Saikazo

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there seems to be some kind of misconception about what A-1 studios is, or even how anime studios in general tend to work

A-1 itself is an extremely large studio with multiple divisions that each work on different anime. SAO is still airing this season alongside FGO so naturally the staffs working on each are different (not to mention SAO's had a visual upgrade since last season). A-1 also did kaguya from a few seasons if anyone's familiar with that and that's naturally very different from FGO or SAO.

also most anime are heavily made with the involvement of freelancers who are not bound to a specific studio. its actually not that productive to judge how good an anime will be just from knowing the studio. its only with a small number of studios that you can easily predict how it'll be made (for example kyoani because they make a lot of stuff in-house or SHAFT because its director shinbo is almost always involved). A-1 making FGO's babylonia anime is not that impressive. whats impressive are the freelance talents behind this project.

@Mitcher GreenThanks for the explanation.