Well, what I feared has become reality. The majority of the concert scene in this episode consist of mostly static stills of the orchestra members. I guess it was unrealistic to expect a full-on animated orchestra but I was hoping to see some hand movements at the very least. Unfortunately there was none of that in this episode. The problem with this is that it diminishes the effect of the orchestra performance. Beethoven's 7th Symphony is supposed to be grand and yet it comes across as a background music coming out of CD here. I do appreciate that I can sense some dissonance within the individual players when Chiaki was conducting the orchestra. However, the sound was very faint and unless you listen closely, it's hard to distinguish the performance which was conducted by Chiaki and the one conducted by Strezemann. On the positive side, the comedy remains enjoyable as usual and there are some creative use of animation technique.
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