This year has been strong foranime showsso far, with the likes ofSolo LevelingandKaiju No 8setting a high bar.Demon Slayer Season 4andMy Hero Academia Season 7are about to arrive as well, no doubt pushing the envelope even further.
The Misfit of Demon King Academy, a lesser knownisekai anime, returned this April with the second cour of Season 2. The effects have pushed it into conversation, for being unintentionally hilarious.
This is the ugliest CGI I’ve seen in a long time…pic.twitter.com/7AxOP2Acqd
As Chibi Reviews notes in their post, the 3D used for a big monster doesn’t quite hold up alongside a lot of other productions. Viewers in the replies agree.
“This is genuinely the worst CGI I’ve ever seen in an anime besides Ex-Arm. There’s no way this is meant to be serious,” reads one reply.
“Misfit fell off HARDCORE!” says another. “I mean it was never really amazing but at least I had fun with Season 1!”
One response compares The Misfit of Demon King Academy to KamiKatsu, another series with questionable effects work for particular monsters. Dodgy CGI might be an uncommon ailment, but there are multiple sufferers.
It’s important to keep in mind, effects work like this is often a symptom of structural issues like low resource, crunch, and poor management. Arecent studyon the anime industry found that many workers are still overworked and underpaid — one of the effects of such conditions is a deterioration in the quality of work.
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Anthony McGlynn is a Senior Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. An expert on animes like Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, he also has over 10 years experience covering games and pop culture for outlets such as Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PCGamesN, PCGamer, The Digital Fix, and many more. You can contact him at: anthony.mcglynn@dexerto.com
