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by AdmiralAsshat 4 hours ago
Frieren is animated by Madhouse, though, which I feel like is one of the last bastions of high-quality Japanese animation.
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Even if we're still far from the golden age, Dandadan (Science SARU; though I've heard the sheer effort bankrupted them) and the recent Witch Hat Atelier (Bug Films) are quite nice to behold.

Some modern romcoms like Kaguya-sama (A-1 Pictures) and The Dangers in My Heart (Shin-Ei) were nicely done too.

Things are obviously not going in the right direction, but the current accelerated fall in quality the consumer sees is more influenced by general unwillingness to spend and/or take risks from bean counting production committees.

> Frieren is animated by Madhouse, though, which I feel like is one of the last bastions of high-quality Japanese animation.

Not true. Madhouse isn't what it once was. Frieren had lots of freelancers.

Also, Kunihiko Hamada (whom worked on Frieren, is 1 of the lead animators, designers) left, citing disappointment.