Why does it have such good animation?

The Grand Duke and Slame fights will be make or break for the series. The animation team really got the pseudo-2d look down but can they handle the big fights?

"Pseudo 2D"? It is 2D, in general.

@Oongbuh Bruh, that's 3d cell shading made to look like 2d animation. It was obvious within the first 5 minutes of the first episode.

@NB_Tenchy Sorry to break it to you but there's no 3D cell shading going on here. It's just really volumetric drawings that trick your brain into thinking they are 3D characters.

@Bandanaa Tell me you weren't paying attention to the character motion, back grounds and shadows without telling me you weren't paying attention to the character motion, back grounds and shadows.

because drawing over a rotoscoped model makes it look smoother

because drawing over a rotoscoped model makes it look smoother

As a Danmachi fan, I felt insulted by this episode. Why does the copy has better animation than the original?

What do you mean, season 3 and 4 had great animation and fights and that's more than half the show, and all that while using cgi for only one monster, and even that flawed pretty good with everything else, even if there are better studios like bones and madhouse, they are not that far down the line, if not for taking so many projects they could easily be top 10

@SimpLife yes, which still doesn't change they recicle characters designs and elements from Danmachi. Kinda like Mashima with Rave, FT and EZ.

@Oongbuh Bruh, that's 3d cell shading made to look like 2d animation. It was obvious within the first 5 minutes of the first episode.