I can't say this was completely bad or entirely uncanny as an AI-driven animation. There's still some human involvement for sure, like the voice acting, which definitely helps keep it within the "anime" as an anime, that part worked in its favor.

Visually though, even if you watch it with audio, it honestly vbery tiring. The acting is weak-clearly due to the rotoscoping process using AI, they really should've hired actual actors for better source performance. The animation itself looks cheap, and to be blunt, it feels like something you could make on a social media platform with current tools. Sorry to say there's no professional polish here, maybe because they dont want to.

From a public or casual viewer's perspective, it might be seen as just "okay," but from a professional standpoint, it doesn't even reach the level of experimental animation.

As for the storytelling-it nearly put me to sleep. Nothing stood out. The characters had no real moments to show off their charisma, and there was nothing iconic or memorable about any of them.

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