World Trigger 3rd Season

I was recommended this show from a friend of mine. Myself and most of my friends all follow esports and are huge nerds. This is by far the best anime for "esport" things and stuff. I think the idea of the show would one day make the Olympics and things one day in the future super super fun to watch on the big screen or in live.

The fight scenes and how everyone thinks and all the metas that each character have to learn is sooo cool. Every character has their own style of fighting and each character has to find a way to counter ... their style which I love and my friend loved. Season 1 was rough on the animation I feel like, but as the seasons go on, the animation gets really good.

Each character in the background is hilarious in their own way and it brings a nice soft tone, but in times, the show can be dark. Multiple scenes where a character is close to death of some sort, then 5 minutes later. Everyone is laughing and having a good time and it lightens the mood the best way.

Final opinion, this show is REALLY REALLY underrated and I hope they continue and I hope more people pick this anime up!

A straight follow on from s3. Overall the anime is good and a massive improvement from s1.
The last 2 episodes were very good, the quality of the fights and animation increased even down to how the camera followed the fights, everything was an improvement.
My only criticism of s3 is I feel there is way too much talking in between fights, way too much talking of their tactics and how they hope things will pan out, this definitely could be cut down to quicken the pace of things.

Overall. 7/10

I’d like to keep this as short as possible but it’s asking me to write more ... so….. I feel osamu definitely as a character needs to be worked on, he’s boring and way over hyped/praised for his contribution in the show.

A self stylized "Grounded Shonen" which has some of the best world building and tactic focused combat. This is one of the most fiercely intelligent shows I've watched in a while when it comes to fighting, this isn't "super sayian beat by super sayian 2", this is anyone can beat anyone if their tactics are better, but at the same time still a clear hierarchy of skill sets so you know who the underdog is and who isn't. The later half and biggest chunk is a bunch squad vs. squad combat when it really comes into its own and it's all about ... tactics, flanking manoeuvres, bluffing, misdirection, and using established tools, abilities, and weapons in new unique and creative ways. A lot of fights don't boil down to "whose stronger", they boil down to which team thought the most steps ahead or could adapt to a changing situation the quickest.

However, biggest pitfall is it's TOEI production which means it can be maddeningly inconsistent at times in regards to animation, pacing, and repetition is especially bad in the early episodes. The first 8-14 episodes are kind of a slog and often large chunks of later episodes are dedicated to recaps of previous episodes. The characters are also a tad more "muted" for my interest, but that might be to the show's benefit for the kind of action scenes it wants to show. But, if you skip the lengthy recaps (luckily most of them are at the beginning of every episode) and get passed the initial rough boring slog the show steadily improves itself in every problem area from episode 20 onward, getting better pacing, animation, and subtle exposition.

The first season ended in 2014, but it came back with a season 2 and 3 (26 episodes total) in 2021 and the sequel stuff is TOP NOTCH. All the issues I listed above are gone and with all the pieces/world building well established it is 26 episodes of minimal recap, solid to gorgeous animation, and all the other squad tactical stuff that made the first season good.