Rewatched Promare on blueray with my friends again, still a fantastic movie, if you love Studio Trigger you love it.
The story is paperthin and the twist are so obvious, and yes like trigger tends to do, they make up stuff along the way but Trigger knows how to make engaging characters and animation that you can forgive the simple story. It's the excution and character interaction that makes it so fantastic.
the decrease in costuming quality over the last 20 years has been soooo precipitous & nauseating. i’m not even talking abt marvel’s cg supersuits or anything this time, look at the fabric quality, structure, layering, character, and craftsmanship of older costumes in 102 dalmations (2000) vs cruella (2021)
ever after (1998) vs cinderella (2021)
lord of the rings (2001-2003) vs the rings of power (2022)
this trend should upset you not just because it looks cheap, but because it suggests a strong anti-art and anti-labor movement in film and tv making. don’t forget costumers are unionized