shows like csm, JJK, Dandadan, fate strange fake, Kameda's Yaiba and wit's one piece remake.
Honestly I'm not expecting anything out of the norm for shonen anime, but I don't believe it'll look as mediocre as the 2nd. At least going of the trailer the post-processing/colour design was a nice step up from the stale and airbrushed mess of the last season so even if this season isn't that animated, aesthetically it'll be an improvement at least. But yeah, as you mentioned talent is spread thin, even Chikashi Kubota despite reprising his role as character designer, has been very busy on Dragon Ball Daima and other Toei related works so unfortunately its unlikely he'll return as a chief animation director. Which sucks because you could really feel the lack of his presence in the 2nd. Although depending on who seasons 3 director is, you may see some interesting names? But again I'm not getting my hopes up. At the very least there were some skilled freelancers that popped up last season like Yen Bm, riooo and Julian Bentley who've really improved since then! So fingers crossed they might drop in for an episode or two.
they are in my basement. I'm systematically kidnapping them to make a AKIRA Commitee-like team and finally create the perfect Berserk anime adaptation, when Cthulhu will rise again from the waves and studio GAINAX will come to life again and save anime once again thanks to a overpowered bunny suit girl! Ahem, that aside, as always really well written and interesting video. The production-backstage aspect of the anime world is as fascinating as the finished show. I already knew it but I think watching your videos have been the moment I've been totally fascinated by the subject xD
Although this team didnt reassemble again after OPM1 they did assemble before on Space Dandy. I think Natsume stated once that he got to meet so many talented people there that he invited them over to his next project being OPM
OPM feels like peak manga/anime because the story is so simple and all the tropes are there, but it's so much deeper than just that what you see on the surface, between what's going on with Saitama and how the story shows the descent and ultimate climax of Garou.
Thanks for making this video. In the 1st minute alone, I already know it's not just cynical, senseless, heartless, freelance mercs from PMCs who hop from one set of corpses to another (and are also opressed by The Evil Society), the end. No, it's various very skilled people with meaningful histories who got together this once, and with difficulty, because they'd rather be doing different things at different places. It's a bunch of people aiming to drill through the sky, like when various key anime people got together to keep Gainax from blowing up as a business. I could watch a 1h version of this video and enjoy it (but do not make one).
Why didn't anybody stay on board to keep working on OPM? It could've won so many awards and probably be in the hall of fame for action anime if they did.
Seems like Shingo Natsume wanted to but he still was busy with Boogiepop and the comittee didnt want to wait so they threw it to an available studio that could make 12 episodes at record speed.
There was kinda a small handful that made it back, the series character designer - Chikashi Kubota kept doing designs and Yoshimichi Kameda dropped in once (thanks to a request from the author One). But a lot of it comes down to the fact that many of these talents came on thanks to connections the director Shingo Natsume and Madhouses producer Yuichiro Fukushi had.
Deep stuff around that I’m pretty sure. That’s basically opening up Pandora’s box. It’s a reason why the industry would never tell the general public on how to obtain a stack lineup for production. It’s a huge secret and it’s rigged. I’ve done tons of research and still can’t figure it out. Yes, the minority may say “ Connections “ which is true… but it’s more stuff involved.
I guess they weren't lying when they said OPM had the dream team working on it for fun. The amount of talent which evolved from there on is insane. It will literally be an Avengers Endgame scenario if they reunite once more to just animate OPM for fun again!
Awesome video ! I'm myself working in the animation industry (not in Japan, though) and I've been wondering for years if it was possible to find a list of the Avengers of the anime industry (seriously felt that way for season 1, which is appropriate, since the series is about superheroes) who did the impossible task to assemble and create what was arguably the best season of anime of the entire decade of the 2010's (with maybe a notable exception for Mob Psycho). Thanks for putting in the effort for listing them all. Looking forward for part 2. Instant sub !
