Character animation has long been considered a weakness of web animators, but there is no proof more conclusive that the world has changed than the greatest, most important milestone anime in decades: Nijisanji. While at first glance you might assume Nijisanji was an ordinary bishoujo zoo with too many characters and threads to be satisfying, […]
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