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NEWS: HIDIVE Streams Incomplete Version of Sword of the Demon Hunter Anime's Episode 21

As part of our commitment to subscribers and in order to meet the show's simulcast schedule, the Licensor provided an interim version of the episode to release as scheduled on September 1.

Mixed on NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. That overall decision there is respectful. Just that they shouldn't have worked with YAL to animate a show without it looking like crap. Nobody should at this point until they get more competent people in their studio.

Let's see if I get this right.

Good on HIDIVE for having the guts to do the version they got on time and willing to replace it with the final version coming later. If the viewers wanted to watch the anime for the story and wanted to get it on time, this is the way to do it. Just let us know if the final version has been uploaded and we're good (sad for the sub-licensed contractors like The Roku Channel and all).

Bad on Yokohama Animation Lab. Still as incompetent as ever.

Mixed on NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. That overall decision there is respectful. Just that they shouldn't have worked with YAL to animate a show without it looking like crap. Nobody should at this point until they get more competent people in their studio.

Honestly with all the issues this show has I don't know how it made the ANN daily streaming reviews when none of it sounds appealing in the slightest.

Honestly with all the issues this show has I don't know how it made the ANN daily streaming reviews when none of it sounds appealing in the slightest.

Gotta say I watched the incomplete version of the episode and didn't notice anything amiss. That's me, Mr. Attentive and Eagle-eyed.

Though, I do agree that I kinda wish it didn't have the weekly reviews on ANN, because the reviewer they have on it is clearly not vibing with the kind of show it is and often ends up painting it in an unnecessarily negative light.
(Though a word of advice in general: Don't let ANN reviews, or any reviews for that matter, influence how you feel about a show. Especially if you haven't yet seen it for yourself.)

I watched episode one and though it seemed like it had potential but it also felt like a generic action show I've seen done better a million times before.

But if y'all hate anime reviews you shouldn't have voted for it to be covered.

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

Honestly with all the issues this show has I don't know how it made the ANN daily streaming reviews when none of it sounds appealing in the slightest.

I honestly think it's one of the best shows this year. I don't know what you've heard, but from my perspective this series has been severely underrated by the wider anime community.

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

I watched episode one and though it seemed like it had potential but it also felt like a generic action show I've seen done better a million times before.

See, I wouldn't even consider this series to be an action show in the first place. It has action in it, sure, but I wouldn't consider it the main draw of the storytelling.