@@forgottenrelics1197 you're welcome, man ! I'm also very curious about how Shingo Natsume ended up being friends with all this hodgepodge of super soldiers, so that they would all answer his call for s1. Granted, the manga was awesome, so I get that they would all feel like this was the opportunity of a lifetime, but the simple fact that because he wasn't the director of s2, then almost none of them came back on it is also pretty telling of the Magneto level of pull this man has. What's their story together ? Did they all come from the same frat ?
@@jjstarrprod It's a mix. A large amount come through connections he formed when directing Space Dandy in 2014. He gave staff a lot of freedom and so many were keen to work under him again for OPM. With animators like Akira Amemiya he already was friends with Natsume back in the 2000s and I'm sure his time on Gurren Lagann would've given a few connections at Gainax/future Trigger staff. i go into in more depth about space dandy and how he for the team in this vid - th-cam.com/video/E-Cc6zwlHUU/w-d-xo.html
i was like in year 2 when the first episode of 1 punch man came out now i am gonna finish my gcse's and complete high school before season 3 comes out thats deep
I think it's still one of the best animated series 10 years later. It is still my favorite in terms of direction and choreography and cinematography of the scenes. Also I knew some scenes in Season 2 were standing out as better than the rest. What lacks the most in season 2 is sound design and general direction and choreography. I'm sure the animators could do something good if the direction allowed to do so.
I will mention him in the part 2. As mentioned in the outro i intended to mention all the big names in one video but the length woulda been about 40 minutes, so i had to cut the script down 🙃
If they didn't go all out during S1, we wouldn't expect more from them. And esp. look at the manga, how will the current animators adapt those intricate details?
they obviously went to work on other projects. many of them have been upping their game in other animes. i’m also sure many of them there haven’t heard from their co workers (who also worked on opm), i think it’s like a “well if my friends are working on it then im not either”
Actually a lot of them did keep in contact, as both Shingo Natsume and Yuichiro Fukushi (the 2 big names that brought many of these talented animators on to begin with) would continue to reach out to many of them for there future projects like Boogiepop, Acca:13, Sonny Boy and Frieren. There were also some of OPM's staff which would become big action directors down the line, so it hasn't been uncommon to see them reach out to there friends. Tetsuya Yoshihara is a prime example. the title for this was also rhetorical, this vid is just on what those specific shows they worked on as well as other stuff like founding studios or leaving studios
The goated team of animators was everyone uniting together to animate 1 anime So… we’ll never get another season as good as One Punch Man S1. I’m so sorry for putting my hopes too high JC Staff 😭😭😭
unlisted it because of some mistakes in the section discussing how much time they had to produce the show i'll make it public again for a bit since ive had a few people dm about it
Answer, they went to work on other projects, as one punches animators aren't actually animators religated to a specific studio, they're freelancers, season 1 of one punch man was simply their passion project akin to a space dandy.
partially true, but not exactly, as there was at least 60+ key animators from other studios from names like Studio Khara, Trigger, Mu, and DR Movie for example. and even though some of these animators may have been freelancers at the time, a fair few big ones would join other studios or even make them in some cases. Such as Ryu Nakayama creating Andraft Inc.
or Yoshimichi Kameda joining Studio Wit.
@@forgottenrelics1197 good to know
DR Movie... it's always DR Movie. I swear they're a shadow organization, silently controlling the industry from their innocuous little corner in the credits of EVERY show.
@@forgottenrelics1197 I'm not sure but I think that basically nowadays animators can be at same time working for a studio and free-lance on external projects? It's a bit like in the past was called a collaboration (although it actually still happens) but limited to one or a few numbers of artists.
Probably I'm getting it all wrong, I dunno, it was a wild guess xD
@@forgottenrelics1197how much it will take to bring back those 169 ppl
I bet if mappa madhouse make it a collab project for s4 they can do it.
