saccharinescorpion:from この男子、魔法がお仕事です (This Boy Is A Professional Wizard), the latest in Soubi Yamam
saccharinescorpion:from この男子、魔法がお仕事です (This Boy Is A Professional Wizard), the latest in Soubi Yamamoto’s Kono Danshi series. it’s a short series (more like an OVA broken up into 8 minute segments, to be honest) set in a world where magicians are employed as high-ranking government officials working to prevent disasters. Kashima is a wizard who feels he’s good at nothing except for magic, so he throws himself into his work with no regard to his own well-being, to the worry of some of his co-workers. one evening he meets Toyohi, a self-described freeter who travels from place to place, and the two begin to talk. at the end of the night they go their separate ways, Toyohi leaving Kashima stunned with his parting words: “i’ve fallen in love with you.”the art direction was what drew me to this series. i’d understand if Yamamoto’s style doesn’t appeal to everyone, but i was pleasantly surprised to see that TBIAPW’s limited animation doesn’t really distract me. imo it actually lends to the show’s charm and really sets it apart from other series. as you can see above it’s also not entirely “Vocaloid PV” style, and will often have very smooth moments of animation that really lend to the atmosphere, like a burst of magic or a shot of a character nervously fiddling with a pistachiobasically, This Boy Is A Professional Wizard is a unique series and i’d like to let more people know about it, especially because Soubi Yamamoto basically creates the Kono Dashi series herself. two episodes are currently out, with two more coming Feb 19 and Feb 26. you can watch each episode for free a week after airtime on Crunchyroll. -- source link