I don’t know why people are worried because Engi is doing it

The fan has high expectation since the source material has high quality including the story & art. Great enough to be anime of the season candidate had adapted it right. As ENGI, known for mid-tier production, gets a job (probably due to it's under Kadokawa.) No doubt so many people are kinda worried and disappointed upfront. Not to mention it is a sport figure skating which requires a neat animation during quick skating scene, Otherwise, the flaw will pop up more obvious then other scene.

Director is okay, Series Composition is experienced, now it's up to the studio.
If it turns out, they manage to handle this pretty well similar to Osho no Ko, that's nice, but I think people now are resetting their expectation not to be too hype.

Engi or not, here I guess the quality will depend on how Kadokawa handle this. Like how Geek Toy's outclassed Dead Mount Death play.

Every ENGI show I've watched was great. If I see ENGI is doing something then I'm immediately sold. I guess whatever shows they did that turned out bad were ones I didn't see, lol

@Yui_Suzumiya69 What shows do you watch?

The recent unnamed memory, while not so bad, skipped major story parts in their adaptation.

Never seen the source, but the only way this works is if this is very story-driven and doesn't focus on the actual performance of figure skating. There is a reason why there have been only 2 figure skating anime ever: Yuri on Ice, and Ginban Kaleidoscope. It's because figure skating is difficult AF to animate. In fact, one of the best-animated figure skating scenes wasn't in either of those two, but in Death Parade. And that's because Death Parade had the Madhouse-backed budget.

The figure skating animation here will likely go the Ginban Kaleidoscope route, in that whatever they show will be close-ups and stills. For a more recent example, look at Pride of Orange, in which that show cut so many corners on the ice hockey animation, again resorting to close-ups and stills.

Never seen the source, but the only way this works is if this is very story-driven and doesn't focus on the actual performance of figure skating. There is a reason why there have been only 2 figure skating anime ever: Yuri on Ice, and Ginban Kaleidoscope. It's because figure skating is difficult AF to animate. In fact, one of the best-animated figure skating scenes wasn't in either of those two, but in Death Parade. And that's because Death Parade had the Madhouse-backed budget.

The figure skating animation here will likely go the Ginban Kaleidoscope route, in that whatever they show will be close-ups and stills. For a more recent example, look at Pride of Orange, in which that show cut so many corners on the ice hockey animation, again resorting to close-ups and stills.

Animation is not the issue rather how they handle the story. Read the detective is already dead, unnamed memories, mobuseka and watch the animes again and you'll have your answer.

They pick up good source materials and take all the good parts away from it.