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Originally Posted by Uberchu
This episode was actually pretty good (the first good one in the series). Was there a different director?
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I liked it, too. But then again, I liked almost every other episode, as well. I'll have to watch again to see if I can see what you see that sets it apart.
In any case, to answer your question, it was directed by
Shibata Akihisa, who also directed episode 6. He appears to be a young up-and-comer. His previous work was unspecified production assistance on episodes of
FMA2, Ookiku Furikabutte2, and
Squid Girl, then directing episodes of
Utakoi (1, 6),
Girls und Panzer (4, 9), and
Sakurasou (15). He also directed a number of episodes of the short-episode web anime
Plastic Nee-san.
In the blurb at the top of his
twitter feed, he says he is a third-rate episode director with no skill and no sense, who has somehow struggled and survived.
It may be even more significant that this episode was written and storyboarded by the overall director of this series:
Kamei Kanta. He storyboarded and directed episode 1. He's a long-time key animator whose only other series-director job was on
Usagi Drop.
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Originally Posted by Used Can
I think Ai almost single-handedly saved this anime. Opinions on this show have improved noticeably, and so have the pre-orders (at least on Amazon)....
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Ai has intrinsic interest, but the way Kayano Ai has been voicing her adds a lot. I've liked the series all along, but if it's true that Ai has saved it, then perhaps we can say that Kayano Ai saved it? If so, then her value to producers is about to soar.