Boycott Calls Surge as One Punch Man Season 3 Backlash Exposes Bandai Namco’s Bigger Failures

Anime fans are not quiet right now. Bandai Namco is catching heat over One Punch Man Season 3, and the pushback isn't just about one show. Blue Lock and Tower of God have been dragged into the same argument, and a boycott hashtag is suddenly everywhere. Here's what people are mad about, what they think is going on behind the scenes, and why this could snowball fast.

So why Bandai Namco, and why now?

Bandai Namco is a key player on the One Punch Man Season 3 production committee. After weeks of fans ripping the show's uneven animation, the target has shifted from the creative team to the folks holding the purse strings.

Across social media, posts are pinning broader problems on the company, arguing this isn't a one-off but part of a pattern that also hit Blue Lock and Tower of God. The running theme: big-name IPs, not-so-big production values.

"Please do something for the current state of the anime series. Fans around the world are upset with how One Punch Man is butchered, it deserves a better treatment."
— DPDM (@TanktopMagic44), Nov 10, 2025, using the "Boycott Bandai Namco" tag and calling out @bnfw_en and @opm_anime

The complaints at a glance

• "Boycott Bandai Namco" started trending this week as fans blasted One Punch Man Season 3's visuals. Multiple posts shared clips flagged as rushed or inconsistent.
• Blue Lock and Tower of God were held up as earlier examples of what fans call the same problem: hyped franchises getting underwhelming animation in recent seasons.
• On Nov 11, 2025, @Mayuri_Sama12 argued Bandai Namco is hoarding popular IPs and then giving adaptations "almost zero budget" while a random isekai gets the money shot treatment.
• On Nov 10, 2025, @SoraHun90 posted side-by-side clips as a quick visual indictment of the new season's quality.

What fans think is happening (emphasis on think)

None of this is confirmed. But the prevailing theories floating around are pretty blunt:

1) The profit squeeze theory: Bandai Namco scoops up mega-franchises and allocates lean budgets because the brands sell themselves. The studios then have to make do, and the company rides the hype regardless. In other words, keep costs low, let the IP do the marketing.

2) The redirect theory: Let high-profile sequels look cheaper while spotlighting newer titles that might be easier to grow into cash cows. Two shows fans keep citing as examples of cleaner-looking animation right now: Wistoria: Wand and Sword and Kowloon Generic Romance. The fear is that if those series break out, they'll be treated the same way later.

Again, fans are connecting dots from the outside. It's speculation, not a paper trail.

Why this could blow back on Bandai Namco

Patience is thin. The more people feel like flagship series are being shortchanged, the more you see comments about checking out entirely. And the blame game has moved: instead of dunking on One Punch Man Season 3's director, a lot of the frustration now points at the committee and Bandai Namco specifically.

If the perception hardens that the company treats top-shelf IPs like assembly-line content, the audience will vote with its time and wallets. That's the risk.

Where things stand

One Punch Man Season 3 is streaming on Crunchyroll. We'll see if this noise turns into any visible change on the production side, but for now the conversation is loud, public, and aimed squarely at Bandai Namco.