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Originally Posted by Aoi Kurenai

So, thing about Kento Shimoyama is that he's actually done some fantastic episodes in the past. This is the reason a lot of people who follow staff news were initially excited when he was announced. He did the two tiny enemy episodes of Go-Busters, the really funny JAKQ episode from Gokaiger, and has done a lot of Gintama's best episodes.

Thanks for the shot of optimism, since a shiver ran down my spine when I heard he was head on Ninninger. It was such a strange show, given that its long-term plotting was incredibly weak, but it had strong filler episodes, and a couple of short-but-good arcs.

After I started writing this, I went and started pawing through individual Ninninger episode credits, and it looks a lot like he's responsible for many of Ninninger's best episodes in addition to being to blame for its worst. I know some writers are reluctant to plan too far ahead given the zillion episode commitment and the endless stream of toys that must be worked into the plot. Since this is a shorter series, more or less a quarter of the length of most Sentai, that might not be a factor. And he was bright enough to start focusing more on Kinji and Kasumi once it became apparent that they were the best actors in the group.

The rest of the crew for the show looks like they've got very good credits under their belts. I think I'm going to go the benefit-of-the-doubt route.