It's been a minute since I've shared about my art book escapades on here, but this set is just way too cool to not talk about. Only produced for a limited edition run of S1 DVDs, these art books are a pain to find, but I finally got my set and wanted to show them off a little bit.
What bigger name is there for direction on One Punch Man than Shingo Natsume? Having boarded the first two as well as the final episode of the season, there's way too much for me to want to share here.
The issue being that the art books are painfully small, and as you can tell it's two pages of storyboards to a single page in the art book. Makes it incredibly difficult to get good pictures of, but I've got a few here from the first volume.
Upon first opening this first art book, I was really surprised to see how Shingo Natsume boarded the series. His work as a director and animator is incredibly refined and accurate, so seeing so much detail and information missing in these boards surprised me.
Still, for what's lost in detail, Natsume makes up for in feel. The first image I shared of the boards really illustrates that. Even though the details aren't incredible, the feeling and flow expressed with the boards is incredibly strong, and is a massive piece of why season 1 did so well.
Also included in these storyboard collections is a handpicked group of keyframes from the relevant episodes.
What I really really love about these is that they provide a cut number as well as the animator behind the cut. You can't really see it well in the second image, but in the first you can see that Oda Gousei is credited with the specific cut shown.
Anyways, it's really really incredible seeing the insane work of Season 1 in this much detail and background. Makes me wish these art books were easier to find and were a larger trim.
Really such a pain to try and photograph, and even still there's a lot of issues with these images. In spite of that though, you can 100% tell how amazing this work is, and this is only for the first two episodes.
Volume 6 is definitely my favorite volume thanks to Yutaka Nakamura's keyframes being featured in it, but I need to figure out how to get better images so that I can properly share those keyframes.
But that's about all I have to share with the collection. It's a lot of storyboards and a little bit of keyframes, but I think regardless of interest it's a super easy recommendation for people to pick up, if they can find it (the first vol is typically reasonable, second vol not so much, and good luck with the rest sadly).
My first thought was it's the first time I see Amai and not immediately get uncanny vibes. Seems to me like it's the first time he is drawn so… humanly? Is it the dress shirt? The eyes? The realistic arms/physique? Hm…
New Ones Debut(?!):
Amahare's daughter, Zanbai's son, & Nichirin back stronger than ever …?!?!
Amahare's daughter and Zanbai's son …wait… awhooOmm-
AMAHARE's DAUGHTER & ZANBAI's SON?!
…i…ok I'll go sit down at the back…
But look at Nichirin, it's true, elder masters are always metal asf. Literally and figuratively.
According to Reddit the fan translation is expected to take longer than usual. (I am still amazed and grateful and blessed that people do this for free, and promptly!)
But the Spanish translation is out!
Here is my Labor-of-Love attempt at translating the Garou parts. It’s been awhile since I read things in Spanish, I’ve been up for like 3 days, and I will not be offended if you give me feedback or corrections. If I do anything egregious, I’ll try to make edits at some point
We’re like two degrees of separation from the original text so that increases the likelihood of errors or bad takes. And again I’m super tired but I’ll never turn down an opportunity to practice language especially if it’s about something a blorbo.
Images and translations below
Garou: hey, top disciple, bring me water & yakisoba bread. Now.
Bang: some kohai** you are (derogatory)
Garou: ouch!
**kohai = underclassman. (Senpai is upperclassman. Fyi in previous scenes, the honorifics are reversed - Charanko calls Garou Senpai to his face (which is normal given the social context) and “scary senpai” behind his back.
Garou: what bullshit! I who once perfected martial arts have to do the cleaning day after day
Sourface: hey martial arts master, here the cleaning looks a little lacking*
**the word is literally “suave,” not sure what that means in this context? Soft? Light? Mild as in not strong?
Garou: wE hAvE tO Do oUr bEsT
Bang: you’re the lowest ranking disciple. You have no choice but to do your best to get along with others because of all the trouble you’ve caused
Garou: tch
Bang: alright — It’s time for you to leave for work.
** My brain is having trouble with this sentence. I want to say it’s more nuanced and indefinite like, “there will be a time where you get along with others” but he also looking straight at the clock. Por y para, man—qué dolor 😭
Garou: shit, it’s just one thing right after the other
Bang: don’t complain. This is part of your court-ordered reformation program. You should be thankful.
Sourface: there aren’t any disciples left since you went crazy and destroyed the place, and now the dojo is having money problems. So go out and earn money, lowest disciple!
Garou: tch
Garou: even if you weren’t nagging me, I’d still go out and make a lot of money. Just wait and see, freeloaders!
Sourface: do your best!
**probably intended sarcastically?
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// end translation
Idk am I wrong or is it like Garou spent this whole panel getting bullied right in front of Bang?
Get your shit together, school of seltzer water crushed ice! If I have to sell a kidney to get a therapist up there, I will.
"I was playing this clip to test something out and thought i'd share what's in it"
"The volume 16 inner spine was supposed to be Zombieman checking how many bullets his desert eagle has. It was 16, but then Murata realized Desert Eagles don't have 16 bullets. He says he'll change the number and use it somewhere else. So he'll use Bomb here."
"Though he just increased the numbers by one and used it in volume 17 so whatever happened with that"
…when you try to become someone who is not at all like you,
when you strive for what you do not stand for, aspire to become who you know you cannot be for it just does not align with your character…
you would fail even if you tried for it is not who you are nor who you are meant to be.
Poor guy, even though he was an ex-delinquent, he had his standards.
Now it's one more dark side exposed and it's good to see Child Emperor trust Genos to tell him about it. They look like they would work well together if they actually got along with mutual trust.
Originally from @Fubuki_Hell (https://twitter.com/Fubuki_hell_/status/1665634343291850752?t=JTkjRBtlO085FhqBOyJGyw&s=19) via https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePunchMan/comments/141bsj3/changes_from_volume_28/