Hylarn
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03/26/2015 00:00:00
One thing I'd add is that a lot of the plot elements were seriously under-developed. Which worked okay for most of the series, but once it started approaching the finale...
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Flawed, but there are still bright spots here and there
Do you recall the old bromide, "Try to please everyone, and you'll just end up pleasing no one"? Because there's the distinct impression that it's exactly what the production of the Kantai Collection anime tried, with the expected results — while there are stuff that the staff did well (Fubuki and her friends, Kongou in general, Nagato and Mutsu etc.), by and large the series was a schizophrenic mess. There was a distinct lack of focus, particularly with regards to tone and atmosphere, and the transitions between some of the more serious segments to the more laid-back things at the base was jarring at times.
And did we really need to have Ooi fawning on Kitakami every episode?
This isn't to say that the series isn't enjoyable, and the show did some things (like the lighter slice-of-life segments at the base) right, but cripes, the series needs consistency. Or at the very least, a decent storyboarder or screenwriter.
Hopefully with the staff learns from the experience of the first season, and go into the second season with a much tighter focus, both with regards to plot as well as characterization.
Well, we can dream, can we?