This is a phase every fan goes through eventually. Start with slop. Experience some gems. Have the energy to search yourself. Finding classics eventually. Hating modern slop. See old slop. Have better understanding of era, technology, sociopolitical factors. Appreciate modern art
This scene is everything. The art direction, music, and character motion all hit hard.
Giving the protagonist roots in Paraguay — not the kind of background you can reduce to a symbol — quietly signals this story will have real depth.
More than anything, though, the whole thing feels reverent but not reverential toward its legacy — and honestly, that's a rarity when nostalgia has become a crutch for so many of Japan's big IP.
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'CODE GEASS' director Goro Taniguchi says modern anime are suffering from a lack of directorial oversight
"The result of everyone doing things in a disconnected way is junk food."
He warns that the rise of 12-episode anime has contributed to a breakdown in the ability to train new staff
"Three episodes aren't enough to learn anything. The training system falls apart."