One Punch Man Season 2 Specials

ワンパンマン SEASON 2 OVA 2 (One Punch Man 2nd Season Specials)

7.8(1)

OtakuDen

7.4(65,707)

MAL Score

Ranked #2673

Popularity #1827

Action
Comedy
Adult Cast
Parody
Super Power

Episodes: 6
Duration: 12 min per ep
Aired: Oct 25, 2019 to Mar 27, 2020
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

*One Punch Man Season 2 Specials* is a set of short bonus episodes packaged with the Blu-ray and DVD releases of *One Punch Man*’s second season.

These brief extras complement the main season with additional bite-sized content in the same action-comedy, superpowered parody style.

Otaku Consensus

These six Blu-ray/DVD specials work best as compact side dishes for viewers who liked Season 2’s character comedy more than its spectacle: the pacing is quick, the parody remains anchored in ONE’s deadpan superhero logic, and the Saitama-and-King comic dynamic is the cleanest carryover from the TV season’s better-liked material. The common criticism still follows J.C.Staff’s Season 2 production: the extras do not answer complaints about the downgrade in animation polish from Season 1, so their value is in timing, writing, and oddball scenarios rather than visual fireworks.

Why You Should Watch

Watch these if you want more One Punch Man without committing to another full arc or expecting a sakuga showcase. The six specials lean into the franchise’s funniest low-stakes spaces: adult heroes killing time, competitive bruised egos, hobby-comedy detours, and the absurd gap between superhero mythology and ordinary social embarrassment. If the parts of Gintama you love are the downtime skits between battles, or if My Hero Academia’s hero bureaucracy is more interesting to you when it gets mocked, these extras scratch that itch in concentrated form. They are especially useful for viewers who enjoyed Season 2’s storytelling but were frustrated by its production ceiling, because the short format shifts attention toward punchline construction, character chemistry, and parody premises rather than extended action choreography.

Key Characters

S
Saitama
Saitama remains funny because his unmatched battle logic keeps colliding with problems that refuse to be solved like battles, a contrast reviewers repeatedly identify as the series’ core comic engine.
K
King
King is a fan-favorite foil because his presence turns reputation, intimidation, and competition into jokes that can make even Saitama look socially outmaneuvered.

What Makes It Stand Out

1
The release is structurally different from the TV season: it consists of six short bonus episodes packaged with the Japanese Blu-ray and DVD volumes rather than a broadcast cour.
2
J.C.Staff produced these specials as part of the Season 2 era, the same production phase that critics praised for story continuity while faulting for a visible animation drop compared with the first season.
3
The AniList tag profile points to unusually specific side-material: alongside Superhero at 90% and Super Power at 80%, the specials carry Video Games at 79%, Fishing at 53%, and Ninja at 40%, signaling detours beyond standard hero fights.
4
The credited creative lineage still runs through the franchise’s source creators, with ONE listed for Original Story and Yuusuke Murata for Original Character Design.
5
Visual supervision is unusually consistent across the set: Yumi Nakayama is credited as Animation Director on episodes 1-6, while Masahiro Fujii is credited as Chief Animation Director on all six episodes.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The specials were released over a five-month window, from October 25, 2019 to March 27, 2020, matching the staggered home-video rollout model rather than a normal weekly TV schedule.
Fun fact 2: Kouzou Kaihou directed half of the set’s episodes, with Episode Director credits on episodes 1, 3, and 6.
Fun fact 3: Masahiro Fujii carries two layers of visual responsibility here: Chief Animation Director on episodes 1-6 and Animation Director on episodes 2-5.
Fun fact 4: The animation direction roster expands in the back half, with Izumi Yamanaka credited on episodes 4-6 and Jeong-Nam Kim credited on episodes 4 and 6.
Fun fact 5: Its reception sits slightly below the franchise’s peak but well above obscurity: AniList records a 72/100 score and 431 favourites, while MAL lists a 7.39 average from 65,707 votes.