I'd believe it if you told me that Toshimasa Ishii has heavily corrected everyone's boards in 86, since sleek transitions & match cuts packing a punch have become the norm across all ep directors. Rare to see TV anime with this well-defined of an identity, more so from a rookie
All individual directors still left some of their personal flavor in though, and episode #06's Kuniyasu Nishina sure seemed fond of using depth of field to highlight the important details. And since it's this goddamn show, they're painful details
In some ways, it was the prettiest episode yet. A somewhat solemn one too, honoring the deaths of characters serving a country that doesn't even consider them human
Also, equally important, Lena cute
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