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Anime fans usually believe that having a team of experienced animators guarantees a visually appealing and well-animated anime. However, reality tells a different story. Production deadlines, resource allocation, and industry-wide staff shortages have a greater impact on an anime’s fate than individual competence. Sakamoto Days serves as the latest example of how even an ambitious series can falter due to these challenges.

An action scene from Sakamoto Days. | Credit: Tms Entertainment

The anime’s challenging production is strikingly similar to One Punch Man Season 2, which suffered not from a lack of talented staff but from poor scheduling and unrealistic expectations. Despite boasting an impressive team, Sakamoto Days has struggled, proving once again that time is the most crucial factor in animation quality.

The unrelenting workload behind Sakamoto Days

A recent remark on X from the team’s staff member Satoshi Sakai offered insight into the difficulties faced behind the...

Fruits Basket The Final, the latest stage play adaptation of Natsuki Takaya’s Fruits Basket, unveiled six new visuals showcasing the cast members in their character costumes on Aug 22, 2024.

This latest release completes the set of visuals for all 16 actors involved in the production.

Checkout the newly revealed character visuals below:

Marina Horiuchi as Machi Kuragi Yuna Sekine as Kagura Sohma Elena Kamata as Kisa Sohma Airi Yoshiharu as Hiro Sohma Nene Shida as Isuzu Sohma Yuto Hiroi as Kakeru Manabe

In addition to the character visuals, it was also revealed that the ticket pre-sale for the stage play has officially started on Aug 22, 2024.

Previously revealed character visuals can be viewed below:

Ayano-Christie Yoshida as Tohru Honda Naoya Kitagawa as Yuki Sohma Shohei Hashimoto as Kyo Sohma Yuya Asato as Shigure Sohma Shogo Tamura as Hatsuharu Sohma Ruito Koga as Momiji Sohma Chisato Minami as Arisa Uotani Yukari Nakamura as...

Fans of Attack on Titan who, after the much-anticipated finale of the anime need or want a respite from all the "doom and gloom" of the franchise need to look no further than its official spinoff: Attack on Titan: Junior High, which has both a manga and an anime series. This comedy stays surprisingly true to the original series, and it even has a deeper side to it that will surely appeal to fans of the franchise.

Yoshihide Ibata's Attack on Titan: Junior High, an adaptation of Saki Nakagawa's manga by the same name, takes the tension and stress of the original Hajime Isayama series and spins it into a refreshing parody. As in the original, the story follows the exploits of Eren Yeager, Mikasa Akerman, Armin Arlelt, and their friends but rather than focus on the trials and tribulations of life in the Survey Corps, the series...