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At the council meeting, Rosemary Thew, chairwoman of the parish council, said the application should be rejected to "send a clear message that planning processes must be adhered to".

Thew said the application failed to adhere to planning policies that stated developments must preserve and enhance the conservation area, be built in scale and minimise light pollution.

"I hope the planning committee will share the parish council's concern in rejecting this application and ensuring that others do not follow these unfortunate examples," added Thew.

Casting and production aside, it is essential to get the tone right, says Geoff Thew, who reviews anime on his YouTube channel "Mother's Basement" for nearly 1.4 million followers.

Reviewer Geoff Thew believes the pandemic played an important role in the "seismic shift" of attitudes towards anime: "Being locked inside, people had a lot of free time and not much to do besides binge TV."