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Quite a few people seem to give Hanoka the title of "the worst anime ever", and I don't really think that is deserved.

First of all, the animation was done by a single guy who mostly did web animations before, cut him some slack. Aside from a few goofy looking run cycles and some coloring mistakes here and there it's really not that bad. Not TV-anime quality, but not terrible either.

The biggest problem with the anime is the fact that most of the episodes are only around ~5 minutes long and that includes the OP. This means the anime has very little time to develop the ... story and characters, and the fact that it's already kind of cliche doesn't really help. But really, that's Hanoka's biggest fault in my personal opinion. Just being kinda generic.

I guess the best way to describe this show is "undercooked". There's definitely some worldbuilding and character relationships that, if expanded upon, could make the show average at the very least. The overall relationships between star inhabitants and humans, the rest of the majin project, Kaori's backstory, etc. There is definitely something there, but it just isn't expanded upon nearly enough.

I'd say watch it if you're a fan of old flash cartoons, but if you only plan to hate-watch it because you heard it's "bad", then don't waste your time and just watch something else.

If you go into this show expecting a "normal" anime, you're going to be very disappointed. This is not a normal anime. The best way I can describe it is a couple VTubers doing improv sketch comedy in VR chat. There was an attempt at an overarching story, but it's so cliche that it really isn't worth paying attention to for the most part (with the exception of the final episode where everything suddenly gets way more serious out of nowhere, which gave me some serious tonal whiplash. In a good way that is)

I don't think I even need to say anything about the animation. ... It's bad. Probably the worst I've seen in anime so far. Just some bad motion capture on ugly, static backgrounds. Although I will admit, the fact that their outfits don't change even a little bit when they transform is kinda funny.

Despite all that tho, I can't bring myself to hate this anime. It's clear that the people who made this had a lot of fun and it clearly wasn't meant to be a "good" show anyway. So if you're looking for an actual anime to watch, please avoid this show. But if you just pretend it's a vtuber stream you can probably get some enjoyment out of this.