I’ve gotta hand it to the team for never sexualising, infantilising or overtly feminising its cast – though there are definitely things they could have done to bring them out of their shells. A joke here, a bath episode there, a school festival etc. Though, take a step back from the dreamscapes, and it’s a run-of-the-mill school club setup. Through the hole in the ceiling, the group find themselves in space, desperate for air, desperate to get back beyond the tunnel is a city in another world, where aliens hunt them down – these lucid visions are visualisations of the concept design process, and it’s so awesome. When putting out ideas, they take regular symbolic detours into fantastic, dreamlike landscapes, demonstrating the group’s shared ambitions in a really fun way. The trio setup an anime studio-of-sorts as a school club, and do battle with their bizarre school council, find funds and create animation. Eizouken is an anime about the chance meeting of a 2d animation prodigy with an anime-concept development nerd and her money savvy best friend. Sadly, Eizouken’s development across its 12 episodes showed that this appetiser was in fact the main course, and is happy to gnaw the bones cleans.Įxcuse my, perhaps, overly done metaphor for a second, because I think it really needs expanding. I say this, because I initially thought that Eizouken’s opening was exquisite, flooding the senses with lucid, surreal imagery to create an imaginative palette for comedy and excited animation allegory. They give you a taste of what’s to come, before a much larger and more expansive meal is set before you and builds into something great. Opening episodes or arcs are often a bit like an appetiser. Title: Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! / Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! Episode 1 ReviewĮizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! featured in Winter 2020 Week 6 Roundup
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