Why One Punch Man Ep 8 Looked Good — Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:01] looked decent against all odds. Kachiaka came through with its most over-the-top greatest 2D animators ever working on it. The new Fire Force trailer looks quite promising, surprisingly enough, and the upcoming Undead Unlock special

[00:15] will give us a long- aaited taste of prime Sangu Park cinema. Welcome back to another episode of This Month in Anime. Yes, I am late, but I have an excuse this time around. You see, I was waiting for the 21st episode of Kachiakta to

[00:29] wanted to talk about it in some capacity, and this is a good place to do that. Believe it or not, I'm actually late on purpose this time around. Anyway, let's jump right into it. Let's not waste time. Make sure to subscribe.

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[00:55] down there and press the join button. [music] was actually quite good, wasn't it? Not perfect, obviously. Far from it, but you

[01:09] could actually see what they were going for. You could see the vision as the kids say. The episode was by and large produced by the same team as the rest of the show. It was storyboarded by series director Shin Penagai the same as the

[01:21] around he doubled down as the episode director. Well, one [music] of them, the two chief animation directors, Kazumo and Shinya Seagawa. The same as the rest of the series. Most of the animators are the same. Even the outsourcing studios

[01:34] are the same. Basically, besides a couple of new names on the animation front, most of them being JC Staff in-house guys. This was produced by the same squad as the rest of the show. There were no major differences. So then

[01:47] why, you may ask, why did this episode look a lot better than the rest? Well, there are two main reasons. One, the concept of priority, something I've gone over in detail before. One Punch Man season 3 or TV anime as a whole rarely

[01:59] has the luxury of giving every episode the same level of polish. Instead, teams prioritize certain episodes, often at the expense of others. And I believe episode 8 was one such high priority episode. If I had to guess, I'd say this

[02:11] episode was in the metaphorical oven for a bit longer than usual. Although make episode had the required amount of time. It very much did not. 11 people and five animation direction doesn't exactly scream healthy, does it? The other

[02:27] than usual, can be summed up in three words. The three magical words, no, not please, thank you, and sorry, rather computerenerated imagery, or CGI for short. This episode enlisted the help of the CGI specialist studio Moy with

[02:41] season 2 CGI director Masahirohiraka serving as the action supervisor and plenty of people from that studio helping out with CG production and animation plus one of the episode directors that Surotanaka is part of JC

[02:53] Staff's in-house CGI department. So where was the CGI I speak of? Well, wasn't actually on screen. The characters you saw were very much handdrawn. I'll explain. What the team did presumably was model an animated

[03:07] chunk of the action in 3D first, creating what's called a 3D layout and then draw over them leading to a movementheavy dynamic but ultimately 2D final product. This process might sound novel, but it's actually pretty common.

[03:20] does this. Almost every modern anime ever uses 3D layouts, at least to an extent, be it for backgrounds or actual animation. It's very common. And it's them more because it had a highly competent 3D team behind it. And that's

[03:36] the secret behind One Punch Man season 3 episode 8. That and the ungodly amount of effort the team put in. Despite the absolutely atrocious work conditions, that part's important. The episode itself looked decent. The characters

[03:48] with a few particularly eye-catching [music] sequences, such as this scene animated by someone who probably prefers to be anonymous and this transformation sequence animated by Kenichi, the lengthy exchanges were surprisingly well

[04:01] done, partially due to the affforementioned 3D layouts. And hey, turns out Shinagai is actually quite decent at action storyboarding. He concepts of buildup and release, shot to-shot flow, and dynamic compositions.

[04:14] Good stuff. The episode wasn't perfect, of course. It had plenty of issues. The drawings were extremely inconsistent. Static shots were lingered on for extended periods of time. The background struggled to keep up at several points.

[04:27] The action was janky. The fight had continuity errors. The list goes on. leagues above what I had expected. And for that, the staff deserved their flowers. From what I can tell, and I may be incorrect, so take this with a grain

[04:40] of salt, the upcoming episode should also be a big one, arguably bigger. Legendary animator Takashi Hashimoto mentioned an upcoming episode being the one the staff went all out for and I believe this upcoming episode is episode

[04:52] mech fight and Hashimoto is credited as the mech designer for this show. It just they come up with. So much so that I might cover it in detail. We'll see. My message to the fans, expect halfbaked ambition, not perfection. Gachiaka

[05:09] episode 21 featuring the most outlandishly stacked stuff list ever. idea. You had the man himself, Yutaka Nakamura as BKI animator and a storyboard artist. You had Vincent Chansard. You had Chris, you had Yutoto,

[05:22] you had Hon, you had Tori Wazawa. The list goes on. Now, yes, the episode wasn't exactly a what's the term a Sakuga festival. It wasn't filled with highle animation from front to back. Instead, it had pockets of animation

[05:35] muscle flexing storyboarded by Utakanakamura, might I add. Of course, episode looked bad or even average. It didn't. It looked great. The non- Nakamura sections, aka the majority of the episode, featured a fantastic snappy

[05:48] utoo sequence, a wonderfully smooth scene animated by Sukshi and more. Again, they were great. The highlights of course were the two sections storyboarded by Nakamura. The first of which was around a minute long with

