do you ever think about how the mob psycho 100 anime did not have to go that hard? because it really didn’t. they could have just animated it in a traditional way and no one would find it weird. the source material is known for not having a particularly appealing art style, after all. they could have just pulled the good ol’ ‘character standing still with their mouth flapping’ for like 80% of each episode until the action scene kicks in and no one would blame them. but no. they really did That. they felt the need to both keep the art as close to the original as possible while also adding constant fluid movement for basically every scene, important or not, and also adding basically every alternative animation technique (like fucking paint-on-glass) into the mix just for the hell of it. they did it. they did it for us.
you know that part in emperor’s new groove when devil kronk is like “that’s nothing. look what I can do” and does a one-handed handstand and then angel kronk is like “he’s got a point”? that’s two brain cells representation babey
