2025 was an amazing year for anime releases. The same year saw the launch of a brand new series The original sin of Takopiand customization of favorites Gachiakuta. 2025 also saw the return of several highly anticipated anime, some of which include Solo Leveling Season 2, The Apothecary Diary Season 2, and My Hero Academia Season 8. It's safe to say that 2025 was nothing short of exciting content, but of course, this year wasn't perfect.
'I'm losing motivation': Animator working on One Punch Man Season 3 highlights production issues
Things are not looking good for One Punch Man Season 3. Animators express their concerns.
Amidst all the amazing releases, some terrible ones also made it. While The Beginning After The End was, for a good while, the worst anime release of 2025, it lost that title. Based on MAL ratings, One Punch Man Season 3 is officially the worst anime of 2025And it could very well mark the end of the franchise as a whole.
One Punch Man Season 3 is the worst anime of 2025
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The lowest rated 2025 anime overall
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Overproduction due to lack of support and care for animation staff
A punch man One of the most popular and recognizable shonen series around the world. The story follows the adventures of Saitama, which has certainly captured the attention of millions of fans over the years.
While One Punch Man was a sensation at one point, it has since weakened. Season 2 was a huge disappointmentThis is why fans are eagerly waiting for its return with Season 3 to see what it serves up.
A few years later, One Punch Man finally returned with its third season in 2025. Unfortunately, there were several red flags before the series even began. However, many fans hoped to be proven wrong and prayed that the studio would at least deliver an average final product.
unfortunately, One Punch Man Season 3 has turned out to be a disasterAnd probably The worst anime release of 2025. One Punch Man Season 3 has some of the worst animation seen this year. The season is still full of shots and poor animation, something fans were quick to point out. In one particular episode, one of the scariest scenes was a still shot of Garou being shot down a mountain.
Today is a very sad day for one punch man fans
One Punch Man is not doing well right now, and there are many concerns about its third season.
The disaster, however, did not stop there. A lot of the art in One Punch Man Season 3 is poorly drawn, and full of mistakes. The proportions are sometimes off, and the comparison shots between the manga and the anime show how terrible this new season looks. One of the worst mistakes fans have pointed out is the accidental gender bending of the character, Royal Reaper.
To be clear, this is not the fault of the animators or the staff working on it. These problems exist because they are given the impossible task of adapting an anime in a very short time frame and get the product out when they don't have enough time or resources to do so.
One Punch Man Season 3 is rated lower than the start after the end on MAL
Fans did not like One Punch Man Season 3 at all, and many have expressed their concern and are showing their disdain through ratings. On MAL, one of the world's largest anime rating platforms, One Punch Man has officially become the lowest-rated anime season of 2025, and it's not like it's not competing for the title.
In fact, in 2025, fans also saw the release of The Beginning of the End. for a while, TBATE was the lowest rated anime of the year, with a score of 6.18 out of 10. One Punch Man Season 3 beat it with a low score of 4.69.. With this score, becomes a punch man #14233 Highest rated series on the entire platformWhich is definitely outrageous for a series of its size.
A punch man will not recover after two big flops
A Punch Man season 3 could mark the end of the franchise. This is especially true since One Punch Man Season 3 comes after another disastrous season, back in 2019.
One Punch Man Season 2 was also a terrible adaptation, but many would actually say it was much better than One Punch Man Season 3. Despite all its problems, the previous season still has a rating of 7.53 for reference.
Unless a Punch Man staff is given proper time to adapt to actual sources instead of crippling the manga, the series is unlikely to recover or reach even a fraction of what it did in its first season in 2015. The second court of its third season is coming soon.
Source: MAL
