Staff still manage to deliver a serviceable follow-up that strives for the over-the-top bombast and comedy of the first season and misses by just a hair. To be sure, the absence of director Shingo Natsume and the deft talents of animators as Sejoon Kim and the legendary Yutaka Nakamura are certainly missed here, but considering the season's tortured production and limitations, J.C. Staff would affect the overall quality of the show's animation. Fans and critics of the first season were curious as to how the switch between production studios and staff from Madhouse, who chose instead to produce this year's Boogiepop and Others, and J.C.
Ever since the first season of One-Punch Man premiered and blew everyone's face off in 2015, fans have been eagerly anticipating the next, and after a four year wait, it's finally here. The comic-heroic saga of Saitama, a self-proclaimed "hero for fun" who possesses the absurd superhuman ability to defeat any adversary with one punch, was an near-instant hit among anime aficionados for its outlandish animation, breathtaking fight scenes, and unflappable deadpan humor.
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For even more recommendations, check out our picks for the Best Movies of 2019 and the Best TV Shows of 2019. Looking for more anime? Head over to our lists of the best anime from 2020 and the best anime of the 2010s.
2019 had so much to offer in the way of anime, from remakes of venerated contemporary and cult classics like Boogiepop and Others and Dororo, to hotly anticipated follow-up seasons to shows like Mob Psycho 100 and One Punch Man, to brand-new shows that blew us away. Instead of wasting your time sussing out some crappy new series, read this highly curated, obsessive list of the best new anime of 2019. With as many options as are afforded to viewers nowadays - not mention the decades-worth of content accessible through streaming services like Netflix and Hulu and Crunchyroll - it's also never been trickier to keep up with all the new releases within a single year. As a multi-billion dollar industry, the once-niche cultural export has morphed into a worldwide phenomenon, its impact and reach seen and felt in nearly every facet of contemporary animation. I’d love to find new films.There's arguably never been a better time than now to be a fan of anime. But I’m always interested in learning about new anime flicks, so let me know of any that you might currently be watching that’s not on this list. There are plenty of other great anime movies out there (like Dragon Quest: Your Story on Netflix), but I think this is a nice little assortment of films to check out if you’re just getting into the medium. It takes a very long time to get started, but Godzilla is freaking scary at the end, which is not something that all Godzilla movies can say. It’s about some ancestors of Earth who are returning to the planet, only to be met by Godzilla, who had been the cause of fleeing the planet in the first place. That said, the first one, which came out in 2017, is the best one.
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is actually part 1 of a trilogy, so if you like this movie, then you should definitely check out the sequels, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle and Godzilla: The Planet Eater.
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Lastly, I want to talk about a Japanese animated movie that every Godzilla completionist needs to see, since it is in fact canon and part of the Reiwa era. Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (Netflix)