[06:00] Nakamura himself animating half of it and extremely highle animators like Nothing Yukon and Chris handling the rest. This section was actually one of sequences I've seen in a minute, which was refreshing. It mostly relied on

[06:13] fast-paced, dynamic body mechanics, and 3D/3dated depending on the shot background animation. As per usual, Nakamura's spatial awareness, sense of through the roof. I can go on and on about how technically impressive this 1

[06:28] minute was. I won't. I have other stuff to talk about, but I can. Greatest of all time for a reason. I saw some people online throwing around phrases like Nakamura fell off, which is such an absurd statement to make. At worst, the

[06:41] sequence wasn't as boundary pushing and industrydefining as your usual Nakamura can say about it, that it didn't reinvent action animation. Think about that for a second. The second Nakamura sequence was the flashier of the two,

[06:54] Nakamura's animation if I'm not mistaken. The credits aren't confirmed as of this recording, but based on what we can tell, we had some nothing Yukon near the start, Supshi in the middle, and Vincent Jansard near the end. Still,

[07:07] it was an incredible sequence. The highly almost unnervingly consistent yet wonderfully smooth animation, the idiosyncritic drawings, the unparalleled coolness of the whole thing. It was mind-blowing. Plus, it was really cool

[07:20] to see younger talent like Yukon and Soopshi hold their own when working with industry legends. Good stuff. They dropped a Fire Force trailer the other day and it actually looked good. I loved the overall aesthetic. The cartoonish

[07:33] stylized elements being juxtaposed with the photorealistic digital components created this uncanny something isn't right feeling, which of course is the whole point. It seems like the team knows what they are doing, at least when

[07:45] it comes to the overall direction and aesthetic. As for the animation, it was good. We had a few noteworthy cuts, but again, I wouldn't expect this to look as just not happening. [music] The stars aligned perfectly for seasons

[07:58] 1 and two, but they didn't for season 3. That's just the way it is, like it or read the manga, and let me tell you, the ending of the series is genuinely batshit insane. It's one of the most outlandish things you'll ever see. I

[08:11] just hope the team adapts it well. Speaking of Yuki directed shaft build they dropped a trailer for the Undead Unlock special the other day, and it looked [music] amazing. As some of you may know, this project is no longer

[08:25] it's no longer being directed by Yuki [music] Yas. Instead, the new studio is ENH Productions, and the new director is the one and only the man himself, the action extraordininaire, the oneman army, Sangu Park. Now, here's the thing.

[08:40] Ninjakamu episode 1 was quite cool, but Park's output following Jiu-Jitsu Kaisen [music] the challenges of running an entire studio and making up for the lack of names by practically doing everything himself, Park hasn't been able to go all

[08:54] out in a while. But it looks like this special will change that. The high octane action, most of which looks like Park's own animation, the classic poses and compositions, the dog 3D background tracking, it really is a park project,

[09:06] brings a tear to my eye. Jokes aside, the trailer looked great. The overall and photography looked solid, surprisingly enough, and the actual animation was amazing. And that includes the character [music] acting. Good

[09:19] stuff. Just so you know, David Productions is still credited, but it's doubt they'll do any of the actual animation and stuff. Although, I do hope we get to see some of the regulars like Miwa and Okaji alongside Park and his

[09:32] crew. Really excited for it. What else? What else? Oh, something really stupid unfortunately, I was near the center of it. It's just a funny story. It'll take a couple of minutes max. Basically, someone on Reddit was browsing through

[09:47] underground adult content from 2014 for some reason. I'm pretty sure the p-word gets you demonetized and noticed one of the outfits looked almost identical to the one Raz from Chainsaw Man. Plus, the actress wearing it was named Rosé or

[10:01] Rose, I don't know. A funny observation which if true would be hilariously on brand for Fujimoto. Nothing out of the ordinary. Fork found in kitchen as the kids say. I saw that tweet, double checked and upon confirming the validity

[10:13] along the lines of, "Oh my god, this is actually real. That's so funny." And well, my tweet blew up. Let's put it that way. I personally thought it was funny, but apparently a chunk of the internet took it really seriously. I saw

[10:26] people writing entire character essays about Fujimoto as a person. I saw people using this as an excuse to be racist. I saw all sorts of [ __ ] Keep in mind, most Chainsaw Man/Fujimoto fans thought it was hilarious. Nothing out of the

[10:39] ordinary because they and I knew Fujimoto wasn't well normal and this was very on brand for him. It's just the part of the internet that had a bizarre incorrect image of him in their heads that were outraged. They were livid.

[10:51] Really stupid stuff. If it was fun to see Fujioto Bros go all damage control, but let's be honest, it's a stupid situation that doesn't warrant an outrage of this magnitude. It's probably not true either. It's probably just a

[11:03] funny. Plus, it's always fun to see half of Twitter lose their minds over something silly. Stay strong, Fujioto Bros. And that's it. A special thanks to Nude 03, Ahmed, and the Galas 90 for becoming tier three members. And until

[11:18] becoming tier three members. And until next time.