{"id":92183,"date":"2025-10-23T00:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/92183\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T00:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:59:14","slug":"one-punch-man-season-3-gets-unfortunate-update-in-new-rage-baiting-director-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/92183\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Punch Man Season 3 Gets Unfortunate Update in New ‘Rage-Baiting’ Director Response"},"content":{"rendered":"

The director of One-Punch Man<\/a> Season 3 has deleted his social media account as the new season continues to premiere amid divided reviews. Shinpei Nagai, the controversial choice of OPM S3 director in the eyes of many anime fans, deleted his X (formerly Twitter) account after his words were said to intentionally misinterpreted to create “rage-bait” content for profit.<\/p>\n

Before deleting his X account, Nagai explained why he was leaving the website. His message was captured and shared across various social media platforms, including Reddit. “There are a few people among my followers who are pretending to be allies but are actually engaging in rage-baiting,” he said, “So I’ve decided to delete my account. Their actions, such as taking my statements out of context, trying to elicit comments that violate NDAs, or turning them into profit, are unacceptable and cannot be overlooked.”<\/p>\n

The new One-Punch Man director continued with his message: “I’ve always done my best for the fans with the utmost sincerity, but I’ve concluded that continuing in this environment is untenable for this project. It’s always the genuine fans who suffer the most. I cannot forgive those who tarnish the staff’s honor or exploit the creators’ struggles for profit through hate. Therefore, I will also be deleting Shimpai Nagai’s account entirely. I will not create any accounts in the future either. I cannot overlook actions that degrade the work itself, so I ask for your understanding.”<\/p>\n

Nagai, who unfortunately faced online harassment following the unconventional announcement that he would direct One-Punch Man Season 3<\/a> despite having little experience in action anime, explained that his social media departure was also for his mental health. “Honestly, this is taking a toll on my mental health, and it only brings negatives to the work, the staff, and the original creators. But such despicable behavior is unforgivable. To the fans who have been truly kind to me, I want to express my gratitude and apologies. It was truly enjoyable.”<\/p>\n

Many longtime OPM fans who had hoped Season 3 would restore the prestigious reputation of the anime<\/a> were anything but thrilled when Nagai’s role as director was finally revealed. His name and the names of other Season 3 staff members were suspiciously concealed until the Season 3 premiere was a few weeks away. Nagai, who previously worked on risqu\u00e9 anime rom-coms like 2.5 Dimensional Seduction and I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying, was fully aware of fans’ disappointment over his announcement as director and tried to set expectations before the long-awaited premiere, following a six-year gap between Season 2 and 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It probably won’t measure up to Season 1,” Nagai said<\/a> then on X, “but the anime is infused with the creators’ tenacity and ingenuity. Please, at the very least, accept that. […] It might not please you or could even make you angry. But someone has to take it on. I am determined and ready to do so. It probably won’t measure up to Season 1. But the anime is infused with the creators’ tenacity and ingenuity. Please, at the very least, accept that.”<\/p>\n

New episodes of One-Punch Man Season 3<\/a> premiere every week on Hulu\/Disney+ in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The director of One-Punch Man Season 3 has deleted his social media account as the new season continues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-92183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}