Super Official Anime Discussion Thread

[pokoko]

vivster said:

pokoko said:

After watching Violet Evergarden, I take back what I said about this being a weak season.  

It's really not that bad.  I think it just caught people by surprise, after the first episode being so adorable, that the Abyss really is dangerous.  After that, it turned into a meme, basically.  People have been conditioned to think cute characters will emerge from difficult circumstances with no more than a scare, so it's easy to surprise them.

And the art is amazing.  Even the music is amazing.

I'm pretty sure even if the anime was categorized as horror from the start, the worst scenes would still be very bad, even in comparison with other graphic animes. It's the buildup and execution that makes it so effective, not the surprise.