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How the ‘Clevatess’ Crew Made a Dark Fantasy Anime Celebrating Cel Animation

Kadokawa and Lay-duce talked to io9 about how IRL child rearing and a reverence for Hollywood classics willed its comedic dark fantasy series into being.
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