>>51449976And here's a section of the interview showing that they were briefed by the creators and told to play the games first, which is also written about on the blog. It's clear that while the anime team could do their own thing to some extend they were still under the supervision of the series creators. So when Shudo writes that things like the OP are animation errors and how he kept elements like the OP away from his scripts I trust the word of the headwriter over that of an animation scene that is most likely an animation error.
