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My impression of SHAFT was essentially molded in 2 of their works:
Negima!? which was a big disappointment. Mostly because I was a fan of the original work and felt "cheated" on how different the show turned out to be. . This first impression made me wary everytime they announced a new project since their artistic flavor doesn't always blend well with the source work.
The second show I watched was the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series. Here SHAFT's unique style paid off dividends and I really liked how the anime was constructed. I came out of this show thinking that no other studio could have handled the material as well as SHAFT did.
So yeah, in my experience SHAFT can be either a hit or miss depending on how much they insist on going with their style of storytelling with respect to the source material. Sometimes it meshes well at other times...
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