>>90718084As a standalone ep, discounting hype, I'd give the first revival ep maybe 7 or 7.5/10.
First and last action scenes were great if a tad bare on close combat animation (hope that comes back full swing with the sword).
Ep did feel a bit disjointed what with the jumping to the Daughters of Aku and initial confusion about the differing times between them (Jack is all within a couple of days, he regularly loses/replaces his looted gear and he retains everything from the first scene throughout, while the daughter narrative covers around two decades).
Animation quality was generally high with the odd blemish (Jack's midair rolling spin to avoid I think Scaramouche's initial scimitar strike and the time freeze at the end seem off to me, as well as his other midair flip seeming too rapid). Oh, and Jack's off-model head during the flashback to sword loss.
In the context of the entire revival, I was satisfied even going in at top hype, and I think future episodes will get better with intros out of the way and creators getting back into the swing.
Especially with what that anon said about Aku in ep2, it sounds fucking fantastic.Oh. and dogfus got more screentime and emotion than I thought they would, which certainly fueled the flames of waifufaggotry. So that's great.