OPM S1 animation team will forever be iconic. The amount of talent they had and produced was simply too goated
Mappa's jjk and csm
Exactly the hype was unreal when it came out. Literally made any other anime airing at that time irrelevant
my glorious king yutaka carried
no way they got blue comments in youtube now
@@livingwater25 where
“Its been almost 10 years since the first episode came out”
So I am really that old huh
Yes, you are 10.
@@vegsmashed I am 24 actually, how old are U?
@@helloimuzumakikira1 I am ABC years old.
that cut me deep as a 41 yr old 😅
@@vegsmashedlol it backfired on you
It will always be impressive that One Punch Man managed to get an array of talented animators from a variety of studios to work on this show in its first season and have it look consistently great.
they're doing anything but dropping season 3 🤦🏻🤦🏻
@@gvauntq Let it die while it was good. We don't need something like it was in second season with DBZ slide show on repeat action.
@@McDinglefart_69 This aged poorly
it was a passion project with barely a respectable budget g even nakamura that slaves only for studio Bones secretly joined in
I always assumed most of them went to work on mob psycho
a lot did, but there were many other productions they were working on around that time as well as after mob - Boogiepop, Acca:13, JJk, CSM etc.
and the scope of there involvement varies pre heavy. for example Shingo Natsume only did 2nd ka on like one episode and never returned to mob :(
Man, the guy literally said so in the video. . Watch first, comments later
@@lenOwOowhat if I wanna guess
@@lenOwOoYou have no clue whether he commented before or after the video and nothing signifies this. He simply assumed, as did I, majority of OPM S1 went to Mob S1 since there was only a year difference and had the same author.
Betta start making more OPM or ima do something devilish.
(I can't do anything about it.)
This has really helped contextualize a lot of the talent around some of my favorite animation pieces. Well done!
I love learning more about this series' production. Nice video!
thank you :)
Sad truth but the future seasons of One Punch Man will never reach the same animation height as season 1.
Unless One pulls in a few favors
And that's fine, not everything has to be insane. You guys are spoiled brats, never happy.
@@AccelSternritter Sure, not everything has to be insane, but let's be real : When a first season delivers in such a stellar way that you feel like you just got offered a Lamborghini... then by season 2, SURPRISE MUDDAFUKKAZ ! It was a Volvo all along...
You're kinda legitimately allowed to have some buyers remorse (the "buying" being the time of your life that you invested on the show, not just watching, but also raving about it... Think Game of Thrones, for example. From being touted as the best show in the history of television, raking in Emmys for the entire first 4 seasons... to a show NOBODY talks about nowadays after it ended, even by its stars, all of them, btw, having been catapulted by the show to superstardom, branching out to other pop culture classics like How to Train your Dragon, Star Wars, the MCU... only to all return to the void of darkness they all came from after season 8 ended... I mean, do you still remember the name of the actor who was Jon Snow for about 10 years ? Or Daenewhat's-her-name-again ?).
Same goes for OPM. I remember the FEVER about it, with all of Twitter and Facebook (when it was still a thing) buzzing about it all around the planet. It was THE series that broke the bamboo ceiling and made anime cool for mainstream audiences, finally making them discover all the gems the industry had to offer.
Fast forward 9 years later, after a lackluster s2 that was waited for 4 years, and a s3 that has been in limbo for yet another 4 years, and how many people are still talking about the show ?
S1 was truly lightning in a bottle and it deserves to be remembered and celebrated as what it is : a milestone in the history of anime, assembling the dream team, the Avengers of the industry all together the time of one single season.
learn to enjoy anime without it being a nonstop sakuga fest. this approach to entertainment consumption is unhealthy
@@AccelSternritter And? Where did I mentioned that I'm not fine with it?
Its crazy when you look at this goated list and then see that most of them pretty much dipped in the other regarded really good stuff like; Mob Psycho, Frieren, JJK and CSM to name a couple.
Basically speaks for themselves how good they were and how lucky we were to have them all together - regardless if they were fl or subcontracted from another studio.
