Konosuba, rather infamously, does not look good, but it’s kind of on purpose, with the off-model animation and awkward designs helping to sell the completely irreverent tone the show went for. While I want to blame the animation on Gonzo, the blame unfortunately has to go to Konosuba, that show that this takes many visual cues from. For a self-consciously stupid show like this, this is probably the best approach they could’ve taken. The show is a goofy romp that is, at least, aware and absolutely indulging in it’s stupid aspects (be it the weird excuse for the show having everyone being defeated by being naked, that the lead character is completely uninterested in the situation he’s stuck in beyond staying in Akihabara, to the second episode’s reveling in the fat military otaku being stripped and evaporating into nothingness). The show plays it’s absurd premise as straight and seriously as it possibly can, but I should note that’s not a lot. Luckily, the show has enough stupid charm to work. But, that’s where we are: an anime adaptation of a fanservice-y video game that looks nothing like it’s source.

I also probably wouldn’t have told the staff to make the characters not even remotely resemble the characters in the game they’re adapting (compare this with this). Gonzo is probably not the studio that I would ever give a project to, especially a fanservice-based one like this, but hey, I’m not the one in charge here. AIIKBA’S TRIP: THE ANIMATION (episodes 1 & 2)

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