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62. Land of the Lustrous
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@Pyresword

So the most significant thing about LotL (IMO, anyways) is the animation. There are certainly a few CGI series that I enjoy (Kemono Friends, Arpeggio of Blue Steel, and Knights of Sidonia are all great IMO), but all of them would look better with good traditional 2D animation. Except thats not quite all there is to it, as LotL proves. You can actually be a CGI series and have good animation too! It just takes time and effort, which CGI is typically used to save, so it doesnt happen that often. The action scenes in this are awesome, and the regular scenes usually look nice too. Hopefully this is a sign for the future of CGI anime, though Im not super optimistic about that, since we do still get bad CGI all the time. Other than the animation, the show is pretty good in general. It starts out really slow, but around the hibernation part it starts to get pretty great. Phosphophyllite becomes a very compelling protagonist, and most of the rest of the cast is fairly solid too (other than Rutile, who sucks). Diamond is excellent, Antarcticite is cool, and Bort is fun with her Diamond interactions. The minor characters who only show up for a minute or two all feel like they have unique traits that make them interesting as well. The main issue with the show, other than the slow start, is how random everything feels. Theres kind of an overall plot, but almost every episode is also almost totally disconnected from the others. The progression has a very strange feel to it. Cinnabar also gets way too little screentime, considering how important it seemed like shed be at first. And Im not at all a fan of the villains. The Lunarians behavior constantly changes for no apparent reason, and theyre basically never interesting. Still, good characters is most of what it takes to make a good show, so this was a good watch. Might have to check out the manga someday.
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