Do you think the “dark ages” of JC Staff are over?

gasman66 said:
Since 2018, the projects JC Staff took were definitely quantity over quality, and many of them didn’t do very well due to animation, pacing, etc. However, I think that since 2020 their projects have been improving in quality, as things like Railgun T and Danmachi III did far better than projects in previous years, like Index III, DAL III, OPM, etc. This year, too, has been showing improvement for JC with shows like Combatants Will Be Dispatched, Realist Hero, and Edens Zero. Do you agree that JC Staff is slowly returning to good anime, and if you don’t, why not?

khalil04uzumaki said:
I think this studio still on its way down..
Edens Zero was a disappointment and so was gokushufudo in all terms especially the slide show animation both of them have .
I haven't watched their other productions in 2021 but from the low rating I can simply tell that they didn't do a good job in : blue reflection ray - wixoss diva ...
J.C.Staff has a huge history and I don't know Why did they turn towards cheap shows in terms of content and production !

khalil04uzumaki said:
I think this studio still on its way down..
Edens Zero was a disappointment and so was gokushufudo in all terms especially the slide show animation both of them have .
I haven't watched their other productions in 2021 but from the low rating I can simply tell that they didn't do a good job in : blue reflection ray - wixoss diva ...
J.C.Staff has a huge history and I don't know Why did they turn towards cheap shows in terms of content and production !

Gerbotik said:

Gokushufudo was supposed to be in the slideshow format as that is the way the author wanted it. It’s called a motion comic/manga. The problem was that Netflix advertised it as an anime instead of what it was really going to be which is a motion comic. So in an a sense, they adapted it perfectly in terms of what was demanded of them.

khalil04uzumaki said:

Okay thanks I didn't know that
But why the slide show animation in specific tho
Wouldn't the people just read the manga instead ?

alfie_boss123 said:
what makes you think Edens Zero is a disappointment? The show might just not be for you but it doesn’t mean it’s a disappointment

khalil04uzumaki said:

When it comes to shounen , I personally focus on the logical connection of events with the world building in the series, which is awful in Edens Zero besides the weak and pathetic past of the main character that we're supposed to sympathize with ..
And I think you know that at the present time the animation is a key role for the people to start watching any anime , and in the first 8 episodes of Edens Zero it was somewhat good, but the quality began to decline after that until we reached Episode 14, which I personally consider one of the worst episodes in terms of animation I have seen in my life!

alfie_boss123 said:
I didn’t see a problem with any of your points tbh, the animation is good imo

Fail_Man_X said:
I take it you're not watching Blue Reflection Ray...

gasman66 said:
Since 2018, the projects JC Staff took were definitely quantity over quality, and many of them didn’t do very well due to animation, pacing, etc. However, I think that since 2020 their projects have been improving in quality, as things like Railgun T and Danmachi III did far better than projects in previous years, like Index III, DAL III, OPM, etc. This year, too, has been showing improvement for JC with shows like Combatants Will Be Dispatched, Realist Hero, and Edens Zero. Do you agree that JC Staff is slowly returning to good anime, and if you don’t, why not?

AlMiraj said:

definitely true
with this pace JC.Staff could be one of top studios,because of the successful shows its budget growing so shows getting more and better in quality

CondemneDio said:
JC Staff has always been trash. They just sometimes accidentally make something decent.

DoctorKockatoo said:


sure mate, its a free world and we are allowed to have our own opinions. but saying a whole studio is trash because you dont happen to like the shows they have under their belt is kinda wrong, but I digress since its 2021 and nuance isnt a thing anymore.

CondemneDio said:

Yes, how dare I have an opinion. How rude and silly of me.

khalil04uzumaki said:

but the quality began to decline after that until we reached Episode 14, which I personally consider one of the worst episodes in terms of animation I have seen in my life!

Nieznajomy43 said:


Sorry but if you think that then I think you didn't watched enough anime, like Gibiate or Tamayomi even Arifureta have much much worse animation, especially Gibiate.

khalil04uzumaki said:

I have watched enough animes to say that..
And trust me I don't have to watch another animes with bad animation, it doesn't matter when all of the ones you suggested are heavily hated by the community for the bad adaptation besides the bad animation so it doesn't make any sense .
What matters is how you define the"bad animation" term , if you don't want to admit that Edens Zero have it because you love the show then it's fine no one's forcing you to hate it , but it won't be the logical fact here.

Red_Ranger_Wien said:
No. And this show is all the proof you need. It has all the same signs of JC Staff not trying. Combatants Will Be Dispatched has been there only good show in years and that's on the strength of the source material and just cribbing Deen's Konosuba style.

gasman66 said:

I'm sorry, but do you know who wrote Combatants?

Natsumi Akatsuki, author of Konosuba.

Red_Ranger_Wien said:

Yes, I do know that. Do you have a point?

gasman66 said:

So JC didn’t copy Studio Deen, the author just used the same style.