
No, what I mean is that events that took a fair amount of time to respectfully tell their story with emotion are now done in roughly a third of the time, and in doing so much of the impact is lost. The only actual instances in the original anime that I can perceive as possible filler are the few episodes with story not based on the manga (such as the Barry the Chopper backstory episode or the "cat burglar" episode homaging Lupin III), but the majority of those episodes actually had character development that carried on into the actual arc of the show, so they aren't fully filler by either of the above definitions. The original anime had absolutely zero filler, if by "filler" you mean extended animation per episode to stretch out time (ala Neon Genesis Evangelion and five minutes of cicada chirping over a still shot) or a complete episode with no bearing on the plot (such as Naruto and the random sidequests).

My brother and I loved the first series, and I can't really think of a way they could mess this one up enough for me to dislike it.Ĭlick to expand.I've read the manga and vastly prefer it to the original anime, and I can say that this has nothing to do with filler.

I haven't read the manga, but perhaps it's closer to the style they used in that? I'm probably just looking too far into it without having watched many episodes.Īnyway, I hope to catch more of the series. But long scenes (normally talking scenes) seem to have a less strict approach - the characters seem to be drawn with less detail, I think? There are moments where it looks like the old style, though. They still vary the drawing style depending on the mood (for example, funny moments are drawn very loosely for a comedic/silly effect), which is something I loved about the art style in the first series, so I'm glad that stuck. It feels different than the style used in the first series.

It almost seems more loose? I'm not really sure how to describe it.

I haven't had time to catch all of what they've aired on Adult Swim (I guess I could always check their site / Youtube for the episodes), but the two episodes I have seen have left me a little intrigued by the art style.
