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I've been watching the episodes of the 2 season 90s Conan cartoon while eating lunch lately, not necessarily in order due to how they're on YouTube, and I noticed today's episode was incredibly high quality to the usual 90s syndicated junk animation we all know and love from growing up.

The episode is Hanuman the Ape God. I noticed it had an almost anime feel, especially in the faces.

https://preview.redd.it/aps8cdtr6g9h1.jpg?width=1066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83ca42cc29b548b681f22139250e520d524402af

I did some research and it turns out this was the point where the show switched animation studios, from a less skilled South Korean one to a skilled Japanese one. This was the first episode by the new studio, so they put their best into it, and we get stuff like we see above. The Japanese studio ended up not being able to handle the 52 episode season (!!), so many smaller studios also helped out to finish the series, explaining why the quality is so random throughout the series.

https://preview.redd.it/4gjjql7h7g9h1.png?width=988&format=png&auto=webp&s=49a8a05a1e801bbede4c7292f7b2d3c9c63c1281

But it's so crazy to see an anime-inspired Conan! Here's a random shot from what he looks like in most other episodes.

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