Mob Psycho 🤩
Season 1 is always gonna remain in our hearts, the amount of pure passion and quality put in it is incomparable
Beautiful video. I really appreciate all the research that must have gone into this, great work!
thanks man, appreciate it!!
The editing and jokes are always awesome. Great video.
thank you
Great video, love to see Sonny Boy in the wild!
Easily my favorite anime
for real, deserves more recognition
hilarious that keiichiro saito would come through with natsume on boogiepop, acca-13 and sonny boy and then go on to make a separate highly popular and acclaimed manga adaptation at madhouse with a huge concentration of supremely confident talent
Just passing to say i loved the editing style in this video...also good to have you back
bless up Castro
Pulled the rug out from under us. RIP One Punch Man
i did not expect to be so captivated beginning to end, good video
SONNY BOY, THE underrated anime
speak🗣📢
I dunno I've seen it bouncing --- relatively --- (lol xD) around on the social media. If you want to find a really underrated anime that was buried under the ground without deserving it, look after Heike Monogatari
The ending of that show to me was pretty ass...I get why they went with it but bro went through all that just to return to being a background character 🥲
@@Ticking-time-bomb isn't that most of us😑
@@Ticking-time-bomb wait sorry which anime?
The breadcrumb trail of animators over time across different projects in the industry is such a complex and fascinating web of histories. Kudos for all your hard research! I really have been needing a reminder/compilation of all of this information to appreciate what at times feels like several missing pieces in the puzzle of "where did the animators of the best tv anime in history go"? These days with Bocchi the Rock, Chainsaw Man, Freiren, JJK and Ranking of Kings it feels like have far and away many new candidates for that "best tv animation" title question. But in the immediate aftermath of One Punch Man with shows like ACCA13 and Boogie pop (and with me being more ignorant) I really felt like what seemed like a black hole in the then-modern competition. It sucks how the industry has been squeezing talented animators ragged over the years. It does feel like (particularly recently) there have been much stronger/consistent animated works (Heavenly Delusion and Delicious in Dungeon being more stand outs for me). I don't know whether to applaud the work coming out of these conditions in spite of everything or continue to worry that this current bubble will burst. Has the industry showed signs of "figuring things out" or have animators just... adapted?
Also would not be surprised that a few of these names may be connected to Cloverworks current adaptation of "The Illusive Samurai" considering its first 2 episodes is a wellspring of hyper-polished and imaginative cuts of sakuga.
wow kudos to you brother!! this seems like an insane amount of work
It was the Avengers of animators. They saved the world and went on their own ways.
That phone call sound made my heart sink out of fear.
They really came together for this masterpiece and parted ways 😢
It’s so cool knowing that the biggest animes are made by so many different people, yet coming all together as something that *feels* the same all the way through the show/movie. These people are so incredibly talented, my lord
Video was so good I tried to subscribe while already being subscribed.
real recognize real 💯
great video brother this is good reminder that behind each studio there are real talented people working hard to create when of our best shows .
I love your channel so much. Reminds me of AnimeAjay before he stopped making vids(?). Very excited for your videos once the new DB anime drops in fall
yeah man sooo keen to cover Daima
ajay's coming back for daima
Really good video and editing, I also love learning more about the shows I enjoyed watching
Great video. I remember at the beginning of the year going on a complete hunt on researching and confirming more animators for One Punch Man and had some solid success with it, even though over 8 years had passed.
I hope it helped lol.
I'm looking forward to the 2nd part
Opm season 1 production was like when all the characters team up to defeat the final boss. Its like it was Japan's national priority to pick best animators from every studio to make the best animation possible
5:58 Bahi JD is a goat freelance animator. Thank you for the shout. ❤️
I never realized OPM S1 was stars aligning level luck until it ended
Really grateful that these talented and passionate artists came together to produce something so legendary.
