By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
With time, some anime look better. Then, there are others that get yono business worse and worse. Take the new Gunslinger Stratos anime, for example. Gunslinger Stratos is originally an arcade game developed by Square Enix. That game looks fantastic, and it’s oodles of fun. But the rummy meet new anime doesn’t feature the sheen and polish Square Enix is know for.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Actually, it doesn’t seem to have any sheen or polish whatsoever. And worse, maybe, it has awful hair. https://twitter.com/embed/status/582413107235930112 As noted by Twitter user Tokkii, earlier 
animated Gunslinger Stratos clips looked rather good. Here is a still from a special anime promo clip released back in 2013:
[via Tokkii] Not bad, right? This is 
a still from an animated clip released in 2014. This looks slightly different, but it’s fine. And finally, here is a still from the new anime that premiered this month. Ouch. The hell happened? If you think this is a cherry-picked screenshot, here are some more shoddy images from My Game News Flash:
The dialogue and story are the object of ridicule as well (though, some people do like it): this show feels terrible but at least MC-kun has good taste in dreams #gunsfan pic.twitter.com/g2rbPYMvPC — Hibari (@HibariStalker) April 5, 2015 https://twitter.com/embed/status/584474952264511492 https://twitter.com/embed/status/584480760368758784 This show is "animated" #gunslingerstratos pic.twitter.com/zyK8usvQ28 — 
🐧 Sam Duvall 🐧 (@PachiPortrait) April 4, 2015 The trailer for the second episode shows footage that looks equally bad, but perhaps the animation will get better joy rummy as the show goes on. I sure hope so. Gunslinger Stratos, the arcade game, deserves better.
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