Review of World Trigger

If only Toei had put more effort on it, it'd have been one of the best long-run modern shounen animes. It is a series that does not rely at all on any sort of fanservice, breaking almost all of the stereotypes of the genre. It's one of the purest series out there, something which is quite admirable: no ecchi fanservice, no deranged characters, no hypersexualized girls, no inexplicable power-ups. Everything is about strategy and teamwork. Only some bloody scenes have been censored, for obvious reasons. If only Toei had animated it properly. The studio tried to force it into a continuous series, slowing the pace of theepisodes and adding five-minute long recaps, mixing it with a bad drawing quality. It feels as if all of the budget had been destined to sparkling transformations. Because of this, they were ven forced to include filler episodes when the mangaka started having health issues.
Nevertheless, the great voice acting, the originality of the characters and the epic soundtrack by Kenji Kawai make it an enjoyable series, provided the recap is skipped. The arc covered by episodes 15-40 is thrilling and it shows that the enemy is nowhere near the typical shounen one.
Definitely a series that deserves more love.