Always nice too see ur vids bro stay healthy
thank you rex, because of your comment i'll hit an extra set of bicep curls tonight
much love
@@forgottenrelics1197🫡 we must become sam sulek
I’m cautiously optimistic about season 3. Excited for more peak regardless
Man I love your channel man. Easily my favorite on TH-cam. There's not a lot that I've seen that get in the specifics of the animation world and behind the scenes of dbz and ect.
Thanks for this amazing video! Gives me a few anime to check out!
I know I'm late but I'm glad you dropped a new video 😭🙏
So many amazing animators. Also for this season Bamco has an anime out with super high production quality called Wistoria. Two episodes with back to back incredible action and character acting. I wonder how the rest of the anime will shape up in animation quality
Funny enough I was gonna mention it in this video, as its directed by Tetsuya Yoshihara, who also worked on OPM!
(the script for his section is written so will mention him in the future)
Talking about Madhouse at this time, 2015 for One Punch Man, this also answers the question where is S2 of No Game No Life, another Madhouse work from 2014.
Great video as always can't wait for part 2!
But I've been thinking and i gotta say, i think its time for a Gurren Lagann Video.
It has such an interesting production story imo, it has such an incredible art style and animation quality that holds up today and still influences and inspires the current gen of anime and animators, most recent example off the top of my head being jjk season 2 with a homage to Sushio's scene in the 2nd Gurren Lagann movie.
Yeah that was thanks to the director yooto who seems to be a big Gurren Lagann fan.
He even posted some fan art - twitter.com/yooto40010/status/1509963077034610688/photo/1
Insanely good video man, you really did these guys justice. I never really took the time to look into who animated what scenes, but now that I'm shown some of it (like the Levy/Kenny fight & Levy/monkey titan fight is the same person) finally some pieces were put to place in my head
yep its crazy how many of Aot's top action scenes Imai was behind
and thank you!
One-Punch Man will be remembered as one of the most unfortunate Animes of all time because season 1 had almost every big name of the industry but in season 2 there was literally none. I hope Season 3 will have some big names because if they screw up this time it will be all over. Also great video, keep making this type of videos and will you make a specific video about the OPM season 3 Animators?
To be honest, after rewatching side-to-side the two, S2 isn't even terrible. As legions have said before, the matter is that the comparison with S1 disintegrates it xD. Sure it's got some jarring aesthetic choices, the general animation is worse, less cinematographic etc, but I think the real problem is that most of its directing is uninspired. I've seen a lot of early 00s and especially 90s anime, and a lot of them didn't have a giant amount of exceptional sakuga nor dynamic camera moves and similar, but the good ones developed directing styles that made the most out of animation cuts that were just good per se to elevate them. I think OPM S2 simply don't have that, else it would have been way easier to appreciate it and forgive the less stellar animation or the strange digital coloring choices.
Just to give two very very small scale examples (cause I feel I'm talking in cryptic mumbo jumbo, sorry xD) 3 scenes come to my mind: the reveal of the Dragon Slayer sword and its fatal hit on Baron Mc Snakinson, Berserk 1997's first episode, and (but it's a bit more peculiar cause it's a show full of sakuga and great directing) the laser blast shot from Heavenly Delusion's episode 10 (which is literally NOT animated, and looks amazing nonetheless xD)
@@gurdimeikenskjaldi5060 I completely agree with you. Season 2 was cinematically BAD but animation wise it's not that bad, Season 3 trailer looked cinematic that's why it looked fabulous because now they have time. The main problem with season 2 was time.(I also liked season 2)
they won't they will only have aoki slaving making all the key animations, and maybe 1 or 2 titan animators that wants to do charity because they love OPM, just like season 2
Idk who edited this but wow this was a great video, keep up the great work!
i did and thank you
NEW FORGOTTEN RELICS VIDEO RAHHHH
Great video 👍
Amazing video, youre always goated
thank ya
YOU ARE BACK WITH ANIMATION ANALYSIS VIDEOS!
