Thread by @Yuyucow

Keita Nagahara directed (and co-storyboarded with Saeki) the first episode of Assault Lily. The brisk, fun delivery makes it work as junk food, and every now and then he elevates it with his direction - a daunting first step, solemn grief even after a battle that didn't mean much

I was curious about how much KyoAniDo spirit would leak into it and the answer so far is a fair amount. The intro stood out for that reason: reminiscent of their casual strolls that tell us about characters we don't know much about yet, like in Tamako Market #01

Depending on where you draw the line, you might find it stylistically diverse or just incoherent. As an animation nerd I'm the last person who'll complain about artstyle shifts that don't compromise the atmosphere

That said, did he correct the layouts where she's just K-ON Mio

In other KyoAni-related matters, Naoya Nakayama directed the ending and provided all 1st key animation for it. Similar to his KoiAs ED & the special Iino daydreaming sequence in Kaguya-sama S2: striking usage of empty space, intense but delicate lighting, focus on feminity

The more surprising bit was this very neat stylized sequence... due to the artstyle anyway, the focus is the same and so is his unrepressed horny

ALSO fun story time: they clearly finished the OP late because some streaming platforms got an unfinished version. Coloring and compositing errors, unfinished assets, placeholder effects that hadn't been removed, and all the typography unfinished - including the logo!

I'm actually glad the unfinished version is out there because they hadn't applied broadcast dimming to it yet either, so you get to better appreciate that a certain SHAFT ace's outrageously dense effects animation