I waited SO long for today's episode of wtdsik, and MAN I was not disappointed! I felt the love from the music writers and animators being poured into this episode. I expect minimal movement, lots of talking over the actual performance, and the pacing to plow right through to get us straight to the scoring. But that wasn't the case AT ALL!
First of all, the animation! I'm pretty sure they had a little bit of 2D CGI going on but I'm not even sure how much because it all actually looked incredible! And Jazz!! HOLY SHIT JAZZ! Get it! I'm a little sad we didn't get more of Azz but what we got of Jazz was enough to make up for it in my opinion. And Eliza! The way they made her hair flow and bounce and how that camera moved all around her in such a cinematic way was straight dopamine to my brain! She's so goddamn lovely and they did her justice!! GOD!! And Purson!!!! His smiles and his little moment with Iruma at the end!!! Perfection! I literally cried!
As you can see, I'm struggling to find the right words for anything just because I was so awestruck at how well it was done!
I also loved watching this as a former theater/show choir kid. The cheers and energy for a highschool performance like this was recreated so perfectly, I was having flashbacks. I genuinely felt like I was back on that stage again. From the concerned chatter of the audience during the pre-performance to reverb of the voices while they sang and spoke on stage. All of it was so nostalgic. On top of that, the music and blocking ACTUALLY felt first place worthy. They didn't pull that shit where they gave us excellent performances by the other classes and then a half assed performance by the main group and acted like it was better. No, this was 100% the BEST! God, I loved it! This was BY FAR the BEST episode yet!
I can't wait to see how they do the next arc! Give me this kind of quality morning forward.
