Anime synopsis review - One Punch Man souls

Review - One Punch Man souls: a single punch to the strongest character of all time

Original title: ワンパンマン

Original language: Japanese

Country of Origin: Japan

Director: Shingo Natsume

Subject: Tomohiro Suzuki

Music: Makoto Miyazaki

Animation Studio: Madhouse

dissemination networks: TV Tokyo, TVO, TVQ, KBS, BS Japan

TV 1st: October 4, 2015 - December 20, 2015

Episodes: 12 (complete)

Genres: action, comedy, science fiction, superheroes

Saitama is a seemingly ordinary man and devoid of quality. Soon we realize that this story wants to tell the exploits of a superhero rearranging all the classic elements in the reverse direction: the enemies Saitama faces are cliches, while the protagonist is controversial and unconventional.
Faithful to the manga rise, a new multimedia universe interpretation of the superhero concept has finally entered our collective imagination.
The first season has a very good direction, good quality soundtrack, lifelike characters and narrative pathos. We look forward to the second.

One Punch Man follows the exploits of a regular guy, Saitama, who one day decides to leave his gray existence worker to follow his dream of becoming a superhero. After three years of grueling workouts, he realizes he's become too powerful, and could not feel any shiver of excitement in front of the advancing enemy.

seemingly trivial, the premise of the plot hides a subtle game of mirrors that the reader / viewer only perceives as a tickle the meninges: Instead of the classic Bildungsroman, where the hero is born, grows, fights and only at the end wins bad, here we have a hero already born and raised, already very powerful, indeed stronger than any conceivable enemy.
Right from the start it Saitama amazes us with its unstoppable force, which allows him with a single punch to knock anyone. The result is ironic, because on the one hand that dissolves solidarity between hero and audience, yet both "human", the other leads to the surprise and wonder.

Saitama human remains firmly from the beginning to the end of the chapters of this masterpiece, and as demonstrated by the numerous domestic and everyday scenes, his unawareness (apparent?) Of the world around him, the sheer number of trivial problems where anyone It may reflect.
Thanks to this narrative ploy the protagonist - which condition the whole affair, without any misunderstanding - is credible and adheres to the requirements of the shonen manga reader. Transposition for television does not smudge and does not sin of hubris, going to trace what has been achieved previously by the print media.

Our impression is that the use of computer graphics and 3D animation is not too invasive and are practicable to use the most hectic and violent action scenes.
After The Attack of the Giant, it seems that the public and television viewers around the world have learned to demand more from the dynamism of the sequences and the fighting, and one punch man does not want to be outdone.
The same choice to split into seasons of a dozen episodes the whole course of the series facilitates the relationship that viewers may have with the same set; first recalls the now familiar technique of telefilms and contemporary television series, and secondly, is not likely to exhaust the audience and put a strain on the patience of the fans with perpetual cycles of filler episodes and fillers.

The result is excellent from all points of view, and the style of Murata does not seem to be affected by the implementation on the small screen.
One last note on the soundtrack, the real novelty of this product which we already knew so well the plot, characters, settings and communication methods.
Having behind a decade of experience with entertainment products of the highest level, Madhouse has not caught unprepared and worked hard to meet the inherent needs of the One Punch Man series of the modern soundtrack and pleasant, dynamic and deep stretches.

Thanks to it, the fight scenes have already entered the collective and were shared on social hundreds of times, thanks to the prudent choice to match a certain theme to a single character.
It is thus clear the moment when, for example, Geno's takes the field and in the attack. Even the most inattentive viewer feels a light bulb come on inside his head.
The old rule of American cinema of the "3", whereby each major element must be repeated 3 times so that even the last spectator in the back row to understand it, even in one punch man is respected perfectly.