Here’s my two cents:

• I think this is one of the rare instance where we see fire being super effective against water
• I like the mother and daughter as much as the father
• I’m so glad to see Narnia being recognised as an isekai
• I’m even more glad to see how the mother and daughter understood that the father got isekai-ed immediately. I wish more media - games, tv shows, movies, books - have characters who actually are aware of tropes. The one that annoys me most are zombie movies. Somehow, the stories are always set in universes where zombies are unheard of.

But now it got your attention, no?

I completed the Shirobako series over the past few weeks.

This is probably one of the most relatable anime for me. At first I thought it’s because 95% (or some other stupidly high percentage) of software development work is in fact common to most other jobs as per Working with Coders.

However, the more I watch it, the more I realised just how similar anime production is to software development. It’s not just the stand-up meetings, the team dynamics, suffering from burnout, etc. Even the creative process - the way animators / designers / etc approach their work - is so similar to building software.

Picking just one example out of many,

With all the similarities, this anime may have as well been about making software.

Quality-wise (encompassing characters, story, and everything else), this anime is top-notch too. To be fair, it’ll be ironic if an anime about making anime is badly produced.

As with any series that I’m extremely impressed by, I’m giving it a 10 / 10.

P.S. I would totally watch 3rd Girl Fighter Wing if it’s an actual anime