Secondly, I love football, I'm watching the Euro right now. Therefore, I tend to love anime about football. So when I heard Sayonara Watashi no Cramer, another work by the author of "Your Lie In April", got an anime adaptation - I was excited to say the least. And it did get my blood pumping from the start, but in the end, what a disappointment Sayonara Watashi no Cramer was.
Don't get me wrong. I love this show. They have everything, introduction was well-done, characters are colorful, many of them have intense rival from the past along with strengths and weaknesses of their own. But when it counts the most, when we needs exciting matches that bring out character's potentials, the show's robbing everything away from the viewers. Instead, what we got is constant flashback and monologues of characters that ain't on the pitch. No nice play or combinations, all we got are cuts and time jumps after the matches are already over. That's so frustrating to watch.
The animations is bang average, looks stiff at times that require complex movements. The op and ed are quite nice.
Since I got words that the source material is quite good, I must assume this is a case of incompetent directing. I notices a lot of wasted-potential anime coming out of this studio. Perhap they should reconsider making one. For this show, if any good studio picking it up and make another season, I'd be down to watch it. As I said, I found the characters very charismatic and interesting. And thing's gonna get more heated from where it left off.
