Review of The Elusive Samurai

TL,DR This show might be a masterpiece in the making. The sheer quality of its production is worth a watch, WATCH IT. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This show made me realize I have been underestimating Cloverworks as a studio. Barring some really wonky horseback CGI shots, this is as close to a perfect production: the animation is consistently spectacular throughout, the art direction is absolutely beautiful, giving us some of the best most colorful visuals I've seen, the sound design is on point, the direction and storyboarding are endlessly creative, the way this show portrays horrific acts with its colorful artstyle makes those acts so much more terrifying. Episode 6 hadme jaw dropped the entire time and it should be used as an example to anime in the future.

This show deserves a watch just for the quality of its production alone. But that doesn't mean the story and characters are bad, far from it. If I had to critic anything about it, is some of the self-referential comedy isn't my favourite. But besides that this show is funny, charismatic, thematically interesting and dark in the right places.

I hope the show continues because it has the possibility of being a true masterpiece. I will give it a 9 for now because we've only scratched the surface of what its capable of, but my hopes are really high