It’s very normal for a show to have different episode directors and animation supervisors. Hakkenden’s idiosyncratic animation came about because they could, and had then-young animators expressing their individual styles without any restraints. Shinya Ohira’s episode in particular made waves among the animation…

That animation is probably Satoru Utsunomiya’s work who was uncredited in the finale. He worked as action animation supervisor throughout the show. He’s a really good and influential animator especially when it comes to depicting realistic motion, but his drawing style isn’t always to everyone’s taste. I’ll admit his…