Disaster Report: TRY KNIGHTS
You know, I've largely dedicated this column to document anime failures of the past but there are plenty of modern shows that are equally broken, thanks to the absolute glut of shows we get every season and the increasingly tenuous and untenable conditions under which they are made. This is just one of them. For the last decade, countless anime studios have been trying to create their own version of Free! . That’s perfectly understandable, considering that series not only brought a lot of acclaim to Kyoto Animation but also made a LOT of merchandise money thanks to its fervent fujoshi audience. This wasn’t the first time fujoshi turned a sports anime into a success – this has been a phenomenon in Japan since the days of Captain Tsubasa , repeated time and again with the likes of Slam Dunk and The Prince of Tennis . The difference this time was international audience responded just as strongly, in defiance of the common knowledge within the industry that sport...