Skate-Leading☆Stars

When I started watching this show I thought, "Is this the new Haikyu?". Well, it certainly had the potential to be a decent sports anime. It had good characters, a less-than-generic protagonist, an expectedly overwhelming though generic rival and an excellent build-up to start the show. But despite the good start the execution, pacing and literally everything else just nosedive as the series progresses. The sport is barely explored, the pacing is terrible, and the build-up, hype and twist that one usually expects from a sports anime are non-existent. They try to replace it with poor background narrations and a few animation effects which I am sure even a 5-year-old would find unconvincing. This anime is like an inflatable toy trying to pass off as the real deal. This looks like a result of "This is all the money we have and you need to finish it in two days or don't.". It's disappointing, as given time and a lot more effort, it certainly could have been a good series.