Review of Hanebado!

This is my first review, and I'm using it on this anime. It's been getting way too much flak in my opinion, when that time would be better used on series that deserve it more, especially in this abyssmal season. Hanebado is not that bad, and imo, it's got some things going for it. I have no issues with the premise, I've never felt one way or another with badminton. Little bit too much drama as everybody and their mother has pointed out, but makes it at the very least not completely boring, even if it's pretty asanine. I'm watching for the well animated matches anyway,so if it isn't completele paint drying in inbetween, it's not huge problem or anything.

Art is really good. Backgrounds aren't anything special, but not terrible. With the animation, I like the use of rotoscoping in particular, and the animation outside of that is generally really good, exceptional by this season's standards. I really disliked this season.

The voice acting was pretty good, no qualms really, music was unremarkable to me honestly. The OP is pretty catchy I guess.

You only need to know anything about two characters, Nagisa and Ayano. Ayano, you are supposed to dislike. She does have backstory and all, but the overall intention is to dislike her personality she develops through the Hanebado's duration, especially after her mother returns. Is it a good character arc? No. Is it a character arc? Yes. In the end she's kinda cute and more bearable too. Nagisa is a good character. She's tall, and people misjudge her and think the only reason she's good at badminton is because she's tall. She's actually a very hard worker, and she is also struggling with a knee problem. She has determination and good work ethic. More importantly, she's a tall, short-haired tomboy with big titties and bigger muscles. Hot. Should be noted I thought she was the main character for at least half the run of the anime, so that says something about it.
Side characters are pretty boring. No one gives a shit about Hayama, he didn't need the attention he got.

Enjoyment was the only thing I scored this off of, because literally everything here is boiling down to how much the other elements contributed to enjoyment, or bogged it down. I enjoyed it. The matches were good and fun to watch, the drama wasn't boring at least, and Nagisa is a good, sexy girl.

Overall 6/10.