#SEKAI ONI X MOB PSYCHO 100 TV#

The spirit of Gainax (and some of its former staff) are certainly a presence here (the “manga in motion” sequences are super- FLCL, and those explosions…), but this is a unique entity – Bones, Tachikawa, ONE – we’ve never seen anything that looks quite like it. We’ve come to expect great art and animation too of course, but if the writing was vintage Mob, the visuals were an a whole other level. But in truth that side of things was what we’ve come to expect from this show (I’d actually still rank the season premiere as the most emotionally powerful so far this season, in fact). ONE’s underlying story, with its powerful themes of alienation and loyalty, was represented brilliantly as always and this was a powerful subplot. In truth, the visuals were so good here that it’s hard to focus much on anything else.

Bones isn’t like most other anime studios, and MP 100 isn’t like most other anime.

#SEKAI ONI X MOB PSYCHO 100 TV#

Money cannot buy brilliance, that’s for damn sure – but at the same time, you can’t deliver the blizzard of sakuga we saw this week on Mob Psycho without spending a lot of it (especially by TV anime standards). They don’t get a lot more universal than that in fact, so it’s really not so surprising even if it’s counter-intuitive.Īs odd as it is to say, one of the first things that crossed my mind in watching this episode was “My God – how much did that cost!?” I rarely focus heavily on production budgets in reviewing anime, but I rarely see episode on TV that look anything remotely like this. But there is a universal theme running between these two stories, that of trying to retain your sense of decency in a fundamentally cruel and unjust world.

I mean visually, sure – one could hardly imagine two more diametrically opposed styles. So don’t put a lot of work into something unless you’re 100% damn well sure it’s not a spoiler, direct or indirect.Īfter I’ve just gone and waxed poetical about how different Dororo and Mob Psycho 100 were while being equally great, watching this ep brings home the flaws in that line of thinking. I’m officially switching into “delete first, ask questions never” mode with spoiler comments. Please be careful and do not discuss – or infer, or hint, or talk about characters that have not appeared. Note: The comments are starting to get way too spoilery.

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