Man this is so well done, I love the layout too, would love to know what 2 fonts you used for the animator and their role like at 1:58 👀. That aside, acca 13, boogiepop, and tatami galaxy are now added to my watchlist thank you very much😌🙏
thank you
Cursive font - "Brittany"
Bold title - "Anton"
@@forgottenrelics1197 I just realized I said wishlist instead of watchlist lol. Anyway, thanks for the fonts😅
@@reezwave happens to me all the time, always re editing my comments hahah and no problem!
The amount of work behind this video is admirable 👏🏻👍🏻
It will always be cool seeing that many of the "young" ones from there are now the biggest names in the industry.
it really is aye! crazy looking back to see how many of them there were.
reminds me a lil of Akira's production as it too had many of the industries best at the time but also a lot of young animators that would completely change the industry down the line.
@@forgottenrelics1197 I used to say, as a joke, that basically everyone in japan worked on AKIRA xD
As you said, a lot of veterans and future stars (back then at least). I even found, on Sakugabooru, a animation cut from Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who I didn't even know had ever animated xD
Welcome back ForgottenRelics!
Only if S1 wouldn't had been this good.....we all would be HAPPY😢
Like we now know what peak looks like, there is no coming back
I recall the main story being that Madhouse brought on a lot of outside talent for OPM S1, most of which being freelancers (that could've played into Bones aquiring the rights to adapt MP100 considering that they also lent some animators for OPM).
what a great informative video
damn, has natsume shingo really been MIA for over 2 years? I haven't much kept up with his work in the 2020s, but I had better watch Sonny Boy before whatever he's cooking up next
thank ya and defs check out Sonny Boy!
How do you think s3 will turn out? S2 suffered bcoz of the tight deadlines and alot of other factors. S3 most likely won't have those issues so I'm curious what level of quality we can expect from s3? We know Aoki is most likely gonna carry the season but there is just soo much action in the next arc that I doubt Aoki alone can do it.
Really hope other freelancers join the production this time around but there are just way too many high profile anime being made currently that animators have to pick and choose on what they want to work on and I doubt most of them want to work with jc staff. Animators prefer to work on the shows that their friends are working on or someone invites them. Jc staff doesn't have that kind of influence or someone on team to invite group of freelancers as far as I know. Most of the freelancers will be busy on shows like csm, JJK, Dandadan, fate strange fake, Kameda's Yaiba and wit's one piece remake.
probably better animation than season 2 but not better than season 1
Honestly I'm not expecting anything out of the norm for shonen anime, but I don't believe it'll look as mediocre as the 2nd. At least going of the trailer the post-processing/colour design was a nice step up from the stale and airbrushed mess of the last season so even if this season isn't that animated, aesthetically it'll be an improvement at least.
But yeah, as you mentioned talent is spread thin, even Chikashi Kubota despite reprising his role as character designer, has been very busy on Dragon Ball Daima and other Toei related works so unfortunately its unlikely he'll return as a chief animation director. Which sucks because you could really feel the lack of his presence in the 2nd.
Although depending on who seasons 3 director is, you may see some interesting names? But again I'm not getting my hopes up. At the very least there were some skilled freelancers that popped up last season like Yen Bm, riooo and Julian Bentley who've really improved since then! So fingers crossed they might drop in for an episode or two.
they are in my basement. I'm systematically kidnapping them to make a AKIRA Commitee-like team and finally create the perfect Berserk anime adaptation, when Cthulhu will rise again from the waves and studio GAINAX will come to life again and save anime once again thanks to a overpowered bunny suit girl!
Ahem, that aside, as always really well written and interesting video. The production-backstage aspect of the anime world is as fascinating as the finished show. I already knew it but I think watching your videos have been the moment I've been totally fascinated by the subject xD
while they're down there, pls kickstart the production on Opm's 3rd season ty
@@forgottenrelics1197 seems reasonable xD
Although this team didnt reassemble again after OPM1 they did assemble before on Space Dandy. I think Natsume stated once that he got to meet so many talented people there that he invited them over to his next project being OPM
Oi! Don't disrespect that chocolate commercial! It was an amazing chocolate commercial!
