What did Yea Forums think of sansha sanyou?
I just finished watching Sansha Sanyou (including OVAs).
For me the most noteworthy aspect of this anime was the character animation. The character animation was often very fluid and simply enjoyable and immersive. I frequently found myself pausing the video and slowly advancing it frame-by-frame to admire the animation quality. In fact it took me longer to watch this for this reason. However I will note here that, while for the first few episodes the animation was excellent, the quality did diminish for later episodes (with the exception of the finale).
In terms of writing, I observed a similar pattern of diminishing quality. The first few episodes of this anime seemed very promising to me, and I was feeling very optimistic. Unfortunately though, despite digesting it slowly, I did find that the writing became stale over time (An allegory to nishikawa's bread crusts I suppose LOL wow I'm hilarious). There was very little character advancement and the same tropes and jokes were overused (yes I know, it's SOL). I felt like the 'magic' faded in the later episodes and that there was a lot of unrealized potential.
Overall this is an average slice of life anime. I'd rate it 7/10. If you haven't seen it, you're not really missing much. I don't regret watching it, but I'd only recommend this to someone who is a huge sucker for smooth character animation. Otherwise, it's enjoyable but ultimately forgettable and your time is probably better spent on other works.
Less important comments:
The show is decently directed. It is almost entirely episodic (ie. minimal plot continuity across episodes). OST was unremarkable, unfortunately. I'm going to relisten to the character songs sometime soon, but I don't remember them being noteworthy. Some of the voice actors are actually quite good; special mention here for the VA of Sonobe the bakery owner. Lastly, the characters and their designs are quite cute!
