Tenchi Souzou Design-bu or Heaven's Design Team is an anime where God (yes, literally God) has gotten tired from making animals himself that he branched it off to his angels or "employees" and they sit down to make animals. The angels are named after planets of the solar system and every one of them has some kind of specialty. For example, one of the employees made the masterpiece called "horse" so he specializes in his "orders/requests" from clients around horses. This may sound like a dumb plot at once but trust me, whether this may sound dumb or fun, it is truly fun to watch.
The story goes on at a fun pace, making 2 or 3 animals per episode and sometimes leaving off with a cliffhanger. Likable characters aid in making this anime even more enjoyable. Someone can even gain intelligence of animals from this anime, they describe every aspect of the animal that they make and I do pay attention to learn stuff I had never learned. Did you know that koalas eat their own feces or that Giraffe is directly related to deer or there are immortal animals? Crazy, right? This is one of the reasons I love this anime because facts are actually interesting and new to me and who doesn't love to learn new facts. Not to mention the comedic speech used is actually gonna give someone a nasal laugh. Personally, I may have laughed one or two times per episode but I did laugh nasally. This anime truly adapts the real world and its concepts and uses it to explain legit facts. Straight up, you can't deny facts spoken in this anime is facts, no one can.
There are several interesting characters who work with each other and help each other making animals which are really fun to watch. I am really a fan of their simplistic art style; just look at the MC, does he look like a traditional anime MC? maybe? but hey, he is the main character.
One of the best things about this anime is the OP. So catchy and upbeat, one of the main reasons I kept watching every episode as soon as it came out is solely for the catchy OP. This is one of my favorites for the 2021 season of Winter. From nice visuals to beat-matching movements and a nice way to caption credits, Asahi Production is really starting to become an underrated studio for me.
I would like to finish off by saying that this is indeed an anime that could be classified as "underrated" or "underloved". Ultimately, Heaven's Design Team is a Comedic Slice of Life of God's angels/employees making animals while respecting other species and their surroundings while aiding each other to make wonderful animals and listing several facts one did not know about. Who doesn't love crazy facts? Tell me. The fact that I am here spending time on writing this review shows how much I appreciate this anime for existing and it is one of the animes that you could have fun watching more than 1 time.
P.S - If you have made it until this part of the review and you liked my review, make sure you watched this anime since it is really fun to watch as I keep insisting. Have a wonderful day!
