I have just checked the credits. The number of Japanese staff is much greater than what I thought...
Director
Exectutive Director
Animation Director
Art Director
Character Design
Props Design
Colour Design
Storyboard Artist
Key Animation
Line Artist
While the Chinese staff is responsible for the in-betweening, background, sound, CG, and etc.
If you think more about it, how different is this show from those produced by Japanese company, with the major design/directing work done by Japanese, while having the animation work outsourced to China/Korea? Indeed, even some anime shows in this season have Korean art/episode directors. To me, this show is well qualified as an anime.
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