Back to Guiaki's Profile Guiaki's Profile

I’ve watched up to episode 4, and here’s what I have to say.

It honestly feels great to see One Punch Man again. The art style is solid, thick outlines, expressive designs, and a look that stays true to the original work. It even gives off a bit of a Demon Slayer vibe at times, which works really well. I also liked how they keep reintroducing familiar characters while adding new ones along the way, that’s something I always enjoyed about OPM.

The Garou fights had solid animation, short, but I didn’t mind them, they were fun to watch and visually interesting.

That said, there are some clear ... downsides.

Even though the art itself looks good, the animation feels weak. Some scenes are poorly executed, for example, the shot of Garou sliding on the grass looked awkward and cheap.
There’s also a lot of talking and not much action so far, four episodes in and it still feels like not much has actually happened. That might be part of the story’s pacing, but it does make things drag.
On top of that, many scenes are static, the sound design feels flat, and the pacing overall seems off, scenes end abruptly and transitions don’t always flow naturally.

My biggest frustration is really how it compares to the earlier seasons. If this level of animation had been there from the start, it would’ve been a solid 8/10 show overall. But compared to what we’ve already seen, it just feels underwhelming.

Still, it’s far from bad, the visuals are clean, the tone is right, and it’s simply nice to have OPM back again. For now, after four episodes, I’d give it a 7/10.

And honestly, if TBATE (The Beggining After The End) ever got this exact art and animation quality, it would easily be a 9–10/10 anime.

The best anime in Summer 2022, ppl saying things about age difference are simply ignoring the beauty of this anime, this is not IRL, its fiction anime, and when you were that age I'm certainly you would enjoy a waifu like that.
The color theme of the anime is outworldly awesome, the way the anime represents the night makes you wanna go out, but you quickly are reminded that your country probably ain't as safe as Japan. Anyhow, the immersive vibe it gives, the nerdy way the characters are, and the romance development is heartwarming and conforting.
If you are into anime romance, this certainly will be ... enjoyed.

I'll try to be as brief as possible. The anime has increased significantly the boobies of fmc when comparing the manga, the anime has 2 episodes with not much ecchi but there are full episodes based on ecchi plot.
Why is this recommended?
The RPG immersion is insanely amazing. Perhaps the best RPG in anime adaptation yet, the pacing is very slow, allowing you to see the progress of the MC, if you really like RPG and don't mind ultimate fan service and could excuse the bad personality of a MC, you will enjoy this.
Note, about the art itself, the drawing is average, the animations are sloppy, ... but when it comes to fighting or fan service, they invest a little more, but most is still images with basically camera movement on the zoomed still image.
You like ecchi animes that have plots? Ex: HOTD, HxH, you will like this one.

Ajin has been placed into a very thoughtful rank for me, I actually gave 8 but I wanted to give 10.

Here is why:
The history of the anime is actually outstanding, the goal the characters have developed, the way the episodes link together. Thats all very great, but for me and other viewers the 3D is a huge bother, it almost made me drop this amazing anime.

Lets talk about the 3D, first i'm not against 3D, quite the opposite I would like it to be as improved as possible to be able to include the amazing graphics it posses. The lightning effects in ajin are great, ... vehicles like cars and motorcycles are filled with details, some background art is very rich. Towards this points I really think the 3D works great, but when it comes to animation Ajin seem to be "bad acted" and how it would be "acted" if there is no actors? Well, lets say a crucial moment of showing emotions comes up, the way its animated and how it is shown are very poor, so poor it actually disgust me and lot of watchers, and is actually not that hard to animate a good 3D, take a look at MikuMikuDance (MMD) videos, there are some amazingly done, that people make just for enjoyment. Said that if ajin were given to lets say Madhouse Studio and got draw graphics, the whole concept would have changed and most likely received my 10.

About the anime: Ajin has a very provocative plot, its messes with you to see unrighteousness, but at the same time it contains great villains that are crucial to the history development. One of the main characters has a amazing mind that surprises the viewers as the outcome isn't expected, its very well planned and this is something I must give credit to the anime.

Overall it was a Very Good anime with an outstanding story, I'll consider reading the manga to see if it surpass the anime errors.

Thanks for reading my review :)