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Mar 22, 2020
As someone who's worked with animation, I just couldn't thoroughly enjoy this one without feeling weird seeing these high schoolers make feature-quality animation in such a short amount of time. They handwave how tired these girls are and it makes me feel sad that the real life animation industry, ESPECIALLY the Anime industry, preys on people with this passion to work long hours on pretty pieces for very little pay.

It's like this anime has taken the Rose-tinted Glasses approach. There are very little stakes in this show; these girls bust through every obstacle with no tension at all. Disapproving parents, bossy student councils, money issues, these things were nothing but minor speed bumps in this show, so it got kinda boring to tune in every week knowing that nothing bad or at least realistic is going to happen during the mayhem that is production.

The characters were charming though. I liked how they went with a non-standard design for these girls. They're not super cute, but not totally ugly and FINALLY, we have skirts that actually cover things.

The music got annoying. They played the same songs for the same scenes over and over again and if I hear that yodeling song again when a character gets an idea, I'm gonna scream.

If you just want to kick back and watch a love letter to animation, you'll have a good time with Eizouken. But if you even have an inkling of how this stuff really works, you'll probably still enjoy it for the sketches and animation facts, but your suspension of disbelief will be tested. Do these girls not have other classes to attend?
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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