OPM feels like peak manga/anime because the story is so simple and all the tropes are there, but it's so much deeper than just that what you see on the surface, between what's going on with Saitama and how the story shows the descent and ultimate climax of Garou.
5:24 Hakone open air museum. I love that place
Thanks for the video. This will help me on this 1 and a half hour car drive 😂
Thanks for making this video. In the 1st minute alone, I already know it's not just cynical, senseless, heartless, freelance mercs from PMCs who hop from one set of corpses to another (and are also opressed by The Evil Society), the end.
No, it's various very skilled people with meaningful histories who got together this once, and with difficulty, because they'd rather be doing different things at different places. It's a bunch of people aiming to drill through the sky, like when various key anime people got together to keep Gainax from blowing up as a business.
I could watch a 1h version of this video and enjoy it (but do not make one).
Why didn't anybody stay on board to keep working on OPM? It could've won so many awards and probably be in the hall of fame for action anime if they did.
Seems like Shingo Natsume wanted to but he still was busy with Boogiepop and the comittee didnt want to wait so they threw it to an available studio that could make 12 episodes at record speed.
There was kinda a small handful that made it back, the series character designer - Chikashi Kubota kept doing designs and Yoshimichi Kameda dropped in once (thanks to a request from the author One). But a lot of it comes down to the fact that many of these talents came on thanks to connections the director Shingo Natsume and Madhouses producer Yuichiro Fukushi had.
Oh damn, you back.
yeah, season one of one punch was like a mini Redline or bigger FLCL. the insane talent and animation quality will be unmatched for a long while.
You need to do a video about Animation Producer Shouta Umehara and how he’s able to assemble a ton of talent for each show he does
Deep stuff around that I’m pretty sure. That’s basically opening up Pandora’s box. It’s a reason why the industry would never tell the general public on how to obtain a stack lineup for production. It’s a huge secret and it’s rigged. I’ve done tons of research and still can’t figure it out. Yes, the minority may say “ Connections “ which is true… but it’s more stuff involved.
I love you for making this video
1:20 it’s funny how the word that sound kinda like Gyat (LAUGH NOW)zoomed Into 😏😏😏😏
Nice video thanks!
"Clear Card" honestly sounds like a Poker version of Washizu Mahjong.
I guess they weren't lying when they said OPM had the dream team working on it for fun. The amount of talent which evolved from there on is insane. It will literally be an Avengers Endgame scenario if they reunite once more to just animate OPM for fun again!
yes it was a passion project with barely a respectable budget
Awesome video !
I'm myself working in the animation industry (not in Japan, though) and I've been wondering for years if it was possible to find a list of the Avengers of the anime industry (seriously felt that way for season 1, which is appropriate, since the series is about superheroes) who did the impossible task to assemble and create what was arguably the best season of anime of the entire decade of the 2010's (with maybe a notable exception for Mob Psycho).
Thanks for putting in the effort for listing them all. Looking forward for part 2. Instant sub !
Glad you enjoyed it man and thanks for the sub!
@@forgottenrelics1197 you're welcome, man !
I'm also very curious about how Shingo Natsume ended up being friends with all this hodgepodge of super soldiers, so that they would all answer his call for s1.
Granted, the manga was awesome, so I get that they would all feel like this was the opportunity of a lifetime, but the simple fact that because he wasn't the director of s2, then almost none of them came back on it is also pretty telling of the Magneto level of pull this man has. What's their story together ? Did they all come from the same frat ?
