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Hmm? That’s interesting, and promising.
I recognized the name, but that was it. And I only made it about halfway through the synopsis before I lost interest, so I didn’t know it was centered on rakugo specifically. That’s sort of intriguing, since the only exposure I’ve had to it so far is through Joshiraku, which is only sort of peripherally about rakugo and more about… whatever happens to catch their attention at any given moment.
From the description, I thought it just sounded awful - the combination of animation and live-action put me in mind of the awful tinted live action backgrounds studios use as a cheap substitute for complex scenes and the awful rotoscoping in Aku no Hana. But after reading that, I watched the trailer, and… yeah. It’s nothing like that, or at least doesn’t appear to be, because there are so many different things all going on at the same time. It could still be awful, but there’s a chance that it isn’t, and how cool would it be if it wasn’t?
I forgot to mention that Agents of the Four Seasons will have Kensuke Ushio doing the music, so there’s another reason to try it
I actually pay only scant attention to soundtracks (anime, movie, game, whatever). Generally, so long as they’re serving their purpose well, I just don’t really notice.
A sort of nice side effect of that though is that when they are especially good, I do notice. So while I didn’t recognize the name Kensuke Ushio, a quick google showed that that’s a hell of a recommendation, since among the notably good soundtracks I’ve noticed at one time or another are Ikoku Nikki, Dandadan, Heike Monogatari, Boogiepop wa Warawanai, Tengoku Daimakyou and Kimi no Iru.