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This episode came out 2 years ago. What am I missing?
That was a premiere I think right?
There is a 56min special (Whispers of Dawn), which came out July 2023.
Episode 1 (The Heroic Spirit Incident, this one) came out just at the start of 2025, so it's 1 year old (my bad).
Episode 2 (Ensemble VS Pretense) should release in a few days.
This is a re-release as part of the start of it airing as seasonal anime. They definitely improved this episode a lot compared to it's premiere a year ago. Animations are far smoother, in-betweens and backgrounds are a lot more detailed. Theres some additional camera angles for certain scenes and a few additional small animated details that wasn't in the original premiere.
Ok, I'll have to go back and check more thoroughly. I did a quick comparison when it was re-released but other than a few seconds offset I found no difference to my one year old copy.