@@jjstarrprod It's a mix. A large amount come through connections he formed when directing Space Dandy in 2014. He gave staff a lot of freedom and so many were keen to work under him again for OPM. With animators like Akira Amemiya he already was friends with Natsume back in the 2000s and I'm sure his time on Gurren Lagann would've given a few connections at Gainax/future Trigger staff.
i go into in more depth about space dandy and how he for the team in this vid - th-cam.com/video/E-Cc6zwlHUU/w-d-xo.html
i was like in year 2 when the first episode of 1 punch man came out now i am gonna finish my gcse's and complete high school before season 3 comes out thats deep
I think it's still one of the best animated series 10 years later. It is still my favorite in terms of direction and choreography and cinematography of the scenes.
Also I knew some scenes in Season 2 were standing out as better than the rest. What lacks the most in season 2 is sound design and general direction and choreography. I'm sure the animators could do something good if the direction allowed to do so.
tatami galaxy is one of the most underrated stuff
Shingo Natsume my beloved
Hakuyo Go is one of my favorite directors who worked on One Punch Man. I'm sad you didn't mention him :(
I will mention him in the part 2. As mentioned in the outro i intended to mention all the big names in one video but the length woulda been about 40 minutes, so i had to cut the script down 🙃
@@forgottenrelics1197 understandable ! Looking forward ro pt 2
10 years?!!… 10? My gawd
If they didn't go all out during S1, we wouldn't expect more from them. And esp. look at the manga, how will the current animators adapt those intricate details?
Bruh, i didnt know soul eater was animated by such a big house, it was my first ever anime, so i thought it was a random gem
Love this video
need a video on mha this season. or maybe just tell us what are your thoughts so far? (quality wise)
i haven't watched mha 😶
@@forgottenrelics1197 oh….
*crumbles into a ball🥲*
@@forgottenrelics1197 oh…..
Can yall just wait 😭
in hiding or meditating on a mountain
Home. They went home.
Good effort
I remember when opm S1 came
Even the people who didn't liked anime watched its highlights
they obviously went to work on other projects. many of them have been upping their game in other animes. i’m also sure many of them there haven’t heard from their co workers (who also worked on opm), i think it’s like a “well if my friends are working on it then im not either”
Actually a lot of them did keep in contact, as both Shingo Natsume and Yuichiro Fukushi (the 2 big names that brought many of these talented animators on to begin with) would continue to reach out to many of them for there future projects like Boogiepop, Acca:13, Sonny Boy and Frieren.
There were also some of OPM's staff which would become big action directors down the line, so it hasn't been uncommon to see them reach out to there friends. Tetsuya Yoshihara is a prime example.
the title for this was also rhetorical, this vid is just on what those specific shows they worked on as well as other stuff like founding studios or leaving studios
@@forgottenrelics1197 ah i see. me brain not okay🙃. i just hope we’re able to something of this caliber again some day. great video
@@joe_the_goatt agreed haha and thank you :)
season 2's production was 4 month's in total max
Literal miracle team
10 YEARS???
Kameda works for wit because of his wife
1:46 didn't see it coming, did you?
I'm surprised someone didn't know about card captor Sakura. I mean, I've never seen it, but I knew it was about a magical girl
Will we ever get one punch man season 3??
DOCUMENTARY MENTIONED
1:06 what anime is that??? Salita? Can’t find it, someone pls tell me!!
Soul eater
This explains much.
The goated team of animators was everyone uniting together to animate 1 anime
So… we’ll never get another season as good as One Punch Man S1. I’m so sorry for putting my hopes too high JC Staff 😭😭😭
Well J.C staff are decent but first season was animated by madhouse. Their lastest anime frieren was so damn peak as well
What happened to the s2 video? Really liked that one.
He puts it private from time to time
th-cam.com/video/SDnPDAQ-TOY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-D1B2p7bo6bRQD_J
unlisted it because of some mistakes in the section discussing how much time they had to produce the show
i'll make it public again for a bit since ive had a few people dm about it
@@forgottenrelics1197 just for that? How much time did they have?