Okay, watched 1074 live.
I had tempered my expectations for this episode a bit because one of the storyboard artists and animation directors said not to expect much. I only expected like one very good action scene.
The first five minutes are pretty standard OP stuff.
Then after that is the most insane action sequence in the entire franchise. WTF. That shit literally went for three whole ass minutes without stopping. Absolute mad shit. Literally how.
And then it just continued in the second half, which was not only very well animated, but also incredibly directed. Genuinely got me a bit emotional.
Freaking lying ass staff, the episode was great. Probably one of if not the strongest of the gear 5th batch outside of the first five minutes.
And next episode looks really good as well with Koyama at the helm and Tu Yong Ce on animation director duty. Can't wait.