The My Hero Academia Anime Is Not Very Plus Ultra
This is what it's supposed to look like. I have what may be a controversial opinion. The My Hero Academia anime adaptation is swiftly becoming one of most visually unimpressive anime that I have ever seen. This has been in the back of my mind for a while now. This is one of a handful of anime that we get together to watch as part of the "Anime Club" that spawned this podcast and this website. As we've moved into season 5, though, the show has become more of a chore. The pace has slowed to a crawl and the animation is flat, cheap, and boring. I have been something of a My Hero apologist in our group. I have read the manga up to the currently released chapter, and I have assured my co-hosts that "it gets better." With the release of the trailer for The Dark Hero arc, I'm not so sure anymore. In The Dark Hero arc, Horikoshi steps up his art to near Berserk levels. It features some of the best illustrated manga panels that I have seen in a decade. In the a...