I just read Shingo Fujii is leaving Precure.
This guy:
https://sakuga.yshi.org/wiki/show?title=shingo_fujii
I really enjoyed his animation work; would be very happy to have him on Super, but my guess is he's either going to work on the upcoming One Piece movie or he's leaving Toei altogether.
Re: the episode
I really enjoy these episodes with multiple guests. They're a lot of fun. Also that brief TFS!Gokû bit near the end was entertaining. X3
Re: F arc
The lead up to the F arc (episodes 15-18) were really enjoyable for me; Gokû and Vegeta as classmates and roommates is one of my favorite things about Super. :3
The F arc itself...it was ok, but it didn't differentiate itself enough from the movie for me. I also would've liked to see how they came upon blueper saiyan; even if it was just a flashback like how you guys mentioned Vegeta's first ssj1 being a flashback.
Also the way they messed up the hand-holding teleport had me sad/upset that entire weekend it aired (ep 23 I think) the only good(?) thing that came out of it was Gokû silently flipping out in response along with Beerus and Whis' reaction-faces to Gokû's response.
Anything good about the F arc compared to the movie imo?.....I liked that they didn't resort to CGI models in Super; those were really jarring in the F movie. I also liked the somewhat-dark "let's show everyone else right as the Earth is exploding" bit with 18 realizing what's happening but only too late to do anything. Ginyu I liked. The brief "Freeza sees Trunks and Goten" bit was something I'd hoped for, but ultimately felt not as satisfying as I thought it would.
Re: Monaka
Is it really Mo-naka? I'd been pronouncing it "mona-ka" the whole time. ^^;
Re: animation
I would like to have hope that we'll get some good animation at some point (at the level of episode 16 at least) but that upcoming One Piece movie has my current hopes low for Super getting anyone helpful + time for that or those person(s) to be helpful.