During San Diego Comic Con 2021, fans were given a first look at two new 3DCG anime entries into established franchises. The first was Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, debuting with a short look at Goku’s new character model and the style of animation we could expect to see. Mangaka Akira Toriyama had already prepped us back in May by revealing that the film would be “charting through some unexplored territory in terms of the visual aesthetics”, and while there’s been some skepticism about the amount of frames, the feedback to the teaser has been generally positive.
But on the other hand, the reaction to Blade Runner: Black Lotus‘ first trailer has been anything but. At time of writing, the YouTube upload currently sits at 40% dislikes, with plenty of comments ranging from, “Damn this trailer killed any anticipation I had for this show” to “This looks like an expansion…