Overlooked Series from 2020

Winter 2020

Kuutei Dragons 

A full CGI show by Lidens Film which was probably overlooked by many simply for this reasons to begin with. I am not here to preach and say this is a bad reason to skip a series since the visual aspect is key to what is in essence a visual medium. I do think however, that this series has many other things going for it if you can grow accustomed to the look chosen for the series. 

This is a very homey series featuring dragons which exist in the world where the story is set. The main characters work in a crew for a flying ship that sails off hunting for dragons, to eat and the likes. This could be a turn of for some people that do no enjoy this hunting aspect, so if you are one of those people maybe this series is not for you. It is at the end of the day a series featuring many actions and interesting interactions between crew-mates in this adventure to hunt and eat dragons in a fantastics world. It has many action exciting moments and dramatic as there is a great danger in hunting powerful creatures like dragons but how they overcome these challenges and make a great meal out of the dragons makes this series a great mix of action, adventure and homey warm slice of life. Do return to this series if you like the sound of any of this and can overcome the CGI animation. 

Fall 2020

Chu Feng - Son of Eden

A popular series from China that has received an adaptation in 2015. It was a chinese and japanese collaboration but there were many hurdles and misunderstandings between them which with the general failure of the anime series to garner attention meant it was cut short with only 6 episodes. However, this is not that series, this is Chu Feng SOE a new adaptation by Thundray. 

The key difference here being the involvement of the author of the comic and it follows the original work more closely. I have watched the first few episodes available so far and it has a interesting story involving warfare, cyborgs and children soldiers. The main character is suddenly involved in this dangerous world through his encounter with the main female character that been trained from children to be a weapon for warfare. There are many exciting moments and it feels rather great to see strong female characters kicking ass for once. 

In regards to its animation, it is rather well done and its other aspects such as music are also great. Only half of the series has aired so far but it has been completely overlooked so far with little to no discussion and not even a semi decent english sub. A rather sad thing since the series is actually good, hopefully people look back and find this gem.