Talented animators work on shows for two reasons.

1) They like the source material
2) Other talented people are working on the show and they want to work with them

The second season of OPM didn't meet either of the conditions for people to want to work on it, ESPECIALLY the second condition. Like, Yama no Susume is the 5000th ranked anime on MAL by score, and 2000th by popularity, but it still attracts the best animators in the industry to come work on it because those animators want to work under and learn from Matsuo Yuusuke who is the chief animation director for the series.

It's the same reason why Princess Connect S2 Episode 4 was randomly an episode of the year contender and one of the best animated episodes of the last ten years. Sakazume Takahito was making his debut as episode director and all the animators who knew him from his work on the Fate/Grand Order commercials came out of the woodwork for the chance to work with him.

this is my roundabout way of saying budget is f***ing irrelevant. creative, talented people want to work on projects of stuff they love, or projects that are, well, actually creative

yeah i like it
super funny but also i feel like i’ll get tired of it after so many episodes

Yuusuke Matsuo did the character design for Cross Ange, ofc they wanna work with him

"watchu mean? I never noticed any sexual innuendo in the show'

A lil girl talkin to a literal d***

They need to check the mf author's harddrive

anyone here read kengan ashura? just started and that s*** is hard

Nothing but respect for our troops (people who find enjoyment from MHA) 🫡

Yeah he's been shown to be a bit weird lol

I know I'm trash but has any of the ships progressed in the show or Manga at all? That's all I care about from the story at this point because I dropped the show a while ago

Idfk i only watched 1 season of that dumpster fire

yea but imagine if chihayafuru had demon slayers budget tranquility.

Anyway tranquility is based I trust that guy when it comes to anime production talks

It’s already perfect as it is

nvm gonna watch on thurs

might be a coincidence but so far ive liked animes that are listed in the imdb top 250. so im just gonna go thru the whole thing eventually.

16. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
26. Attack on Titan
31. Death Note
34. Hunter x Hunter
42. Cowboy Bebop
69. Dragon Ball Z
78. One Piece
85. Steins;Gate
86. One Punch Man
97. Vinland Saga
110. Berserk
123. Naruto: Shippûden
125. Demon Slayer
128. Code Geass
146. Haikyu!!
147. Monster
166. Dragon Ball
182. Samurai Champloo
197. Jujutsu Kaisen
199. Fullmetal Alchemist
205. Neon Genesis Evangelion
215. Mob Psycho 100
216. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal
220. Spy x Family
231. Your Lie in April
245. Gintama
247. Clannad: After Story

This is an interesting observation i feel i only see applied to anime. This goes sometimes for me as well, but due to many of us not being that in tune with the industry and many relatively unknown creators, its easier to associate works with their respective studios. Exceptions are iconic directors like satoshi kon, tetsuro araki, osamu dezaki but they've worked on many important shows. I honestly dont know why this is an anime only thing, movie/tv heads are more knowing of the creators and their resume generally, maybe this belief only studios matter is so ingrained people dont feel the need to look up who works on what

Out tomorrow by the way

I think there just aren't that many hardcore animeheads (me included, I don't be knowin s*** about the creators beyond manga authors )

In that sense Tranq is probably the only true animehead I know

I also think movies don't tend to be tied to studios as much (?) (I'm not a movie/tv head so I'm not gonna pretend like I'm deeply informed), like you said I always hear talk about at least who is directing the film/TV show.

I think someone who has watched hundreds of anime in another medium would be considered a hardcore enthusiast, at least i think it generally works this way in casuals eyes. But in anime you'll have people with 300 completed anime on mal not know how an anime is made. Like its a distinctly anime thing, its really interesting. And about studios, them marvel stans know all the staff for each movie, its insane, but they may be an exception. Disney, Pixar, sony and Dreamworks are also movie studios that are somewhat similar to anime studios, but their hardcore fans can name the different directors who worked there. I think that the early ages of anime on the internet over here kinda started some core beliefs that are hard to change. Like people still call anime like nge or code geass shonen when that doesnt make any sense, and this started when people brought over these definitions without ever explaining their real meaning. This is just my theory tho, there could be other factors

I'm on my 3rd Chihayafuru rewatch as my next tournament approaches in 2 months............ I will take it home for the thread

Meijin OJ

Super late on this but Made in Abyss Dawn of the Deep Soul

Yeah you just like popular anime that happens to be good. All good series in that list

maybe one day....... if i can get A-kyu in the next 10 years I'll take a year where I prepare for the qualifier and see how it goes

Crazy movie