The Viewtiful Joe anime is awful compared to the game, they've altered the way his powers work and made him shout "slow", "mach speed" and stuff like that. In the game those obviously aren't really powers and more "special effects" that just happen when Joe wants them. I.e. they should have him concentrate a bit and have the scene go in slow motion instead of having him shout out the nameof the technique.
Never mind the transformation sequence in the show looks much worse than the one in the game and the japanese voices suck (take that Shin Gallon!).