At this point in time, Studio Trigger has become something of a household name for anime fans – it kicked things off with the incredibly energetic Kill la Kill, and has produced the excellent series for Netflix like Little Witch Academia and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and now most recently, Delicious in Dungeon.
You can pretty quickly recognise a Trigger series, as the studio brings a unique flair to its characters, who often have big, bold, exaggerated expressions, complemented by animation that I think can only be described as wacky. All of this made the prospect of it handling the currently airing Delicious in Dungeon incredibly exciting, but while I love the first couple of episodes, they felt like they were missing something; but thankfully, Delicious in Dungeon episode 3 has managed to get a hold of that classic Studio Trigger magic.
I don’t at all blame Trigger for keeping the first couple episodes a bit lowkey, not a huge amount happens in them after all, it’s mostly setting up the world and introducing all of the characters. Action is minimal too, so why spend all your budget on places that just don’t need it? And there’s even some good cooking lessons to be found too. It did leave me wondering if we’d see some animation that would truly cement it as a “Studio Trigger” show that so many people have come to love it for, and the show’s third episode really delivered.
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