>Other than seeing a few posts on the 2 ch sakuga thread I haven't heard about it's sakuga qualities
Yeah, its a work where you know it's not BONES level(not many shows are, to be fair) but the staff are trying their best and having fun with it and you see it shine through every now and then.
My Japanese is very poor so I can't read the 2ch threads. But there are tidbits of information I've managed to gather during its run from various sources, like a scene in episode 7 was animated by Shigeta Satoshi(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OcwkRpuHuA) I've heard the staff work quite hard and enthusiastically, the chief sakkan, Kabashima Yousuke complained(jokingly) on twitter that its a problem working on this anime as everyone tries so hard and production ends up slowing down, meaning his job is harder. But he's also praised Yamane and Obari's work on episode 15 and said when he saw those two working together, it was a partnership like the original Kamen Riders (Ichigo and Nigo) - which is interesting as Obari and Yamane probably go way back to the 90s when both worked on the Braves shows for Sunrise.
Though interestingly, whenever I see a new staff member's name and look them up, almost 90% of the time somewhere along the line they have worked together with Obari(or Yamane or Kabashima). Eg Ootsuka Ken worked a lot on Gaiking LODM, on which Obari was also a big helping hand. I guess that's just how this industry works, everyone's always giving one another helping hands.
I have no valid source on this, but it was reported on Kabashima's twitter than Otsuka Ken has been working on the SRW anime since the first few episodes, helping out with SFX and fixes. Though his only credited roles so far has been some genga in episode 15. Much of the work for Ken and many others has gone uncredited - even Obari himself it seems has stayed up long into the night doing correction work and then not crediting himself.
Actually found a post from the guy who posted on /m/ about it:
>Ootsuka Ken has been working on OGIN since the beginning. Kabashima found something wrong with episode 3. He got Otsuka Ken to help him to fix the problems and add stuff on robot special effects. Otsuka Ken is also working in Star Driver at the same time. A few other unnamed animators from the same crew joined him and worked on OGIN after episode 6. In old twitter log (forgot when) Kabashima mentioned about having lunch with those guys and everybody were excited about drawing Cybaster and stuff. That was when Obari mentioned about most of the crew are interested in drawing Cybaster and wanted to have a Cybaster drawing contest.
>Staff from Madoka Magica came around episode 9 or 11 if I remember correctly. They did the motion frames of the show.
His English is a little rough but you get the idea.
I don't get many chances to talk about the Sakuga for this show so sorry if I ended up rambling.